Meterless
Every fare calculator predicts a route you have not taken. These are about the ride that actually happened — how a meter really works, and what to do when the number looks wrong.
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Meterless
Your phone says 8.05 km, the meter says 6.7 — who's right?
A real ride measured three independent ways. Two agreed to 0.6%; the vehicle's own odometer was 16.8% out. What that means for anyone comparing a phone against a taxi meter.
5 August 2026 · 5 min read
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Meterless
No meter? What to pay for a tuk-tuk ride
Negotiated rides have no receipt and no record. How to set a fair price before you get in, and how to know afterwards whether it was — measured, not guessed.
29 July 2026 · 5 min read
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Meterless
Was I overcharged by a taxi?
How to tell the difference between a fare that felt high and a fare that was wrong — what evidence actually helps, and what to do during the ride rather than after it.
22 July 2026 · 5 min read
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Meterless
How much should a taxi ride cost?
Every fare calculator guesses before you travel, from a route you have not taken. Here is how to work out what the ride you actually took was worth — during it, from your own phone.
15 July 2026 · 5 min read
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Meterless
How a taxi meter actually works — and the speed where it switches
A meter does not add a distance charge to a time charge. It runs one accumulator fed by whichever rate is winning, and the speed where they swap decides your fare in traffic.
8 July 2026 · 5 min read