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London Taxi International
Filed under NewsSep 28The body of such cars was a carriage "Fiacre", where the passenger portion was closed and the driver was in front of the open part of the body. This allows passengers to comfortably communicate with each other and not be distracted by extraneous noise, and the driver have full view of the road and communicate with pedestrians, police and other drivers. Such a device body influenced the shape of a taxi driver while he was dressed in a leather coat tightly buttoned, and on his head was a hat similar to the military. In World War I also played a taxi lead. So in 1914, when the Germans broke through the defense of France and moved to Paris, the French troops did not have transportation to throw reserves to defend the capital. Then with the help of a taxi in 1200 for one night, that nowadays there are 6500 soldiers, who stopped the German army. This taxi was given the name "marnskie taxi" and they were then devoted to statues, their pictures were decorated with restaurants, pubs mugs, dining cloth, etc. In England, the official taxi is the famous 'black cab', it can be compared to Big Ben or the famous red double decker bus.
History cabs began in 1639 when it was introduced license carting, then used is not very maneuverable four-wheel carriages, "Hackney," have begun to be replaced by 1840 two-wheeled gigs more maneuverable, "kebami." In the days of mechanical devices began sunset horse cab, in 1907 the streets of London rode specially designed cars taxis. But for several decades been the most popular kebom "cab Unique," which was produced French company, and only in 1932, they began to displace British cars. To date, these firms are London Taxi International, Hooper and Asquith. But ever since the construction of British taxi has not changed, all the passengers also sit behind a screen, put the suitcases next to the driver, the color black cabs are also symbolizing the honor and dignity.
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