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Was in London today when I saw some kind of mercedes vehicle with taxi
light on the front. I first though that it was an out of town one on
a London job but no on the back was the PCO plate.

So basically that is the end of the old London taxi. The iconic
design has been around since I dont know when. I am surprised that
there has not been any fuss about it like the end of the routemaster.
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The current tarriff for London taxis is ridiculously overpriced & that's
because the operating costs & the price of the vehicle are far too high
"approx" £35,000,my friend who is a licensed cabby was telling me that with
the current economic downturn the first thing that the public have cut back
on is riding in cabs,why not have licensed tuc tucs working at a fixed price
betwen destinations that way three people sharing could get arond London far
cheaper then buses or trains.