The days of laughing at tourists while they try to signal an off duty cab may finally be coming to an end. The Taxi and Limosine Commission recently proposed to eliminate the tiny “off duty” lights, which are always a drag anyway, and replacing them with a single unit. That should make things even more dummy-proof for John Public, while eliminating a taxi driver’s reflex-like ability to engage them when people ask to go to Brooklyn. (Photo: Mark Zastrow/flickr)