Brazil in the World Cup 2010

TV Globo aired tonight a report about taxis in Johannesburg.

Most taxis are actually mini-vans; drivers pick up and drop off passengers wherever they want.

To communicate with taxi drivers, potential passengers must know a kind of body code; by moving fingers, wrist and arms, passengers signify to the driver where they want to go, and then the driver decides whether he will stop or not.

This video shows a passenger learning the code.

The Johannesburg Government publishes manuals teaching the Taxi Code to foreign visitors:

When it comes to taxis, Brazil is much better prepared than South Africa.

Read more about taxis in Brazil.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 9:37 pm and is filed under travel.