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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
I'm not sure what these taxi driver tests entail but I agree with Mick that it would help a bit if they knew the area. It used to be that if you didn't know where somewhere was you could ask a taxi driver and they would know. Now they always seem to ask where the location is (not much good if you are a visitor and have never been here before) and they ask "How much do you usually pay?" instead of telling you how much it is. Again useless if you do not 'usually' do that journey.
A couple of years ago we took a taxi to a friend's house in Ossy, gave the driver the address and in spite of us telling him he was going the wrong way he insisted he wasn't and took us on a scenic tour of most of Ossy before finally admitting he couldn't find it!
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Most taxi drivers now have those Sat Nav things to find their way around. I don't know if they work off postcodes or street names, but I would say they are next to useless if the driver can't spell correctly.
As for the drivers asking how much do you usually pay, it's a ploy to get more money from you. All prices have to be listed in the car along with the price per mile. I always check the mileage when getting in a taxi and pay for the mileage used not what they think they can get away.