Sunday Summary from Tom the Taxi Driver

Hey , welcome back to my Sunday Summary, a collection of insights and my behind the scenes from the past week.

🥂 Some Excellent News!Driving videos will be back...ish.My union rep met with TfL last week to specificially discuss filming in taxis, the kind of videos I had been making previously. Gaining some clarification on the situation, I will be filming in cab videos again but this time slightly differently.As I have to satisfy TfL’s CCTV requirements. I am not allowed to use a go pro for driving footage.  I can however use my already fitted dash camera, as this is TfL approved. I will not be able to do any piece to camera type stuff, whilst driving, but I can still talk to camera whilst parked up.It will take me a little while to get back into the logistics of it. Especially as the dash camera is only readable by software made for Windows only, making my workflow a lot longer!  Very excited to be able to share this content with you all again 😊📖 Audiobook I'm listening to:Will - Will Smith & Mark MansonContinuing my theme of listening to people who have constantly reinvented themselves, always showed up consistently, I can tell this book is going to be amazing.Just the introduction, where Will explains a story in his youth of having to build a wall with his brother, for his father. His father taught him that he’s not building a wall, but he’s laying a brick.  There is no wall, just another brick.  A metaphor that he uses to this day in his career. Plus it’s co-authored by Mark Manson (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Everything is F*cked).ℹ️ I need your help!:I’m still hashing away at chapters for my 2022 book. It will be an intimate look at the nuances of being a cab driver. I need your help and suggestions; is there any aspect of the london taxi trade, or being a taxi driver that you want to know more about?  It could be the most obscure angle, the idea is, I want to share a lot of insight into the realities of being a cabbie, far more intimate than what I could ever share on YouTube.

Please do share any suggestions or insights, no matter how small (just reply to this email).This week's upload

Driverless Cars? - London Cabbie Reacts

This week's celebrity in the taxi:

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Please feel free to reach out to me with your; comments, concerns or just general conversation.  I'd love to know what you're up to or what you might be working on! 📝😁Have a great week everyone!Tom