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@ArrowMaster_

Жыл бұрын

Tom I love you

@-_.-__

Жыл бұрын

me too

@Rckatz

Жыл бұрын

Everyday when Tom Scott plus uploads always a banger

@ArrowMaster_

Жыл бұрын

I will use your sponsor because I love you

@SevenHunnid

Жыл бұрын

i listened to andrew tate & started following my dreams.. now i do food reviews on my KZread channel

I work as a Google engineer in London. I'm not sure if Tom would have been aware of the irony that when his GPS was stuck on re-routing he was literally outside the window of the Google engineering office in London.

@fryz

Жыл бұрын

🤣

@phineas81707

Жыл бұрын

"Yo mate! Help with your GPS updates?"

@arunsp767

Жыл бұрын

We don't consume what we sell 😂

@Maxmaj0r

Жыл бұрын

I'm the 666th like because what the hell lmao

@ChrisPoindexter98

Жыл бұрын

​@@arunsp767 🤭

"I'm required to follow all traffic laws" and "I'm allowed to drive like I normally would in London" sound like 2 mutually exclusive goals.

@dan8ball22

Жыл бұрын

I think that applies to most cities around the world.

@toziassmitt

Жыл бұрын

@@dan8ball22 London is different, bro

@Skelterbane69

Жыл бұрын

Stockholm be like

@skataskatata9236

Жыл бұрын

for a starter, they drive on the wrong side of the road 🤣🤣🤣

@EmmaWithoutOrgans

Жыл бұрын

@@Skelterbane69 gothenburg is worse

Legend has it, the founder of a Dutch company had a lucid dream in 1990 of two drivers named Tom, driving around London. In that dream real-time computer-generated directions were equivalent to the competence of a well-trained cab driver. That company was TomTom.

@kawaiilotus

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic.

@mikaelaxelsson1099

Жыл бұрын

Underrated

@williamjenkins3897

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@thatbritishmallard

Жыл бұрын

My family used to have a TomTom SatNav

@remcoland

Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s such a coincidence

Tom #1: "It's not a race, it's not a race ... I wonder how Tom does this every day" Tom #2: "Drive, drive, drive your cab gently down the road ... Merrily, merrily, merrily ... obey the highway code" Best cut of this video, no contest xD

@roosbozon3709

Жыл бұрын

22:15

@richardlee5412

Жыл бұрын

Answer: he’s gone slightly insane😂

@WeAreThePeople1690

11 ай бұрын

It's always a race, even when it's not 🤣🤣

@js0988

10 ай бұрын

I mean you have to give Tom credit here, he was using an iPhone to navigate and still wasn't weeks off. It would literally be better to use a blind person who has never visited London to get it right than to use an iPhone.

@EightThreeEight

8 ай бұрын

​@@js0988 He was using Google Maps.

I loved the difference in temperament between the two Toms. Taxi Tom was pleasant and relaxed, while Tom Scott was like: “We’re here. Get out.” 😂

@maciej4250

Жыл бұрын

"Go. Go. Why won't you go??"

@PrograError

Жыл бұрын

@@maciej4250 ped: what a jack... you came from NY is it?

@mrb692

Жыл бұрын

Tom Scott’s barely contained adrenaline fueled “It’s not a race. It’s not a race” smash cut to Taxi Tom’s “Drive drive drive your car” had me absolutely rolling

@Teverell

Жыл бұрын

One of the coolest ever Tom Scott Plus vids yet! I've driven down Knightsbridge a sum total of once, after whatever time of day the congestion charge stops, and I never want to do that ever again! Hats off to both of you for this and I honestly don't know how the cabbies do it without losing the will to live, never mind keeping the cool calm collected persona that typifies the London cabbie! You are amazing!

@simonro9168

Жыл бұрын

One of them works with possibly tipping customers

Had so much fun with you and the team Tom, thank you 🙏🏻 And for those wondering, yes the result really was as close as the edit makes out 😱

@aliakeel

Жыл бұрын

you're welcome

@thomswift4843

Жыл бұрын

What do you think the difference would've been if you'd been allowed to use bus lanes?

@mrtommygunwhite

Жыл бұрын

oh now the remach should be (other) tom getting like a 20 min head start with no gps

@protektor2399

Жыл бұрын

So if the app wouldn't have lost connection Tom Scott would've won?

@advanceringnewholder

Жыл бұрын

is there a plan for annual KZread Tom competition?

Today I learned that it takes more training to get your London taxi drivers license than it takes to become a police officer in the United States...Fantastic video, terrifying realization though.

@shaukahodan2373

Жыл бұрын

A true Tom Tom race.

@Stefan_Penninga

9 ай бұрын

ill be very honnest, i cant say im suprised about that

@jasperfk

8 ай бұрын

And subsequently, very few people get shot by taxi drivers here.

@foxgluv

8 ай бұрын

@@jasperfk🤣🤣

@Pyrus425

7 ай бұрын

It also takes more training to be a London cab driver than most other jobs.

It was really interesting to see how cautious Tom (the taxi driver) was when the customer was leaving the cab, constantly checking his mirrors and blind spots for hazards while they reach the curb. Awesome stuff!

Tom Scott's mission to collab with every other Tom on KZread is a go.

@ericvicaria8648

Жыл бұрын

The Tom Tom Club

@peterjf7723

Жыл бұрын

A Tom version of Are you Dave Gorman.

@ninjaz5736

Жыл бұрын

@@ericvicaria8648 In this video it could even be the "TomTom" Club, although only one was allowed to use his

@eTiMaGo

Жыл бұрын

Would have been funny if this video was sponsored by TomTom GPS devices :D

@JeffS96

Жыл бұрын

I want Tom to do a collab with the other Tom Scott who does videos on Battleship Texas

22:16 That cut killed me. "I don't know how Tom does it for hours and hours!" "Drive, drive, drive your car, gently down the road! Merrily, merrily, merrily, obey the highway code."

@therealtriangle

Жыл бұрын

i wuld have laughed but you spoiled it for me

@harrry4052

Жыл бұрын

@@therealtriangle who clicks on a timestamp that's 2 mins from the end of a video...?

@ArnoldsKtm

Жыл бұрын

@@therealtriangle that's kind of on you... Moron

@kraio-sfu

Жыл бұрын

@@harrry4052who said he clicked on the timestamp?

@therealtriangle

Жыл бұрын

@@harrry4052 i didnt i read the text

A big part of why Tom the Taxi Driver "won" is the extra time it takes for Tom to research where Einstein lived, etc. A cabbie knows even when the passenger doesn't quite know where they need to go.

@Bogdan100pink

Жыл бұрын

🤓☝

@fryz

Жыл бұрын

@@Bogdan100pink lmao

@jakobjas4212

Жыл бұрын

Maybe an extra 10 seconds per search. 'Jimi Hendrix house London' or 'Einstein house London' gives you the address straight away. A taxi driver might need that long just to remember.

@diney7085

Жыл бұрын

Tom Scott probably would've won if there was a major backup on one of the roads, since he had access to outside information, while the taxi driver didn't. The race wasn't a surefire guarantee any way.

@SgtLion

9 ай бұрын

@@jakobjas4212 Dunno about you, but searching that on my phone would take at least 60 seconds.

Kirsten and Han were absolute joys in the episode, really hope they are both in more content!!!

@iwasborn8470

Жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@nikilaj

Жыл бұрын

they were hilarious and made the video even more fun

@TheSearchForTruth88

Жыл бұрын

I personally prefer females to not be in the content I watch.

@watermelonZESTY

3 ай бұрын

They were very entertaining. I do hope they get featured more often.

It's poetic that a video involving one following a GPS has TomTom as the drivers.

@lodewijk.

Жыл бұрын

omg that's brilliant

@cringeginge7663

Жыл бұрын

Holy

@EcceJack

Жыл бұрын

Oh, excellent! :D

@DaanDeWeerdt

Жыл бұрын

You win the internet for today

@UrbanPanic

Жыл бұрын

They really missed out on a sponsorship deal.

I love how Tom inherits a cabbies disdain for other road users immediately upon getting into the cab.

@EvenTheDogAgrees

Жыл бұрын

Ah, you innocent child, untainted by car ownership. This is literally everyone the moment they turn the ignition on, and absolutely not unique to cab drivers. 😉

@Menon9767

Жыл бұрын

@@EvenTheDogAgrees i would never want to drive a car if I lived in such a big city, so much of a hassle. Public transport can be such a blessing

@safcjcp

Жыл бұрын

@@EvenTheDogAgrees other drivers are bad but go into London and the fumes must make them worse

@EvenTheDogAgrees

Жыл бұрын

@@Menon9767 I don't disagree. When I worked in Brussels, I was glad I could take the train rather than go by car. ;)

@EvenTheDogAgrees

Жыл бұрын

@@safcjcp I'm always reminded of that old Goofy cartoon from the 50's or thereabouts, titled "Motor Mania". As a kid I didn't understand it, but as an adult? Oh, yes... So accurate. 😂

While Team GPS lost, I think this is actually a testament to how good GPS is. A trained professional driver was barely able to win against it. I see so many people ignore GPS directions because they think they know better. But the GPS has so much data.

@magnemmar4869

Жыл бұрын

Truthfully, the Taxi driver Tom was also handicapped. He couldn't use his phone for traffic updates, which he does use while driving his taxi. He would have won by a larger margin if he could have done that.

@YavorM-Yash

Жыл бұрын

Well, don't ask me how many times the GPS had lost us along the way.

@Outwardpd

Жыл бұрын

@@magnemmar4869 Possibly true, but would it have been enough that it is worth 3+ years of education and many more years of experience?

@EggyGTO

Жыл бұрын

Imagine if the taxi driver uses gps too, both combined, he would be much faster

@metalema6

Жыл бұрын

It really just shows how little difference there is between similar routes to the point of not mattering

It would be interesting having a third Tom on a bike or using public transport, not having to deal with traffic jams

@Pearcewreck

4 ай бұрын

Sounds like a Top Gear episode.

@arthurerickson5162

3 ай бұрын

@@Pearcewreck reminds me of the point-to-point London challenge of car v marathoner.

@irishmanfromengland25

3 ай бұрын

@@Pearcewreck I think it _was_ actually.

‘He has a good understanding of London, through sheer osmosis’ 😂 I like this guy he’s so humble and funny

@eeeeeek

Жыл бұрын

his brain just picked random words from dictionary 😂

@liechtenstein6775

Жыл бұрын

@@eeeeeek english humor xD

@belgianvanbeethoven

Жыл бұрын

The words actually make sense. This is not an uncommon expression. It's not random.

@eeeeeek

Жыл бұрын

@@belgianvanbeethoven must have come from the tea

@belgianvanbeethoven

Жыл бұрын

@@eeeeeek Who knows... 😆

"Tom VS Tom" could easily be an entire show. This absolutely felt like it, more so than just a one off thing. The difference in attitudes between the two was perfect.

@dees3179

Жыл бұрын

Land’s end to Jon o groats sounds like it would be a good sequel…….

@huggleton

Жыл бұрын

Tom Scott vs Tom Clark of the Yogscast in a Benga Showdown

@varnamq3

Жыл бұрын

He should have used a TomTom for a win

@kasparsk5008

Жыл бұрын

Tom vs Tom with TomTom.

@300blackcats

Жыл бұрын

as someone from somewhere where Tim Tam could be a person or a chocolate, they could cheat a bit and go with Tims too hahha

19:25 loved the instiinctive meter reach 😂

London cabbie drivers are amazing. The training they go through is extraordinarily rigorous. They train by riding around on bicycles and a map secured on the handle bars. Literally they know London like the back of their hands. They have to memorize all the roads, routes, places. If you want to know what's interesting to see, best night clubs, shopping... ask a cabbie. Can say for certain in this video, the cabbie was calm and collected. No stress.

Scott trying to convince himself that it isn’t a competition, test or race is so delightful to watch.

@therealtriangle

Жыл бұрын

you had to say Scott or they would think you meant Tom

@sandyman4

Жыл бұрын

@@therealtriangle as opposed to Tom

As someone who previously had two guys named Tom as roommates, I understand the confusion, production team. Congratulations on Tom on winning this one. Tom, hope you do better next time.

@snowfloofcathug

Жыл бұрын

C’mon, spoilers

@WyvernYT

Жыл бұрын

Been there, lived that. I once wrote a phone message: "Scott, Scott called. -Scott"

@reptongeek

Жыл бұрын

Try working with four Lucy's!

@MysterySteve

Жыл бұрын

I like that you very well may not have finished the video before putting this here

@NorbiPeti

Жыл бұрын

But who's the best Tom?

I love how Tom Scott was like "This isn't a race. This isn't a race." While Taxi Tom is like "I AM GOING TO WIN."

The producers were so awesome with keeping the rides fun. Massive props to them both!

I took a London cab where the driver refused to take payment because he was disappointed he missed a turn he wanted to take. It added 30 seconds to our trip. I tried very hard to pay him and he literally threw my money out of the cab at me and drove off. World class

@PrograError

Жыл бұрын

pride mate... pride... the Knowledge is like their own pride

@user-lt5no1xt1z

Жыл бұрын

Seems way too hard to believe

@lupa3041

Жыл бұрын

I love when people make stuff up on the internet!

@joelaw728

Жыл бұрын

A London cabbie I took a trip with paid me his entire salary for the year because he parked slightly too far from the pavement. World class.

@Jack-cq9pv

Жыл бұрын

One of my taxi drivers paid off my mortgage because he forgot to put on his high beams. World class.

Love how tense Tom is, while Tom is driving so casually

@nogsteedsleon6119

Жыл бұрын

I thought Tom was not that bad, but Tom was definitely going strong.

@bugattiwu

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, Tom is really being Tom today

@ezrastewart543

Жыл бұрын

Tom losing was a shame... I hoped Tom would lose.

@CradilyBestPokemon

Жыл бұрын

Tom's performance was excellent but I wished that Tom would win

@RajJaiswal538

Жыл бұрын

Tbf, Tom did absolutely amazing. Almost comparable to tom

For those too lazy to watch till the end: Tom wins.

What i was amazed by is the fact that the passenger could say Jimmy Hendrix house and Tom the cap driver just knew where that was. You might know streets and such, but its really important to know landmarks and stuff on those streets, cause tourists coming into town wont know the streets, they will just say stuff like Jimmy Hendrix house. And so its incredible that Tom the cap driver can remember all these details and how to get there the fastest way.

many years ago in the late 90s or early 00s, on the BBC program "So You Think You're A Good Driver?" they did basically exactly this as a piece - except it was Taxi Driver verses a driver and navigator using just the London A to Z. The navigator in the "map car" was my dad, who at the time was president of the British Cartographic Association. He did not and had never lived in London, yet the map car beat the taxi driver handily. Both cars actually did the same route for that show, and the map car had the lead for most of it. They even managed it quicker than the camera car on one leg.

@thomasdalton1508

Жыл бұрын

Were there extenuating circumstances? Looking stuff up in an A to Z isn't quick, so I'm surprised they could beat a cabbie.

@gerry343

Жыл бұрын

I was a delivery driver around London about 30yrs ago and used an A to Z to navigate. I had it on the seat beside me and used a Bulldog clip to mark the next page en route. I'd snatch a quick look when stopped in traffic and would memorise the last few side streets before my final stop.

@thomasdalton1508

Жыл бұрын

@@gerry343 How long did it take you to figure out the route before you started?

@EForrest88

Жыл бұрын

​@@thomasdalton1508 no extenuating circumstances as far as I can recall, just a normal day of London traffic. If you've got a dedicated navigator in the passenger seat, who is literally an expert at understanding maps, the driver just has to follow instructions and doesn't have to put as much thought into alternative routes when you hit traffic. This is well before the days of commercial sat navs, with your only traffic reports being the one on the radio once an hour.

@ragnkja

Жыл бұрын

@@EForrest88 Then it wasn’t really a fair comparison, because the “map car” had an expert map-reader while the cabbie had to carry all the same knowledge in their head without a support person.

2:32 "I'm required to follow all traffic laws. I'm required to follow the speed limit..." - I was totally ready for him to say "the actual taxi has to do none of that". Because, out of experience, they just don't.

@ids1024

Жыл бұрын

A licensed London taxi is, naturally, exempt from all laws of Britain and of physics.

@Tara_Li

Жыл бұрын

Next bit was "I have to drive like I would usually would." I expected the next line would be "but those two conflict."

@richardpike8748

Жыл бұрын

@@Tara_Li Me too

@xander1052

Жыл бұрын

Now check out London Bus Drivers.

@Jablicek

Жыл бұрын

Most speed limits in inner London are entirely aspirational.

I recently saw a documentary on people studying for The Knowledge and going through the exams. Amazing how motivated and skilled these cabbies are. Mad respect!

I enjoy that the character wearing a tiara was simply labeled "rich" while the one in the hat was "royalty"

An unexpected crossover. Glad to see Tom (taxi Tom) get this deserved exposure.

@Nooticus

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@DanielCockerill

Жыл бұрын

Which taxi?

Don't know why, but I was rooting for the cab driver from the very start. He seems to love his job and spend a decent amount of time getting good at it. I would hate to see these kind of professionals be overtaken by technology.

@walworthrd6752

Жыл бұрын

Tom would have lost if Tom wasn't allowed to use Bus Lanes, so all in all, might as well go for a walk instead...

@WilliamParkerer

Жыл бұрын

Imagine all that years of effort spent just for taxi driving though. He could've been a doctor who could save lives for example. It's alright for exotic skills. But for day-to-day life it's better for humanity to spend time on more meaningful things and let machines do the works.

@CClarinet123

Жыл бұрын

@@WilliamParkerer I suppose you never had to use a taxi then :/

@aminulhussain2277

Жыл бұрын

@@CClarinet123 No one should drive.

@board7374

Жыл бұрын

@@WilliamParkerer Not everyone wants to be a doctor and scientist.

"Am I in the right lane?" No sir, you are in the left lane

One thing I appreciate about Tom Scott is that he knows enough about VPNs that he doesn't just read off a sheet filled with lies like other KZreadrs do when they are sponsored by VPNs

And here I was feeling quite competent being able to find my way around the urban outskirts without a map. This guy memorized an ENTIRE DAMN CITY.

@ringsystemmusic

Жыл бұрын

I know, right? I know my way around like… 3 towns, maybe 4? And this guy just SMASHES my fidelity of knowledge.

@lmnop29

Жыл бұрын

And not just any city! One of the biggest cities in the world! Idk how London is laid out but older cities are typical confusing to navigate in my experience.

@niteflite1287

Жыл бұрын

@@lmnop29 absolutely, it felt like in half the shots I was going that's a road?! looks more like an curving ally between buildings to my American brain. hats off to any of the London cabbies and those in similar cities to know how to navigate those roads reliably from memory.

@neilcampbell2222

Жыл бұрын

@@niteflite1287 The main form of transport was walking. Many old cities have roads that barely take a car. And some that are too narrow even for that!

This was a lot of fun! Love that the prompts weren’t just the locations directly but showcased the strength of the Knowledge, familiarity with place and culture. Some destinations just have only one main route and if you’re stuck in traffic then you’re stuck in traffic but it’s the convenience not having the driver fumble with the gps that makes the difference. Hope Tom does this again but versus the TfL network, or comparing different apps (though that one might be hard to sponsor).

@PrograError

Жыл бұрын

this seem like a collab op with the one and only, Geoff Marshall

@choreomaniac

Жыл бұрын

He could try again but he has a navigator using gps and Tom can take a different route if he thinks best.

@sirBrouwer

Жыл бұрын

That would be more something Taxi Tom could do. as he is allowed to go in the bus lanes. And then like the person before me said in combination if Geoff, As he is a expert on the TfL network both above and below ground.

@realeatham

Жыл бұрын

@@chemicalfrankie1030 google maps doesn't go through small roads(at least not in Australia) so it is often slower than if you know the route.

@demonindenim

Жыл бұрын

@@chemicalfrankie1030 before departing at every stop, and when Tom Scott's gps didn't reroute after he couldn't do the U-turn the GPS suggested

The editing is unbelievably perfect! The cuts are seamless between the two of them; it's almost as if they're answering each other's questions.

I would have liked TomtheTaxiDriver to have been given Tom Scott's destinations to talk through the route for at the end. See if they are the same as GPS or what differences he might take and if he could call where Tom (Scott) encountered traffic and not if then told the way he actually went.

I love how much fun the producers are having in this one

@kenj0418

Жыл бұрын

I especially liked the Ghost of Issac Newton happily saying "It's science!"

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

Жыл бұрын

It's great to see the producers be part of the story.

This was so much fun!! I had no idea "The Knowledge" was a thing. (Kinda wish they did that in more places... I'm a reference librarian, and I've had cab drivers come in for directions at least three times when they couldn't find a pickup address in our neighborhood.) I've only been to London once in my life, but the cab drivers who helped us there were uniformly welcoming and pleasant and happy to point out the sights to a newcomer (and now I know why they knew them all!)

@takkC

Жыл бұрын

Personally, I think the cab dirivers are some of our city's greatest people

@thesteelrodent1796

Жыл бұрын

it's very unique to London. Most other places don't expect the drivers to know much at all, maybe at most a few major touristy spots.

@ajs41

Жыл бұрын

To state the obvious, the Knowledge was very valuable before GPS and smart phones.

@WyvernYT

Жыл бұрын

In their defense, it's fair to assume that a librarian can know ANYTHING.

@glossaria2

Жыл бұрын

@@WyvernYT 😆 We don't know everything... but we DO know where to look it all up. ^_^

One of the things I like more about Tom's content is that he always show the passion that the protagonists of their videos have for their work

I love how the cations switched to a serif font for the posh english. Noone I watch has captions as good as Tom Scott's Channels. Big props to @caption_plus!

This was delightful. The costumes were incredible, Taxi Tom was so fun. I'm sure it wouldn't even be close if he had live traffic data as well as his knowledge.

I appreciate that your producers also get to enjoy their time infront of the camera more and more, they're wonderful!

I cannot believe i just found out tom scott had long format videos now. I aways watch the other channel wishing it was like half an hour long

8:51 I like how the subtitles change to a serif font for the posh voice :D

never expected tom to win, I had thought that tom surely would have won

@ragnkja

Жыл бұрын

Whereas I was completely unsurprised when Tom won.

@jursamaj

Жыл бұрын

Dunno… I was kinda betting on London to win.

@ragnkja

Жыл бұрын

@@jursamaj London definitely won.

The improvs were a real bonus for the video, it made everything much more entertaining.

Awesome to see you getting Tom on - I've been subbed to him for a good while now and his videos are fantastic. The more people who see him and his content the better! He's a tip-top lad.

I love seeing more of the Tom Scott team, they seem like such a good bunch.

Excited to see someone do a colab with Tom the taxi driver, watched a couple of his videos before, his knowledge and cabbie life is fascinating

This has the old Tom Scott's videos vibes, it makes me remember that one video where Tom and Matt had to appear in as many TV news shots as possible

@CapuchinMonkey1

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I'm a relatively newer viewer. Would anyone be willing to hunt down the link as a general KZread search doesn't seem to pop up with what you've mentioned

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

Жыл бұрын

@@CapuchinMonkey1 The video is titled "Breaking the News: Tom Scott and Matt Gray bonehead the budget"

As a london Cabbie I had passengers ask why I had sat nav? It’s a tool to help like having an A-Z in the cab. my brain usually kicked in faster than the sat nav to get the general direction . And if it’s two in the morning and your passenger is tipsy and want to head far out of london to Essex for example the sat nav is going to be a life saver so he can get forty winks and I can drive in peace with the knowledge that the navi is heading in the right direction,

This was fabulous! Hats off to both Toms and the production team! I loved the costumes and the accents. They were a wonderful touch!

The cyclist blowing a kiss to the camera was brilliant

@aliakeel

Жыл бұрын

?

@aliakeel

Жыл бұрын

nvm

@prim16

Жыл бұрын

13:17 timestamp of the chad in question for whoever needs it

Once again Tom Scott making me curious about a topic I had never once considered in my entire life.

It would have been interesting to see the taxi fare if they'd both been started at the same time too. Would GPS or The Knowledge be better value for money?

@metalema6

Жыл бұрын

Where I live in some cases taking longer costs less and taking less costs more (km fare vs time fare), the difference in this case would be a few cents at the sacrifice of a few seconds in an unpredictable manner

Tom Taxi: "I hope Tom is having a good time." Tom Scott: "FFFFUUU...." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Great to see Tom with Tom, I've been watching Tom for a few years now but only discovered Tom roughly 18 months ago. I'm glad this video now exists with them both.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

Жыл бұрын

I just found out about Tom a few months ago when Tom gave him a shoutout. I'm glad that Tom does a lot to expose viewers to other creators like Tom.

@jackhuangys

Жыл бұрын

I've been following Tom's channel for a few years now and I absolutely love to see a competition between him and Tom. Afterall, Tom is so good at what he does, I hope Tom will do better next time.

I think not just did the taxi win, he was so relaxed whereas using the sat nav looked so stressful

@JKTCGMV13

Жыл бұрын

Wondering if he was in the correct lane or not is the perfect demonstration of that

@aaroncousins4750

Жыл бұрын

Thats because tom scott is a stressful person tho

@carbon1255

Жыл бұрын

Tom Scott getting a massage would stress him out

@_A.t.g

Жыл бұрын

Most of the time those “rage moments” are exaggerated for content.

Amazing collaboration between two great and inspiring people! Keep up the good content!

8:56 Love how the subtitles are in serif when she's talking fancy.

London cabbies' knowledge is just crazy to me. So impressive. 🤯

@ragnkja

Жыл бұрын

That sort of knowledge tests used to be standard practice for taxi drivers, but London’s definitely has a reputation for being a lot harder than average.

@aaroncousins4750

Жыл бұрын

@@ragnkja well ubers and other companies dont even have to bother because they claim to not be real taxis

It would have been very interesting to see how much Tom the Taxi Driver's route was different from what Google would have suggested

22:21 Brilliant cut right there. That was fun

TomTheTaxiDriver: (Utmost confidence) It's on Brook Street Tom Scott: Am I in the right lane? Am I in the right lane? Am I in the right lane?

The chemistry between Kirsten and Taxi Tom is contagious ❤️

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

Жыл бұрын

They became best friends in one taxi ride. It's like a buddy comedy.

@ArnoldsKtm

Жыл бұрын

Yikes

@WilliamParkerer

Жыл бұрын

lmao they're just doing their job

@RecklessFables

Жыл бұрын

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 like the opposite of that. Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx movie

@theju3939

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about it, they're going together very well

I like how this 'who's the best Tom' series is working out

I used to work on multiple building sites round London and I got really good eventually with lots of practice. I was once sent from Mayfair to Chigwell. Stopped in Essex when I thought I was close, I was less than a mile from the address, on a motorbike back in 2000 before smartphones, I had an A to Z in my jacket. Great test, today I have Maps on most of the time and sometimes spot the false fastest route. Check arrival time before diving off route then check arrival time again, its quite often sooner

I'm not someone who generally needs subtitles, but I want to shoutout the amazing work that the subtitle team that works on these videos does. Best subtitles in youtube. The minor touches and attention to detail bring these from good to great.

@kingsly2275

Ай бұрын

Never seen colored subtitles on KZread and

I delivered pizza for years, and everytime I transferred to a new area, I used GPS to learn the area. After a couple months, I'd slowly ween myself off GPS. My delivery times consistently got significantly faster when I was no longer using GPS.

@tanishaarora3976

Жыл бұрын

super interesting! Do you think the time shaved off came from not having to interface with the GPS, or shortcuts/better routes?

@Call_Me_David

Жыл бұрын

@@tanishaarora3976 Combination of both really.

@jama211

Жыл бұрын

Those are old GPS's though I would imagine? The apps now are WAY smarter, especially with regards to things like traffic

@Call_Me_David

Жыл бұрын

@@jama211 I just used Google Maps.

@animeartist888

Жыл бұрын

@@jama211 Google Maps and similar have gotten WAY smarter just in the last few years. For instance, knowing when there are stop signs and lights on your route, or even just the suggestion of alternate routes in case you see something ahead that the GPS doesn't know about yet, like a fresh crash.

Car spotting time! * 6:27 Bentley Continental GT 8:20 Maybach sedan 10:35 Rolls-Royce Cullinan 13:18 bike guy 16:25 Rolls-Royce Phantom probably some I've missed earlier on from being distracted

@phenomanII

Жыл бұрын

Good eye, I only noticed the last one and purely because it was right in the middle of the view and the door handles made it so obvious.

@cringeginge7663

Жыл бұрын

6:28 bently continental 15:37 Maserati ghibli*

@qwertyTRiG

Жыл бұрын

Cyclist blowing a kiss to the cameras!

@skate3replayz

Жыл бұрын

Who cares? They are just objects.

@paddington1670

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes the hiding oligarchs

I’ve got to say, the Tom Scott Plus channel is an amazing experiment and it just keeps bringing joy! Long may it continue :)

Great video Tom, one of your best. Can you do more videos like this one? I was actually surprised at how efficient the GPS was.

I am fairly sure at this point that Tom is basing these collaborations on my KZread subscriptions. If GeoWizard appears in the next Tom Scott Plus then he definitely is...

This is a great testament to how technology can make someone with no experience 99% as good as someone who had to spend years studying to acquire a skill

@LostieTrekieTechie

Жыл бұрын

At 23:22 Tom Scott describes it as a very stressful drive while Tom the taxi driver is incredibly relaxed the whole time through.

@benjaminanderson1014

Жыл бұрын

@@LostieTrekieTechie Fair, but Tom Scott was still able to accomplish the task very well despite the stress

@Pit1993x

Жыл бұрын

@@LostieTrekieTechie True, but that could very well just be a "Tom Scott issue". XD

@willsterjohnson

Жыл бұрын

This sentiment is true for the majority of skills, for example I'm a programmer, and a product released by GitHub (a Microsoft-owned company) writes code that's quite often better than mine. It quite often spits out utter nonsense too (for example it might see me beginning to add 1 to every number in a list and decide I want to run a virtual database to do that), but generally it's a decent junior/mid level developer from a code-writing perspective.

@aaroncousins4750

Жыл бұрын

@@LostieTrekieTechie he gets stressed in every challenge. A normal experienced regular driver would have done fine

Love you as always for your top tier quality captions!

I want to see a part 2 of this: Tom and Tom in a cab, vs Geoff Marshall trying to get to certain locations.

Very impressed with Taxi Tom. And with the route planner for being so accurate in the planning stage.

Back in the day, I used to have a TomTom GPS. I used to call the male English voice I used (I'm an ex-pat Brit living in the US) and then, by extension, the GPS unit, itself, "Tom". Tom was stolen out of my car. I would like to dedicate my watching of this video to Tom(Tom)'s memory.

@markwright3161

Жыл бұрын

I forgot about Tomtoms. This is the one time I would actually want Tom to have had product placement. A race between 2 Toms with one using GPS...This has to happen again. possible title; Are 3 Toms better than 1 (at navigating London)? Of course, a taxi driver called Noel Edge would complete the series. 'Noel edge with the knowledge vs Tom with a Tomtom' or an enthusiastic fan of London taxi drivers called Noel Edge 'Noel Edge with knowledge of the knowledge vs Tom with a Tomtom'. :)

Love the collabs you've been doing recently.

What a lovely surprise! I love Tom the taxi driver’s channel, he has got quite unique content

"The Knowledge" is one of the hardest exams to take, much respect to Tom for passing it.

Always find it funny when two channels I watch (that I think are obscure in themselves) do a collaboration! Great to see taxi driver tom getting the exposure he deserves

I'd love to see something like this involving more methods of transport - comparison of cab, car, tube, walking, boat, bike etc.

Need to see the producers in more future videos! They are so fun and lovely

Serif fonts for the posh voice in the captions was GREAT.

"Could be worse - the meter could be running!" Witty smalltalk on point, you just know this guy makes bank in tips.

This episode is really a gem not only because of the competition aspect, but for a non native speaker it's full of idioms and phrases which help to improve understanding and speaking fluent English. I enjoyed the conversation (as well as the lovely girls 🥰). Well done! 👍

As much as I like Tom Scott, I was really hoping for Tom the taxicab driver to win this! I've always wondered if human route knowledge can beat the algorithms and it is good to see a human prevail.

You're right, Tom, about it being tiring driving in central London. I used to drive for a god awful firm picking up student's & nurse's tea chests of tat to be shipped back to Australia, S. Africa ect. by sea whilst they flew. Between 20 & 30 pick ups inside the M25 &I had a 30 minute window to get to them and this meant that they always had a flight to catch. So any hold-up, accident, traffic, road works etc. could stuff your day up so very easily. I'd be getting calls from my boss saying "Where the hell are you?" and also from the customer yelling "I've got a bloody plane to catch!". The pressure was just too much! My route was put together the night before in a mythical London with no traffic or delays. Also, this was just before sat-nav was commonplace & I had the Master Atlas of Greater London on my lap all day! I just hit a brick wall after a while. White van manning can be a thankless task. No tachograph either in 3.5 tonners so 16 hour days weren't uncommon. Edit: There's another collaboration video to be had with Taxi Tom. London cabbie's brains change as they learn "The Knowledge". Their hippocampus in their brains grows! It's the area of the brain that controls navigation & spatial awareness & it'd be interesting to see what the current research is related to the plasticity of our brains when confronted with such herculean learning tasks!

Taxi Tom was great ♥ Love how he was aware of road works on certain streets too.

The Knowledge absolutely fascinates me. I’m a big maps and directions guy really geared toward the spatial stuff and this seems like the Holy Grail to me. It inspired me so much that I began to do the same thing in Philadelphia on my bike, learning every tiny little street and landmark as well as I could. Philly is vastly smaller, less dense, and less labyrinthine than London, but still presents what seems like an impossible task. Extreme respect for the achievement of these cabbies.

I absolutely adore the caption team. The posh captions being in Times New Roman completely caught me off guard

22:00 tom: "this is so mentally exhausting, i dont know how he does this for hours a day" other tom: *singing nursery rhyme*

Yessss!!! Two of my favourite creators in one video. This is amazing.

This was relaxing and fun to watch! Thanks