But on a long slog across London? yeah, a black cab driver, who's driven for even a short amount of time, it's scary their awareness. They use GPS AND dispatch for updates, swirving around as needed, and knowing when to push it a bit more to make sure they're ahead of a footy game emptying "course, 10 mins to go, if they've not equalised by now, the fans will be leaving/rioting as this was important" whilst also pontificating about how it's all the immigrants fault, and this wouldn't have happened under Thatcher, and wish the whole of London had a congestion charge as something's gotta change here mate, it can't keep going on like this, and my uncle fought in the war for this you know, and he'd not have put up with it, and.. "20 goto 10 and throw in more racist comments"
Eventually? yeah, they'll be beaten by something, or they'll continue to use that device plus their knowledge, but for now, that 4 years + constant driving is going to take some beating.
As an aside, the amount of black cab drivers who win these TV general knowledge quiz shows is scary. That training/mind that's suitable for sucking up the routes appears well versed in sucking up all sorts of facts.
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