A taxi is not an ordinary car with a meter in it. Because it carries passengers for hire, Texas treats it as a common carrier, and a common carrier owes its passengers the care a very cautious and prudent person would use, a standard higher than ordinary negligence. That applies to limousines, hotel shuttles, and airport vans too. The Law Offices of Brent A. Devere represents passengers, pedestrians, and other drivers in vehicle-for-hire claims across Austin and Central Texas.