London's Conservatives are suggesting that the Capital's taxi drivers should no longer need to take the famous "Knowledge" test, because it is "outdated in a world of GPS navigation".A report by assembly member Richard Tracey called "Saving an Icon, Rescuing London's Black Cabs from Extinction" includes a section which talks about technology, saying " Those' who' attack' Uber,' Lyft' and' similar' apps' for' bringing' innovation' to' taxi' services' fail' to 'see' what 'the 'initial 'driver 'for 'these 'services 'is.  The 'unavoidable 'fact 'is 'that, 'in' the' information' age,' passengers' demand' a' digital,' seamless' service' from' their' taxi' providers.  The' taxi 'industry 'itself 'has' apps 'that 'it 'uses, 'including 'Hailo 'and 'Gett, 'and' TfL' has 'developed 'apps' such 'as 'Cabwise, 'which 'link 'passengers 'with 'licensed 'cab 'companies.  New 'digital 'tools 'are 'something' consumers 'clearly 'demand... The response to these apps from' regulators' and' those' in' traditional' industries' should' not' be' to' directly' oppose' their' operation' created' as' they' were' by' the' demand' of' consumers' but' to' adapt' to' their' emergence."It calls the Knowledge - "archaic" and a "major barrier" for recruitment to the Black Cab industry.The BBC reports that Steve McNamara, the general secretary of the The Licensed Taxi Drivers Association reacted by saying, "I'm stunned and shocked that anybody would suggest doing anything that altered or lowered the standard of taxi driving."However, that does not mean that we wouldn't be prepared to review some issues...with the proviso that standards wouldn't be dropped."He said having such rigorous standards meant drivers "valued" their licences and "they did not want to lose it".The BBC also quotes a taxi driver called Nick, from Hertford, who called the proposed move "devastating".  "It would be a huge backward step," he told the organisation.  "For a forward-thinking city, why would you not want a very high standard of taxis? The only reason they would do would be to [bow] to the pressure of Uber."