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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.
EdwardZ
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.
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. ”