Auto
Overcharging

Date: Jan 18; Time: 19:00 to 19:30; Auto Driver' Name: Alla Bakash; ID:53115; Auto Num: KA 04 B 1842. The Auto was asked to take us from Market (near Kempegowda bus stand) to SP road. He told us that it is Rs.45 by meter, but he wants Rs.50. We agreed but requested him to switch on the meter. He gets infuriated and declines to do so. Reason: He'll take us not by the Rs45 route but a shorter route. We ask him why should we pay him Rs 50. His answer is because we do not know the shorter route. If we can tell him that short-cut route he'll charge whatever comes by the meter. Since, we are new to Bangalore, we hardly know any routes here. We manage to convince him to start the meter. The meter showed Rs 14 only for that shortcut route. We paid him Rs 50.

The last thing he said was unless we don't ourselves know the route, the auto drivers have the right to charge as much as they want. We are new to this place, and we were shocked to know that this is the way Bangalore's public transport system works. Kindly confirm what the driver said is true or not.

Company: Auto
Country: India

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