All of us have been travelling by autorichshaws since so many years and have argued with the drivers atleast once. The reason for such arguments are many : asked to pay more than the actual cost, meter being tampered, not coming to the destination passengers ask for etc. There seems to be no end to the problems faced by passengers. Campaigns like "Meter Jam" will be there only for a day and do not bring about a change immediately. The solution should be a win-win situation for both passengers and drivers in the long run.
Off late I have been travelling to UB City quite often and take a richshaw from my place in JP Nagar. Right from the first day I have been taking the same route and it is around 8 - 9 kms. oneway. But the fare is not the same. The rates have varied from as low as Rs.55 to highest being Rs. 78[before the rates were revised]. On wednesday when I was travelling to the same place I was shocked when the meter showed Rs.40 and I had hardly covered half the distance. Immediately I told the driver about his faulty meter and to my surprise without arguing he turned off the meter and asked me to pay the amount that it usually costs me. This is when I thought that there should be some solution and gave it a serious thought : how about each passenger carrying a small device which records the number of kilometers travelled [similar to a speedometer]. This can reduce the problem to a large extent as the passenger will know the number of kilometers he has travelled without any problem and then calculate it with the existing fare for a km. The passengers need not depend on the autorichshaw meter to know the actual distance travelled.
They will be paying only for the distance travelled and not more than that.
Off late I have been travelling to UB City quite often and take a richshaw from my place in JP Nagar. Right from the first day I have been taking the same route and it is around 8 - 9 kms. oneway. But the fare is not the same. The rates have varied from as low as Rs.55 to highest being Rs. 78[before the rates were revised]. On wednesday when I was travelling to the same place I was shocked when the meter showed Rs.40 and I had hardly covered half the distance. Immediately I told the driver about his faulty meter and to my surprise without arguing he turned off the meter and asked me to pay the amount that it usually costs me. This is when I thought that there should be some solution and gave it a serious thought : how about each passenger carrying a small device which records the number of kilometers travelled [similar to a speedometer]. This can reduce the problem to a large extent as the passenger will know the number of kilometers he has travelled without any problem and then calculate it with the existing fare for a km. The passengers need not depend on the autorichshaw meter to know the actual distance travelled.
They will be paying only for the distance travelled and not more than that.
