After Midnight Series: Orange Cab [AUDIO, VIDEO]
February 7, 2013 3:14 AM 
ST. CLOUD — Our three part “After Midnight Series” continues today with Orange Cab. Samantha Larson is a taxicab dispatch by day and driver by night. I rode along with her during her Saturday overnight shift.
She started picking up customers and recognized some of their voices from her work as a dispatch. For some, she knew exactly where to bring them home before they even had a chance to tell her their address.
She received about ten pickup calls during the time I spent with her in the taxicab. Most of her customers appeared to be intoxicated.
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She says Saturday nights are generally her busiest. On a Saturday night Orange Cab
usually has triple the number of cabs out on the road than they do during weekdays. She says Saturday nights are generally her busiest.
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Larson says Downtown St. Cloud is her least favorite area to drive after Midnight.
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Larson says she likes driving cab because it’s relaxing and the pay is good.
See a video of my ride along below
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