I got BLOCKED!

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Ай бұрын

In this episode, cycling madness-how to wash a London taxi-and I get a 24 hour block on my ride hailing app. #blackcab #londontaxi #hackneycarraige #londoncabbie

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@oneteaminbristolbcfc Ай бұрын

Hi Mark thanks for the upload really enjoyed this!! I work for a firm in North Somerset who use a taxi app to give drivers their jobs at a cost of roughly £150 a week for this privilege 🤔. They have brought in a system where if you refuse work over a certain amount of times you are logged out for a period of time and the more you refuse the longer the penalty. I think it’s absolutely disgusting and disgraceful that you as a self employed driver who actually doesn’t work for anyone gets a penalty. (From the boss 🤷) The Taxi bylaws clearly state that a driver can refuse any job unless instructed by a police constable!! Obviously you wouldn’t refuse blind, learning difficultes etc because you’d be a c u next Tuesday if you did!!! But being punished for not doing the guy with piss stains on his trousers smelling of shit or the dodgy drug run or the local crack head seems unfair and under the bylaws is illegal. I wrote to the council but they don’t want to get involved 🤦 ✌️❤️

@Marktaxi Ай бұрын

Great informative post! Love the insight into how it works at your end. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

@honestdelivery 22 күн бұрын

Love it how you sometimes have to repeat the name of the place the customer wants to go, to confirm it, and then you know exactly where to go. Brilliant.

@Marktaxi 21 күн бұрын

Yep always confirm, meeting lots of people from around the world with different accents, I learnt my lesson a while ago to always confirm

@djrudog1158 Ай бұрын

I like your vids. A subscriber for long time now. Like this style of vid like when you inclued a bit of history on thus..thanks

@lorenzohermoso1085 27 күн бұрын

Always thought that Shepherds Bush bus lane was buses only. Thanks for the movie & be lucky.

@Edfc200 3 күн бұрын

4 washes gets you scratched paintwork 😂

@jamie2954 Ай бұрын

Hi Mark, Glasgow cabbie here. Really enjoy your videos and appreciate the effort it takes putting them together. This one especially so as I’ve spent a lot of time in Fulham and knew some of the runs 😂

@Marktaxi Ай бұрын

Hellooooo Glasgow! Hey thanks for your kind words about the channel. Glad I could take you on a journey down memory lane.

@martinfoskett7697 Ай бұрын

Really good video this one 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@BrockMak Ай бұрын

13:00 That would be a timely "triple flash and triple left signal" for the faulty left brake lights.

@martingundry4454 Ай бұрын

Blocked? You naughty boy! I assume ones profession is ecstatic with Mr Khan’s reelection?😂

@vinnieleader Ай бұрын

Absolutely love your channel. I'm a London BusDriver for over 27 years Total respect.

@Marktaxi Ай бұрын

And big respect to Bus Drivers, 🙌

@Alexspurs-hy3hq Ай бұрын

Bully driver more like!

@user-or1rr6ym3h Ай бұрын

Don’t know if anyone else has said but loosing the hire light in those car washes wasn’t an urban myth on the fairways it happened to me and a friend also

@Marktaxi Ай бұрын

Really! I’m guessing maybe the auto wash tech wasn’t up to it then. You’re the first driver I I know that it’s actually happened to. Thanks for watching,

@LinusOttosson 14 күн бұрын

I can't believe how cheap a Premium car wash is in London. Here, in Sweden, a Premium car wash is about 30 GBP and they starts around 10 GBP for the cheapest ones.

@r21747 Ай бұрын

23:25 nooo, it is never enough for us

@hassnainhussain3511 Ай бұрын

Cycling Mikey don’t capture them only the cab drivers 😂😂😂

@mossy199 15 күн бұрын

As a cyclist myself, mikey is a twat. But the corner at regents park is where i nearly hit a car taking a "short cut". Ive no problem with a driver checking their mobiles in traffic. Lets not point out how many drivers i see checking their phone while driving 🤫

@darrenhall9949 Күн бұрын

Hi mark can you tell me where that car wash is in west London. Thanks

@oldskool731 28 күн бұрын

i been blocked 5 times last time scrolling through the jobs accepted one accidentally had to cancel it got blocked its pissing me off

@BrockMak Ай бұрын

9:53 It's like our drivers cancelling a job without explaining to our dispatchers, as our company does have a comms system, but doen't have "For Hire" signs. You also cannot refuse Urgent Specimen, Blood Samples, Dialysis, Guide Dogs and Account jobs at all, but the penalty is a blanket 2-hour ban, meaning your tablet and meter (within the tablet) is blocked for 2 hours. All that said, however a 24-hour penalty is harsh.

@Marktaxi Ай бұрын

Interesting! Is it 1 refusal the 2 hour ban? Also good that specific job categories ie Blood samples have a protected status. Obviously are apps don’t have that. Thanks again for watching, I think you’re my furthest global subscriber!

@BrockMak Ай бұрын

@@MarktaxiYes, but once the penalties are handed down by the system itself, it is difficult to remove. I obviously have no authority to deal with driver queries. Only plausible bypass I heard is if the samples were not ready to be picked up, but the booking was actually made and dispatched to you. The only other exception: You are a School Run driver. That takes priority over dialysis jobs awaiting return taxis due to far quicker turnaround time.

@shafhussain2378 11 күн бұрын

Hi mark. I'm shaf, I'm the chair for the IWGB couriers branch. I'm a courier in London for 7yrs. Recently I've started looking into how apps use our data on platforms and what kind of data they collect. If your interested, I'd love to work with you if your interested in sending emails to platforms requesting user data via freedom of information request.

@johnorchin8567 Ай бұрын

Hi Mark, It’s interesting to me when you say not much chance of a job on the street in Wimbledon, now Wimbledon is an affluent area, so why are people not likely to hail a cab? Perhaps it’s became they go out not expecting to see many cabs, and so have made other arrangements in their mind. When I’m in such areas, that I’m not really familiar with, the temptation to grab a cab is greater than in central London where public transport is so good.

@CaboloNero Ай бұрын

Nobody’s walking out of a side street to a main road in the hope a cab will pass so they order on an app to their door.

@Marktaxi Ай бұрын

As Cabolonero says, people just don’t expect black cabs to be available on the street there, so they will just order a ride off an app. Having said that very occasionally you can get lucky in the suburbs and get another ride off the street but it’s unlikely. I just just head back to where the work is. 🚕

@kennybraithwaite Ай бұрын

Great video Mark. Seemed like a great day for jobs . When's your next post

@Marktaxi Ай бұрын

Gonna be doing every fortnight! Hopefully in 6 months every week. Thanks for watching

@listey 16 күн бұрын

A bit naughty going through the red light at 22:45!

@davidomahoney1507 Ай бұрын

Wake up freenow! You block a driver for 24 hours at any one time of the day annd you have probably a quarter of your work force not unable to use app. That really helps cover the work when it's busy. Where is yor business common sense? What do i know I'm just a london taxi driver.

@Shads187 Ай бұрын

Why not just delete the app. What makes you think you can't survive without the apps? Come on, get your thinking 🧢 on, I mean you did do the knowledge.

@thomasdunkley7867 Ай бұрын

Fed up with Freenow myself. They forget we don't need them and I earn better without them

@Marktaxi Ай бұрын

I think the apps are handy for the drive in to work and back, I must admit I worked 6 days a week during Covid and Freenow was good to me. But I’m fully aware things have changed now. Anyway thanks for watching

@dVb9 Ай бұрын

Have they moved Grosvenor Square? I'm sure that's where Belgrave Square used to be...

@Marktaxi Ай бұрын

As far as I’m aware the squares are still in the same place

@dVb9 Ай бұрын

@@Marktaxi Phew! Just a slip of the tongue, then (en route from Grosvenor Crescent to Chesham Place). 😊

@runarandersen878 Ай бұрын

I think it should be possible to explain why canceling, even if that also could be exploited I guess.

@Marktaxi Ай бұрын

There is a reason option that the driver has to go through before cancelling. Thank you for watching

@BrockMak Ай бұрын

In Auckland's case? People on Lime scooters cutting through. As they are for hire, there's no guarantee that the helmet is included. You must have bike helmets when riding, even if it's just a practice just outside your backyard.

@Marktaxi Ай бұрын

You have like too! They are everywhere and also on the Uber app

@michaelslipman8853 Ай бұрын

they used to take the hire sign off then they reversed the brushes

@jamesk1806 Ай бұрын

Does the auto washes not leave swrill marks on the paint?

@bigjml Ай бұрын

Hand car washes leave swirls. In all honesty the automatic washes likely causeess swirls.

@jamesk1806 Ай бұрын

@@bigjml I suppose with hand car wash they need a 2 or 3 bucket method. A decent good quality brush auto wash as you say will be less invasive.

@Marktaxi Ай бұрын

Nowadays the new auto wash uses components that don’t leave any brush marks at all. Company’s spend millions designing these things and have really improved over the years. Thanks for watching

@jamesk1806 Ай бұрын

@@Marktaxi good to hear. So convient too.

@hachi. Ай бұрын

Good

@bigneil8888 Ай бұрын

How did that fella get a third term ?

@hachi. Ай бұрын

Because he got more votes ha ha

@CaboloNero Ай бұрын

Why didn’t you use Vincent sq elverston ?

@Marktaxi Ай бұрын

Well they just gave a me a number thought it was on the north side, thanks for watching

@middxmale9692 Ай бұрын

Re: Cab Wash .... I cant believe what im seeing ? .... In My day, we would NEVER go through a Car Wash , as Brushes no good for Paintwork ... EVERY Cabbie i knew, would only do 'Hand Car Wash' (or) 'Jet Wash' ( In my 25 years pushing, I NEVER came across a Driver who took his / Her cab through a actual 'Car Wash' )... Im stunned actually ! ......... Still its a Butter 'New Breed' thing , The 'Rules' are a Changing, as Bob Dylan or someone said Similar !

@CaboloNero Ай бұрын

I wouldn’t use them and 100% not in a txe only got to close the door hard for the paint to fall off

@Caravanguy60 Ай бұрын

Unbelievable!! ANY vehicle through a car wash is like rubbing sandpaper over your body work. Come on Mark. Hand wash it. Every wash is free then!!

@Marktaxi Ай бұрын

I’ve tried all those hand washes around my area and the first shell garage near me always came back better. No brush marks or signs of an auto car wash at all, the tech and components are a lot better now. Also got bored with a load of guys diving in the cab looking for spare change around the seats and sniffing around all the nooks and crannies. I would clean the cab myself but live in a flat with on street so it’s a real pain walking down with the buckets. Is Dylan ‘times a changing’? Good song writer awful voice. My badge is a replacement I was 67475 most cabbies spend their day tutting at me when they see my number. 😂 thanks for watching guys!

@middxmale9692 Ай бұрын

@@Marktaxi Im my day it was sacrosanct ....25 years, i never knew a single Cabbie who would use a Normal Car Wash ... Maybe its the 'Woke' thing to ignore the past traditions ! In the words of Lindsey Buckingham ' Never Going back Again' .. Footnote , I did once take a Garages Cab when i was a Butter through a Car Wash ... They went BALLISTIC ! lesson learnt !

@Marktaxi Ай бұрын

@@middxmale9692 I guess nowadays it’s less about tradition and more about does my cab look better. So quick thought, maybe I’ll do an episode and compare the 2! Then do a rating at the end ‘Hand versus auto’

@paulbond1666 16 күн бұрын

Delete the app I wouldn’t let a minicab circuit tell me what’s happening

@timdaugherty5921 Ай бұрын

cheap carwash!!! most here in USA are over $16!

@CesarCastillo-vo4vd 6 күн бұрын

How can you manage the speed cameras in London ? I’m a Chaffeur and I got 6 speed points in this year mate

@Marktaxi 6 күн бұрын

It’s a night mare! Got 3 on the a40 2 years ago did the online course. Now I’m clear. Put a post it note on your dash, that says. ‘Watch your speed’ bright yellow one so it always reminds you. Thanks for watching