3.6M views · Dec 10, 2022 · 25:09 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2022–2026
Tom Scott races a London black-cab driver who has memorized The Knowledge against a phone GPS across the city, comparing local expertise to navigation software.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN people link it in discussions of taxi drivers' spatial memory and how cabbies handle roadworks and traffic.
“There's a fantastic Tom Scott video on it”HN comment, 2026
“It was interesting to watch.”
Cabbie's knowledge versus GPS across London.
There was a recent Tom Scott video ( this video ) where he was using a GPS and Tom Hutley (a London cabbie) only relied on his London knowledge to get around, travelling the same distance after reaching certain landmarks. It was interesting to watch.
“There's a fantastic Tom Scott video on it”
Cabbies remember roadworks and traffic patterns.
They also have to remember where roadwork is/was and what kind of traffic is best/worst at a given time. There's a fantastic Tom Scott video on it this video
Sure, Tom Scott drives it in this (he doesn't talk about it being electric): this video Here is a review: link Here is all the media: link My video tutorials are linked above.
