What trick does a taxi at Tan Son Nhat airport use to charge 420,000 VND for a 2km trip?

Through inspection, the working group discovered that taxi with license plate 60E-00734 of Saigon Cheap Taxi (Cheap Taxi) belonging to Saigon Transport Group Corporation violated regulations by installing a fare meter.

Auxiliary switch installed on taxi was discovered

Specifically, the car has an auxiliary switch located under the gear lever, with an electric wire connected to the fare meter to activate. When the driver shifts gears or shifts gears, the fare increases by 3,000 VND/time. The driver is required to drive from the airport international terminal to Tran Quoc Hoan street and then return. With a total round trip distance of more than 2 km, the fare meter shows 420,000 VND.

On the same day, taxi number 51F - 49526 of Saigontourist taxi company, driven by Mr. Nguyen Trung Minh, was also discovered to have 2 auxiliary switches attached to the fare meter. The inspection team asked the driver to drive from the international terminal to Tran Quoc Hoan street and back to the international terminal, the actual fare was 54,000 VND, but when the driver used the auxiliary switches, the fare displayed on the fare meter increased by more than 540,000 VND, 10 times higher.

Saigontourist Taxi Company is not a unit of Saigontourist Group. This unit has deliberately used the Saigontourist brand name to cause confusion and has been punished many times for overcharging people and tourists.

The inspection team drew up a record of violations of the illegal installation of fare meters, each driver was fined 700,000 VND, and the parent company was fined 11 million VND.

A representative of the Department of Transport Inspectorate said that they are coordinating with relevant units to strictly handle the situation of "ripping off" passengers and charging excessively high transportation fees, thereby building the image of a civilized and modern Ho Chi Minh City. In case tourists notice unusually high fares, they can immediately report them via the department's hotline or report to Tan Son Nhat Airport, and the forces will coordinate to conduct inspection and handling.

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