They are mad!

I know this has nothing to do with London Taxi’s, but it’s just too funny not to share.

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Book Description
A charming true story of a year in the life of a London cabbie told through the snippets of the lives of those who travel with him.

Synopsis
It’s a spring morning in Tavistock Square. All around lives large and small are starting their day. Cabbie 42629 sits in his taxi sipping the first cup of tea of the day. He looks at his watch. It is 9.40, time to make for Euston Station and his first pick-up…So begins a charming true story of a year in the life of a London cabbie told through the conversations he has with the passengers travelling in the back of his cab. All human life is here: the loved and lonely, the lucky and unlucky, the happy, the sad, the ordinary folk who make up the bustling life of a big city. All have tales to tell captured here in their own words and through the remarkable photographs the author has taken of them. This gem of a book captures the essence of London and life, leaving the reader uplifted and with a renewed hope in his fellow man. This is the most original and insightful book you’ll read all year.

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How could the BBC get it so wrong?

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What do you think, is this an idea that will take off, who knows? Gave me a giggle though.

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Although The London Taxi Drivers’ Fund for Underprivileged Children are renowned for their outings, there is a lot more that the charity undertakes during the year.

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An interesting article published by inquirer stated that “A SURVEY OF taxi drivers showed that people are losing their mobile phones, their PDAs, their notebooks, and even their lives in the back of cabs, worldwide.

According to Pointsec, which surveyed 900 licensed cabbies in London, Sydney, Paris, Munich, Oslo, Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Chicago, one driver turned round to find his passenger dead.

Other cabbies have found passengers’ false teeth and their artificial limbs in the back of their vehicles.

The firm claimed that Jemima Khan left her iPod and mobile phone in a black cab, but the cabbie called her friend, who turned out to be someone called Hugh Grant.

The survey claimed to show that in the last six months, drivers of London’s black cab unearthed 63,135 mobile phones, 5,838 Pocket PCs, and 4,973 notebooks.

The London survey was conducted by the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, Taxi. But Pointsec claimed that an average of 80% of passengers were re-united with their mobiles after the cabbies tracked down their owners.”

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Ever since the days of horse drawn carriages, the specifications of London’s taxis have been regulated. In 1679, passenger safety concerns resulted in the development of Conditions of Fitness. These requirements, modified as and when necessary, are still strictly enforced by the Public Carriage Office, a division of the Metropolitan Police. The London taxi which lingers in most people’s memories is the Austin FX-4, which was introduced in 1959 and remained in production until 1997.

A London taxi is subject to thorough periodic inspections and is retired after 10 to 12 years and thousands of miles of service. When retired, many of them move away to other cities where rules are less stringent. Some are dismantled and their parts sold off. A collector feels proud if he does have a London taxi in his collection. “The Knowledge” test Membership of the team of London’s black cab drivers does not come easy.

Drivers have to get through a tough test known as “The Knowledge” before earning the right to sit behind the wheel. They have to memorize almost every road near central London and also be familiar with the location of every hospital, theatre, train station, hotel etc. Finally, they undergo months of tough tests before being eligible for the certificate.

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Wecome to londoncabbie.net a website for the London cab driver community to share stories, please register and start posting your stories here, the world awaits your taxi tales. Thank You.

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