London battles fire-breathing black cabs Transport for London last week announced the temporary withdrawal of 500 black cabs following eight spontaneous combustion events in three months - the first incendiary transportation incidents in the capital since Red Ken Livingstone's removal from office apparently contained the fire-breathing vehicle menace. Sadly not. TfL …
...that should never have been allowed in bus lanes (not that they should have been allowed either, not anyway). Give the bus lanes to the half-reasonable mini-cabs and let the taxis stay stuck in the traffic.
Elitist and expensive.
Did I mention? Expensive too?
Expensive? Check
Uncomfortable? Double double check
Elitist? Check
Choosy? Check (try hailing one after midnight if you're a bloke with a mate)
Have you seen the ones with the useless 'internet' screens in the back? What a fu*king liberty!
Couldn't happen to a nicer class of vehicle.
/because they're a joke (albeit unfunny).
You're just jealous that you don't have any national symbols in your part of the bog !! London's black cabs are renowned worldwide and London's cabbies have a built-in sat-nav in their brains - see scientific(??) proof in BBC website. Other world renown cities have paid big RMBs for the right to use those cabs in those cities !!
Still, I can't blame you hicks for being jealous but could you, please, take that bit of straw out of your mouth before you go "oo-arrrr" !!
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