What It Takes to Pass "the Knowledge," the "Insanely Hard" Exam to Become a London Taxicab Driver
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from Open Culture5 months ago
For many non-British viewers, this constituted an introduction to what's known as 'the Knowledge,' the formidable testing process licensed London taxi cab drivers have undergone since 1865.
Open Culturehttps://www.openculture.com/2024/08/what-it-takes-to-pass-the-knowledge-the-insanely-hard-exam-to-become-a-london-taxicab-driver.html
Its rigors have been likened to those required to earn a degree in law or medicine, demanding unnumbered thousands of hours of immersive study.
Open Culturehttps://www.openculture.com/2024/08/what-it-takes-to-pass-the-knowledge-the-insanely-hard-exam-to-become-a-london-taxicab-driver.html
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