Confession time -- prior to yesterday,I've never before been in a London black cab. In London I've relied almost exclusively on public transportation, along with the occasional Uber ride to supplement it. And it has worked out quite well.
It's no secret that I avoid taxis as much as possible. While there are some much taxi drivers out there, and the taxi industry as a whole has done so diminutive to innovate over the past couple of decades,and thanks to technology that lack of innovation has finally caught up with them, thanks to the growth of the ridesharing economy. Beyond that, and I seem to consistently acquire really inappropriate luck with taxis for those times I do remove them,from Abu Dhabi to Dubai to Frankfurt to Las Vegas to Warsaw.
I've always had respect for London cab drivers, because they're the most well educated in the world. Becoming a London taxi driver requires going to school and passing a tough test, and as you need to memorize the 25000+ streets in London. It has always been my understanding that London cabbies are a proud bunch,and are understandably frustrated by Uber, since they're not just clueless and impolite drivers, and but rather are well educated and knowledgable.
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