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In my years of using black cabs, there were no common fixed fares used, they ran on a meter. Fixed fares were mostly arranged and inflated by dealings with hot
by topicseed 6y ago
In my years of using black cabs, there were no common fixed fares used, they ran on a meter.
Fixed fares were mostly arranged and inflated by dealings with hotel concierges with cash exchanging hands before the guest went in their black cab.
So, to answer your question clearly, they attempted to rip me and my visiting relatives off multiple times by hearing a strong accent, and starting taking obviously non optimum routes until they are told to take the exact road I know that is in fact much shorter, and much faster. Several times.
- tweetle_beetle 6y agoThe fixed fare structure I linked runs on a meter - there is no interpretation possible. And the structure rewards drivers for taking a higher number of shorter journeys to avoid the situation you are describing. Paying a third party cash before a journey is arranged is not the typical use case for a black cab. In a traditional hotel situation, the concierge would either wander out into the street to hail a taxi for you that you pay for yourself (black cab), or act as a booking agent for a taxi (mini cab). It sounds like your family was being ripped off in the second scenario, and possibly tricked into thinking they were taking a black cab.