Quick Takes

Oddball occurrences

No fare

So a lady climbs into a cab in Beverly Hills and says, "Turn right on I-40 and go about 2,600 miles." That's what happened this week to cabbie Levon Mikayelyan, who ended up being stiffed the $8,200 cross-country fare. "She told him, 'When we get there we'll pay you,'" said a dispatcher for West Coast Yellow Cab. But when they finally rolled into Chapel Hill, N.C., the woman's family coughed up only $800. After Mikayelyan filed a report with police, another $2,000 was forked over. The cab company will seek the rest in small claims court.

Silent screamer

The ride is called "The Scandia Screamer," but guess what you're not allowed to do? Fearing more noise complaints from residents around the Scandia Family Fun Center in Sacramento, Calif., the amusement park enacted a strict no-noise rule on its 60-mph and 3.5 g-pulling Screamer ride. Problems between the park and the residential neighborhood it's nestled in have always percolated. But the noise problem is one that many riders find hard to stomach. "I didn't think we were that loud," one rider who was ejected told a local television station. "It's hard to tell. It's a human reaction to yell when you're going in the sky, face-down on the freeway."

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April 14, 2007, Vol. 22, No. 13

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