Taxi Test Cabology Questions – Q&A

Example questions:

Q1. As a licensed taxi driver, what must you carry with you at all times?
A. Cab drivers licence and badge (displayed in a conspicuous place)

Q2. If you found an item of property left in your taxicab, what would you do with it?
A. Hand it into a Police Station within 24 hours.

Q3. What is the minimum legal requirement of a tyre tread depth?
A. 1.6mm.

Q4. If the tyre pressures of the vehicle you are driving are 35psi at the front and 40psi at the rear, what would you consider the correct pressure for the spare to be?
A. 40psi; because it would be easier to deflate than inflate a tyre at the roadside.

Q5. As a Private Hire taxi driver, what is your main responsibility?
A. The safety and comfort of your passengers.

Q6. How would you show consideration for passengers alighting?
from your vehicle?
A. Stop close to the kerb and avoid proximity to obstructions (street furniture ,trees etc)

NB | Only the questions in bold print below must be used on Black Cab style taxi tests.

Q7. What is the length, width and/or height of the cab you are now with?
A. See Taxi Specifications below

Q8. What are the correct tyre pressures for the cab you are now with?
A. See Taxi Specifications below

Q9. Whilst driving a taxicab, how would you know if the rear automatic door locking system became inoperative?
A. The warning light on the dashboard will illuminate (green with black key icon)

Q10. If the tyre pressures of the vehicle you are driving are 35psi at the front and 40psi at the rear, what would you consider the correct pressure for the spare to be?
A. 40psi, because it would be easier to deflate than inflate a tyre at the roadside

Q11. As a Hackney Carriage driver, what is your main responsibility?
A. The safety and comfort of your passengers.

Q12. How would you show consideration for passengers alighting from your vehicle?
A. Stop close to the kerb and avoid proximity to Obstructions (street furniture, trees, etc.)

Taxi Specifications

TX1
Length 4580m/m 180.45in | Width (mirrors out) 2036m/m 80.22in | Height 1834m/m 72.26in
Tyre pressures: front 35psi rear 40psi

TX11
As for TX1 except for length, which is: 4575mm 180.00in

LT1 FX4 Fairway
Length 4580m/m 180.45in | Width 1750m/m 69.00in | Height 1755m/m 69.50in
Tyre pressures: front 35psi rear 36psi

Metrocab Series 3 & TTT
Length 4505m/m 177.38in | Width 1770m/m 69.69in | Height 1755m/m 69.50in
Tyre pressures: front 38psi rear 38psi