I Didn't Sign Up For This...

Dont worry six points is the minimum required to drive for uber

I am so glad you as a Taxi driver are making this video. I am a van courier located outside of London and myself and others I work with just do not want to go there because it seems that it is just a matter of time before a fine comes through. You need to get more taxi drivers involved, maybe they will listen when the mayor changes. 30 years? 40 to pay for all the fines that they will retrospectively give people.

Bet that within 2 weeks You'll be slapped with warning from TFL because of that video 😀

I've repeatedly cycled on that specific cycle lane ;) Just because we're smaller and gone faster doesn't mean we're not there

Aldwych is a perfect example of how TFL are making roads more dangerous for pedestrians. I used to breeze through it both directions in my bus and then it turned into a nightmare for traffic and people trying to cross the road.

The occupational hazard of being a cab driver does not outweigh every job. Trade people all over the country are one injury away from loosing their livelihood…. There are many jobs that could come to an end with no warning

Great video mate the frustration is being felt by every driver and hats off for using your platform to highlight

Couple of points you mentioned in your 7:10 Cycle Lanes: Yes you can go into a cycle lane with a broken line, for example to move around a vehicle waiting to turn right, You can't do that with a solid cycle lane. And yes if there is a solid cycle lane with plates with times of operation, then outside those times they are effectively considered to have a broken line. 7:30 Advanced Stop Lines: You made a slight mistake here, but they are commonly misunderstood. You only commit an offence if you cross the first stop line and enter the box while the light is on red. If you have already crossed the first line when the light turns red you are required to stop at the second line and no offence has been committed. Another example is if the light turns amber on your approach and you are unable to safely stop before the first stop line, but can stop before the second line, again you are required to do. To an observer arriving 30 seconds later it could look like you've gone into the cycle box when you shouldn't, but you haven't. Which is why offences relating to ASL's must be witnessed you crossing the first stop line while the light was red. You simply being in the cycle box while on red proves nothing, a passing police officer can't give you a ticket simply because they see you in the cycle box, you have to be seen crossing the line on red.

Hi Tom, As ever thank you for the great content. There is nothing more I appreciate than a YouTuber like yourself putting time and effort into the weekly content you post.

The payment device thing is a pain but it makes sense it’s to prevent drivers from using ones that steal cards. Maybe they should have a second separate payment device on the other side of the car to help in case one isn’t working

Enjoy the break! 👍 You've highlighted the same reasons that made me want to stop driving Truck, the capital first, now stopped all together, got me an E-Bike too 😮

Cycling Mikey really picks the softest of targets in Hyde Park.

Where’s the vids gone?

10:12 but this sign doesn't apply to you Tom? It's not a sign forbidding access to the road. And it's not a sign forbidding loading. You're stopping / loading a passenger, not parking and leaving the vehicle.

7:59 I used to drive that 148 route. Our duty cards were really tight. We’ll do just about anything unprofessional like straddling those lanes just to try and catch up to those duty cards since the route would usually come across a lot of unpredictable traffic causing us to fall behind on schedule but because we were in a bus, it felt like the police weren’t gonna bother us as much, and it wasn’t like the garage was going to receive a fine if caught by a camera. Really common amongst drivers to straddle lanes to cut through or gently ‘bully yourself’ through into traffic. Feels like a different story with taxi drivers though unfortunately, as it almost seems like they get treated like any other car driver on the road.

Your skin has got a lot better- good to see. I have bad skin as well so understand your pain…

As an ex London cabbie after watching this you would never catch me driving through London let alone do in the job I once loved

10:13 surely that sign means permit holders only can PARK there. How do they get deliveries from couriers etc ?

Well done Tom for pointing all this out great stuff ,from a London cabbie .

The struggle is real, Tom. I feel you mate.