Jim Henderson wrote:

> 
> Hey, that reminds me - how long you been teaching the class you teach?  

A little over a year ago I began teaching at the Taxi Institute.  I 
began teaching a defensive driving course there.  Really the standard 
thing but it is an ongoing requirement for cab drivers to take it in 
order to keep their hack license current, so most of the attendees are 
in fact cab drivers.  I also began teaching a referesher course that 
drivers are required to take on the first year anniversary of their 
license.  In May of this year I began teaching the Initial Training for 
the hack license.  I wasn't qualified to teach that one until I had 
sufficient time in driving.  And that is the course that I was writing 
about.



> We've taken to watching "Cash Cab" on Discovery and have often wondered 
> if Ben (the host of the show) is actually a licensed cab driver. 

Pretty safe assumption.


  His bio
> says he used to be a limo driver (in NYC, IIRC), but we don't know if 
> that would be relevant experience.

A hack license allows you to drive limo, technically FHV (for hire 
vehicle) but a FHV license is not enough to drive 'yellows'


> 
> The show credits the NYC Taxi Commission (they do use the correct name, 
> of course - I just can't remember it).
> 

http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/home/home.shtml

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