Taxi School Day 5

Calgary Taxi School - Success !

Eight am test day ! I have never been good at doing exams, not sure why just never have. Five hundred pages in the training manual and four days of lectures boil down to EXAM DAY.

• 10% PARTICIPATION / ATTENDANCE / HOME WORK

• 50% GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (50 Multiple Choice 90 minutes)

• 30% GEOGRAPHY (15 Multiple Choice 30 minutes / 2 marks each)

• 10% ROUTE PLANNING (5 Written Questions 60 minutes / 2 marks each)

• 80% PASSING GRADE  (Must Know Direction of Travel on Each Road)

That is correct passed the exam with 98% one wrong and it was the simplest question ever, no idea why I selected the answer. Plenty of hoops to go through when obtaining a taxi badge in Calgary;

1. Class 4 license
2. Submit Abstract (to be accepted in training program)
3. Register for training program (wait time roughly 2 months)
4. Complete and pass training program (80% passing grade)
5. File criminal record check (Calgary Police Service 2 weeks for processing)
6. Apply and receive G.S.T. tax number (become a sole proprietor business owner)
7. Register and complete defensive driving coarse (80% passing grade)
8. Find a Taxi Brokerage to work for (1411 cabs and 12 companies 9000 drivers)

If you were someone whom wanted to become a taxi driver in Calgary, Alberta Canada this is the hoops you would have go through. You will spend roughly one to two thousand dollars start to finish, I guess that is why they call it a career in Calgary. (remember to add in your lost wages for attending the coarse's)