And why not? Always good to let others drive, especially when enjoying a drink to celebrate the season. But what are the secrets of the taxi trade? What are the questions you always wanted to ask but never quite had the nerve to?

Recently, Autocar’s sister title Pistonheads ran a Q&A with an anonymous taxi driver, working in Scotland, on its ever-popular forums. He's worked in the trade for 15 years covering all sides of it. Both questions and answers inform, educate and entertain. Most of the questions were answered (‘A’) by the original cabbie, but in some cases other current and former cabbies chimed in with supplementary answers (‘AS’):

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