Xinhua News Agency Beijing New Media Special Telegram on August 3, Title: Unannounced Interview with Beijing Taxi: "One Price" is still available, the towel covers the license plate 8.5 kilometers and the asking price is 100 yuan
Xinhua News Agency "China Network" reporter Cheng Qun
From Beijing West Railway Station to Beijing South Railway Station, the 8.5-kilometer drive costs 100 yuan; from Wangfujing Pedestrian Street to Xuanwumen, the less than 5-kilometer drive costs 60 yuan… In Beijing Railway Station, Wangfujing and other busy business districts, the phenomenon of "no meter, one price" taxi slaughter still exists. Why are these "road nail households" who charge sky-high prices repeatedly banned? Are these taxis regular operating vehicles? Xinhua News Agency "China Network" reporter investigated this.
Asking price: Beijing South Railway Station to West Railway Station: "one price" 100 yuan
[Unannounced visit location: Beijing South Railway Station] At 10:30 on August 2, in the North Square of Beijing South Railway Station, four taxis stopped by the roadside. The drivers did not sit in the car, but picked up passengers on the street. Seeing passengers with bags leaving the station, these people immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Where are you going? Did you take a taxi? Leave now."
The reporter asked a number of drivers on the grounds that they were going to Beijing West Railway Station. These drivers all said that they would pay 100 yuan for the meter, and 80 yuan for the price without the meter.
Asked why the "Rmb2.3/km" fare sign was not used as the fare standard on the windows of these taxis, a taxi driver with the license plate number Beijing B and the tail number 600 gave this explanation: "Now is not the normal time, after 11 o’clock is the normal time. Now it is 4.3 yuan per kilometer, and 4.35 yuan per minute."
[Unannounced visit location: Beijing West Railway Station] At 11:50 on the 2nd, the reporter arrived at Beijing West Railway Station. In the South Square and North Square of the station, the phenomenon of taxi charging sky-high prices also existed.
When the driver of a taxi with the license plate number Beijing B and the tail number 437 learned that the reporter was going to Beijing South Railway Station, he immediately said that the "one price" was 100 yuan. At the same time, several drivers next to him also helped to echo. At this time, taxis are charged this price.
When asked if he could use a meter, the taxi driver said: "I am chartered, so I don’t use a meter."
During the chat, some drivers revealed that some of the taxi drivers who negotiate on the roadside are individual taxi drivers. Unlike ordinary taxi drivers, they don’t have to pay a high amount of "part money" every month, so they don’t have too high requirements for the daily odd number.
[Unannounced visit location: Wangfujing Pedestrian Street] At 13:30 on the 2nd, the reporter took a taxi at the Dashanmao Hutong at the entrance of Wangfujing Pedestrian Street. When the taxi driver with the license plate number of Beijing B and the tail number 756 heard that the reporter was going to Xuanwumen Subway Station, he said he needed a "one-off price" of 60 yuan. "In addition to the money for the meter, there is also the parking fee, so it costs 60 yuan."
Just then, a number of taxis were parked on the side of the road waiting for passengers, causing traffic congestion. A uniformed staff member appeared and asked the taxis to leave as soon as possible and not to negotiate on the side of the road. When the driver saw the staff, he immediately changed his mind and said that his car was a normal form of solicitation, not bargaining. Stopping on the side of the road was just a break. Then he drove slowly forward. When he saw the staff walking away, the driver stopped on the side of the road to solicit customers.
Strong vigilance: cover the front and rear license plates, and only tear the invoice by hand
The reporter consulted the Beijing Municipal Transportation Service Supervision Hotline "12328", and the customer service staff said that there is no charging standard of 4.3 yuan per kilometer. The unified charging standard for Beijing taxis is that the starting price of 13 yuan during the day includes 3 kilometers; the part from 3 kilometers to 15 kilometers is 2.3 yuan per kilometer; the part over 15 kilometers is 2.76 yuan per kilometer.
How much should I charge according to the standard taxi fare? The reporter stopped a taxi randomly on the roadside. From Beijing South Railway Station to Beijing West Railway Station, the meter showed that the distance was 8.5 kilometers, the waiting time was 7 minutes and 41 seconds, and the fee was only 30 yuan. The reporter used the navigation software to inquire and found that the distance from Wangfujing Pedestrian Street to Xuanwumen Subway Station was about 4.6 kilometers, and the taxi fee was about 17 yuan.
According to undercover interviews with reporters, these taxis who bargained for customers would open the trunk when waiting for passengers, so that the vehicle number plate in the trunk could not be seen by the surveillance camera. In some taxis at Beijing West Railway Station, the number plate facing the direction of the surveillance camera was even blocked with a towel. In front of the co-pilot position of all the taxis seen by the reporter, the prompt cards with the driver’s name and license plate number were also removed. The drivers said they could only provide hand-torn invoices.
According to people familiar with the matter, by blocking the number plate, it can prevent the vehicle number plate from being photographed by passers-by or surrounding cameras when soliciting customers. There is no license plate number on the hand-torn invoice, and the prompt card is hidden to prevent passengers from complaining about the slaughtering behavior.
Response: They are all regular taxis and will be verified.
The reporter learned that there are taxi waiting points at Beijing South Railway Station, Beijing West Railway Station and Wangfujing Pedestrian Street. However, due to the fact that some passengers, especially foreign tourists, are not familiar with the geographical location, and there are few cars and many people in some periods, and the waiting time is long, some passengers will choose to take a taxi at the exit of the station, which gives the slaughtering taxi an opportunity.
The Beijing Municipal Transportation Service Supervision Hotline verified the information provided by the reporter on the bargaining taxis and said that these were regular taxis. Some of the taxi managers were identified as "Daxing individuals" and "Xicheng individuals".
According to the number provided by the supervision hotline, the reporter called the Beijing Daxing District Transportation Bureau to learn that the so-called "Daxing individual" is an individual taxi, and the transportation department is responsible for supervising it. The transportation department will verify the situation reported by the reporter.
"We can only record the reflection here, but the specific handling will be investigated and verified by the law enforcement department, and then transferred to the company for processing. We will reply to the reported situation within 15 working days." When learning of these taxi solicitation bargaining behaviors, the customer service staff of the supervision hotline suggested that passengers should go to the taxi dispatch station at the station or business district to prevent being ripped off. (Participating in the writing: Huang Xiaoyi)
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