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>The decorum in London and Tokyo dictates you don't talk to your cabbie and they don't talk to you

Huh? London cabbies, particularly black cab drivers, are a notoriously chatty lot. Every cabbie I've ever used in London has talked my ear off for the entire trip.

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I concur. I lived in London for 11 years and every cab I ever took the cabbie was always friendly and chatty.

Only if you get in and clear show you don’t want to talk will they refrain from engaging you in a conversation.

I would agree in general, although notably not the couple of times I got a late night cab home with a date. So there is definitely some judgement on the cabbies part in my experience

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