New Drivers
There are a number of ways you can get yourself into the TLC "community". To sign-up with TLC, click here for information on how to submit your details.
The best way you can start is by attending one of the TLC-run "Twitter School" sessions which are held at various Cabbie watering holes around the capital (usually the Kings Cross Taxi centre in Camley Street). These are a useful exercise in not only learning some Twitter fundamentals, but also for seeing how Twitter works in conjunction with TLC and its drivers. Once you've attended one of these sessions you'll have a clear understanding of what TLC is all about from a drivers' perspective and whether it is something you want to sign up for. Keep your eyes peeled on the right, under Driver News for upcoming dates for TLC Twitter School.
You'll understand the following better once you've been to Twitter School, but this is a brief outline of our TLC service for drivers.
As far as drivers are concerned there are two main aspects to the TLC community, these being two Twitter services (or accounts).
Cabbie Updates
Otherwise known as 'Cabup', this is a Twitter account through which all TLC drivers post useful 'realtime' information for fellow drivers. Whether it be information relating to traffic jams/road closures or work demand alerts, it is posted here. This is an invaluable source of information for Taxi drivers and allows you to work much smarter. You can see traffic updates much more quickly than through the usual media outlets and avoid traffic jams.
In addition, by seeing the updates on rank volumes and work demand at various locations, you can plan your next source of work once you've cleared your current job.
TLC Chair
This is the account through which our TLC customer bookings are offered and allocated. Once you have access to this account you are eligible to claim any jobs advertised through it. You can also set up SMS text alerts for this account so that you are still notified of new job adverts even if you don't have Twitter running on your smartphone.
Both of these Accounts are 'protected' so that only TLC-registered cabbies have access to the information contained therein. This is the reason why we insist on meeting each and every prospective TLC driver in person and sends a copy of their License bill before they are granted access to this information. We value this information very highly and we treat as very precious!!
While you're here, why not tune into our friends at Back2Back FM and listen to their tweetalondoncab-sponsored radio show! Great tunes including Soul, Funk, Jazz, Dance and R&B, with many songs requested by our many drivers!
