Modern Times Streetwise - part 1/4 - 1996 BBC Documentary how become a London cabbie.

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend it whenever London cabbies and the Knowledge come up, as an interesting if slightly dated look at the process.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

TaxiWarrior

Topic

london cabbie knowledge

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

3

Recommendation years in dataset

2014–2017

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• For anyone interested a documentary of the Knowledge test from the 1990s: [VIDEO] The documentary paints an interesting picture

• A lot of detractors miss the fact that the Knowledge is about much more than just memorising routes. The Knowledge is a very egalitarian way of hugely increasing the value of a taxi permit to the holder, creating a strong disincentive against any behaviour that …

• Pre GPS it was a requirement that cabbies have a massive list of places and routes through London memorized (that guy taking 3.5 years to study and pass the entrance exam is pretty par for the course). There's a 1996 documentary on the process that's …