A London Taxi Driver Races GPS Across the City
Tom Scott plus · Demo · 25 min · 2022 · YouTube title: Who's faster around London: a taxi driver or a GPS?
Why it's here
HN people link it in discussions of taxi drivers' spatial memory and how cabbies handle roadworks and traffic.
What it covers
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.