In message , at 14:41:08 on Thu, 9 Mar
2017, d remarked:
On Thu, 9 Mar 2017 13:48:32 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:38:16 on Thu, 9 Mar
2017, d remarked:
There are taxi ranks outside Bristol and Nottingham stations with
'London' taxis queuing up at both on Google Streetview. Blue and green
rather than black.

Ironically the first thing I saw on nottingham streetview outside the station
is a prius taxi.

That's a minicab - no "Taxi" sign on the roof. Duh.

So every city requires a taxi sign on the roof does it?

Nottingham does, for it's licenced hackneys.

There do seem to be some TXs there,

Like these ten you mean? https://goo.gl/maps/Uwr3kWQE4hk

And another dozen inside, he https://goo.gl/maps/no195yz2Ze72
to he https://goo.gl/maps/bep6nJZHu6R2

Oh, you mean the ones he'd already pointed out? Yes, saw them. Your point is?

Who he, and when pointed out?

but a quick random sample around the rest of the city doesn't show any

Other than the dozen lined up here... https://goo.gl/maps/dXRA1p1rBAM2

Some of them being peugeots.

One being a Peugeot, on account of being wheelchair-adapted.

There's also one Metrocab.

And I was in that street only the other week and there were precisely
zero cabs of any sort in it.

Crikey, I thought you were joined at the hip to the East End.

so they can't be that common. I can't imagine why they use them there.

Imagination is not your strong suit.

Give some good reasons they're better than a normal car then.

Five bums, and lots of luggage.
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Roland Perry