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Yellow cabs in New York have meters that are supposed to be checked regularly. Never the less, I have taken yellow cabs with unquestionably different rates per
by eric_h 10y ago
Yellow cabs in New York have meters that are supposed to be checked regularly. Never the less, I have taken yellow cabs with unquestionably different rates per actual miles and time driven (e.g. same distance/time, different fares, because one taxi's meter was faster).
- TeMPOraL 10y agoI assume there's a procedure that you could use to report a particular taxi car/driver, which would put them in a world of hurt for cheating. That's another reason why it's good to have a trustworthy third party there.
- eric_h 10y agoThere is, at least in theory: call 311. However what's to stop the driver from slowing the meter down before he gets inspected? There's no GPS in the meter, as far as I'm aware, so I don't believe there's a way to truly audit the fares the driver has already taken.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoShouldn't the meters be tamper-resistant though?
- eric_h 10y agoThey should, and perhaps that's improved in recent years, but it was definitely a common problem as few as 3-4 years ago (from my experience, I've largely switched away from yellow cabs to Uber/Lyft - mostly because the price and experience are vastly more consistent)
- TeMPOraL 10y agoI see. Regardless of what one thinks of Uber, there's no denying that taxis worldwide - not just in the US - totally had it coming.
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- mnutt 10y agoI have a coworker who reported fraudulent cab driver activity to the TLC. It was an arduous process involving multiple interviews and a hearing, and in the end the driver was fined about $200. Nothing inherently unfair about that process, but it's hardly a world of hurt.