Taxi Driver Online

Hani Elwi is a Cairo cabbie. So was his father, and so was his grandfather.
In a year's time he'll have paid off the instalments on his 1979 Peugeot, and will finally own his dream car.
It's taken him a long time to get this far, charging his passengers around 15 US cents (9 pence) for every kilometre driven.
"It's very hard to make a buck," says Elwi.
"This car is worth nearly $8,000, which is a lot of money for me, but it's a very nice car and I'm very happy with it."
Hazardous work
Driving in Cairo's congested traffic is not a job for the faint-hearted.

Drivers of the yellow cabs must speak English
There are 50,000 taxis on the streets of the capital.

FOR THE FULL STORY GOTO THIS LINK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4610682.stm

makes interesting reading

It is even more interesting if you drive in Cairo!! there is but one set of traffic lights there; they've given up trying to get drivers to even acknowledge them.
The horn is the most vital piece of equipment in the car.
We had a police escort from the airport to our hotel near Giza and even a police car with siren blaring and lights flashing gets ignored!!! Try that here!!

Yes red traffic lights mean go, no one cares, on my last visit seen thousands of Puegeot 504 estates, 123 series Mercs plus a few Citroen zantras, one rate for locals, another for tourists,

I noticed each hotel had a rank outside

was travelling in a cab when the Egyptian police pulled it over, we then went on our way, I asked the driver who spoke english, what happened there then, he said he had been pulled because his taxi plate was out of date by a day, given a producer and he was find 10 egyptian pounds, [2quid] but because it was Ramadan time of year the policeman reduced it to 5 egyptian pounds [£1]

Oh and when it dark they don't use headlights, or even sidelights.

So you need to speak English to drive a cab in Egypt, but not in England.

One for you-know-who that.

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big problem down here.
i think thecouncil are running english course.
not sure if its part of the knowledge yet.
but should be.

how would the Cockeneys pass then, they can't speak English!!!!