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Hell on wheels: New York’s 10 worst cabbies

They’re the hacks out of hell.

New York’s 10 worst cabbies spit, curse, throw temper tantrums and sucker-punch female riders while raging on the road with less regard for the law than Grand Theft Auto gamers, according to the records of court hearings where hack licenses were yanked.

Yet in most cases, it took years and an average of eight prior serious offenses before their licenses were revoked by the Taxi and Limousine Commission, disciplinary documents revealed.

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One crazy cabby had a whopping 20 violations, including ripping off riders by smoothly switching $20 bills that fares handed him into singles — and then having the gall to demand additional payment.

Gulzar Hussain, 52, has been repeatedly busted for overcharging, refusing to take passengers to their destinations, and driving around the city like Mad Max since he got a taxi license in 1991.

“It was clear to me that [Hussain] has scant regard for the commission’s rules, which he has consistently violated with impunity,” an administrative judge said during a Nov. 12, 2008, hearing where he recommended a $3,000 fine and license revocation.

Since 2005, about 100 of the city’s 47,283 cabbies and 50,000 livery-car drivers have lost their licenses each year, according to TLC stats.

It is difficult to force the crazy cabbies off the road because charges are often tossed after riders fail to testify, a source said.

TLC Commissioner Matthew Daus stressed that most drivers play by the rules.

“For those who don’t rise to that standard, we have the toughest system in the country for removing persistent violators from the road as soon as legally possible,” he said.

In total, there were close to 4,000 “discourteous” complaints by riders in fiscal year 2009. The TLC said that represents a small number of the 230 million rides all cabbies provide.

stefanie.cohen@nypost.com