Aggravated by dishonest Hong Kong taxi cab drivers
I have taken taxi in Hong Kong about 3 times and out of that I have been scammed twice. That is 66%. The first time was in my last trip when I gave the taxi driver some money and he proceeded to drive off and not give me my change. It was not much money but it aggravated me. Tonight I took a cap back to my hotel and it should have been a 3-4 USD charge and the stupid driver drove in circles and charged me twice that amount. I have taken cabs in mainland china many many times and this has never happened to me. Generally they are very honest and give me the change back up to the last Yuan and they take the shortest path to the destination.
I saw a news segment on the Hong Kong TV about cabs that give passengers a discount on top of the metered rate in order to get the deal. Apparently there is an oversupply of taxies in Hong Kong and they are desperate to make money. I am going to buy a GPS soon and will refuse to pay next time I detect a circular loops!
2 comments:
If the fare is HK$18.60 (or thereabouts) and you tender a twenty some taxi drivers will give you change, some don't. That's the way things are. Heck, one dollar forty on an eighten dollar sixty meter is how many percent? You do tip, don't you? Yes, I know, you want to decide how much to give. . .
As for the run-around, this may have been because of one-way systems.
Most all taxi drivers in Hong Kong are honest. The meters work. The vehicles are clean. Flag fall is cheap. Suggest you try Bangkok, Seoul or London by way of comparison.
Yes. I agree that compared with other taxi cab drivers in London they are not as bad. And sample size is of 3 is probably not representative of the whole city. But still the Beijing taxis are more honest in my opinion. They never expect a tip and get me to the right place as fast as they can.
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