The Black Cabs - A Symbol of London

Perşembe, 03 Aralık 2009 12:01

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The taxis of London - traditionally known as black cabs are the symbols of this big metropolitan can be seen all over the city as predicted. But still, there are certain traditional rules that you have to follow when you are hiring one of those.
First of all, remember that the ones with the TAXI light on is available. Do not intend to stop the ones without the TAXI sign. ALways try to stop in the spots that they can stop.
After you stop them, kindly lean on the front window and tell the driver where you wanna go. He will let you sit at the back. Remember that you can be maximum 5 to get into one cab. If you have luggage ask him to put it in front.
The drivers of the black cabs are different than any other ones in the world, since they are trained between 2 to 4 years about London. You can be sure of your driver that he knows the directions very well and will choose the shortest way to take you to the spot you want.
In London, there are many unregistered cabs that you can see but recommendations are not to use them since it is illegal in the first place and may be a threat against your safety. One option may be using microcabs ran by private companies and seem like simple cars which are cheaper than black cabs.If you are going to choose microcabs you should call them to hire because it is illegal to stop them in the street. 
The only problem with these lovely black cabs are they are expensive especially after 10 p.m. You can check different tariffs by clicking here.
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