How do you get to Tooting

[Dagger03]

Those who went via London, (Elephant & Castle and Rotherhithe) reported large traffic jams and they took over two hours to get there.

 

Anyone going via the M23 north route also found roadworks.

 

We went via the M25 and junction 8 and then followed the A217 and this took about ninety minutes, the only hold ups being at the ice rink / hospital complex in Romford. The return journey took about the same, but the slip road on to the M25 was closed (no warning was given and no diversion was posted), which meant going the other way to J9 - at J9 there is no way back on to the M25, hence a short one mile drive to J10 and then back on - this took us about 15 miles to get back to where we started. This apart, it was an easy run.

 

 

[urchinman1961]

the home journey just rounded off the evening luverly

[Hornchurch "O"]

Public transport rules.

Back at Upminster before 11.30.

Taxi to Morden

Northern Line to Bank

Stroll To Fenchurch Street

C2C to Upminster.

No hold ups.

 

Anyone seen Wivenoe. He seemed to dissapear last night.

He was supposed to be coming with us.

[urchinman1961]

squeezed him in my car he thought it was a good idea at the time

[Hornchurch "O"]

He must have been suicidal by then.

We wanted him with us to stop him topping himself.

[Mach the Knife]

The Tram line Urchins had it sussed

[urchinman1961]

well we dropped him off at cranham late last nite and still havn't heard from him so maybe he has taken matters into his own hands ?

[Enfield United]

Depends on your luck you just dont know when the next bit of road is gonna be dug up, then again i'm so use to using Bus Lanes, going the long way round i.eM25 can give you a better MPH average and a guaranteed travelling time.

 

You did'nt know our jobs Scientific did u?

[I am Spartacus]

Originally Posted By: Enfield United

then again i'm so use to going the long way round.

Never a truer word spoken by a London Black Cab Driver.

[Enfield United]

Oi!!!!!!!! you've missed bus lanes in the middle of that, this could be a liable comment you have made to the trade, I hope no one else has read this.

 

I'm alright by it but it's the others

[Hornchurch "O"]

Black cabs shouldn't be allowed to use bus lanes unless they have a passenger.

[Enfield United]

So we should be left in the traffic? say for example on the Euston Road yet there are tourists and business persons waiting to be collected from Eurostar arrivals. Not to mention Paddington Stn (heathrow express) and Victoria (gatwick Exp) Liverpool St (Stanstead Exp) all waiting cos we cant use a bus lane and are stuck in congestion.

 

I say expand the congestion charge and increase it to

[blackballed]

Then we would all buy taxis.........or a big red bus....

[I am Spartacus]

My favorite bus lane is on the M4. The one that is full of coaches with Japenese tourists and air crew.

 

 

[Hornchurch "O"]

No point in asking me to feel sorry for Black Cabs.

I was at London Bridge at 1.30 in the morning the other week.

Cabs with no lights on sitting there like leeches. The tout wanted

[Enfield United]

You'll always find faults with all trades, but trust me London would be lost without the black cab service, and your right it should be about

[Hornchurch "O"]

Most cabbies i know want to take the public to where they want to go for a fare.

The parasites who sit at stations late at night preying on people who've missed last trains etc should all be shot.

Sorry if this is sexist, but i've seen them leave woman with nowhere to go because where they wanted to go doesn't suit the driver.

Anyway isn't it illegal to tout for business?

[Enfield United]

If the journey is over 12 miles then the black cab drivers have a legal right to refuse the fair or negotiate a fixed fare. Otherwise they are obligated to take all fares once communication with a potential customer has been made and the journey is within 12 miles.

 

Your example is a familiar one that i'm afraid is the bad apples in our trade, we all have them. The only way to stop it is to report the vehicle registration number to the public carriage office and explain what happened, it certainly not my policy to pick and choose routes to go on.

 

Fortunate thing is there are 25,000 of us cabbies and that woman you mentioned should not have waited too much longer to get a proper cabby