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From: cupra on 1 Mar 2007 02:33

They're not - HTH


From: David R on 1 Mar 2007 06:04

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"Huge" <Huge(a)nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in message
news:es6790$1vm$7(a)apophis.demon.co.uk...
>> Yes, they are.
>
> Given that a cabbie has won Mastermind, your proposition fails.

Not really, OP mentions only London black cab drivers. Though he could be
referring to black cabs, or ethnic taxi drivers.

Either way, usually people don't *want* to be a taxi driver, it's not
exactly a profession, but to go as far to say 'they're retarded' is a bit
cheeky.


From: Dave Plowman (News) on 1 Mar 2007 14:40
In article <D9idnUBkD7QMiXrYRVnyvQA(a)pipex.net>,
JNugent <not.telling(a)isp.com> wrote:
> > Don't they have "trafficators"? Or was that a while ago?

> The Austin FX4 did indeed have a single
> centrally-placed roofline trafficator on either
> side from introduction (1959) until the "G"
> registration (1968/1969).

Think you mean indicator. Trafficators are the flap up arms found up until
about the mid '50s before flashers became the norm. FX4s came well after
this time.

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From: JNugent on 1 Mar 2007 15:05
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> In article <D9idnUBkD7QMiXrYRVnyvQA(a)pipex.net>,
> JNugent <not.telling(a)isp.com> wrote:
>
>>>Don't they have "trafficators"? Or was that a while ago?
>
>
>>The Austin FX4 did indeed have a single
>>centrally-placed roofline trafficator on either
>>side from introduction (1959) until the "G"
>>registration (1968/1969).
>
>
> Think you mean indicator. Trafficators are the flap up arms found up until
> about the mid '50s before flashers became the norm. FX4s came well after
> this time.

Yes, you are right.

The FX3 (the previous Austin cab, famous for its
lack of a nearside frontdoor) had trafficators. So
did one of my old A35s.
From: Dave Plowman (News) on 1 Mar 2007 19:31
In article <JOKdnUyQlNa5r3rYnZ2dnUVZ8vidnZ2d(a)pipex.net>,
JNugent <not.telling(a)isp.com> wrote:
> The FX3 (the previous Austin cab, famous for its
> lack of a nearside frontdoor) had trafficators. So
> did one of my old A35s.

I thought one of the changes that made an A35 easy to spot over an A30 was
the flashing indicators?

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Dave Plowman dave(a)davenoise.co.uk London SW
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