Taxi drivers will travel the equivalent of two round trips from London to Sydney

A poll of 250 private hire drivers found they pick up 5,750 people and listen to 13,250 songs on the radio each year, work an average of eight hours a day, and experience being asked “how busy they are” 5,250 times a year.

While 52 per cent have had customers try and do a runner to avoid paying their fare, 56 per cent have had encounters with people being drunk and disorderly in their car.