The Cabbies are Smarter than Google Maps

London has the most informed cab drivers in the world – and they’ve got the diplomas to prove it. To become a certified taxi operator in London a driver must first pass «the Knowledge» an extraordinarily difficult exam that 54__________ detailed recall of streets and locations within a 55__________ radius of London’s Charing Cross railway station. Plus, they have to be fluent in English. Most drivers take three years 56__________ the Knowledge and many practice 57__________ tracing the routes on a bicycle. Drivers must know their directions backwards and forwards which is a 58__________ task in the maze of London’s one-way streets and blocked-o pedestrian zones.