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Utter bullshit, cabbies do no CPC development work unlike lorry drivers, emergency service drivers do a load of extra training. Cabbies are not the best trained drivers on the city streets.
chief executive, Ashok Sinha, and general secretary of the LTDA, Steve McNamara.
McNamara, said:
“As cabbies, we often get a bad press for not looking out for cyclists. We are, however, the best trained drivers on the city streets, recognizing the need to share the streets with all users and are always looking to increase the safety of our passengers, pedestrians and cyclists. Far from being our adversaries, cyclists are regular customers, with cabbies often accepting both bike and rider in the back of a cab when circumstances make cycling impossible. We will be promoting the ‘take care of cyclists’ message to all of our members, and plan to train some of the City of London drivers in cycle skills session later this year. ”
dancing james-
It did make me laugh!
However, swapping places is always an eye opener, and I hope even a little good comes of it.
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Yep.
Hours on the road =/= training.
If the LTDA are looking at the newly reworded tfl cycle skills(before just called cycle training) then unless many cab drivers are going to put in lots of hours to become cyclists I can't see them progressing to the point they are cycling with instructors on the road and even when they do I can't see them riding major roads and nasty gyratorys or anything.
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/cycling/cycling-in-london/cycle-skills
This might be a good sign of a turning point within the black cab industry, with uber giving them competition and the quality of drivers a recurring thing black cab drivers want to present themselves as better but only having "well I've done the knowledge so don't need a satnav" they might be seeking or negotiating something with tfl.
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We are, however, the best trained drivers on the city streets,
Taxi training in the UK is really quite extensive. They also need to be able to "on the fly" know routes and road conditions-- without help from Waze, Here and friends. They are indeed amongst the "best trained" but unfortunately not often the "best" or "safest" drivers on the road. Worse still since they are better trained they often assume that they have a total mastery-- which they don't-- over their vehicle and tend to take-- much like wanna-be "race drivers" in their high performance sports cars-- risks and put others into harm's way.
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EdwardZ
Er.
http://www.bikebiz.com/index.php/news/read/wrapped-taxi-is-sign-of-peace-between-cabbies-cyclists-in-london/020072