Blindfolded LONDON Navigation!

0:00 - Intro
2:33 - Blindfolded
11:31 - The Reveal
Starting from the most central point in London I attempt to navigate a journey in a black cab completely blindfolded!
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[@zahawolfe]

This is honestly one of the most impressive things I’ve seen in my life

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Haha thanks, just doing my job 😜

[@arthurburrows8820]

At least if you ever get kidnapped and bundled into a boot you'll know where u are

[@aldionsylkaj9654]

Car stops after they hear him muttering every street and turn to himself, gets let go.

[@HighPressureServices]

That is staggering! Not only to get the entire route including road names AND even the names of the local shops and landmarks!! Best cabbie in town!

[@audigex]

The crazy thing is that they can all do this

[@X22GJP]

@@audigex Yep, and all pianists can play the piano, who'd 'a' thunk it? It's only staggering or crazy because you can't do it.

[@thugson1166]

@@X22GJP what is your point? It's incredible that people can do this, it doesn't matter how much practice it takes. if anything the amount of practice makes it all the more impressive

[@codex4046]

Don't forget that he also knows history about at least sections of London. Buildings and structures that have been demolished way before his birth. (as seen in the Watchdogs video)

[@chess7430]

outstanding, and that's why yous are the best in the world, proud and rightly so.

[@andrews0208]

I love this as a. Blind person I do this most days and you be surprised the things you will pick up on like the number of people you can hear and things like bumps in the road

[@fltof2]

One of my favorite scenes in Sneakers is where Whistler (David Strathairn) tries to figure out where in the San Francisco Bay Area Martin (Robert Redford) was kidnapped to, based purely on the sounds Martin heard from the trunk of the car. The cocktail party was the best.

[@flyingwarrior7155]

Even the sat nav is envious of your knowledge .👍

[@demon27dan]

Damn, that's mighty impressive! Kudos to you, sir. It always frustrated me when Fred Housego won 'Mastermind' all those years ago and how this was greeted with incredulity and scorn in some quarters - "A London cabbie winning Mastermind!!! How is that possible???" When you consider the memory skills, concentration, and intelligence needed to pass the Knowledge and navigate the maze of streets that make up central London, this shows what amazing ability London cab drivers have.

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

It’s effectively one giant memory palace for me to place information and points onto 👍🏻

[@justaddbricks5527]

I’m blown away, literally speechless. I literally sometimes have to check where I am going in my local area, let alone central London.

[@colinhodgkiss8467]

3 years of hard work ...paid off well. Well done Tom.

[@fulltimetonex438]

Absolutely amazing Tom

[@jenniferstevens9178]

There has to be a part 2 one day where you and Martin reversed the roles, he said he wanted to give it a try!

[@dv4449]

Mate how, the most impressive thing I’ve seen. Honestly I’m so surprised you don’t have 1 mil subscribers you do so much for you’re videos!

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Wow, thank you Dv! Just got to keep making content that everyone enjoys!

[@alexleeSRI]

Very impressive! Keep the videos coming!

[@Gary-mu1bu]

Great idea to do this really good channel well done Tom!

[@mikeybb6577]

Bloody amazing Tom! #Knowledge Goals 👌👍🔥

[@user-pw3tr1xg2x]

Enjoying the video Tom 🙂

[@goldencabbage45]

that is such an incredible talent bravo

[@mathewsmith3294]

New to the channel, love the content, keep up the good work 👌🏻

[@simatbirch]

Excellent!

[@josephxkendrick]

This was a sick idea and you smashed it out the park. Such awesome content, dude!!

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thanks Joe! Collab one day? 😜

[@josephxkendrick]

@Tom the Taxi Driver Yeah mate! I’ve just got to get my channel pumping again - which I have every intention to! I’m sure there could be some interesting bicycle vs taxi challenges

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Good to hear man! I’m sure the bike will win every time 🤣

[@rosscampbell8049]

Brilliant. This is very impressive. I enjoy watching your videos.

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thank you so much 😀

[@garethgriffiths4767]

Well done. Quality video.

[@jamesy9777]

very impressive!

[@richardrichardw9520]

Very impressive Tom

[@MavisRileyJunior]

12 minutes in a london cab for tenner? Blimey!

[@madihahussain1092]

What a great video

[@IansOddInterests]

Amazing

[@grahamskilling2147]

Excellent

[@jamesd1848]

Brilliant

[@will16320]

Nice to see you wearing a seatbelt in the back! Good thinking!

[@MatrixFuse]

Amazing Tom!

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thank you Luke 👍🏻

[@MatrixFuse]

@@TomtheTaxiDriver what app do I use to get you if I'm in London?

[@chrisstjohn9403]

Well done, although i have to take one point off for west st (Litchfield st). Its Wonderfull all London cabbies have that unique insight of not only its thousands of streets but many thousands of places of interest.

[@petergambling671]

Wow excellent 👍

[@faraihove7232]

Great video. Going through all your videos now coz the channel was suggested to me today 😌

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thanks Farai! Comments questions and future video ideas welcome 🙏🏻🙏🏻🤟🏻

[@MrFlaten92]

This is really impressive! If I get you the next time Im in London I know I get where I need to go😄

[@johnorchin8567]

Hi Tom, That was indeed absolutely brilliant. I assume you would only have this sort of intimate knowledge (bumps in the road) of the most central part of London, and the intimacy of your knowledge would gradually decrease as you get further from Trafalgar Square, which is to be expected, as most of your work is in this area.

[@tonyclifton265]

when i lived in Japan they had a TV show that did specials on human excellence, like an okonomiyaki chef who could cut slices which weighed exactly 100 grams but just by eye, without weighing them. there was a bank teller who could pick up exactly 100 banknotes from a stack by fingertip without counting them. London taxi drivers were often featured because it's fkn crazy how good they are. the japanese studio audience were always blown away..

[@daveholmes6668]

Hey Tom it was great to have met you with Katelyn and John and Sue Mills. I've watched this video (fabulous, incredible and interesting). Very well filmed Katy! Thanks Martin! Cheers Tom!

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thanks David! Hope you are well, and all the best!

[@JK8]

this is insane mate

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thank you J! Was a pleasure to make and film

[@mikkeljeppesen7696]

This honesty blows my mind 🤯 Like the the f... can you navigate blindfolded, In a city like London, and remember all the streets and points off interest like that 🤯 And doing the knowledge is mind-blowing on it self And I can only imagen trying to kidnap a cappy woud be hard to have them not know were you are 😅

[@jamiejosh96]

How you can have the memory is beyond me. Even with the year practice, took me about a month to remember a 6 digit code in my last job 😂

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

All depends on what you are remembering I guess, numbers are hard because they are just pretty plain and boring. Locations are visual and stimulate many regions of the brain!

[@jamiejosh96]

@@TomtheTaxiDriver makes sense mate. Know a couple former professional boxers who are cabbies and always wondered how someone who gets punched for a living can remember all that info. 😂 Great videos mate

[@kgorilla2]

Taxi driver in Budapest here, we dont even come close to this. We do our jobs well dont get me wrong but this is on another lvl.

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thank you sir! Had a very helpful Budapest taxi driver many years ago when I visited, lovely city! 👍🏻

[@jackhetherington6457]

wish i could have a memory like that

[@daveholmes6668]

Tom, very good to have met you and seen Katy again. I would be most interested if you had formed any opinions on driving and lawlessness in South Africa. How could you not? Oh hang on, I have only now seen your drive in Bryanston! Signing off to watch it!

[@juniordrive2057]

That's crazy I started the knowledge in 2014 but stopped due to moped crash I wanted to start it back again but never got round to maybe new year new start hopefully after covid 19 🤞🏽

[@bernmahan1162]

Yep, you've got The Knowledge. Blinding!

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thank you Bern! I love to share it 😊

[@pinktaxilimited1690]

Brilliant mate your a genius son well done good video mate I see he’s a Utag member lol 😂

[@gregoryboatswain1605]

Real talk, this is fucking mad. If I told this guy to get lost it'd take him all day 😂

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

I did want to try a real life version of that, i.e. get dropped anywhere random in London and figure out when I am ahah!

[@Ian20232]

If I ever get kidnapped and thrown in a car boot, I want to be with you 😂

[@monstrellsf-w8277]

Jeez 👌

[@T-y-39]

I almost thought that you where gonna try driving with it on. 😂

[@daisugabatabata]

The guy be like "Oh yeah, that exact bump pattern feels like that of a Bleeding Heart Yard"

[@aldionsylkaj9654]

How do you keep yourself updated with changes?

[@garvingray]

Would like to see another addition

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Definitely would like to do this again!

[@sreejithpro]

I thought seeing London GPS MAP in mind is a Sherlock Holmes thing

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thanks Sreejith, It's a fun skill to have!

[@tubularap]

Gee, even with my eyes open I could not be so confident in my town.

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thank you sir! 👍🏻

[@atifmanzoor63]

Someone feeding information through earbuds

[@MrDominicg90]

I was kind of hoping that he was going to drive his cab with with a bind fold

[@Myst3ryM4nn]

Do you know where every embassy is ?

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Yep. Got asked the Dominican Embassy on my final exam 👍🏻

[@ASuicidalYeti]

Do you have a freenow referral code?

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

8959TH

[@JohnSmith-gq1ln]

Tom what's happening in the taxi world

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Very inconsistent, one day it feels a lot better, the next day you are empty for 3 hours plus 😥

[@littlefish1167]

Center of London is lower marsh just saying

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Depends which centre you are defining

[@alpo4877]

Uber drivers checking their googel maps

[@johnrussell7852]

Too easy. I'll be impressed with your KOL if you start in Holloway or Herne Hill

[@BC-qt6fv]

How the hell did I get here........ I'd be more impressed if you were driving blindfolded