Tipping a cabbie for me really depends on the ride. The are situations where I have a great cab ride and tip well. Sometimes not. Generally it is about 15%.
The times I leave no tip:
1. When the driver continually talks on his cell phone after I ask him not to. Technically this is illegal and the driver must get off his cell phone upon your request. (At least where I live.)
2. When the driver goes a different way after I specifically ask them not to. This happens a lot and there are reasons I ask for specific routes.
3. When the driver gets into an accident that was their fault. I've had this happen twice. Once they rear ended someone while talking on thier cell phone (this is the reason for rule #1). The other was the driver went the wrong way down a one way and hit a car head on coming out of the one way street.
4. When the driver drives on the right side of the road.....in the Bahamas. This was a scary ride and just an fyi for those who don't know, the Bahamas are closesly tied to the UK, so you should drive on the left side of the road.
Otherwise if the trip is good and the cabbie goes for the quickest route, a tip is deserved.
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