What you learn in the first week to become a London Taxi Driver
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- Опубликовано: 26 дек 2021
- In this video we show the very first week of study for any student of the Knowledge (The training to become a London Cab Driver).
You can use this video to give you an insight into the standard required when revising and as a callover partner.
First week done. First sixteen called confidently and (relatively) fluently in 8 minutes 50 seconds. List 2 starts tomorrow. Your videos are exceptionally useful and truly inspire me to see this through to the end. Thanks a lot Dean.
Great job! Well done
Thank you so much. I’m inspired even more to do it with greater focus and dedication. Amazing video.
You can do it Alper! I am really pleased you feel inspired, you intern inspire me.
Thanks Dean very nice video as always.
This is uplifting for me. So I have to time myself.
Hi Moalin I time all my studies, It helps with resting. I allow myself a set time to focus on any one thing. Normally 15 to 30 minute spells. It is a very important aspect that allows for better resting and better feeling of self-achievement. So always time yourself. Best Wishes Dean
Many Thanks Mr W.. and Happy festive season to you and all.
Same to you Diego ! Always there when i need you.
Good shout putting all runs up in the lists . Looking forward to the next lists 😁
Thank you Ricky, I think we will also have an updating technique in place too if all goes to plan, Best Wishes Dean
I find the whole London Cabbie Knowledge system fascinating and don't think it should ever change. Well done to anyone who has either passed, attempted to pass or is still learning. No Ubers for me in London thank you.
Thank you John for your support, Best Wishes Dean
Great video Dean, as always! Really sets the bar for where you should be starting 👍
Can I ask why you went Southwark bridge instead of waterloo bridge (Pages Walk to St Martins Theatre)?
For a version of Waterloo Bridge would you still use Southwark Bridge Road? (Or did you choose a lower line) the other issue is hit point, you are going to hit Kingsway on this run regardless, (So string to here not Saint Martin’s Theatre (If I could post an image in the comments it would help) So if you string from the Junction of Southwark Street/Southwark Bridge Road to Kingsway/Aldwych, I would have used Blackfriars Bridge if the left on to embankment were possible. Also when stringing from Pages walk, take you string from the very top of pages walk and take it to Kingsway/Aldwych (Hit Point).
Finally, it is not a real serious issue choosing either, distance is the overall factual winner (100 metres difference in favour of Waterloo, When distance looks close I never measure I just go on preferred) followed by a reality choice of feeling what is best. So in this instance it was purely preference as distance is negligible.
@@WizAnn320 Thanks Dean, was just wondering as Southwark bridge seemed to take you away from the initial line quite a bit, I'm not at a point where I naturally think of the moving line/string yet. Wil have a practice with that.
Even though all this knowledge is really very admirable it is totally obsolete, google maps have deemed it so. As a customer I really don’t care if the person taking me from point A to point B knows every road, street, or alley in London or even if the person even speaks English just take me where I need to go as cheap and fast as possible.
There is an option for that and its PHV. The difference between PHV and a taxi is that not anyone can be a taxi driver. and as such there needs to be a system to give badges to people that is based on competition between applicants. Otherwise you replace it with the American system of "who has the most money to buy a badge". So although google maps currently doesn't beat a Taxi Drivers knowledge it is sufficient for a lot of people but it will never resolve the problem of who gets a badge.
Can a private hire driver use the bus lanes in London ? The answer is no then how does Google maps beat the bus lanes and knowledge of London ? I’m sure TFL would love to know !
Hi. I'm fascinated by London and The Knowledge. I found your channel after watching a number of Tom Hutley's RUclips videos and wanted to know more about the systematic process of learning. It's very impressive, informative and actually entertaining for me. Thanks. Doug.
Hi Doug, It is very surprising how much a person can learn when necessity dictates. There is often an exaggeration regarding the amount of information we learn but it is around 7000 roads and 6000 places. This is in fact the easy part. The hard part is the practise and deduction of short journeys, known as "Point to Point". This takes around 3 to 5 hours per day testing your self on 50 to 80 questions each time. around 3 to 400 questions per. Best Wishes Dean
Cheers Dean - thanks for these videos mate, they really help out.
Out of interest, Re: Run 11, I’ve never seen/ heard of Swire Junction in any of my BB’s, even a in a revised 320 runs I got in November… how’s this?
Happy new year to you & fellow KoL students !
Hi Dan
Since the death of the Examiner Tony Swire i was renamed by those on the Knowledge as a tribute. It is optional to call but will be mainsteam i expect within a couple of years. It has been added to all runs.
This video may shed more light on it for you.
ruclips.net/video/jE7v-6evbok/видео.html
Thank you Dan for the support I hope to keep making more videos as i am enjoying the challange Best Wishes Dean
Great video. Thanks lot. Just little update on run 5 needed. NRT from Great Queen Street to Drury Lane . Between Parker Street and Great Queen Street is Drury Lane one way south now .
Thank you Petar, This is going to be an issue with this type of video. I am looking at ways to overcome it. Updates come in so fast that these videos may not be possible to stay current but i will try to find a solution. And i thought about remaking the videop again from scratch but it took about a 3 weeks to make this video with full animations so not an easy task.
Does it look permanent or is it a temporary change of direction? Thanks
@@WizAnn320 I for one appreciate your videos and hopefully everyone is the same, couldn't you put something like "at the time of making all information is correct", roads are changing daily so almost impossible to keep up.
@@Aaron-ws6sx Yes permanent. Lots changes there. Worth to visit
I did the runs and I did points separately according with post code.
Thats good, I would however not recommend postcode pointing, I will be making a video soon to explain this. Best Wishes Dean
Wow 😮 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you
His the best! Best school in London 👍
Thank you, Thats very kind of you Best WIshes Dean
Good calling Sir, been doing Knowledge long ?
I am always learning
Hi Dean. I’m on my second week of doing the runs, should I be calling the whole book when revising or just the runs I’ve done so far?
You cant call what you haven't done so only call the runs you have done so far. 2 lists should take 20 to 25 minutes
Hi I've not long just finished the blue book runs which I done knowledge point way but without the points. I've been thinking of doing my pointing with your wizann app and going to your school but would it matter that I done my runs knowledge point way, would this make things confusing. And because I done the runs knowledge point way would that stop me coming to your school?
Hi, It will not affect you at all. The runs are diffrent but it will not affect you to any real extent. If you have not started points you should look at the radius app and the radius app video. It will allow you to point quickly and concentrate on the points most asked this year. Best Wishes Dean
Bit of a random comment here. But I bought the blue book about 7 years ago. Never bothered with the knowledge. Bit of a weird thing here. I had a dream about the knowledge this morning 😂. And been watching videos about doing it. And black cabbies. I wish I’d of studied it back then. Even if I studied it half hearted. I’m pretty sure I would of passed by now. Or I would of known a lot. But I really am considering doing it. I think the freedom of it is great. Quick question. Do you think it’s possible to make like £400 a day profit ?
Good to hear. Yes i know its possible, is it easy and consistent no.
Hello Dean, thanks for another great video. I’ve been doing the link runs too, is thus something you’d advise against?
Hi Craig, The link runs are not necessary but can have some small benifit. The real quetion would be - Are you doing as many Blue book runs a day as you could be or are the WizLinks preventing you from doing them? Your main aim should be to complete the Bluebook runs themselves as fast as you can. By all means drive the links but with a much lower focus. Allow whatever is rememebred from the link drive to be a natural thing rather than using effort. Keep all your effort on the Bluebook Runs.
hi sir/
how many street have be memorised for become a london taxi driver?
I am looking forward hear from you.
thanks
minimum is going to be 4000 but average will be around 6 to 7000
Great explanation easy to understand, How can i contact with you? thanks
Hi you can call me any weekday daytime on whatsapp 00905419350753
I have been thinking about doing the knowledge but I'm getting on now nearly 60 and i would only be able to do three days a week would this be enough and roughly how long would it take me to pass out at that ?
Hi Trevor this is a common question but really its a no brainer. You can do this and you should do this. If you have time on your hands you could be done in 2 years. At our age that is no time at all. Best Wises Dean
Go for it Trevor. I was gonna do it 7 years ago. And didn’t bother. I wish I did. I’m definitely considering doing it now I think
Hi if you don’t mind telling me how do I get those runs on a paper
We sell the paper version too. www.wizann.co.uk/runbooks
@@WizAnn320 yes but can you not just print it out some people do that
Hi should you be able to recite all 16 runs within a week?
Hi Steve you should be able to recite them as you learn them and it should take around 10 minutes to call 16 which should be done every day
Hi are you visualising the roads or run or just saying just curious kind regards
The more fluent and with ease you can call the run the more you can place images with ease as ad when the time comes. Calling the run and trying to visualise the streets is a very bad idea. Visualising the map is better but when calling your absolute concern is fluency and ease of recital. If you ever get someone telling you you must visualise the routes when calling then they would be wrong.
@@WizAnn320 thank you great👍
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Hello X
at the the end of the day you’re going to use satnav lol
Satnav cant do what we do yet. Also Satnav cant decide who to give the badges to
F into Swire junction ❤️
I loved Tony Swire dearly and he did a great job for our industry. I will miss him a lot
Hi
I did 170 runs is it better to start the points now because I know London very well I was doing uber for more than 13 years
uber in uk is from 2012
@@marcindozzer7483 how long operates pco in London minicab 🤣🤣🤣
@@ehsansayed7918 you said your doing uber for more than 13 y not a minicab. Well, same s so Im giving it to you
Hi if you think you can learn points and runs as fast as you can learn just runs then go ahead, but you are only half way through the runs. Will you complete the second half faster or slower if you do points as well? And what points will you find. Cab drivers have been driving cabs for years but will not be able to pass the knowledge again as it is more to do with language than it is to do with direction. Maybe watch the first video for beginners Best Wishes Dean
If you know London very well why are you doing the runs? Just go out and do points.
The trainer looking like a rapper kkk
very much so