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I take my DSA taxi driving test tomorrow, any tips?



Shorehamkid

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Aug 3, 2011
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Figured they'd be some taxi drivers amongst our ranks, I have my taxi test tomorrow and wondered if anyone had taken it? What's it like compared to your normal driving test?

Obviously I can only have 9 minors, no majors etc and I can't pull up near trees, lamposts, double yellows etc, but was wondering if you had any tips or advice?

Thanks in advance gents!
 






Lady Whistledown

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From experience, the key factors to becoming a success in the trade are:

-Never, ever indicate.

-Don't wear your seatbelt under any circumstances.

-Park wherever you like so long as you put your hazard lights on. I believe you get extra marks for parking on zebra crossings.

-Wherever possible, steer with one hand and rest the other arm on the window ledge.

Hope this helps :thumbsup:
 




Manx Shearwater

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Don't forget to go on at length about bloody immigrants coming over here and taking our jobs, and how much you love the royal family, Gawd bless 'em, and what about that Gadaffi bloke? He had it coming eh? And don't get me started on those overpaid football players, bloody ponces the lot of 'em...
 




kip

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Aug 2, 2011
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I drove a taxi for 14 years, I left about a year ago because it became so quiet. I didn't have to do the DSA thing back then but I hear it's no walk in the park. Do yourself a favor though and go and do something more worthwhile with your time. It's a shit job and you will end up hating everyone.
 


Everest

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Jul 5, 2003
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I have an Adur Hackney licence.
When I took my test, it was just a 10 minute drive around town.
Nothing like the DSA test.

Hope that helps.


you will end up hating everyone.
just as well he's registered on here then.
 


jordanseagull

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Feb 11, 2009
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From experience, the key factors to becoming a success in the trade are:

-Never, ever indicate.

-Don't wear your seatbelt under any circumstances.

-Park wherever you like so long as you put your hazard lights on. I believe you get extra marks for parking on zebra crossings.

-Wherever possible, steer with one hand and rest the other arm on the window ledge.

Hope this helps :thumbsup:

Taxi drivers don't have to wear their seat belts though?
 




Everest

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Jul 5, 2003
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-Wherever possible, steer with one hand and rest the other arm on the window ledge.

Absolutely wrong Edna.
You steer with the arm that you are resting by the window.
The left hand is used for picking nose/scratching scrotum etc.
 


Lady Whistledown

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Taxi drivers don't have to wear their seat belts though?


Ah, you see that's a common misconception.

Hackney carriage drivers don't have to wear them all the time they have a fare. They are supposed to wear them the rest of the time. Private hire drivers are subject to the same laws on seatbelts as everyone else is.

Frankly, wouldn't you just wear one anyway??
 


Lady Whistledown

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Absolutely wrong Edna.
You steer with the arm that you are resting by the window.
The left hand is used for picking nose/scratching scrotum etc.


:facepalm: Sorry, my bad!
 




kip

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Taxi drivers don't have to wear their seat belts though?

Most of the time they don't. You are exempt all the time you have a customer on board and when you are plying for hire. This is most of the time for a Hackney carriage (green and white ones in Brighton) but private hire divers have to wear them in between jobs. You can't claim to be plying for hire when you are outside the city boundary either so they have to wear them when coming back from Gatwick say.
 


kip

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Ah, you see that's a common misconception.

Hackney carriage drivers don't have to wear them all the time they have a fare. They are supposed to wear them the rest of the time. Private hire drivers are subject to the same laws on seatbelts as everyone else is.

Frankly, wouldn't you just wear one anyway??

Not true see my above post
 


Lady Whistledown

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Ah, you see that's a common misconception.

Hackney carriage drivers don't have to wear them all the time they have a fare. They are supposed to wear them the rest of the time. Private hire drivers are subject to the same laws on seatbelts as everyone else is. *Craftily edited here* to reflect the fact that doesn't include when they have a fare. Obviously as they're not plying for hire then they have to slap one on the rest of the time. It's supposed to allow them to escape if someone tries to batter them.

Frankly, wouldn't you just wear one anyway??

...
 




Lady Whistledown

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Everest

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Jul 5, 2003
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Southwick
Ah, you see that's a common misconception.

Hackney carriage drivers don't have to wear them all the time they have a fare. They are supposed to wear them the rest of the time. Private hire drivers are subject to the same laws on seatbelts as everyone else is.

Frankly, wouldn't you just wear one anyway??

Oh dear.

The OB getting the law wrong! :facepalm:
 


kip

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Oh dear.

The OB getting the law wrong! :facepalm:
Not unusual for the police to get this wrong, made me laugh one night in Brighton station a traffic cop gave out about 20 tickets for drivers not wearing seat belts. I bet he got some stick
 


Everest

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Jul 5, 2003
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Southwick
Not unusual for the police to get this wrong, made me laugh one night in Brighton station a traffic cop gave out about 20 tickets for drivers not wearing seat belts. I bet he got some stick

I was stopped by a check point once.
The policeman asked me if I was Hack or Private Hire as I didn't have my belt on. He only had to look at the rooflight that had "TAXI" in big letters on it.
I suppose that should have given him a clue.
 




Shorehamkid

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Aug 3, 2011
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It's an Adur private hire licence i'm going for... hopefully it's alright to be fair. Just constant checking of the mirrors and blind spot is obviously of paramount importance!
 


BensGrandad

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Jul 13, 2003
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From experience, the key factors to becoming a success in the trade are:

-Never, ever indicate.

-Don't wear your seatbelt under any circumstances.

-Park wherever you like so long as you put your hazard lights on. I believe you get extra marks for parking on zebra crossings.

-Wherever possible, steer with one hand and rest the other arm on the window ledge.

Hope this helps :thumbsup:

You are slipping Edna it is compulsory for them to be using a mobile phone usually playing with the earpiece of their bluetooth.
 


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