This is my last taxi story, at least until next time. I promise.

Having been picked up from Gatwick Airport my driver discovered he had a flat and needed to change the tyre. We pulled over to the side into the hard shoulder / safety lane. The driver asked me to deploy the warning triangle 50m before the vehicle, while he proceeded to change the tyre.

I have no idea where he got the warning triangle from, but it was more akin to a Rubics Snake than a quick snap, shut and deploy model.

Minutes later, I was still frowning and trying to work out how to make it into a triangle, when the driver shouted, "ah, good. You saw I was finished and have already taken down the triangle."

Me. "That was fast! Yes, yes. Where did you get this warning triangle? It's really good."