
My guest David Styles a retired London Black cabbie
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Do You Own Your Cab?
In my day, I would say over 50% own their cabs and then the other half probably would. You can rent in those days, you had loads of old cabs and you could rent cabs at any quality they like. Nowadays the cabs are very, very much more expensive so that's what they do. So there is a number of ways that you can get fares. We're the only vehicle allowed to actually accept a hail from the street. Or you can have bookings, either pre-booked or it comes through on a small device we've got in the cab. It's all done on trust after that.
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