I have other tales of highway robbery, but tell me yours first
― suzy, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― dave q, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― nathalie, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― mark s, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
and as he was a) scary and b) driving like an absolute madman, I mumbled something inoffensive.
then, apropos of nothing, he said 'don't you think footballers get paid far too fuckin' much?' to which I replied '!'
― clive, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Well, attempted to get out. He told the cabbie to fuck off, the cabbie grabbed him, he turned and put out his cigarette between the cabbie's eyes. Lovely.
― Ally C, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
in the provinces (sheffield) mini cabs are licenced and have computers which tell them how much to charge them (its never more than 4 quid)
worst taxi thang is trying to get a taxi a liverpool street after 11pm. You will not get one unless you one to get to one of the holes that taxi drivers crawl from (essex).
I hate black cab drivers. When I used to cycle round london I got knocked offf my bike 3 times by black cabs and their arrogant fuckwit drivers ( all three lost their public carriage licences)
― Ed, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― T Traherne, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Liverpool Street tip: as long as trains are still running, go to the taxi rank INSIDE the station. Taxis collecting fares at the station (any station) HAVE to take you where you are going, which includes south of the bastard Thames.
Has anyone had a bad experience with those 'listening devices' that are in a lot of cabs? Once when being driven completely the wrong way home I commented to a friend on the idiocy of going that direction and the driver went ballistic and chucked us out. At one AM. No sir, while the meter runneth (over), it's OUR CAB.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Most offensive of all is the annoying Yankee in New York cabs who tells you to wear yr seatbelt. Is that what he's saying? It's VERY irritating. Don't you NYC-ers feel patronised?
― Sarah, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Also, fuckers who inch up the meter by stopping streets away from where you tell them to, as if deaf to requests to pull up to the bumper, baby.
― suzy, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Ronan, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
The driver then gets me in his cab and says 'how do you get there then?'. So he totally invented a fare not even knowing where he was going! Could someone please invent an imaginary part of London and see how much cab drivers charge to go there as I would guess 15 quid is the standard 'dunno where that is' fare.
― Emma, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
My worst cab experience was when my driver turned up late, it was his first day and he didn't know how to get to Victoria Station. I mean, really. I didn't quite miss my flight.
― Madchen, Monday, 3 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
http://www.passado.com.br/ntc/fotos/eva_peron.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 3 March 2008 10:43 (seventeen years ago)
I hate black cab drivers.
-- Ed, Sunday, 2 September 2001 01:00 (6 years ago) Bookmark Link
RACISM CONTROVERSY~!
― That mong guy that's shit, Monday, 3 March 2008 10:48 (seventeen years ago)
He hated Pakistanis a whole nine days before everyone else.
― Dom Passantino, Monday, 3 March 2008 10:50 (seventeen years ago)
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― Noodle Vague, Monday, 3 March 2008 10:51 (seventeen years ago)
I think it is absolutely disgusting and primitive that in this day & age, in the country's capital city, drivers of unmarked cars without meters are allowed to transport fare paying passengers, something which is not allowed elsewhere in the country. Livingstone should so force them to become proper taxis and be done with it.
― Grandpont Genie, Monday, 3 March 2008 11:27 (seventeen years ago)
^^^
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 3 March 2008 11:29 (seventeen years ago)
They're not unmarked any more. The proper ones have little TFL stickers in their windows.
― Masonic Boom, Monday, 3 March 2008 11:32 (seventeen years ago)
well they need big signs. And meters!
― Grandpont Genie, Monday, 3 March 2008 11:32 (seventeen years ago)
They don't need meters, you just have to hire one in advance, and make sure you agree the fare with the person in the call centre before you get in the cab.
The ones I use have satnav which I like a lot. I like watching the map tick by as we take these amazing shortcuts.
― Masonic Boom, Monday, 3 March 2008 11:35 (seventeen years ago)
ILikeWhereThisCabIsGoing.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 3 March 2008 11:36 (seventeen years ago)
Don't ever book a cab with radio taxis (prominently advertised on the side of many black cabs). Especially not if you're going somewhere like an airport or train station would actually quite like a cab to arrive, instead of them calling up and telling you "we're trying to find a driver", 10 minutes before and again 30 minutes after you were due to leave.
― ledge, Monday, 3 March 2008 14:31 (seventeen years ago)