   Forgot your password?  Comment Re:What about the minicabs and
TFL? (Score 2) 91  The real-time traffic information is not
real-time, so it doesn't compare. If a cabby comes up to a
blocked street, they instantly know which route to take to get
around it. Satnavs need time to calculate. The knowledge also
improves the cabby's ability to determine the destination
address, as such a fundamental understanding of the hotels,
businesses, pubs, and former hotels, businesses, and pubs is
amazingly useful when finding out where someone actually wants
to go. Mumbling a bit of your address or using a long-closed pub
as a route reference is something perfectly adequate for a
Knowledge-equipped cabby, but nowhere near enough for a satnav.
Seriously, these cabbies know London incredibly well, including
how London used to be.  So no, London still needs black cabs and
the Knowledge.  p.s. I'm very impressed you didn't slip in your
usual hate-filled attack on over 1.6 billion people. You might
just be growing up.  Comment