HAVE you ever take a ride in a taxi and felt that the meter was going faster than the taxi itself?
Well, The Star did a bit of legwork and got a cabbie to confess to the scam perpetrated by his dishonest fellow drivers.
According to the report http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/9/24/nation/15529061&sec=nation&focus=1, two methods are used to fleece unsuspecting commuters.
One way is to reprogramme the digital meter so that the fare will change at a much faster rate, and the other is install a hidden switch that will increase the fare whenever it is pressed by the taxi driver.
The life of a taxi driver may be tough but should this be justified through cheating innocent consumers?
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