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International Taxi Driver Day

International Taxi Driver Day is held on March 22. It was on this day in 1907 that the first taxis appeared on the streets of London. This event in the third decade of the month March is annual.

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22 March - International Taxi Driver Day

Whilst one might expect the word taximeter to derive from the word taxi, it’s actually the other way around! By 1907, the word “taxicab” was being used to refer to the vehicles we know and love today, which eventually was shortened to just taxi and cab.

Though taxis roam across the country, the vast majority of drivers out there are male. Being a taxi driver means often finding lost items inside your cab at some point. Commonly lost items include smartphones, wallets, maybe the occasional toy.

Telling the story of a cabbie who slowly loses his mind – he’s the rain that will “come and wash the scum off the streets” of 1970s New York – Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver is regularly discussed as one of the greatest films of all time. Robert De Niro obtained a real taxi driver’s licence whilst researching his role.

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