Still want to be a London cabbie?

Re:Still want to be a London cabbie? by deathanatos on Thursday August 21, 2025 @02:49AM (#44969806)

> Students are discouraged from using satnav. “Google Maps is full of errors and often calculates routes which are the quickest,” says Gert Kretov, an instructor at the Knowledge Point School. “We must learn the shortest route.”

… ??? But … why? Who is interested in the shortest route? I can see a customer caring about their time (and thus, would want Google Maps' quickest route) or their wallet (and would thus want the cheapest route — which is not necessarily the shortest as prices are based on time, as well as distance, traveled). TFA never elaborates.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Still want to be a London cabbie? by thinkingemote on Thursday August 21, 2025 @03:23AM (#44970028)

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/taxis-and-minicabs/taxi-fares/tarif...

Taxis charge by distance or by time whichever is reached first.

It might be that the distance is more of a factor than time or the other way around, or it could be that the rules just say that shortest is best as that's usually the quickest (in the days before traffic).

[ Parent | on HN ]