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Bloody Hell! Chicago Cabbies Fail Test
From: William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:48:55 -0500
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001023/od/taxis_dc_1.html [Just posting this for those of you coming here to Chicago for the 27th Annual Computer Security Conference at the Chicago Hilton & Towers. I'll be more than happy to recommend limousine services to parties via private e-mail! :) -WK] Monday October 23 9:54 AM ET CHICAGO (Reuters) - Bloody hell! Chicago's taxi drivers failed miserably on a test of city knowledge inspired by the efficiency of the famous London cabs. It all started when the Chicago city official responsible for testing cab drivers, Caroline Shoenberger, visited London and was so impressed with the knowledge of the city's cab drivers she vowed to copy the best of London in the third largest U.S. city. A new and tougher written knowledge test introduced in Chicago this month has shaken up the locals. ``The passage rate fell to below 20 percent,'' Shoenberger told Reuters on Friday. ``On one day no one passed it.'' Shoenberger allowed a few aspiring drivers a fourth shot at taking the test -- three times is supposed to be the limit. The test consists of about 60 multiple choice questions on routes around the city. Chicago also requires 5 1/2 days of training school for potential cab drivers, far less than the years it can take to become a London taxi driver. ``We don't want to make it impossible to become a driver,'' she said. ``My job is to make sure a cab driver knows his way around the city.'' Despite some grumbling, Schoenberger is sticking with the city's tougher test and said standards will be gradually raised because she is convinced a detailed knowledge of the city is what makes London cabbies great. Her advice to aspiring Chicago cabbies before they take the test: ``Get in your car ... and drive the routes.'' *==============================================================* "Communications without intelligence is noise; Intelligence without communications is irrelevant." Gen Alfred. M. Gray, USMC ================================================================ C4I.org - Computer Security, & Intelligence - http://www.c4i.org *==============================================================* ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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