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Shortest route: Before they get a license, London taxi drivers must be able to name, street-by-street, the shortest route between any two points within a six-mile radius
Shortest route: Before they get a license, London taxi drivers must be able to name, street-by-street, the shortest route between any two points within a six-mile radius

Shortest route: Before they get a license, London taxi drivers must be able to name, street-by-street, the shortest route between any two points within a six-mile radius

Date10/22/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Shortest route: Before they get a license; London taxi drivers must be able to name; street-by-street; the shortest route between any two points within a six-mile radius.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0117175F
Folded two sided map. One side is a map of the mainland United States and southern Canada showi ...
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Booting the sign: Robert Keillor points out the sign telling drivers to stay back from fire engines - only one of the rules he finds Metro drivers disobey when firefighters are rushing to an emergency
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Taxi driver staggers after gunman who shot him
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