In Bangalore, autorickshaw drivers never take a ride by the meter
I have been in Bangalore for years, and I have not seen any auto driver accepting a ride by the meter. They have excuses to not obey the meter and always charge double, one and a half times of the meter or fifty rupees more. There are mainly three main excuses. Between 10 PM and 6 AM, the reason is the night charges, which are double, saying that it's Government rule. Between 9 AM and 1 PM or between 5 PM and 9 PM, they take more because of the heavy traffic. Between 6 AM and 9 AM, between 1 PM and 5 PM or between 9 PM and 10 PM, they demand more saying that they have to come back empty. For point 1: The night charges are applicable from 10 PM to 5 AM, not 6 AM; also the night charges are 1.5x, not double. For point 2: Heavy traffic is a satisfactory justification, but they exploit it to extract out money from the customer's pocket, due to customer's critical obligation to re...