Black cab driver tosser
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FishFright
More wheels than sense
Are you forced to use taxi cabs against your will until Uber et al destroy them? If not do you actually have a point ?
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
That's not a bad plan. Use Uber until the taxis are all gone, and then ditch Uber too. The roads will be a wondrous place full of joy and love.
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Or he gets out of prison after murdering you ...
If a driver kills some one whilst driving prison doesn't even figure in sentencing. The cabbie might be free to meet you to give you your Christmas present.
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Remove the drivers wing mirror next time - then he'll be off the road until he get's a new one !
And then the passenger mirror adding a few dents to the panels on your way with your D-lock for artistic license.
gaijintendo
Veteran
- Location
- Scotchland
I believe the one remaining flaw is that self driving cars invariably, um, swerve into cyclists. So they WOULD do a great job at replacing taxi drivers!
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltech...to-talk-to-self-driving-cars-for-safetys-sake
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Then we need self driving bicycles.
cabbieman
Senior Member
- Location
- north warwickshire
I'm a bit disturbed about the hatred of some people towards cabbies. In my opinion cabbies are an easy target for some people. In my experience as a cyclist Lots of car drivers could do with retraining and as a cabbie Lots of cyclists could do with having a look at their positioning and their holier than thou attitude.
Jason
Senior Member
- Location
- Carnaby Street
Positioning?
We take the lane to counter doors opening and cars squeezing by.
We take the lane to counter doors opening and cars squeezing by.
RoubaixCube
~Tribanese~
- Location
- London, UK
Have to commute home through some pretty busy parts of central London most days, ive had my fair share of bellends who call themselves 'professional drivers' but have not an ounce of respect for cyclists
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
[QUOTE 4916703, member: 1314"]Black cab drivers should not be allowed in London Bus Lanes. They are not public transport, but private transport.
Ridiculous scenarios occuring in London Bus lanes during rush hour where a cyclist takes up the space of one person, a bus takes up the space of 70 or 80 people but a Black Cab with one or two people is taking up the space of five or six people.
It's ridiculous.[/QUOTE]
There are loads of buses in bus lanes with 1 or 2 people on board.
Ridiculous scenarios occuring in London Bus lanes during rush hour where a cyclist takes up the space of one person, a bus takes up the space of 70 or 80 people but a Black Cab with one or two people is taking up the space of five or six people.
It's ridiculous.[/QUOTE]
There are loads of buses in bus lanes with 1 or 2 people on board.
To be honest London could do with a cull of 80% of all taxis and private hire. Very few actually need them. Yes, getting a cab is sometimes a good way to travel but I'd gladly trade that for a drop of tens of thousands of unnecessary vehicles clogging up the roads.
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Cabs just perpetuate lazy, environmentally damaging behaviour. The drivers are a case in point.
Dec66
A gentlemanly pootler, these days
- Location
- West Wickham
I used to work opposite the Mercure Hotel on Southwark Street, SE1. If I had a pound for every cyclist I saw taken out by a Hackney Cab driver outside that hotel, I'd have several pounds.
Mainly it happened thus: punter would come out of the hotel doors, walk to the edge of the pavement and flag a cab. Said cab would swing into the curb without bothering to check their nearside mirror. This would be followed by a metallic thump and smash.
Occasionally it would happen thus: punter would flag down cab, cabbie would swing into the curb without checking mirrors, thankfully no cyclists would be present. Punter would then ask cabbie to take him somewhere in the City, across London Bridge. Punter would board cab, cab would swing a U-turn without bothering to check his offside mirror, as a cyclist was overtaking him. This would be followed by a metallic thump and a smash.
Once or twice, the cabbie concerned proffered a SMIDSY. All the other times, the cabbie would harangue the cyclist for his or her stupidity, what with him being a professional driver and all that, and therefore infallible.
I don't bother taking cabs in London, partly for the above reasons.
I'm more than happy to take cabs in Liverpool, however, as the cabbies there are boss.
Mainly it happened thus: punter would come out of the hotel doors, walk to the edge of the pavement and flag a cab. Said cab would swing into the curb without bothering to check their nearside mirror. This would be followed by a metallic thump and smash.
Occasionally it would happen thus: punter would flag down cab, cabbie would swing into the curb without checking mirrors, thankfully no cyclists would be present. Punter would then ask cabbie to take him somewhere in the City, across London Bridge. Punter would board cab, cab would swing a U-turn without bothering to check his offside mirror, as a cyclist was overtaking him. This would be followed by a metallic thump and a smash.
Once or twice, the cabbie concerned proffered a SMIDSY. All the other times, the cabbie would harangue the cyclist for his or her stupidity, what with him being a professional driver and all that, and therefore infallible.
I don't bother taking cabs in London, partly for the above reasons.
I'm more than happy to take cabs in Liverpool, however, as the cabbies there are boss.
