Chat with a taxi driver

[Pat "5mph"]

Well, 2 actually, had to take the cat to the vet this morning.

First taxi driver:
Hi, how you doing, where're you from, Italy, blah blah blah .... off today?
Me: no, going to work later on at the secc, I'll cycle it in half an hour, couldn't take the cat on the bike, ha ha!
Taxi driver: you cycle on the road? I've got a bike too, don't use it very often ...
Me, leaving him a tip: he, he, please don't run me over if you see me.
Him: noooooo, I always look out for cyclists, I'm very careful, it's them private hire you need to watch!

Second taxi driver:
Hi, how you doing, blah blah blah .... very nice to chat to you, thanks for the tip.
Me: he he, don't run me over if you see me on the road, I cycle everywhere when I'm not ferrying the cat
Him: you cycle from here to the secc? (it's only 5 miles)
Don't worry, I'm always very careful of cyclists, the roads are terrible, full of potholes, we are all too much in a hurry nowadays, that's the trouble, I get it when a cyclist needs to be in the middle of the road sometimes, ... it's them private hire you need to watch!

 

[kedab]

can we clone these cabbies and install them into every vehicle?!

 

[Mo1959]

Reminds myself to watch out for private hire taxis.................usually more tractors and land rovers round here mind you.

 

[fossyant]

It is the private hires you need to watch out for.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Me thinks: somebody today either was lying to me or to themselves

 

[jefmcg]

I had a friend who transported her cat on her bike. Bungee'd the pet carrier to the year rack. Never had a problem, but it would need to be a very calm cat (even a 4kg throwing itself about could be very destabilizing)

Still, it's private hire you really need to look out for.

 

[Arjimlad]

How reliable is your intuition generally ?

Still, they might think of you next time they pass a bike & give it more space. Nicely done !

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Reminds myself to watch out for private hire taxis.................usually more tractors and land rovers round here mind you.

No tractors here, loads of building material transporting lorries ... and taxis!
Up the road from where I live are: the new motorway, a builder's merchant, private hire main office, bus depot, council recycling centre .... If I only had to commute the opposite way, there would be just sheep to look out for!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I had a friend who transported her cat on her bike. Bungee'd the pet carrier to the year rack. Never had a problem, but it would need to be a very calm cat (even a 4kg throwing itself about could be very destabilizing)

Still, it's private hire you really need to look out for.

BigCat is 5.25 Kg, I need a trailer for him. It will be my next cycling expense.

 

[teekay421]

They would say that though wouldn't they? I don't have many issues with the black cabs but the private hires? THE WORST. Especially that Hampden taxi crew - all run by gangsters and bstds. I cycle on busy roads and get courtesy from a lot, I don't like to generalise (err, generally) but it does annoy me that the people who do it for a living ("professional") are such terrible, irresponsible, erratic, unaware, vindictive and dangerous. sorry, venting!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

THE WORST. Especially that Hampden taxi crew

Yes: specially them! (headquarter up the road, in Polmadie)
All the years before I started cycling they made a fortune out of me, now they want to kill me because I'm a lost fare to them

 

[davefb]

BigCat is 5.25 Kg, I need a trailer for him. It will be my next cycling expense.

or have the cat tow you?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

or have the cat tow you?

 

[Drago]

Strewth. What are the odds of getting the only 2 nice cabbies in the country?

 

[Mo1959]

BigCat is 5.25 Kg, I need a trailer for him. It will be my next cycling expense.

Glad I've just got a dinky little Siamese. lol