New Years Eve! - The BEST Night to Work?

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

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[@waynegray2284]

What a nightmare if that was me I would of gone home

[@JohnMiddleton67]

Tom, did you do the knowledge the traditional way moped, or bike, or did you do it online?

[@mrjohncharlesbrown]

One of my mates got the green badge when he 20....he earned a fortune working nights he bought his first house, of course living at home made all the difference, of course it was in the 80s when earnings were higher, we lost touch because he worked nights, so socially it didn't work, sadly during COVID he commited suicide...no way would I'd have thought he'd do that, he was a typical cab driver, life and soul of the party, I miss him terribly, you're a great lad make the best of it, make sure you socialise outside of the trade that's so important for mental health stay safe ...you've a great KZbin show well done regards John Brown

[@kiradotee]

Oh shit. I wonder if he thought COVID was end of his career as a cabbie and life won't ever be the same? And he loved his work so much he couldn't bear with that possibility?

[@drummerboy1390]

Minimum age is 21 for a London Cab License.

[@ToddFletcher-j6f]

@@drummerboy1390 you can get your green badge at any age but cant drive a taxi till 21.

[@mariemccann5895]

@@drummerboy1390 Ooops, I smell BS!

[@mrjohncharlesbrown]

​@@mariemccann5895Sadly it's the truth

[@TokyoTitters]

Your seamless narrative to live speech cuts are very cool! your vids are getting more and more pro bro

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thanks! So much work to edit haha!

[@markpunt9638]

I thought that - really slick.

[@smithyedward5614]

These videos certainly put into context why cab journeys appear to be quite expensive but are in fact good value.

[@inforabenny]

Why am I, a man in Nottingham who has been to London about 3 times, watching this? Absolutely no idea but I love it

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thanks for tuning in 🙌🏻

[@Ep1cure]

At one point you were saying you weren't sure if, with all the closure hassles it would be worth working that night. But I'm sure nearly all those you picked up were glad you did. Considering how much of a nightmare getting around those places at such a time with all the closures, you did a fantastic job!

[@rstevens7711]

One thing I hadn't thought of before: when driving in the dark, and in the rain, how on earth do you spot people sticking their hand out for a cab? You must have special night vision!

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Yes it is a lot more difficult, especially whilst trying to assess hazards around you

[@richard9444]

You get these magic tentacles , like a feeling of you know who is going to or not

[@rstevens7711]

@@richard9444 Haha, it's a skill I'd never be able to learn.

[@CallieMasters5000]

He develops money eyes: it's worth his while to be on the lookout, and if he's mistaken he can just drive on.

[@DougieMontana]

Pretty simple if your looking for it, theatres, restaurants, hotels, members clubs, designer retail stores etc…your always looking for a hand.

[@johnjenkinson-b8b]

Great watching your videos lived in London for 28 years now 84 living in Scotland 😇 5:32

[@alandean6692]

As an ex private hire driver I can relate to everything you said in this issue right down to the lady muttering to herself and forgetting its news years eve, you guys and your knowledge of London is mind blowing,stay safe

[@amalyusof3162]

Super interesting insight into the mechanics of the 2 cabs job! And look at Tom being an absolute gentleman.

[@sohailusman469]

It’s easier if we work all United

[@seanjamescameron]

What a great insight. I've only been in Central London for NYE once and it took 2 hours just to walk from Blackfriars to Charing Cross due to the crowds and only then found out the station was closed! Happy New Year Tom!

[@CallieMasters5000]

Have you done a video about worst case scenarios? What if somebody can't pay? What if everybody jumps out and runs away in different directions without paying? Have you ever gotten the police involved? Have you ever turned anybody down because they looked too dodgy or dirty?

[@JOHNSMITH-if9jr]

that's the good thing about uber its pre pated for, some taxis in Melbourne at certain times are also pre paid (not 100% sure about that)

[@vjary8142]

Another insight into Tom the Taxi Drivers varied jobs on NYE. It demonstrates how well worthwhile the "knowledge" is for taxi drivers to get passengers across London, even more so when there so many road closures in place.

[@k6kaysix675]

I visited the NYE fireworks in London about 5-6 years ago, after they finished it only took around 2-3 hours to walk under a mile to Waterloo station - one of those 'nice to do once' events but never again!

[@ryanhurley1207]

Only ever worked one news years Eve and had a very similar experience to you. Gave up and went home at 10pm. Great video. Keep up the good work.

[@kiradotee]

You've almost got an identical last name to Tom.

[@tropicaltourist]

18:50 PSII CAB? Sounds like somebody grew up playing Crazy Taxi!

[@Vickix1185]

I was talking to a friend about doing NYE in London one year. This video has changed my mind! What a stress for you Tom, I'd have given up long before you did!

[@paulhunter6178]

Not sure why this appeared as a suggestion on my feed, but I loved it. London (tick) Transport (tick) Personable chappie with gift of the gab (tick) Okay, might have answered my own question. Great seeing London (the main views and side streets) as it's a place I rarely get too visit these days. Being a bit of a country boy it amazes me that people even pay for a taxi for a sort journey less than a couple of mile (I'd walk it), but I'm finding this channel a revelation! Watched one of your blindfold challenges too - hell, if I'm hailing a cab in future - I want you in the drivers seat. Thanks for bringing the world of the Cabbie to the world - I'm definitely going back through the archive of this channel.

[@rogerknight8092]

I'm an Uber driver but I have 100% respect for how smart Taxi drivers are 👍👍👍

Happy New Year! Virtual hail from Budapest! :) Lived in Knightsbridge for many years, found your channel by accident, thanks for all the rides! :)

[@CoffeeOnRails]

As always, super interesting. This channel has started to get me to use the Black Cab, esp. with groups. Super useful too as I've had buses on diversion. Thanks for demystifying something I've always been to nervous to try.

[@MrFlyingguy]

never knew how much I loved listening to cabbies........ this is therapy for me.... apparently. Tom, you are onto a good thing here.

[@HIJINX0]

Crazy that you got £4 extra per job!!, I work as a cabbie in Scotland. Our rate on state 2 starts at £4.50 however on Christmas and New Year we go to Stage 3 at 6pm that starts at £5.40, then Stage 4 at 10pm starting at £6.75. Every 200m it goes up by 25p.

[@martindenny8642]

I am retired now but we had fare plus 50% nye up to midnight and double after. Same Christmas eve and all day Christmas day and boxing day. I personally hated nye had too many no pick ups. Customers would book multi cabs and the first one there got the job, Making you late for all other bookings. Between midnight and 2 a. M. I took the grand total of 20.00, After that I refused to work nye other than for my private customers. Hate new year to this day, its only time.

[@garystewart2512]

Where about in Scotland are you

[@HIJINX0]

@@garystewart2512 Fife

[@tramcrazy]

Watching these videos are such a great way to relax. I always end up watching them all the way through. Thanks Tom!

[@J_PhD]

New subscriber. Been binging your videos for a few days. You should be sponsored by the London Board of Tourism (or whatever it's called) seeing how your videos make me want to go back there so bad; love this city.

[@itsdougslife]

Enjoyed this one Tom. Entertaining and informative as usual. Stayed in an airBnB at 103 Lexham Gardens a few years ago. Handy for Earls Court, museums. Had to buzz by Freddie Mercury's house, Garden Lodge but felt a bit wierd. 😀

[@burkyftw1993]

Boxing day was my busiest day of the entire year, was nice though, I pre-booked everything with my regular clients for both Boxing day and NYE. No hassle with random drunks that way

[@AlonsoRules]

Busy on and off days are the things I miss greatly about driving cabs. Long gaps between fares I don't miss one iota.

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Certainly isn’t the case now in January haha!

[@Manthko]

I love your videos bro. Your commentary and professionalism is top notch. Great guy. 👍🏾

[@strodey123]

If someone does refuse to pay, what are your options?

[@Holy-Pickle1]

Fake taxi

[@Peteski-0]

Having lived as an expat for the last 7 years, I just love these videos Tom!

[@barryjohnmiles1415]

I use to work New Year’s Eve, I’d wait till 12 say happy new years to my family then go out in the cab the restrictions would lift and be people everywhere work all through the night

[@blackhawk5279]

as a part time aspiring driver for a ride-hailing company i find this video informative. thanks!

[@eadweard.]

I'm rarely conscious of when it's New Year's Eve, partially as it has no meaning for me. Often I only realise it's my birthday around lunchtime.

[@mfurmyr]

Great video as always. I have not worked on New Years Eve for many years. In Oslo it is one of the best days in the year to make money, but I cannot stand drunk customers anymore. As employed I drove a minibus and it was hell on such days. I saw you drove a family Tom. How are the rules when driving children from 0 to 12 years.

[@tr1ck5h07]

Really enjoy the content you put out Tom! Your demeanor and outlook in life is also very encouraging and uplifting. I hope to be able to take a trip in your cab someday

[@breakawayfromme]

Seems disproportionate that you can add extra to your meter but at the same time can't really get anywhere cos all the roads are closed. Great Video thanks

[@hens0w]

Lots of people traveling when the taxis are working harder, if you want a cheep holiday there are 74 other cities in the UK

[@mike7002]

I enjoy your videos Tom - just started watching a few days ago. A really interesting insight. What (I hope) all of us Brits know is that proper cabbies in London are way beyond 5*. Google simply doesn't tell you the best route all the time. What I also hope that TFL learns is that Uber and the rest are a gamble. KZbin is filled with US examples of Uber and Lyft drivers (and to be fair customers - any examples yourself Tom??) being disrespectful and seriously unprofessional. Our cabbies are - and I mean this sincerely - national treasures like single malt whisky, Cornish clotted cream or the guards at Buckingham Palace. Let's not lose them to a poor substitute.

[@corenmaryweijers1895]

Again another splendid vid.. for having been a cabbie for close to 10 years, 7 of which during night shift, I can pretty much imagine myself about what you're telling.. yet, in our place, Eindhoven the Netherlands, when roads were being closed for traffic to ease up, cabs were allowed through.. weren't you allowed due terrorist threat, or has this been always like this?

[@edwardapostolides5360]

Tom can't thank you enough for your videos, utterly brilliant insight and your a natural orator. I love our fantastic city and I'm certain you've opened it up to a whole new audience. I always look out when I see a cab just in case its you! Thank you so much!!

[@paulknight5018]

Good video Tom, your skin is looking good man!

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thank you! Getting there with it

[@GadgetAddict]

Me seeing the title and thinking of how insanely drunk people get on new years eve... I couldn't do it!

[@markpunt9638]

Can you restart the meter? Bloody classic! Had me laughing out loud

[@XsnipxrmainX]

Just starting my taxi career at 23 after a year of truck driving. Really hoping this is my future 🙏

[@Camey_cool]

What a Palava of closures

[@liamkiely6610]

Your right Tom money made safe night it's just another day

[@bigbruce1517]

Where I live we start at £5 instead of £4 also instead of 20p per 185 yards it is 40p after 6pm Christmas Eve until Boxing Day ends. Same with New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Meter automatically updates. This is East Lothian Scotland.

[@callumyates2158]

It’s surprising to see what acutely happens in London when your only watching from home. Must say didn’t expect that many closers!

[@littlejimmy5020]

One of the highlights of my week seeing these videos come out. I used to work on Gloucester road in the offices above the Waitrose now live in Scotland so always make me smile seeing the local area

[@LondonHustle]

New years day was super busy with food orders! There were so many people on the streets... Taxis looked really busy! Love the videos

[@TomtheTaxiDriver]

Thanks! Hope you are well!

[@martinfoskett7697]

One of your best videos Tom 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@malclane8462]

Thanks

[@Kiwi-9381]

19:37 oh yeah I've seen this Yacht, the entrance actually looks like a hotel entrance, it's weird!

[@nme9879]

I've drove a taxi for 25 years in the North East, its the worst night to work, full of coke heads, and drunks, and most think it's ok to get out at the other end and not pay,

[@alextaxi2593]

Fantastic to see all those plastic posts removed much easier to get around near St Pancras

[@disrealnow9664]

NYE seems like a lot of stress and hassle in the cab. So how much more / less did you actually end up making vs a standard working day?

[@thewestoe0ne]

New years day is the one 😉

[@marcinborkowski7889]

Please don’t tell him 😂

[@exex9378]

Anyone else think that journey to the yacht was only £16 then realise its the postcode 🙈🙈🙈🙈😂

[@christopherhawkins9719]

It would be interesting to see how much you could earn avoiding central and focusing on the suburbs. One shift perhaps, as it could break the stereotypes that the (yellow zones are dead.

[@TheL184]

They are dead. TFL warn new applicants how dead they are

[@pieplicht]

Lovely to once again have your point of view on New Year's Eve. I managed to be in London but failed to encounter you. Big city innit? Will definitely return to London so perhaps we meet after all.

[@TomOConnor-BlobOpera]

I was in London last Feb, and the weather was absolutely AWFUL, rain and sleet. I hailed a cab because I didn't feel like walking in it, literally from The Ned hotel to The Premier Inn hub on Thames st, and the driver was like "You could walk it in 5 minutes" . YES, but I don't want to. It was like he didn't want the fare!

[@bellybuster5251]

So pleased you listen to Absolute 90s!

[@b34rdy]

Our fares are set differently up here where i live, Our base rate starts at £3.60 for the first 600 yards and goes up 20p every 150 yards, that is if we are staying within our county areas, if we go outwith those areas or its after 10pm it starts at £4.50/600 yards and 20p every 150 yards. now the fun starts for us at 6pm on xmas eve till boxing day and nye till the 2nd jan. where the starting fare is £5.40/600 yards and then 30p for each 150 yards but after 10pm its £6.75/600 yards and 40p for each 150 yards after... that racks up quickly. All this is set by the local council before anyone says its ripping people off...yes we know its not cheap. I can also guarantee that one borough of london is bigger in area than the town i work from. Saying that i had a good xmas/nye

[@MrJonboy]

I'm a private hire driver in Devon, NYE we had the meter starting at £9.90, that was including the £5 surcharge, i love working on NYE, job after job and most people are in good spirits, we also had that charge on christmas day as well. Ended up earning just over £500 for the night, i wish this was every night haha

[@radosaw4616]

amazing content Tom worked all over central a few years back as an electrican cool too see all the places i worked on. and my favorite cafes etc

[@HJ-br3lt]

“I had a quick sniff in the city”…you wouldn’t be the first!

[@JhonCena6969]

I work front desk in a hotel. Problem is, the guest starts giving us grief as if we run the taxis lol. "Where is this taxi?" "Can you ring them again?" "I am going to be late, I need this taxi now!" etc.

[@jaffro1325]

whenever i see a black cab now i’m like ‘tom??….’

[@pauluss1053]

Yay ! you mentioned Freddie Mercury's now his life long friend Marys Auctions house on Logan Place - visted there last time i was in London - my favourite singer of all time. Greetings from Newcastle Tom !

[@runningwithmarc]

Really enjoyed this video Tom, thanks and happy (late) new year.... p.s. some great unique content you have

[@sashasukhram2324]

the artwork on the thumbnail for this video is sick btw

[@missVmilne]

Fascinating insights Tom - thank you for sharing. Happy 2023 - wishing you good health, wealth and happiness in the year ahead. Stay well and paositive. Take care ; - )

[@zulfqarali905]

Hi Tom great videos about can go through some rough area of London Ali Walsall west midlands have ever had a job up to Walsall junction 10 m6

[@BrockMak]

I do get calls larger hotels, malls and hospitals with "Taxi Rank Replenishment" requests, I'm learning to send messages without having to tell my supervisors, but those requests are made when there are customers waiting to be picked up. If the opposite happens, and you are the only one in the rank, that's a dilemma on our end.

[@thatkurdy]

Tom what do you think of Coach Drivers? Taking a lot of airport fares from cabbies. Or does it not affect as fares still come through.

[@mrjohncharlesbrown]

Ps we are up London Piccadilly tomorrow staying over at the Hub Premier Inn Soho I hope we catch you for a ride !

[@sarahrobinson410]

I have never seen so much of central London so closed off.. It must make your job real hard work.. I was taxi /private hire driver and it was in Coventry and down South Wales. I think the days have gone where you can really bump up your income. Back in 1987 -1994 roughly speaking an average night take was 300 including tips. I am 59 nearly And would have loved to be a London Cabbie. With all night fares and all daytime fares I sometimes missed a trick. Great video and I love generally learning the routes you take.. Happy belated new year Tom..

[@robs720]

Was thinking at the end of the video you could of tried SW a bit more? Around battersea/Clapham. I reckon loads of people would of been going to house parties and out in Clapham.

[@michaelslipman8853]

when i started it was one shilling and nine pence to star i went from Victoria to Brighton for 5.00t and it stayed that rate for some time before it went two shillings...i went from Victoria to Brighton for 5.00

[@Shads5]

You dropped off on Broadway Market, corner of Ada Street? That was outside the chippy I worked in/owned for 24 years

[@ankledsquid]

Ngl i i has any say on it i would allow make the closures as a bus/taxi gate, and have like a 10 mph limit. It would protect the party goers but taxis and public transport would at least make some progress

[@ZDProds-c8p]

Sod that, I'd rather take the festive period off work. Usually take the 15th - 3rd Jan off. Interesting to see how busy its gets during New Years. Have you ever had Huel rather than yfood?

[@michaeljames87]

Love these videos before bed! Watching in Taiwan.

[@DeanCovert]

I had a great time working one NYE/NYD as well! I was part of the First Night Boston festivities in Copley Square! (and even including the time difference I was still working... or maybe getting pizza, who's to say)

[@BrockMak]

22:17 Yeah, in our company, it's a "No job", and some drivers even called me to cancel the booking, just so they don't have to wait to speak to the dispatchers to clear job status query. Update: All similar requests now needs to be directly requested and authorized by supervisors now.

[@Cabdrum1]

Hotels are notorious for no shows. If I accept a hotel job on an app and then get a street hail on the way I just cancel the hotel job. What goes around comes around.

[@stig6134]

Ur right there, I had 2 no jobs from different hotels only today ffs 😕😕

[@DougieMontana]

Work New Year’s Day next year, same extras and loads of work with few closures

[@michaelwincott]

Your videos are great, Tom. Just enjoy driving with you and listening. Really feels like I'm back in London.

[@barrycoppock]

Very interesting, as always. Also a great illustration of having The Knowledge.

[@oldskool731]

Don't u hate the thickos when u pull into the curb to drop off they get out the rd side

[@Pixie12321]

Would be great to see how much you made in 2022 as well as your expenses

[@BrockMak]

8:04 Ah, you don't have radio comms on board.

[@freedom495]

You're minted sir, get some vinyl seats 😀

[@jordanhallart7360]

Any chance of pre booking you for a journey March 18th to the 02 arena ?

[@roonyq]

great narrative editing, tom!

[@RoadkillGoat1]

What's your opinion on Islingtons proposed low traffic zones apparently 70% of roads will be affected now. Maybe do a video on how difficult it's made your life now?

[@paulnolan5451]

I've used an app to get a cab from a Premier Inn in London 3 black cabs in a row accept only to cancel before they get there, got one on 4th try,this was during a tube strike , great new years video.

[@carlmuhm3896]

Tom, I am looking forward to more videos in 2023. Happy New Year 🎉

[@chrisjones5411]

Question: Your maps, are they all new paper maps each time or are they wipe clean laminated ones?

[@FK-zr9fn]

Really enjoyed that video. Thanks for sharing 👍