Originally Posted by
Camflyer
Indeed not, but it does mean that London has the best cabbies of any major city in the world. In many cities the "knowledge" involves knowing where the airport is.
Last time I came from Heathrow, for my simple 25 minute, 18 mile fare (just outside the M25) I took a black cab, and the cost was over £70, for a journey that would have been £30 in a mini cab. And he used a satnav.
And the driver didn't seem very impressed at having to make the journey either. Obviously ludicrously overpaid and overprivileged (bus lanes for taxis?
).