Taxi!

Taxi drivers are an interesting bunch. I caught a cab recently with some friends of mine and they're all girls. The driver tried to touch one of the girls in a special place. It was very awkward fro the next twenty minutes.

 

Well, you can't have it all!

Ahh. The London taxi. Apart from being highly overpriced, I don't mind them. The drivers ... meh. It's a gamble all right.

Hope you had a merry non-denominational seasonal night out.

 

I hate cabs here, hot, smelly cause the driver hasn't showered in 6 weeks or so and they never know where you want to go.

 

Yeah, I avoid them at all costs. It's amazing that they can still smell sweaty at any time of the day (or night).

 

And it's full of chavs annoying everyone, and if you're tall the head room sucks, as does the leg room.

Anyway... why can't you read a book in a taxi?

 

In the Netherlands you have Mercedeses with leather seats and if you dont want to talk you dont talk. In Denmark (where I live at the moment) you have mercedes, bmw (6), Volkswagen (touareg) and most of them have dvd screens in the back. So not used to uncomfortable taxi drives..

 

We have similar cars here, although they're called 'private hire cars', not taxis.

Difference between the two... taxis can pick up off the street and have designated taxi ranks (bit like bus stops) whereas private hire cars can't stop anywhere to pick up passengers and you have to advance book them. Though that may differ from city to city.

 

No they really are all Mercedes (or 'decent' cars anyway) in Denmark... both private hire cars AND taxis you can flag down in the street.

Slightly different from the dirty Nissan Sunnys and clapped out Toyotas we get as 'private hire' cars in London, huh?

 

If you use the dodgy companies...

True, though the new ones have reading lights in them.

 

Black Cabs Suck.

They are uncomfortable as noted above. They are amazingly un-fuel effecient. You'd think that as they do so many miles and are diesel they would be engineered to get 40mpg+, but no. They are vastly over priced but as soon as someone talks about competition they all go on strike! Thankfully Ken has introduced licensed mini-cabs so we might finally get a good deal in London.

The Black Cab drivers claim they are better than mini cabs as they have passed the Knowledge but I have had to direct a number of Black Cab drivers to my flat. I live in Zone 2 so you'd think they should know where it is.

So anyway I don't use them anymore. Night Bus, mini-cab or walk for me...