A day in the life of a taxi driver in Africa

Cars are often used as taxis and means of transport in the Congo. In this video you can see from a first-person perspective how a young taxi driver earns his daily bread with his Ford Escort.
📌Place: Africa, Congo.
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#Passy

[@zebracherub]

I love the double POV from the GoPro on him and you following on a bike !

[@passy7787]

thank you

[@jjk343]

It is not a dron?😅

[@passy7787]

This is pure Congo. Hope you enjoy it :)

[@jesseslinger6867]

how often does it rain?

[@razvi01]

What city is this?

[@kenji7534]

@@razvi01 kinshasa

[@Blasterxp]

Love it

[@SourceHades]

Loved the video, the POV makes it feel like I'm the taxi driver :D

[@FranciscoPaculanang]

The wood propping up the collapsed windshield is wild.

[@WeirdTunes]

Passy productions are getting more professional every day, love it. Greetings from The Netherlands

[@passy7787]

Thank you very much!

[@Crl97Me]

Born in Africa is living the life in legendary mode.

[@jazdan223]

rubbish mode..

[@DenikSmesh]

Скорее на дне живет.

[@AapVanDieKaap]

@@jazdan223 I can't understand why the break everything man. Where I live there's lots of rich Africans. Even a 2020 model car everything is destroyed. Body panel damage does not automatically happen with age.

[@tristan6509]

​​@@AapVanDieKaapthey simply import crashed cars from other countries. Crashed cars are cheaper, and these taxi drivers don't have money to buy nice ones. They don't care as long as it doesn't hinder the functionality (eg. Crooked chassis, etc.)

[@corrolesscps]

Ja, Africa. But Africa is a continental, which country of this in the clip.

[@UnusSedLeo-w5l]

Start/stop-button makes it very luxurious! Love the woodtrim holding the shattered front window too. This is the real life!

[@marthinnus]

This is how a hell on earth look like

[@johnsmith6368]

And this is part of what's coming across our borders. The disorder and filth???? I don't know what it is.

[@kalatapie]

This looks like a hell on Earth. If i were there i would probably escape to the savannah in search of the tribal bushmen so i can live with them instead. Really, chasing gazelles with a spear and a bare butt seems like a better life to losing braincells in the pollution of 100s of old cars for money that can't even pay to fix the car. Either way, i am thankful for this rare insight into the daily lives of ordinary Congolese people and i acknowledge the sacrifice of the drivers who are keeping the people fed, literally bringing the food to the markets. Keep up the good work, i am loving the content. Love from Bulgaria 🇧🇬🇧🇬

[@windoak2113]

Congo doesn't really have bushman. They have savanna, but the people out there mostly farm for incredibly shit wages.

[@porschefanatic1049]

Congo is exploited by the white man and Congolese corrupt politicians. The amount of resources God gave Congo should allow its citizens to live a more comfortable life. Don’t be ignorant bro.

[@cipdamboianu5139]

Dang, that thing will not pass MoT!

[@DenikSmesh]

Таков капитализм. Африку эксплуатируют все империалистические государства мира.

[@cemartin]

Meanwhile in Central Europe we're discussing about the color of pavement markings in dustless bicycle streets ... God bless the extremely brave and tough men and women of Kongo ❤🙏🏆✨️

[@kev22bmx]

Man that Escort has been driven hard and its awesome that It Just keeps going. Congrats from Brazil. Love your videos

[@flopunkt3665]

Is the steering wheel even connected to the steering? It doesn't look like it lol

[@petergerritgroen3157]

He can't drive 😂

[@bernd32]

Watch this video in 240p to get the full African experience.

[@maksbombist3247]

What kind of bitter apocalypse am I witnessing here? Poor people, poor country, poor car... The engine is living out its last days, the left mirror is like a consumable, the interior is dead, the windshield is hanging on by a stick, acrid smoke from burning oil pours into the interior. Money for travel, like candy wrappers, carelessly flies into the door niche, because it is worth nothing. The streets are dirty and disorderly. But maybe, despite this, all people are happy? If so, then all of the above is nonsense)

[@jankowalski9817]

Są może i szczęśliwi, bo nie znają innego życia...

[@thermn8r]

Life is beautiful everywhere. People gotta make the most of it and do the best they can. I like seeing authentic videos of everyday life in other parts of the world

[@Jon_FL]

They wont migrate to where the food is

[@iFixJunk]

​@@thermn8r That's easy to say when they're living that way on the other side of an ocean. If this was your town, you would probably not find it so charming.

[@thermn8r]

@@iFixJunk what's your point, bud?

[@rustymail2010]

Another great video from Passy. Thanks for showing everyday life in Congo. Greetings from Poland.

[@МирзоАшуров-б7г]

Давай побольше таких видео! Привет из России ✌

[@flopunkt3665]

Russia also imports lots of used cars from wealthy nations.

[@КотКотовский-е2с]

@@flopunkt3665 ы не представляешь на чем мы тут работаем.

[@mertk.5536]

Slices of life and cars, videos should be longer and more numerous 👏🏻👏🏻

[@TheBorz0]

Congo is not for beginners.

[@MikeHaiv]

Los Angeles, 2129 A.D. 😂

[@MIlos486]

Dude that ride cost 50cents. What a difference Africa-Europe. In my country mister taximan will take 20euro for that ride

[@1marcelfilms]

How can you even afford gas with such low prices

[@nts_nathaniel]

@@1marcelfilms Petrol in Congo costs $1.5/litre. His car probably uses at least 15l/100km on average (bad roads + nonexistent car maintenance + loaded to the max), which means every kilometer costs him 23 cents in petrol. There is no way this is sustainable So my guess is stolen/smuggled petrol or some moonshine type home-made stuff

[@LOUNGELIQ]

Yes, but would you want to live there?

[@iamaparanoidandroid1]

@@nts_nathaniel Few things here: it looked like each fare was 1000CDF ($0.35) and there were about 6-7 passengers in that car (Say $2ish). Only a couple of KMs travelled so $0.70 fuel cost. = $1.35 gross profit. BUT.... if the boot badge is believed, that car was an Escort TD (diesel), and given the smoke, I would say it was running on waste oil of some sort. So the costs could be lower.

[@flopunkt3665]

​@@nts_nathanielit's diesel, not petrol!

[@ligdjumvidja8294]

Right another banger monsieur ! Love the way your videos show life as it is.

[@bjorntorsten8241]

Excellent 🎉really great videos - keep it up and really appreciate them, great to see the other side of the world

[@FRANKIEGBANGEMS]

How could anyone be proud of this. Everything is broken and dirty.

[@velaphitshabalala2912]

You won't survive a second here.

[@censoredquotes]

@@velaphitshabalala2912Yeah because everything is dirty and broken. What exactly did you prove? Are you proud of this shithole?

[@horsthumbug1612]

And nobody cares about the garbage lying around.

[@iFixJunk]

Did you see what that car BY ITSELF was doing to the air? No. They don't care. Their concerns are much more BASIC.

[@danielschulze9106]

That Country is Garbage.

[@mgselecta5271]

My car MOT in UK just failed and deemed it unroadworthy because of the small harline crack on the windscreen...

[@SuperLetout]

A day in the life of a taxi driver in Congo. Africa is a whole fuckin continent!

[@johnmcmahon5225]

Where in sub-Saharan Africa would what is being depicted look substantially different?

[@filbao8113]

​@@johnmcmahon5225mzansi

[@PeterLuzifer]

Alter krass das die Leichen da noch laufen😄. Grüße aus Deutschland ✌️

[@eckii3285]

Warm greetings from Germany ✌️

[@ss4qu3be5z]

Looks like some parts of France

[@ЙОАНЦАНОВ-ф9ж]

Definitely, I think he's passing by the Eiffel tower on 7:48

[@petergerritgroen3157]

Marseille

[@PTBS_Ortega]

Einer der lebensunwürdigsten Orte, die ich je gesehen habe. Eine Müllhalde, in jeder Form!

[@QuickQuick1991]

Uber Elite

[@passy7787]

🤣🤣

[@Sha-Ayo]

Watching from the uk ❤

[@SergioGonzalez-ip5xz]

Thank you Passy for bringing these videos to the channel and seeing what the atmosphere is like on the streets of Kinshasa. Unfortunately, garbage is a problem in many African countries.

[@holmes426]

😂 I doubt that car has passed mandatory technical check.

[@Mafia_owner11]

Wow i didnt press video so fast

[@shatalov2455]

Это видео нужно показывать тем , кому не нравится работать в Москве на Яндексе 😁😁😁

[@angry_di]

Как яндекс тариф "вместе" 😂

[@kossxtreeme]

Great video man !!

[@passy7787]

thanks

[@jonathasfigaro4992]

For a moment i thought it was california

[@SDav21]

This video generalises Africa. It's like showing a bad part of one country in the whole of Europe and then calling that Europe. South Africa, which is a country in Africa for those who are clueless, is nothing like this. Secondly, this video shows how sad it is in some parts. The Congo is the richest country in the world in terms of resources but because of corruption and the US and European countries stealing the resources via the corrupt govermemt, the country remains poor and the people suffer. It's infuriating. Europe and the US needs to leave Africa alone and stop meddling.

[@Thunaraz]

Bullshit! Get over your victim mentality and get your shit togerher. Always blaming the west for everything and still having no problem when China and ruzzia comes over there.

[@B5RZERKER63]

strong shit. the escort is even a diesel nice

[@usaf2011]

5:27 coming from the US this was very interesting. Left handedness is such a weird thing and differs in so many culltures

[@iFixJunk]

I thought it had to do with, er...POTTY...stuff...

[@antoninjedla]

This big market place is one big dump!!!😅

[@iFixJunk]

I thought I knew what "clapped-out" meant. Holy sh*t. Driver: "Nahhhh, that windshield's got a few more years left in it."

[@Shopbestdeals]

I love this video and I hoped you paid the driver to capture the footage. 😊

[@МихаилПоляков-у5с]

Привет из России! Сними пожалуйста ваш автомобильный рынок, цены на автомобили и грузовики! Очень интересны грузовики! Есть ли у вас лада 4х4 нива, или другие советские или российские автомобили? Заранее огромное спасибо! Здоровья и удачи!

[@hristoyanakiev4785]

i never complaint on my country ever again,after watchied this,poor people difficult life.

[@СтепелтонДжонс]

Я сначала думал показалось, что их трое спереди, но нет 😊

[@Jadeychill]

Great video. Only critique I'd like to address is the trash on the streets. Doesn't congo have a dump where all the trash goes to?

[@ILOVEBACONBOY2018]

Awesome content man thanks! Hi from the USA.

[@jamescody774]

I can't imagine the odor inside that cab

[@BRQOxapam]

Thx for video. It was interesting😊

[@minskgreenhouse]

amazing piece of work bro. this video shout very professional!

[@gyges5495]

That little Ford cab is a tank!

[@yvonneho876]

All because you were born at the wrong side of the world? Life isn't fair

[@kidmoneymoney1040]

I thing Africa have knowledge that they can alteast collect there garabage from there streets

[@commoncentsamerican]

Look how they have destroyed the Earth around them................................................. Always Offended Never Ashamed............................

[@michaelhessenius9395]

Ich liebe diese Videos. Aber warum muss überall Müll herumliegen? Auch wenn man arm ist, kann man doch sauber leben. Viele Grüße aus Deutschland

[@horsthumbug1612]

Tja da kümmert sich niemand um die Umwelt aber buntländ wird das Weltklima mit e Autos retten 😂😂😂denk mal drüber nach.

[@noahingram8052]

Thanks

[@jeandechabrier3998]

Like Berlin in a few years

[@benromanos.2931]

Negotiations between prices of 0.30 and 0.50$ for a taxi ride is insane.

[@LOVE-jq9fr]

Love how africans larp as if Mad Max happened already.😂

[@ABDURRAKHMAN228]

PlS POV TEST DRIVE TOYOTA IPSUM 2005 IN AFRICAN 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Gin14454]

Какая грязь!!! Антисанитария!!! "Спасибо" США и европе за их колонии!! Они приносят "мир" этому континенту😂

[@SamC.F]

Unbelievable! It's hard life... Even if the car looks terrible he can make a living... And by the way, he's a good driver!

[@nikolmichalikova2498]

This comment write a frend of Nikol, this is something absolutely crazy. Car in horible condition but i know, this is reall life in Afrika. Very sad.

[@mikeyh9528]

Your video skill is great! Lots of perspectives, multiple cameras. Well done!

[@tacojesus4783]

cars shouldnt be in Africa except SA tbh

[@johndemeen5575]

What a wonderful place, so peaceful, clean, quite, lot of trees and green grass. Very beautiful place.

[@deebo7276]

i remember this car :) good vid!

[@Shtifffick]

Привет из России 🇷🇺)

[@Ferga007]

Én is voltam szegény mert 26 évesen özvegyen maradtam 2 gyerekkel de a tisztaságra vigyáztam a környezetemben. Az otthonomban. Tudom hogy mi az hogy nélkülözés de a szegénység miatt nem lettünk tele szeméttel. Sajnálom afrikát. Sok gyarmatosítónak nem lett volna szabad arra a földre lépni.

[@dummekommentarefullhdvonka2359]

Let's get dirrrty let's get dirrrty!

[@michelszvetecz3243]

une décharge a ciel ouvert ou une ville a poussé et ou les habitant.... dégelasse vivent

[@MrGeorgesc007]

1 male 5 African females... there is nothing that can possibly go wrong 😂😂

[@christianpechard5727]

C’est quoi toutes ces poubelles par terre mon dieu comment peut-on vivre encore comme sa

[@zzoinks]

1500 Congolese Franc equals 0.53 United States Dollar, June 2024

[@КотКотовский-е2с]

классно у них там,вот бы нам так.и мусоров не видно совсем.пьяным можно ездить.

[@ldcam21]

I have to say that part of the world couldn’t care less about the environment that’s for sure

[@myomyataung8546]

With civil war going on in my country, I just hope it wouldn't become like shown here one day.

[@federicostritzler7650]

Oooohhh.... lovely first world ! 😊 .... look at all that great quality of life!

[@gyges5495]

Are the trash collectors on strike? Why so much trash everywhere?? And that cab needs to be inspected- front windshield smashed! Tons of people around

[@Nebulak1]

Great Video, pls more :)

[@karluk7724]

Life in a rubbish pit….wow

[@Pitong_Pitong]

Яндекс такси тариф «попутчик » через 10 лет)))))

[@axelzabicki8789]

Hier dürfen keine Plastik Deckel auf dem Boden liegen.Da eine Müllkippe auf der Strasse.Auf dem Wochenmarkt Tausende Fliegen auf dem Fleisch.

[@johnwpolsce9401]

Very dangerous vehicle, but this is Africa!

[@hugoboss8786]

Hauptsache wenn mein alter Euro 3 Diesel in Mittel Europa eine Wolke hinterlässt sofort Kennzeichen runter 😅

[@RJFP67]

Carbon monoxide is pouring into the vehicles. Making due with what you have speaks volumes here. I can’t imagine what healthcare is-like in such a country ?

[@zelalemized]

GoPro which model is this? Amazing Video BTW!

[@Gentry09]

They get every single mile out of a vehicle man

[@UweBermann]

Diesel?

[@BadMuflon]

Taxi driver from Europe here This is very intense and dangerous especially in that car which I dont even know how is that thing still running, it sounds like it hasnt got any fluids in. I would like to try one shift of this It looks like fun for a day but yeah thats harsh environment for work. Here I am bitching about friday traffic jams sitting in my euro6 Merc while these guys have to put wood inside the car just to have the windshield up which was broken 20 years ago... Respect

[@Larry-p8t]

Jesus Christ what was that

[@Al_gre]

You have to put all money you have in Africa - into education for most kids right now. This is terrible. I mean they even do not understand what car is - for them it is only abstract thing like something with wheels that may move you, metal mule. Cyberpunk irl, this simple techs they get(nobody knows how they've been produced or invented, magic) living in very low life.

[@hj8272]

That video looks familiar.. Yes! It's New York City.

[@sanmanagementteam6725]

When will you hold your “leaders” accountable for not collecting garbages from the streets Africa?. This is embarrassing.

[@jimmpas1]

And yet Sweden, one of the cleanest country in the world and who is responsible for almost no CO2 outlet has to have one of the highest taxes in the world because apparently we throw all the plastic bags and containers in the sea! Outrageous how they can be allowed to throw garbage around like nothing and yet no one in the world is putting pressure on them or help them to become a cleaner country.....

[@KleinNatsu]

We need Tesla Taxis there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mohammedfisal7630]

لا نحنا بحاجه الى بي واي دي

[@am-dz7vm]

Driving in the jungle with no rules but especially no insurance, cabs are like the Russian roulett, every time you get into a car you don't know if you're getting out dead or alive.

[@ISA_LA_CA]

Why they are living like this?!

[@ikupreza]

no money

[@ISA_LA_CA]

@@ikupreza Why no money? Money can be earned and it will be. Kongo is the richest country in Africa.

[@ikupreza]

@@ISA_LA_CA other countries exploit congo and other african countries resources.

[@nillobade9586]

Survival takes many forms....in this case....no other means but acceptable...

[@gabordenes1198]

Probably the worst country in the world in any sense. Neglect, no care, no perspective... And if it stays this way, the country that is not getting anywhere

[@ZONEGIANTTROOPER]

Looks interesting for a few minutes on KZbin . Hell in real life trash all over the ground