Wednesday 13 February 2008

Chennai Traffic-Mumbai auto - latest update

Recently my father had to go to Mumbai by flight. On reaching he contacted help desk about catching an auto to Kurla. Immediately the person in charge there geve my father a pamphlet and escorted him to an auto. The pamphlet contained details about the fare to be paid. The auto driver put on the meter and started. Contrary to my father's thinking, conditioned by chennai auto experience, there was no haggling when he got down! Incidentally the meter showed the distance travelled and not the fare to be paid. The pamphlet had detailed instructions about the fare to be paid based on the meter reading. By the way the minimum fare is Rs.9/- for the first 1.6 kms and Rs.5/- for every other km. So we, Chennai people, have one more thing to dream about: )

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I was in Mumbai recently for over 2weeks for official purposes. I had to travel extensively by autos and taxis. Not on one occasion was I fleeced or was made to pay excess.

I had a couple of experiences to share which will appear unbelievable to we citizens of singara chennai.

I asked a taxi , 'Will you come to Prabadevi?". His reaction was, "We are here to drive you wherever you want...never ask a taxi driver whether he will come...just get in and say prabhadevi" I did that ever since. Can we ever do that in Chennai.

The charges for taxi are by card which gives the conversion from meter to actuals. After a look at the meter, a driver said Rs. 80. I said "show the card" Smilingly he took the card. The amount was 82. Te driver said, " I rounded off for a lower amont"

The minimum fare by auto is Rs. 9. Quite a few times I engaged auto to travel short distances. Every time I got back Re 1 when I gave Rs. 10.

I am sure many will have such surprising (to the chennaites)incidents to share about the mumbai taxis/autos.

The Traffic police should arrange a trip for Chennai auto drivers to Mumbai to see for themselves the courtesy shown by their brethren there

puyal said...

Thank you Mr. Shankar Ram for sharing your emxerience. So this is what we have to dream for!

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