A recent survey conducted by the Cambridge School of Nothing Better to Do has shown that taxi drivers are 72% more likely to stop for customers who are dancing than customers who remain static. Out of 100 taxi drivers surveyed across the Greater London area, 72 expressed a preference for a customer performing a well choreographed dance routine to one who merely stood upright with their thumb extended out in traditional 'taxi flagging' style. The report went further to show that, 29 out of those 72 even went so far as to say they would keep driving until he found a dancing customer, even on a quiet night.
The Officer for Public Transport Consumer Rights, Katja Tube, was outraged at the findings. "I always had my suspicions about taxi drivers' bias for dancing but this report is quite remarkable". When pressed on the consequences of this report, she went on to say "Of course, as always it will be hard to monitor illegal cabs on this matter but we certainly intend to put procedures in place for black cabs in the city". Among the proposed procedures mentioned are interview screening of taxi drivers who express an interest in dancing, or who have demonstrated a history of listening to 'movement music'.
The 60-page report also showed that ethnic background and demographics affected taxi drivers dance preferences, with 78% of Afro-Carribean preferring a more 'Beyonce-style bo
oty-shaking', 75% of Asian drivers preferring 'Bollywood style' dance and 99% of Caucasian white males preferring 'the robot'.(Above) Tom Reynolds, 62, on look out for 'the robot'
