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A Jaunting Car at Bray Head, County Kerry. Photograph by J. Valentine & Co., registered 29 September 1950.

Another shot of the jaunting car in the previous photo.

Source:
University of St. Andrews Library Photographic Archive. Record number JV-R2137. Click here to view source.

Bloomsday for Cab Drivers / 22

Jarvies / 2

Mr. Kernan's jarvey was probably risking a stiff fine or loss of his license by leaving his horse and vehicle unattended, even though the rolling wheel would soon cause the knotted reins to pull back on the halter if the horse attempted to wander away.

Cab laws usually required drivers to stay close enough to their cabs to keep control of their horses and there was no provision for meal breaks or calls of nature.

Because of this a tradition sprang up in London that, in moments of need, cab drivers were legally entitled to urinate against a cab wheel while parked on a stand.

So many taxi drivers acted on this supposed right in recent years that the Metropolitan Police circulated a letter warning them to desist. Alan Fisher posted a copy of this letter on the TAXI-L listserv.