Franny Dolarhyde
Taxi drivers seem to live a strange existence. They work and travel throughout a city day to day, going from place to place, anywhere you want to go and they'll take you without fail. Yet we never think much about why they can be so good, so reliable and so consistent, wherever you ask them to go. In this article I will delve a little bit into some of the best reasons why your typical taxi driver knows how to navigate the city they work in.
1. You need to have certain traits and skills in order to become to a good taxi driver. Taxi drivers need to be observant, courteous, be able to remember routes and landmarks well, be efficient, and have good instincts. It certainly isn't an easy profession but not everybody will be away of the actual physical skills of the driver to who is taking you effectively from location to location.
2. Drivers go through a fair amount of training before they are allowed to become taxi drivers. They need to learn the quickest routes from A to B and need to learn all the major landmarks and important places of the city they work in order to serve their city well. This training teaches them to navigate the city as if it were second nature.
3. For drivers in the City of London, England, they must take a fantastically comprehensive and difficult training program, and examination before they can be allowed to drive the famous Black Cab. Candidates need to navigate through London city's network of one way roads and maze like grid and find their way from point to point in the shortest distance possible. The Knowledge of London as it is properly known is the toughest taxi examination in the world, taking an average of 18 months to 4 years to complete and qualify. However once they have passed, they can be sure of having access to an encyclopedic knowledge of their city that is second to none.
4. It goes without saying that with the experience of driving a cab after a number of years come the knowledge of the streets and the know-how. Drivers go along certain routes and to certain destinations, particularly tourist landmarks, so often that remembering the roads just becomes natural. This is also known as knowledge through repetition.
5. In some cities, taxi drivers are allowed to use GPS navigation systems in order to guide them on where to go. Of course some cab companies feel that it isn't a good thing to rely on technology in case one day it fails, but some do feel that technology is there to be used, providing a helpful assistance particularly for those drivers who are just starting out in this tough profession.
1. You need to have certain traits and skills in order to become to a good taxi driver. Taxi drivers need to be observant, courteous, be able to remember routes and landmarks well, be efficient, and have good instincts. It certainly isn't an easy profession but not everybody will be away of the actual physical skills of the driver to who is taking you effectively from location to location.
2. Drivers go through a fair amount of training before they are allowed to become taxi drivers. They need to learn the quickest routes from A to B and need to learn all the major landmarks and important places of the city they work in order to serve their city well. This training teaches them to navigate the city as if it were second nature.
3. For drivers in the City of London, England, they must take a fantastically comprehensive and difficult training program, and examination before they can be allowed to drive the famous Black Cab. Candidates need to navigate through London city's network of one way roads and maze like grid and find their way from point to point in the shortest distance possible. The Knowledge of London as it is properly known is the toughest taxi examination in the world, taking an average of 18 months to 4 years to complete and qualify. However once they have passed, they can be sure of having access to an encyclopedic knowledge of their city that is second to none.
4. It goes without saying that with the experience of driving a cab after a number of years come the knowledge of the streets and the know-how. Drivers go along certain routes and to certain destinations, particularly tourist landmarks, so often that remembering the roads just becomes natural. This is also known as knowledge through repetition.
5. In some cities, taxi drivers are allowed to use GPS navigation systems in order to guide them on where to go. Of course some cab companies feel that it isn't a good thing to rely on technology in case one day it fails, but some do feel that technology is there to be used, providing a helpful assistance particularly for those drivers who are just starting out in this tough profession.
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