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Cabbie Mike, 62, becomes an online sensation with his tales of life on the road

- By JAMES HOLT

FROM the seat of his traditional black cab, Mike Daniels has seen it all over the past 38 years.

The cabby, a born-and-bred Mancunian who first began driving his punters in the late 1980s, has seen it all on Manchester's streets, from having a blade held to his throat to makeshift counselling sessions with tearful passengers during the darkest moments of their life.

The 62-year-old from Stockport has more recently become an internet sensation. Every day he documents his pickups and drop-offs in and around the city, the heartwarming exchanges with passengers from all walks of life, from local commuters to tourists, and even sneak peeks into what is in his lunch box, made lovingly by his mysterious wife 'Mrs D'.

Under the username Miles With Mike, he now boasts almost 70,000 followers on Instagram.

Day to day interactions that are second nature have now become his bread and butter, along with his famous tagline "job on approach", always delivered with a smile.

He documents his days navigating Manchester's streets, often comically from "outrageous" interactions with rude and ignorant passengers, journeys with those who have had too much to drink, to touching conversations with those simply on their way to work.

Popular recent videos included a tense exchange with a police officer who told him he was "breaking the UK law" and could face having his vehicle seized for not wearing a seatbelt despite licensed taxi drivers being exempt from wearing seatbelts while actively working.

Another clip showed him taking a man with dementia to a police station and refusing to take money from him after he became lost.

Mike said: "Believe me, nobody is more surprised than me that I've become this internet sensation at the age of 62. It's people really just watching how my day unfolds. The strapline 'job on approach' just came about by accident and it stuck, and people love it.