18 Things Even the Politest Taxi Driver Won't Tell You About
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 พ.ค. 2024
- If you use taxi services often enough, you might know that taxi drivers have secrets they don't tell their passengers about. For example, if an airport taxi driver assumes that you're a tourist, they may decide to give you a sightseeing tour you haven't asked for. Some taxi drivers can start the meter not when you climb into their car, but as soon as they arrive to pick you up.
So let's figure out what things you should pay attention to while getting into a car, why you should check your valuables before leaving a taxi, and why it often takes taxi drivers so long to pick you up.
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TIMESTAMPS:
They may not have change 0:22
"Ever been there before?" 0:49
Airport taxi drivers charge tourists more 1:15
A taxi driver may start a meter earlier 1:40
They have a way to inform the police they're in trouble 2:03
They love traffic jams 2:29
A taxi driver can drop you off earlier than needed 2:56
They can't start a conversation with you 3:19
You can find yourself stranded 3:49
Check the meter 4:15
Keep track of the meter 4:34
Check your valuables before leaving a taxi 5:07
Taxi drivers can lure you with a low estimate 5:42
Ask for a fixed price in advance 6:05
Taxi drivers can manipulate GPS settings 6:32
A taxi driver may not have a license 6:47
Why taxi drivers take a while before picking you up 7:14
They can charge per person 7:40
#taxi #transport #brightside
SUMMARY:
- Most modern taxis already have POSs, but there are still a lot of cars that don't. In these vehicles, people have to pay cash.
- It might not work in all countries, but in some places, taxis have a panic button hidden under their dashboards.
- If there are some obstacles preventing them from going directly to your destination, for example, heavy traffic or some construction works, some taxi drivers may leave you several blocks away.
- According to this unwritten rule, the only person in the car who can start talking is you, the passenger.
- If you need to make several stops before arriving at your final destination, discuss it with your driver.
- Before starting your trip, make sure that the meter has the correct settings. Taxi companies can have different prices for certain parts of the day and night.
- You should not only sneak a peek at the meter at the beginning of your trip but also watch it throughout the ride.
- Don't let your valuables lie around during a taxi trip. Before leaving the car, make sure that you haven't left anything on the seat.
- It's totally dishonest, but there are taxi drivers who tell you an estimate they know to be too low only to make you pick their car.
- A fixed price often turns out higher than it would be with a meter. One of the few valid reasons for negotiating a fixed price is being short on cash.
- Taxi drivers can manipulate GPS settings. It allows them to take longer routes and earn more money.
- Keep in mind that a taxi driver has to have their license displayed inside the car at all times.
- Most passengers don't know that many taxi drivers pick up a new ride before finishing their current one.
- Even though it's almost unheard of in most parts of the world, some taxi drivers can try to charge per person. Watch out for such cases and call the taxi company to make sure you aren't being fooled.
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Hey! 😊 How do you usually move around in your city?
First
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BRIGHT SIDE 2 Im not living in a city
@@lissharrietdyb2049
Oh wait- me either
I saw that taxi drivers charge more When I pretend to be a foreigner :((
It may matter how long you travel or different place
Yep...
@@Hennyslim It was experimental video on TH-cam.. actually he didn't talk in Korean so a driver went around and around.
Berry McCockinner lies
@Berry McCockinner think before you speak
That's why I stick to online taxi services, where the price is fixed even before I hop into the car
yeah that's better
That’s what I use. Uber is quite useful
Ola and uber is usefull!
Indeed that seems to be only option being deaf and blind so I can't do most of these "make sure..." steps. Push comes to shove I can possibly make sure to call the company in advance and discuss the rates then.
Taxi:*uses tricks to get people to spend more money*
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It’s sad that I learn more from bright side than school
TheGreatSohrab
Same
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As someone who has done this job for over 10 years, I'm aware of drivers who have done things like this, but the percentage is very low. Most of them I know, including myself follow the rules and provide a service that is professional and helpful. Don't ask a driver to take you the fastest way as mentioned in the video, the fastest way can cost more money, because most meters run off time and distance. Normally if asked, it should be the shortest route. But do take into consideration that different routes can be affected by traffic and if be the case, if the faster route distance wise was not much longer than the shorter route, then ask your driver their advice and how much more they believe it to cost? Taxi drivers who have studied a knowledge test, will be able to figure out at least 3 or 4 routes in their heads along the way, so they can help assist you with the best option for you.
That is so long
Marco 786
We have to take you in for questioning sir. Presidents orders.
Thank you. I am a cab driver myself and subscribed to this channel and I am appalled at this video! I am unsubscribing now. I would Never do any of those things to people! Wow!
I've been in a taxi exactly once, and that was over seven years ago. All I can remember is the total cost was around $60.
They really are not worth their prices many times. I so can't wait for automatic ones (robotaxies) to take the roads. Then just MAYBE as a deaf and blind person can I take routes just like everyone elses at least on a semi-frequent basis. To go an actual work place, do shopping, meet ups, etc.
1:36 me when I get extra homework
Umm... don't you wonder what the guy behind the microphone looks like 🤔
tiny rottentomato yea i do
Yea
Ye but i think this guy is the main person who talks for bright side
@@clzeoeeeee_ yeah I know that's the only voice in all the videos there used to be more voices like 2 years ago but now he's the only one.
Yesh
I’ve gotten the sightseeing tour 🙄
Likewise my Queen 😊
That's just cuz you're fun to be with
Christopher Rowe awe lol
So even me
Sameee
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WE ARE ALL WATCHING THIS WITHOUT FULL SCREEN 🤣🤣
How did you know
@@shotoutodoroni7064 you can't read the comments without vertical screen
Yep
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Nah
Tip:Google maps can tell you the amount of money that you will pay.
Taxi driver: **watches anime with me and does a Tiktok with me**
Me: I’m paying you 20 extra dollars 💵
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Tammy Wilson no
I’m a taxi driver and I can weigh in on some of these:
A taxi driver might take longer to pick you up because in bigger companies where bookings are done on the computer, there is a virtual queue for taxis that have plotted into a certain area. Sometimes the car coming to pick you up is much further away than another one close by but because he’s the first to be plotted into that area, that job will go to him. Unless it’s from a public place like a hotel or a shopping Center, then it usually goes to the closest taxi.
Yes, someone’s Taxi licence has to be displayed in the cab, but that’s just half the story. A T or F extension has to be valid on the actual taxi driver’s drivers licence as well as the plaque on the dash board.
Bigger companies offer fixed fares on phone or app bookings. When that happens, it’s an incentive for the taxi driver to take the most economic route possible.
If the taxi driver asks for a cash job, ie: doesn’t have the meter on in order to not be tracked and therefore avoid paying GST and taxes on the fare, refuse!
What is a T or F Extension?
MATTHEW ILES it’s an extension to put on your licence to pick up people for award. Taxis, Ubers and chartered vehicles need this.
That's why customers prefer Uber
Okay but when will taxi companies offer an app that shows how far away the driver is? This is why people have switched to Uber.
Eldergeek I’m in Western Australia, there’s a taxi company called Swan Taxis and their app shows how far away the driver is, and offers fixed fares. They’re the biggest company of 4 different companies in WA.
In Greece, taxi is an overpriced service ever since I can remember. As years passed, less and less people were asking for a taxi but taxi drivers became paradoxically more. Will admit that government implies heavy taxes on them but most of them are rude, shady and slimy that makes me prefer to walk for 3 hours than give a single coin to them.
I drove cab for seven years, from 2002 to 2009, but we went by zones, not meters. That meant it was in our best interest to get a passenger to his or her destination as quickly as possible, but it also meant we could transport multiple passengers. As for tricks such as making a deliberate point not to carry change in hopes of getting tips, I always had $100 change and would even make a trip to the driveup bank if necessary to get change.
Informative video ✌️
All the videos of Bright Side are awesome
Taxi drivers are the common denominator for every country when it comes to a shady industry
You're right Bro 😊
Never cheated a passenger EVER!
@@taxiscratcher5935 you're right Bro
That's why it's good to book a taxi driver from a taxi company where there give you a fixed price. Therefore, choosing a longer route doesn't change anything of the price.
Snape! I didnt think youd show up here.
Being deaf and blind that's obviously my "safest" option. One and done.
Thumbnail be like
Ever been there before? -- ❌
Ever been there before? -- ✅
Great video!
I use Uber a lot so I understand~
But for Uber, 8 is false.
My driver started a conversation with me.
Edit: Fixed that it said driverstarted.
Tammy Wilson I have had a driver who said he insists on talking because he thought he deserved conversation, o matter how tired his passenger may be.
"Corporate needs you to find the difference between the thumbnail picture"
"They're the same picture"
Thanks for the head's up👍
Moira
From England.
Your airrplane ticket does include air traffic control charges factored in, so yes airlines are charging you for taxing on the taxiways.
My dads a Taxi Driver gives me a lift for free so
That is the wonders of DNA
Lol same
None of this is true about him tho
Well you dont need ot hv a taxi driver dad to give u a free lift. My dad can give me a lift with his car so ya
Why don't you ask your dad to use those tricks
MrRaaee Gaming bruh 😂😂🤦🏻♀️
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I like your video thank you so much
A driver can't start a conversation? False. In fact, from an airport, I don't think I can _ever_ recall a ride that did not include the icebreaker "Is this your first trip to _____?"
You using taxis or uber/lyft?
@@ballpythons6776 Taxis
As a taxi driver I had to laugh at that one.
*THANKS!!!*
amazing!
Hello guys!! I’ve never been in a Taxi but XD this is a great video!!
Keep in mind that much of this video is BS, from a legit driver.
@@infinidominion most of it is true and I have experienced it
I remember a time where my usual taxi firm weren’t able to pick me up for over an hour and I rung another. The trip was from my home to work was usually £7.50 during the day (without a public holiday adding a multiplier) and the guy went a ridiculous route trying to charge me £25.00 saying it was to avoid traffic, of which there was none. Never used that firm again 😅
I am so happy they have uber now😃!
so cool vid 🤩
I'm happy I know some of these
4:08
🤣🤣🤣
So very good idea for your career 👍😊
Good information
I go with a taxi to school everday and the drivers charge the ride per person (as I can see on the little note with the prices they have on their front window), but for the rest they don't do all of these negative points that are said in the video, so this info is kind of new for me!
I'm a taxi driver in Australia, much of this isn't even possible with us and others can have legitimate reasons.
Also, our meters run by distance and not time so yes that 10-15 minute trip from the airport certainly does cost you $40+ sometimes.
Also! You forgot to add that the driver knows when you're lying ;)
Same here in England.
same in the USA,
been a cab driver for 9 years and I can't understand, where this guy pulled this info from, looks like some bits and pieces and he clearly, doesn't know what he is talking about.
Now, I wonder if all his videos like that, misleading.
I'm a Taxi 🚕 driver in Ireland 🇮🇪 this is BS.....
At least here the side of the car says $1.75 per rider over the age of 2. You can’t argue if it’s spelled out in advance. Plus our drivers are friendly and will start a conversation and will stop if asked to. It’s nice that they are willing to point out things I didn’t even know about after living here for 22 years.
In the UK there are taxis and private hires.
Taxis are known as Hackney Carriages and are fitted with a meter by law and the meter is set to the maximum tarriff the local authority dictates a hackney can charge. However, many operators opt to have a lower tarriff set and these are tamper proof. Although a lot of operators are starting to use PDAs as taxi meters these days and they still can not change the maximum price and when the meter is running. It can not be changed in mid ride.
Private hires can legally charge whatever they like even if its above the maximum tarriff of the local authority. But must be the price has to be agreed before the journey.
We are also allowed to charge per person more than 2 passengers and each luggage that is more than hand luggage and can charge for dogs. Their are exemptions such as disabled customers will never be charged more to carry a wheelchair or extra luggage or passengers and guide dogs for the blind also not be charged for. Thats the law.
One day I was in a taxi. Then, the driver threw my luggage on the ground and drove away . I wonder why ? 🤷♂️
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Always have ur headphones on with no music if you don’t wanna get akward.
1:21
My brother:Toyota! Toyota Toyota camry! That is our uncles car!
Sit next to the taxi driver in the front seat. Respect the taxi driver.
Look out for the taxi driver’s identity card displayed in the front and note the driver’s name.
Check the meter from start to end of the ride.
Switch on your phone’s google map. Keep tracking your route. Let your taxi driver know this.
Communicate to the taxi driver pleasantly.
This is irrelevant nowadays since there Uber and Lyft
1:20 this happened once because of an unusual traffic jam, but they didn't charge extra.
Please remember, there are ALSO some honest drivers out there as well. I have driven cab for many years, I do everything on the up and up...
Hello mate can you make a video how to do a handstand?
I love this
As a taxi dispatcher for 10 years the drivers do not like traffic jams. They make more money moving quickly between customers than they do moving slowly. Call volume is the name of the game.
You Rock!
Alzzotter I don’t mean to be rude but you definitely didn’t have the first comment
I started to become a nerd
After watching bright side
Very accurate for our country.
Perfect
Nice
Super
Great
In England private taxis go by mileage not time, so everybody puts smaller alloys on them so they rack up miles that little bit faster
Across the globe that i have travelled i trust, respect n love only Singapore taxi drivers. None of the fleecingg etc return change to the last penny, safe, no route or meter overcharge etc.Singaporevtaxis the best!! 👍
1:32 What phone do you see there?
There was a really kind taxi driver and when he was driving fast and braking really suddenly he said "sorry I might have drove a little bit too fast" then the thing that shows you how much is gonna cost was big cause he was driving fast but then he minused it
Where i live it doesnt matter how much time it takes to reach the destination its always the same price it just depends from where you are to where your destenation is.
Same here in England.
I didn’t know about #16!
TH-cam:1 view
Also TH-cam: 24 likes
Me:hmmmmm I wonder if it really was 1 veiw
This is only America not in United Kingdom 🇬🇧... I have been there
Shawon Ahmed taxi drivers in Saudi Arabia doesn’t make the price more cheaper
Thats it! I want to be taxi driver when I grow up.
Our public taxi services charges by the zones you need them to drive in or through & past. They have a "set rate" for everyone, which is paid for in advance. No tip expected by certainly appreciated.
Imagine a texi driver watching this
Oops 🙊 I am exposed 😅
Lol
What's the song called at No. 4?
3:57 The watch is going backwards Lol
You teach me more than school does
taxi driver: eVeR bEeN tHeRe bEfOrE?
me: *takes out airpod* what?
taxi driver: eVeR bEeN tHeRe bEfOrE?
me: rEnEgAdE rEnEgAdE rEnEgAdE rEnEgAdE *starts vibing to lottery by K-Camp* what?
Driver: hAVe yOU BeEN thEre bEFoRe
Me: plays uno reverse card
Me: Have you been there before
Its like more better then school my school havent even learned these things
Back in 1989, I took a taxi from the bus station to the YMCA. The driver deliberately let me off *across the street* from the Y, dumped my junk onto the sidewalk and sped off. To this day I get freaked out whenever I remember that cabbie and how OK he was with mistreating me.
All the dislikes are coming from the taxi drivers.
when you do stop at many different places cant the driver just drive away if they do not want to wait on you
Does he mean in general or only in the US? Cos for instance, in Japan there’s no such thing
a polite taxi driver might tell you to drive while he sits in back seat
Oh! No thank you! That's the point of taking a cab for me, to not have to drive. lol
Your the best
This is helpful not gonna lie
Seeing this in times of the pandemic its sooo frustrating ha3x
A lot of stuff in this video is not true.. I'm a taxi driver and I have been for a while now and I can tell you that the main reason we take a longer time than usual to pick up is because we don't have a taxi cab for each individual in the city, we have to pick up and drop off our customers and we get another trip after we drop off, the cab closest to the call gets that call and for instance say a person tell dispatcher he wants to go to Walmart and be dropped off there and call back for another taxi when he's done, but he changes his mind and wants a round trip (wants the driver to wait and he will pay the wait time) after he gets to Walmart, ok so the dispatcher sets up the trips so that the driver can pick up close to where he drops off so he's not going back and forth across town waisting gas, so dispatcher probably has another customer at walmart and she planned on the driver picking up the next customer at walmart after he dropped off his current customer so dispatcher told new customer the driver was going to be there in like 15 minutes but since the current customer change his mind and wants a round trip, dispatcher has to either wait for another cab to become vacant and she will have to get that driver to come all the way across town most likely and it's going to take extra time or she can get the same driver to come back and get you after he gives the customer their round trip which is going to take more time as well but no we do not typically run errands and stuff like that because we're out here to make money and the more trips we can pick up quicker the more likelihood that the customer is going to still be there and not have taken another cab because customers usually call two or three different cab companies and jumps in the first thing that comes along and that screws the other ones out of gas in time and they could have been running other trips
How can they get away repeating the same content twice in the video twice ..😂
In my country they say not much and same price and there is no meter check
One day I ordered food from a food place and they said they would come at about 8:00 but they came around 10 and 11!
In Dubai they have FRICKIN camera's in the taxi but I'm use to it
What's the use of Uber or Grab?
Those 564 dislikes are probably all taxi drivers
my first time riding taxi was 11/30/21 with my mom in Philippines gaisano tisa
Biggest fan
I ever forget my tab in the taxi and then i almost cry but my family found it
nervous travelling somewhere far alone as a female passenger just hoping the journey is smooth wish me luck
Wow tips
Super
I left my mobile phone and wallet in taxi and the driver came again to my destination and gave me bck,, he didnt even charged me for the 10 km that he drove back. I wanted to tip him but I had no cash with me. this happened in Stockholm. by the way Stockholm is one of the most tourist attraction cities in Europe and many tourist can get cheated.
It's kinda sad I've learnt more from bright side than school
4 : 05 who noticed the watch rounding to the left side .
4:05
Or even anti clockwise in english
Well it’s about time
So this is my story from a taxi experience..
We were going to a hotel, and we went into a taxi. There is lots of buildings and stuff and I hated the smell of taxis, they give me headaches so I decided to sleep instead. We were 3 minutes away from the hotel and it was almost dark. I think we were in the taxi for 10 minutes. When I woke up the hotel still wasn't at sight. So I just stayed awake and look out the window. I noticed that the driver was doing lots of turns. Our bill was 12 dirhams until it turned to 15 dirhams. It was a little bit expensive for a taxi drive to go to a hotel just some minutes away. So when we left the taxi everyone was like "He wanted us to pay more, he was taking lots of turns" And I agreed too. Same thing happened to my mom except she was heading home. She noticed it so when it was time for her to leave the taxi, she payed less and confronted the taxi driver.
Did that taxi driver get any punishment?
Should have paid the driver the money. Then call the cab company and/or the taxi commission. If they determined that he did something shady they will make the driver return the money fine him.
@@il798li Only if they reported him to the taxi company or the taxi commission.
I subed