subject: 3 Reasons Why A Taxi Driver Is Better Than Gps [print this page] These days nearly every new car manufactured is sold with a satellite navigation system installed as standard. Sat-nav is available for your car or for on foot and can take you all the way round the world. For people who can't read maps or have no sense of direction they can be life saving devices when the nearest chip shop is nowhere in sight. Also available on mobiles they can become an invaluable resource for people who struggle to tell their left from their right. But there is one thing which could take its place in a heartbeat: a Taxi Driver.
Always up to date
Taxi Drivers go through rigorous training to learn every single road, avenue, cul-de-sac and broadway in their city. In London they call this 'The Knowledge' which is a hallowed wealth of knowledge reserved only for the most determined drivers. They could explain to you a route from one side of the town street by street. While this is an attribute shared by sat-nav, when a sudden roadblock is set up, or roadworks divert a normal route to work a sat-nav will try and get you to drive directly through them, which could well be dangerous. Taxi drivers know better and can have you back on route with a few flicks of the wheel.
Good conversation
Taxi drivers are people of the world. They meet people from every walk of life and from every back ground, often hearing their tales of work and play, adventures and detentions. While being transported to your destination they will, quite often without any prompting, recant you with mystic tales of life and politics, an inarguable plus when on a journey. Sat-nav systems are limited to a particular range of phrases. While these can be helpful such as 'turn left' or 'at the roundabout, fifth exit,' when on a long journey these can be a hazard. When being informed to turn right for the seventh time when there is quite clearly no right turn, this can cause a condition known as road rage.
Breakdown Cover
As standard with a Taxi Driver you get full breakdown cover for your mode of transport. If in the event of a puncture there is no need to do anything except maybe an increase in the tip. A taxi driver comes with full tyre changing skills included with his training and can have the taxi roadworthy again in minutes. In the event of a puncture when using a sat-nav system, the most it can do is give you a precise location of exactly, to the metre, where you are stuck.
