Talk:Taxicabs of the United Kingdom

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[edit] Control issues

You can have points on your driving license and have a criminal record and still become a taxi driver.Cola19 07:03, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Glasgow/Edinburgh/Leeds sections

Why mention these cities (very briefly) and no others in a hugely London-orientated article? The fact that the Scottish cities have taxis with advertising liveries is nothing special: Birmingham, for example, has some (at least locally) well-known cabs with South African flag livery. And as the Liverpool photo - with a silver cab to the fore - shows, Leeds has no monopoly on non-black cabs. Loganberry (Talk) 22:43, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

The article doesn't claim that Leeds has a monopoly on non-black cabs but I have clarified the wording. I fully agree; we need much more sourced material on non-London cities. Offers? TerriersFan 23:47, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Newmarket has many cabs which are black, but with yellow bonnets/boots and sometimes doors. I don't know if they are special "Newmarket colours" or simply the livery of a certian company. Also it may be worth pointing out that the distinctive "London Cab" design was updated around 2001, but these cars also sold very well outside London. Before then you'd generally only see a "London Cab" in London itself, and very rarely outside. Also the old FX4 models are now entering classic car territory and some are used by people as ordinary cars, as they are very reliable and by virtue of thier design go for zillions of miles and still work fine 82.153.230.138 (talk) 20:16, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] hippocampus size?

Something seems "dodgy" about the apparently enlarged hippocampus region in the brains of cab drivers, and the link for the citation is broken. I propose removal until further verification can be found. Supercam (talk) 23:14, 11 December 2007 (UTC)