How the meter works in a taxi.
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Ever wonder how you get charged for your ride? Well, wonder no more, for I am here to explain it. However, when I said that the sensor was on the wheel, I was wrong, it's actually in the transmission
Very informative. Thanks for posting!
I drive a taxi and I give the office $142.00 a day and I keep everything else.
ABVideos And More wow. that's a lot! You must earn a lot to offset that plus car plus insurance plus fuel
Here in Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil, The metering system is similar. It count stopped hours, per kilometer, jump in fare and we can charge for packed volume. We have 2 fare values, from 6am to 10pm on week days and 6am to 2pm saturday is fare 1; and fare 2 from 10pm till 6am on week days and 2pm saturday, monday and holidays all day long. The actual fare is R$ 3,90 ($ 2,16) jump in; R$ 2,24/km ($ 2/mile) fare 1; R$ 2,69/km ($2,40/mile) fare 2; R$ 22,00 ($12) per hour
@ 1:22 this dude said imma go get some crack or something!
Thx for the video man. I'm thinking about starting my own service. I'm on Amazon trying to find a good meter. Would you help me please?
I've been done for years, but if fluctuated all the time. At one time it was 50/50 and the boss paid for the gas. When gas went up, it became 60/40 (60 for me) but I pay the gas (when it was almost $1.40/L). In my 2 years of driving cab, the rates of fare, and the percentage I took changed no less than 5 times. It all depends on the economy.
I dont wanna wait! FOR my life to oveeeeeeeerrrrrrr!!
if you were my cab driver, i would feel better, i live in florida, and the fair is 2.50 a mile.
For sure, however, when I drove cab we didn't have 3G:) No fancy interact either. Just your basic meter without the other networked computer terminal, no GPS map, or even a stab shield. Just your used police cruiser with a meter and second hand radio (quite literally nothing else):) You're right about the extra fees though. Insurance alone for a Taxi is retarded expensive, or at least it was when I drove one anyway.
I lease a taxi here in Houston and its 108 a day very expensive but in Pasadena Tx cabs lease for 80 to 90 dollars a day.
Interesting. Seems extremely expensive. Do you pay for your own fuel? Are you required to clean the vehicle? What are your hours? Do you pay for the insurance yourself despite the lease (I don't think this is the case, but you never know). Despite this, that is probably cheaper than what I did for most of my career as a Taxi driver. At one point it was a 60/40 split, with the owner getting the the sixty, and I getting the forty. If I did a $400 dollar shift on the meter that would mean that he got $240, with me still footing the gas. So $160 for me, minus gas, would equal around half that, say $80 for me (12 hour shift)... However with tips, I rarely went home with less than $200 in my pocket (usually $250, but granted I was considered to be the most popular driver at the time because I was not a fat creep or a minority (no offense to them, but the average passenger preferred a white driver who looked just like a normal dude. Fucking stupid in my opinion, but can not help the racists among us)), and this is when gas was around 124 cents a liter. I won't go into conversions with Imperial Standard (i.e. gallons), but I still think I paid much more than you for the "privilege," of driving a cab. I often chalk this up to being in the Canadian north (the vast majority of our population lives within 200km of the US border) where prices are just higher because of supply and demand (I could drive an hour and a half away, and gas would be 20 cents cheaper per liter), or because my employer at the time owned both of the taxi licences in our municipality, which basically gave him a monopoly on the service. That being said, I still think you are over paying. Especially when you live in the states, where things simply are cheaper regardless. As a citizen of Texas (please forgive any ignorance of my view, I've never been there), without the wear and tear brought about by salting the roads (and leading to extreme vehicle corrosion), the horrible detriment that 4-6 months of winter (with all the "snow" pot holes that develop, and subsequent wear on the suspension), and the fact that your gas is quite simply cheaper, leads me to believe that you are being over charged. This however is just a simple opinion of mine. I haven't driven a Taxi since 2007 (joined the army in 2008, been here ever since), and as I've said earlier, never been to Texas and taken a cab there. I would suggest you ask your employer (if you are in fact an employee under law, or because you lease the vehicle, you might be self employed for tax purposes) for a breakdown of expenses as to why you are required to pay that much. Don't take, "because that's what everyone else charges," as an answer. Ask for an expense report on your particular vehicle (if you only use one car), or a statistical average for the fleet (if you hotseat), add in a margin of profit for the owner of the business based on other companies offering a comparable service (supply and demand), and see if it still seems fare (pardon the pun). That being said, and after reviewing my own rant, I see that you were comparing your municipality towards another. Where I drove (In British Columbia) the prices were pretty much left up to the owner (I don't know this for a fact, but empirical evidence and word of mouth says it's true), with the concept of supply and demand keeping it up. In my small city of 12k (Dawson Creek B.C. at the time), if prices were too high, no one would use the service. Except for the ignorant (or simply stupid) or the drug dealers who used us as a means of transport (fuckers!)... In the next town over however the rates could be completely different (they usually were similar, but they could have been radically different). Anyway.... I have not looked at my comments in around a year... So please take this reply with a grain of salt, and in fact feel special that I responded too you:) Everyone should feel special now and again! Peace!
"..gunna go buy some crack or somethin" "okay!" Hahahaha
Is there money to make driving a taxie while caronavirus
How you really make that much a night that's amazing I just got my tlc license and about to start driving next week ....how often you tie breaks??
are you still alive?
What kind of meter is it? Also our area has set fares by the companies. It be cool if we did have meters that's why i asked what kind it is.
How big is the area you drive?
Wade Clark That meter is the Record CG2. www.recordtaximeter.com
ok thank you
How do u adjust the slow running meter
how often do they not come back out?
You said you make 40% how about has? I worked for a company in ct lease by the day plus gas plus mileage. No good
He lying they rent the cabs for like $160 for the day an they get paid what they want Thats why u can get drivers to do outta town flatrates.
The car itself is a good $30,000, and then the taxi equipment that goes into the cab is another $10,000...add on any taxes, and registration, and monthly 3G bill of $40.00/month plus gas.....that explains why cabs are expensive.
What do you do if someone bails out and does not pay the fair ? I live in a small town and the rates are 6 bucks flat rate if you are not traveling outside the city limits. if otherwise it will go up my 40 cents per mile i think.
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Nothing lol. I've called the police and still haven't heard anything back
thanks mate.
If I say to a taxi driver keep the meter running if I ran into a place. Can they refuse? Please answer
It would all depend on where you live and what kind of driver you had. When I was a driver (almost 11 years ago now) Taxi companies and their policies were different in every single municipality.
If you wanted to make a stop or several, yes the meter would still have to be on to make it worth while for the driver. If he was an employee, he might not be allowed to say no (depends on the businesses regulations and such), as long as the meter was running, and he made sure to get a bit of cash from you first. In case you didn't come back.
If he was an owner/operator, or rented/leased the vehicle from the business that is different. The person then doesn't answer to anyone, he could ask for you to pay the fare and say he doesn't want to wait, he would be a business man making decision to maximize profits. The meter increases much more slowly while the vehicle is not moving, and if he thought you would take a long time, he might choose to not wait, and move on to the next fare.
I never did that myself however, I only ever refused to wait if the passenger was pissing me off or acting shady.
TheOriginalAscer thanks man and also just wondering what's the longest trip you have taken as a taxi driver?
car isnt 30k lol but yeah the money is crazy, idk about you but even though there was 3G back than we had UHF data radio :3
5:31 what happens if he does give you your money
do you get all the 7656.25
No. I made this almost 11 years ago, however if I'm remembering correctly that was the total amount the meter had on it. Just like an odometer on a car, it just adds up cumulatively. I always assumed that it would turn over at 9999.99, but that's just a guess.
I took a taxi and my final fare was $14.90 and then the guy did something on the meter and brought it to $16.00 Why? he said the minimum fare from the airport is $15.00 but still I don't understand why he charged me a dollar more. any comments?
+Ilan Malone Well, first off, was his meter the same as the one in my video? If so, I have no clue how he did that. Ours needed a technician to do something like that.
Most cabs have a flat rate to places like airports like he mentioned. Normally this means they run the meter until it hits that stated amount, then they pause it so you won't have to pay more if you would have too. If he stated the flat fare was $15, he should have charged you that despite the fact that it was actually $14.90. However he shouldn't have charged more. If he actually said, "you owe me $16," then that was either illegal (if the flat rate was dictated by the municipality), or at least against his company's rules. If it really bothers you, I would contact their dispatchers directly and politely ask.
Do not be a jerk about! Even if you have a right to be. They deal with 9 assholes for every one decent person who calls, and will most likely automatically assume that you truly upset if you don't speak calmly and concisely:)
If his meter was anything different than mine above, really have no idea though.
The model of meter you have in the video is the Record CG2. I think what Malone is trying to say is that the meter was programmed for an EXTRA charge. Did it coincidentally make the balance $16.00 or was the extra charge $1.10?
Extra charges can be programmed in the rate structure of the meter depending on the city/area regulations. In big cities such as Calgary where I am at and that meter is produced. Meters are sealed and programmed according to a specific rate structure. Other municipalities may not have any rules about what can and cannot be charged.
Protip: check the seal on your meter if you are a passenger. I personally always give the seal on the meter a little tug just to make sure the meter is sealed properly.
Sorry, but the background noise drowns out your message.
Yeah I do and I sucks.
That is why I am using app for TAXI.
You can see information on the TAXI before you get in (vehicle make, number of seats, price per km). You know the exact price and route where you are going.
www.liftago-global.eu/en/pro-pasary/4201331jm001/
My cab uses a centrodyne 620, And also has a modernized Gandalf computer dispatch system. Accepts credit cards which I hate cause they charge us 7%. And I hate the crown vic/grand marquis gas guzzleing pile of shit. The Toyota camry hybrid is so high tech compared to there old fleet. But the girls love me and leave me mad tips and phone numbers and ect..
Ha! I hear and love ya mate! I did not have the fancy computers that most cabs have now a days, and no stab shield or nothing. Take a cop car, rip out all the cop stuff, and that is what I had. I can not count the times that being the only young (and I might add handsome:) white, and clean driver landed me mad tips and phone numbers.... and other things, wink wink, nudge nudge, from the female passengers I conveyed. The Vic is the worst for gas! That 454 cost me an arm and a leg! The Marquis was better, but barely, and the red carpet was a bitch to clean. When I still drove cab, I thought about getting a hybrid at the time (my folks were the first in the northern half of BC to get one, they even had to send the local Toyota guys away to learn how to service it:), but I realized as an owner operator in my area, it would be more expensive to by a new Hybrid, than an old cop car at auction, even with the lifespan being only 2 years or so because of the weather.
TheOriginalAscer yeah i also have no shield driving in orlando florida.it gets scary as hell in the ghetto. Lots of cab drivers robbed here. But im somwhat different on the vic now. The toyotas do not hold up for shit were our hrand marquis have half a million miles on some of them and there still going strong. Sadly there dissapearing as there all being replaced with hybrids
Check out Ray Dawson Independent Taxi Drivers-090307 and sudbury taxis expose on youtube.
02:59 - 03:02 :D
how often do they not come back out?
how often do they not come back out?