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From The London Evening Standard - Olypmics Diary

London's cab drivers are feeling the Olympics strain.

Driver Paul Churchill tweets: "An American has just tried to give me longitude and latitude co-ordinates to her hotel. I said I'm a cabbie, not a round-the-world yachtsman!"

Primary source; London Evening Standard

Secondary source; Sent to Brummie Cabbie's mobile as a multimedia image from his son Joseph who lives and works in the 'Smoke'

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At least the driver is keeping his sense of humour

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

I hear the streets of london are emptier of traffic than at any point in the last 50 years it seems that the olympics have cleared the city out

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

It looks like the third OR is it the fourth recession will be on its way shortly

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if you cannot be yourself, then who can you be.

Its a GHOST TOWN at the moment

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F88K EM ALL WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WhhSBgd3KI

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Queues of Taxi's waiting for passengers on Tuesday outside a certain tube station.

Man in Irish Camouflage with "Taxi Marshall" on it shouting out "Taxeeee boss" (touting?) and "Fare to (venue) £2:50 each" (doubling up) and therefore (overcharging) £12:50 to go a mile? No thanks mate, I can manage the walk.

Committing three offences, or has there been a change in the law.

But good luck to you lads, times must be hard down south. See you all tomorrow for the weekend, might try haggling for a cab to my hotel.

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Former taxi driver

I was reading today in a paper that a London cabbie had waited an hour for a £3.50 fare All I have to say is welcome to the real world

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

It is'nt Christmas party season time, but I took all the money I needed today.

After seeing captain cabs tweet to me about waiting for over an hour and the fare that greeted him after that wait . . . we really have little to complain about.

It's two weeks and they're gone forever.

Fare sharing at fixed prices per head is perfectly lawful, in fact the PCO issue you with a fare chart for the price per passenger that can be charged.

I take it you'll be refering to the tennis?

Its also on about it in the national press, about how Londoners have suddenly upped sticks and gone, leaving just the idiots to be ripped off

Yes, outside Southfields.

Walking down Whitehall Sunday I saw a bus stop style sign that said Private Hire. What's that about?

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Former taxi driver

An Olympic 'pick up' point !