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In many of the world’s great cities, becoming a cab driver requires little more than the ability to operate a motor vehicle with modest proficiency. In some—we’re thinking New York City—perhaps not even that. But London is different, with the 23,000 or so cabbies who ply their trade in the British capital all having to pass a fearsome test known simply as The Knowledge to prove they have mastered the geography of one of Europe’s biggest cities. Achieving this normally takes between two and four years with only three out of every 10 people who start the process making it to the end. To get the official cab driver’s badge, hopefuls have to prove they have effectively memorized tens of thousands of roads within a six-mile radius of the city’s official center, Charing Cross. READ MORE ››
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