Sense of direction

With the rosters as they are at the moment I usually end up catching a cab home once a week. Most drivers have at least a vague idea where Abbotsford ("gosh, where's that?") is, though I have had one almost turn right at Hoddle Street. Tonight's driver, however, didn't even know where Hoddle Street was; he was about to turn right the street before.

Now I don't expect our taxi drivers to undergo the stringent testing that the London cabbies do, but I think they should possess a basic knowledge of suburbs and main thoroughfares. Perhaps it's too much for them to understand the intricacies of such places as Eaglemont (we had an unfortunate experience with a very confused cabby last year navigating this area) but at least knowing which direction to set off in would be useful (not heading towards North Melbourne instead of Abbotsford).