Taxi Rates

[Rob in Kansas]

Something here I am just not getting is every route taxi I have ever seen has turned into a charter taxi at my bidding and constantly at theirs. (The constant beeping of the horns while walking the road on the cliffs) So we are not supposed to use them cause some mother might be trying to get home from work? I always tell the drivers 5 dollars for my wife and I no matter where we are going, the beach or a little farther up the cliffs and they can pick up whoever they want on the way.

Just don't understand the difference between when the route cab turns into a charter.

[Rob]

Something here I am just not getting is every route taxi I have ever seen has turned into a charter taxi at my bidding and constantly at theirs. (The constant beeping of the horns while walking the road on the cliffs) So we are not supposed to use them cause some mother might be trying to get home from work? I always tell the drivers 5 dollars for my wife and I no matter where we are going, the beach or a little farther up the cliffs and they can pick up whoever they want on the way.

Just don't understand the difference between when the route cab turns into a charter.

Rob in Kansas,

Many route taxis will, at your negotiated fare, become a charter taxi in order to make the additional income the charter will generate. But essentially, you are not "taking a route taxi" but taking a charter taxi since you have indeed chartered it. You will not be paying the route taxi rate, but a rate that you negotiated with the driver.

The situation you mention specifically sounds more like you are generously paying for a route taxi. If they can still pick up others, then it is not a true charter - you have simply created your own temporary classification - a charter-route hybrid.