For the most part I'm well disposed towards hackney cab drivers. I admire their diligence in "doing the knowledge" and I recognise that occasionally they will inconvenience other road users through no fault of their own.

Nevertheless yesterday I saw a cab driver irritate and inconvenience people quite unnecessarily. I was driving down Highbury Station Road and as I approached the junction with Upper Street at Highbury Corner, a hackney cab stopped, not at the kerb, but across Highbury Station Road blocking vehicles from joining the traffic! It is this kind of pointless bloody-mindedness that makes many people take a strong dislike to hackney drivers in general.