Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON
A Silver Top cab - it doesn't get more typically Melbourne than that. But you're wondering why the company is called Silver Top when the roof is yellow? Historically, the company's taxis always had silver roofs, but about a decade ago the State Government of Victoria decided that all cabs would be painted yellow. It was a logical decision and the State Premier at the time explained that it would be easier for tourists to hail a cab if they were all the same colour - instead of looking for the signs on the roof of the cabs, that were all different colours at the time.
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