{"id":695829,"date":"2010-03-19T11:20:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T15:20:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:35:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:35:03","slug":"nyc-taxis-now-let-you-know-when-youre-being-taken-for-a-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/695829","title":{"rendered":"NYC Taxis Now Let You Know When You&#8217;re Being Taken For A Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/03\/taxialert-thumb-292x209-38361.jpg?w=780\">         <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, we wrote about how taxi drivers in New York City had been <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/03\/nyc-taxi-drivers-caught-overcharging-by-83-million.html\" >caught overcharging passengers to the tune of $8.3 million<\/a> over the last two years. To remedy the situation, the Taxi &#038; Limousine Commission will be upgrading all cabs to alert passengers whenever their rate increases.<\/p>\n<p>The problem, for those who missed it the first time around, is that many taxi drivers were charging, whether accidentally or on purpose, some passengers the &#8220;suburban rate,&#8221; which is meant for travel outside of the city&#8217;s five boroughs and is double the normal rate.<\/p>\n<p>As of yesterday, the TLC had already programmed the metering systems in 5,000 cabs to alert passengers they may be paying too much. A text alert will be displayed in bright red letters on the TV screen in the back seat of the cab:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>ALERT!<br \/>\nMeter has been accelerated to reflect and out-of-town rate. If you are within the 5 boroughs of New York City, please inform your driver that this is a violation of your passenger rights. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The TLC plans to have all taxis upgraded in the next few days. They are also working on an audio alert.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ny1.com\/1-all-boroughs-news-content\/top_stories\/115385\/tlc-equips-cabs-with-new-fare-setting-alert\" >TLC Equips Cabs With New Fare Setting Alert<\/a> [NY1]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, we wrote about how taxi drivers in New York City had been caught overcharging passengers to the tune of $8.3 million over the last two years. To remedy the situation, the Taxi &#038; Limousine Commission will be upgrading all cabs to alert passengers whenever their rate increases. The problem, for those who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3605,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-695829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2V13","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3605"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":797258,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695829\/revisions\/797258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}