Post #1747333

2026-04-24 11:33 UTC

@FourT4 @ronanmcd I heard the following - and to be honest it's definitely true of London black cabs "if you get hit by a black can it's on purpose". Green badge holders are very skilled and hyper aware of potential loss of livelihood , not so much caring of dangers to Peds/cyclists, but it amounts to similar outcome. Minicab drivers / Uber etc - completely other story.

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@FourT4@mastodonapp.uk 2026-04-24 12:08

@MatthewNewell @ronanmcd yeah, I thought through the different flavours of taxi while posting, and around here I can't tell the difference between a licenced hackney carriage and an ooba.

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@gulfie@mastodonapp.uk 2026-04-24 17:18

@MatthewNewell @FourT4 @ronanmcd you say that but I was commuting to work on my bike from West to central London 3-4 days out of 5 from 2012 through to 2019 and the black cabs in 2019 were so much better than when I started. I think the cycle hire scene did a lot of that, hapless tourists cycling on the wrong side of the road and all that.

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