Full Late Shift - London Black Cab Driver - (3 of 5)
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Hi Tom, we were the Scottish passengers you picked yo yesterday, channel is good! đ
This lad never fails to deliver! I have never been so mesmerised by somebody driving around and narrating where they are going. I dunno. Maybe it's because I am a Londoner myself (West London, Hayes area) or better yet, i think it's because Tom has a perfect voice and tone to inform us of exactly where he's off to and how he's going to get there.
Either way, another great video mate, and never stop doing them! Have a safe one. All the best!đ
Thank you so much!
I want to share what goes on inside my head as I drive, and most likely a lot of taxi drivers.
Always learning, always sharing!
Wouldn't it be wonderful if Tom could be cloned đ
I'm in Ontario Canada, and I'm mesmerized by Tom's content, delivery and video. London fascinates me - I wish I had seen so much more in the few times I've been there.
The London Cabbie: The most intense and mental + physical test someone could ever do. 3 + years on a bike before you even get in the driverâs seat and thatâs why they are the best + the temperament test the examiners put them through to make sure they are Absolutely ready for the job.. My Cousin done it took her 5 years Tom .. the thingâs and places she had to know in Detail was Crazy..People just donât realise..đđ
Your comments about tipping made me remember a trip I did from the Science Museum one afternoon with the family. I wanted to go to St Pancras but the driver mentioned he needed to be at Victoria by a set time to clock off and meet his wife. We were off home to Ashford so we agreed to go to Victoria instead. The fare was ÂŁ15 but he did it for a tenner as I did him a favour by diverting my journey and he had enough time for a coffee as well
I live in Madison, Wisconsin and drove here and in Chicago. As I watch this, I am amazed at the number of streets in Madison that were apparently named after streets or areas of London. As a example, Mayfair, Knightsbridge and many others. There is a section of the east side off of Cottage Grove road, where Knightsbridge is, where I believe all the streets are named like this. Also on the southwest side is a similar area. I find this strange since Madison was developed in the 1840-50 era by Norwegians, Swedes and Germans. In Chicago there is no area like that for any nationality. Although there are areas where there is a predominant ethnic makup. Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Greek, Black, etc. Although the areas are etnic, the street names date back to the 1800's are usually Famous Americans or famous events in the cities or countries history.
If you live in Lndon and want to learn London, studying his routes is probably one of the best ways LMAO
Frigging hell Tom now Iâve got to go find a place to park up and watch this! âïžâ€
Had the privilege of meeting you in front of Westminster abbey and taking a picture with you. Keep the vids going because they get better each time :)
Great to meet you!
That happened to me in Glasgow. As a kid, my family drove up to Glasgow, got there 10pm on Friday. We stopped to ask for directions, the guy got in the car and showed us the way!
The amount of bikes going on red traffic lights is insane!
Love the history lessons in these videos, Tom. Keep up the good work
Absolutely love these videos. Keep them coming as often as possible.
Brilliant vid Tom, your levels of both customer service and London knowledge are outstanding. Plus your editing skills are amazing too!
Love the videos Tom. Good to see London and listen to an authentic voice.
Finally a new video haha! After discovering you Iâve watched the entire back catalogue even the stuff from years ago on how to pass the knowledge! Been waiting for a new video, really appreciate these and I hope youâre doing well. Iâve caught three black cabs in the last two weeks and have been hoping itâs a one in 21,000 chance itâs you!
1 in 14,000 chance đ€Ș thereâs not that many vehicles licensed at the moment
@@TomtheTaxiDriver ah I thought I remembered it as 21,000 from one of your recent videos, Iâve probably binged too many that my memory has failed me. I like these odds much better then đ
08:45. Itâs now 1030am and Trafalgar Square to Tower Bridge has Victoria Embankment in red đ đ
Thanks for bringing us along Tom. I honestly wish I found the channel later so I had more to binge onđ Iâve subbed and will keep eye out for new releases đđœ
Great video makes me excited when I get notified you uploaded. My fav vids are these ones
Anyone who gets into your cab is so lucky to have you driving them!
Great videos Tom. Keep them coming
These video are so interesting. Really great work. Might be a bit late now, but a spooky tour of London for Halloween would be good. Annabels in Mayfair always puts on an amazing display.
Took a guy and his gal home one night in my Town and the fare was something like ÂŁ10.The dude who was intoxicated and had decided to be flash in front of his woman by tipping me... a tenner!! I tried to refuse his generous offer but he was in full flash Harry mode. He's always doing that the lady told me. Well i hope you reward him, i thoughtđ
brilliant again,keep them coming,regards.
been fully enjoying these video tom your knowlege of london is just brill dunno how you keep everything in there but amazing to know espacally with me not a londoner but from doncaster so it just nice to know if i ever were to drive down there again atleast i have a rough idea where on earth to go keep it up mate been a fantastic series so far cant wait to see thursdays and fridays look after yourself and keep them coming
Great video as always. I also have problems with remembering numbers. It is easier when you have pictures in your head on things like houses, shops, churches and so on. Back in the days, people could say the phone booth in the street or road, and we all knew where it was. What are the restrictions on driving children in your cab? Child seat and so on. We also have problems with hotel names since there many Scandic and Radisson hotels in Oslo. Tipping has also become very bad. Twenty years ago, when I drove a 9-seater, I could almost make as much on tip as the regular pay on Fridays and Saturdays. Back then cash was king. About Pratt Street. I once read an article about some cab drivers who were fed up with a journalist who wrote negative articles about the black cabs. They phoned him and said they had a tip about something. They told him where to go and wait. They then took picture of him standing under the street sign Pratt Street.
Loving this series - it's compelling - I don't want to miss a second - that could cost some pence ! Thanks Tom. Hello for N2 : - )
Keen for this one! Love this concept!
Greayt video as always, Tom! Took a cab from Victoria to Leicester Square the other day and was hoping it was you - alas! Maybe next time. Thanks for the tip on the yfood too - love it!
New subscriber, just found your channel, you are great at holding the viewer's attention with your knowledge of London. Not been for many, many years but makes me want to book a tripđ.
Loving this series - bring on 4/5!
Enjoy watching your videos and entertained by your knowledge of London. Could never drive there
Amazing job mate your always doing so hard â€đźđ
Tom this shift series is coming along slow! Been checking your channel for days waiting for the 3rd one to come out. Great content as always
Another great video tom
Great 'mini-series'. Totally absorbing, interesting and entertaining. The Glaswegian was correct, they are very friendly and helpful.
Get in been waiting for this
"Getting bare iron" is the phrase i use for getting legalled.
Hey Tom love the videos, please can you do a video about double yellows, chevronâs red routes, loading and unloading, and how it applies to cabbies.
Trafalgar Square-Tower Bridge at 4.45pm on a Saturday: Victoria Embankment, Upper Thames Street, Tower Hill - but it's also saying the same time to go over Southwark Bridge, past Borough tube, all the way down to Bricklayers Arms and then Tower Bridge Road.
Heavy traffic heading east; 24/25 mins to go that way - 17/20 mins to come back west.
Interesting as always Tom.
Very good morning to you Tom âșïž
Fascinating as always. Nice one Tom đ
Another great vlog
In liverpool all the house numbers run away from The Town Hall. When you've got the Town Hall behind you usually number one is the first on the left, number 2 first on your right. Unless the Road/Lane was in use before Liverpool Council was formed.
âat least its not a lewishamâ đ€Ș
I love these videos
love from romania
As an on-and-off tipper I have to say that the amount I tip, and whether I do so in the first place, is largely dependent on my financial state rather than the quality of the service, unless it's particularly atrocious.
This channel is class I imagine your CZcams channel generates you a full time wage now đ class đ one of the great things about the internet your probably one of the only taxi drivers who makes high quality videos
Saw yfood in one of my local shops for the first time and instantly thought of this channel. Haha.
Was in London to see family this week. Got a black cab from Buckingham palace to borough market. Did keep my eye out for you but unfortunately didn't see you. Really enjoyable experience with the guy. 21 years he has been doing it but said he is starting to get sick of it and will start winding down his career soon. Says he now only works 5am-3pm. Lates and nightshifts are unbearable he said.
The whole street number thing is a by-product of the rideshare culture. As a taxi driver I'm not interested in the number just a nearby landmark building or if it's your residence you tell me when I'm close to it.
The more I watch your videos Tom the more I wana do the knowledge đ€
Tom, fantastic content as always. Can I ask, if you were to try to define the most fatiguing part of your job...what would it be? Keep up the great work mate.
Hi Tom, Glasgow if you dare , I am Londoner that drives a Black cab in Glasgow City, always find it interesting watching your videos so if you ever have any questions regarding driving a Hackney in the city of Glasgow, or even fancy a city break in the UKs Toughest & friendly city get in touch, Be Lucky, Mike
Keep meaning to take a book and make a note of the numbers and the way they run on londons streets , Google maps always help, good vlog buddy .
Hi TomâŠ..you mentioned how distinctive the name Ixworth is! It is also a village in Suffolk!
Make them an hour long tom great stuff
Being an "out of town" driver who brings customers in from the south coast, the numbers on Hurley Street are a issue.
It's curretly 8 nearly 9 pm on a wednesday. The trafalga square to tower bridge route has a big red line in the middle adding 12 minutes making the journey 26 minutes.
Just checked the route Tom. It's 4.50 in the morning so not red just yet đđ
Hi Tom, I'm a big fan of your channel and love watching you navigating London. Could you please tell me, where I can het my hands on such a map you always use to draw the routes on?
Uni of Westminster also has a campus in Northwick Park, Harrow!
26 min (3.3 mi) via Tower Bridge Rd/A100 as 12/13/2022 at 10:51 AM PST
It was very red in a lot of areas.
Please do a Q&A soon - so many questions đ
Oooh National Theatre⊠used to work there đ
15:12 Numbers are always difficult. When I was a taxi driver in Helsinki, I mostly went by points of interest, because it was much easier. As a general rule, in Helsinki city center the numbering starts at the south end of north-south streets, and at the east end of east-west streets. However, this isn't always the case. Also, the numbering doesn't always begin from 1, and sometimes the numbering on each side of the street doesn't "match", for example the building opposite number 1 isn't number 2.
Hi
I been a cabbie for 38 years and I love the way u always find quick street hails.Back in the day it was much better than today , especially in the city between 4 and 9pm
Anyhow I wish I could find as many street fares as you do today.Are you sure their not plants.đđđđź
This was during 2022 when there was a mass shortage of Uber drivers and not the full force of cabbies back to work also.
In 2023, itâs a bit different. Uber are past 100,000. 2022 will definitely stand out as an anomaly.
Not a cabbie but I am a delivery driver. Cannot remember street numbers for the life of me but instantly remember landmarks/ shop names etc
I just graduated from Uni of Westminster studying in Harrow! They are far and wide đ
New to the channel and loving it, but what has happened to days 4 and 5?
these vids are so fkn addictive. i'm an investment banker but in the next life i think i want to be a london black cab driver
I wouldâve thought up to parkway was too high , Robert , Camden Hi St ,
2030 on. Wednesday night and Apple Maps suggests Trafalgar Sq to Tower Bridge is 24 mins via Waterloo bridge, Borough Road, Harper road. Along the embankment would have been an extra 10 mins.
travelling by taxi may turn out to be cheaper for the big family group!
I have always been intrigued by why people choose to use Taxis or Uber istead of the tube as the prices are soooooo high these days. I guess people just have way too much money.
It would be so cool if there was an app that you can just book Tom đ
'being legalled' in by biz we call it goose eggs, geese, flock, zero zilch nada.
I did the experiment, this is the best result : ~20% orange congestion , ~10% red congestion (Via embankment route @ 7:28am London time , 17min time estimate)
As an aside a bike had a 14 min time estimate for the same route according to Google maps.
You pulled into garage to get fuel ? your taxi is electric ? Love your videos I was a taxi driver in Dublin. Not now. Much easier to get cab licence here.
Hybrid Taxi.
Victoria Embankment - 17 mins mix of blue and orange so not bad for 15:49 on a Sunday
Yep. Odds on the left, generally. And in any town they are usually lowest nearest the main centre, or a point of relevance. In my case, Bexhill seafront they will generally start by the sea and go up as it goes inland. Of course, once we enter a road, and spot just 2 numbers next to each other we know immediately if it's odds / evens, or uppy / downy. Just to add, we have a lot of country lanes here, and in the dark, when they are all called different names; nightmare. Nearly always call ahead and ask for specifics here (I drive PH so we have a contact system), and my pet hate is when they say "It's halfway down on the left". Erm, halfway? Halfway to where, the moon? I don't know how long your lane is. Only by google mapping can I just about work out what they might mean. Honestly, country lanes in the night with house names, a powerful torch is essential. Mine has a zoom function too to really isolate signs and numbers.
Yeah always better to get a hotel name or a business name rather then a number or yeah its by the shop those sorts of building are always easier to place
Being from Glasgow myself you are spot on, and thank you for not doing a Scottish accent đ
Amazing what passengers can teach you! đđ»
There does seem to be fewer people about in Central London.
Nice shift video Tom. Have you been to Hogarth House just off the roundabout? Well worth a visit.
No itâs on the list though đđ»
@@TomtheTaxiDriver head to The Black Lion in Hammersmith for something to eat afterwards.
8:30 haha I thought I'll try this. It's Wednesday 5:30pm now. Opened Google Maps, says 44 minutes Trafalgar Square to Tower Bridge via Upper Thames St. Tom didn't lie. đ
Hey Tom hope you are good. Where did you get the big map from? I am a PH driver in Manchester area but I am moving to Spain in a couple of years and I am starting to learn for the the taxi exam and a map like that would be good
I guess Albert Hall Mansions was named after Albert Hall. I can't say I've ever heard of him.
Not sure if you already said it at some point, but I was wondering, how much distance do you usually cover in a shift in total?
Hi Tom, I Was a Cabbie in Liverpool for 44 Years ( Just a Part-Timer Then ?? ) Until I Retired in 2016, Watched quite a Few Of Your Videos & Although I Only know a few parts of London Like Euston Station, Paddington Station & The ONE Place I Will always think about is Sussex Gardens as I Got A Job there FROM Liverpool about 10 Years ago now actually Clocked 376.00 Pounds on the Meter...1st Job of the day on an Easter Monday....Luvverly Jubbly 'Eh M8 ??
I feel for you Tom with not getting tips, problem for you I guess is that you'll get a lot of out of towners (like myself) who'd have no idea if you did an absolutely banging job or not đ
Coutts is only part of NatWest now - nothing to worry aboutđ
Canât wait for day 4 big fan of the channel but waiting ages for day 4
Yea, takes a lot of time to edit on top of being a full-time cabbie I'm afraid!
Oxford Circus đđđ hope no one asks you to go to the London Airport
More interesting trips in Tom's Taxi.
ps. Nothing wrong with Lewisham, unless of course you live in the direction of west London that is, you're a taxi driver and it's the last job of the day, but most don't want to go south of the Thames!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mine said to go Upper Thames Street or Southwark Bridge+Union Street
Hi Tom
Do you think it worth it getting a petrol hybrid black cab than a normal diesel black cab.
Good
Do you have any tips for hailing a cab as a wheelchair user? Cheers đ
Brilliant video Tom. Quick question, have you ever got a ticket for a traffic offence, and if so what was it for and did you Challenge it?
Box junction Upper Woburn Place (Camden!). Turning into Petty Wales when I first got my badge, and a right turn out of Perrin's Lane Hampstead when I was on The Knowledge.
@@TomtheTaxiDriver Perrins Lane, best Crepe around .. Everyone gets done for turning right there ! ..Ps, PLEASE Lose the background Muzic, while your Talking ..spoils enjoyment, Hard to hear, either that or my hearing going from the Diesel 'Knock'