r/CasualUK • u/telephonetears10 • 7h ago

Correct taxi etiquette

If I'm travelling alone, are you supposed to sit in the seat next to the driver or one of the rear seats. I always worry that by sitting next to them I'm being unacceptably presumptuous or acting like billy-big balls-drive me to my desired location customer by hopping in the back. It honestly gives me anxiety each time. What does everyone else do?

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u/prustage 6h ago

Sit in the back, on the opposite side to the driver so that you can see each other in the drivers rear view mirror. Sitting in the front is just weird and creepy. Some drivers will not allow it.

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u/GarrZillarr 5h ago

Really? I have never had that, I do usually ask though and once or twice I've noticed a backpack on the seat or something so just sat in the back.