The London Black Taxi Cab Knowledge versus Satellite Navigation

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Uploaded by on Jul 10, 2009

Why sat nav will never make "The Knowledge" obsolete.

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  • Hi mate. Can you give me a few hints on how you did the knowledge so quickly as I have recently been laid off work and I really want to take the plunge but am worried about how long it will take me. Also, what did you do for money as 23 months makes me think you were a full time boy. Any help would be great!!!!

  • @MrBailiff1 I worked simultaneously as a minicab driver, and each they p****d me off, or spoke to me like an idiot, I worked harder. Time depends on many factors - your current financial situation, marriage, children, mortgage, and of course, most importantly - how good your memory is. I learned a few memory tricks from reading Tony Buzan's memory books - about 15 years ago I read how to memorize a pack of cards, and did it in 3 days with only 2 mistakes, the next time it took an hour & a half

  • Sat Nav in Japan has shops marked. Seven Eleven, MacDonalds, that kind of thing. It will never know more than people who have the knowledge but it knows a lot more than you said.

  • @BobCassidy I am sorry but you appear to have contradicted yourself there. How can it never know more than people but know more than I said? There are about 70,000 streets in London, and probably a million nationwide - including hundreds of thousands of points of interest - how will "people" ever know this much?

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  • I find these videos interesting. You should get a job on Fifthgear or something. I liked your Vito review.

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  • Great Video, Spoken like a true cabby. London cabbies truly are the best on the planet bar none.

  • check gpsbest.co.uk for a top ten list. They have a good top ten list

  • Hi mate great to see your video! I'm doing the knowledge.. I use a satnav for my day job and it's invaluable in suburban areas where it works it's crap in london because we use gps which is american. however europe will soon launch a new satelite system whic is much more accurate than gps and will be acurate to within mms however I do believe the knowledge should remain. although I think tfl will soon come under pressure to allow anyone to cab in london!!!!!

  • lol "satellite navigation cant do this stuff in a million years"...try yesterday?

  • HAHA I dunno ur the cab driver! Thumbs up if you wouldv said that! lol

  • I like to geo cache, I got my handheld from gpssatnavreviews (.) com

  • Cool. Thanks mate :)

  • @Stormcab Thanks so much for replying. You are very kind. I`m going to bite the bullet and do it now. One less Westminster ANPR Bailiff off of the streets LOL!!! Can you recommend a good Knowledge school or are they a waste of time mate????

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