[Resolved]  Auto Rickshaw — Misbehavior by the auto riskshaw driver - Mumbai (Santacruz)

Dear Sir/Madam,

I totally agree that the rickshaw fellows are creating a lot of nuissance nowadays. They should be there to help people reach their destination in time and not to trouble them which is the current situation in Mumbai.

The meters are always fast..being a regular traveller i know the the general fares. Have noticed that the numbers starting with MH03 the meter are fast.

I stay in Goregaon, Saibaba complex, there are auto rickshawas statnding in the queue however, they refuse to come to station in the morning. Which is a peak time for the office going people.

I really wish that the authorities should do something for this as as per my knowledge the rickshaw fellow shouldn`t say NO to a customer when he is on his duty...wether it be a nearby destination or a faraway destination.

Looking for a better response or indeed a help for a regular paasenger.

I completely agree specially with the MH03 meter thing.The RTO should do something abt this,

I completely agree with you, i suggest the the governing authorities to take some quick action against these drivers who are driving us crazy. they plainly refuse to go even if they are on road & reading newspaper or chit chatting.
The authorities should invest in some promotion campaingn to stop these. A person who needs to reach somwhere on time cannot reach as the buses are either late or full crowed we completely depend on Rickshaw for travel specually when it comes for short distance they straight way refuse to come.

being a source of media i hereby request you to help us (all mumbaikars) to solve this problem.

i have traveled from kndivali station west to poisar east by ricshow but he refused to go and started fighting and giving bad words. His rick no is MH-02 TA6191. i want u to take some serious action against them as we the comuters of poisar are facing the same problem for last few years
thanks


regards

people of poisar kandivali

Actually these meters are said to be known as Mohamadbhai' Meters. Pl do something about these rickshaws of MH03. If RTO can not do anything, just make appeal to people not to take rickshaws of MH03 which run 40% more.

Shame on RTO of MH03.

auto — Extreme misbehaviour by the driver

My friends visited bangalore for the first time today and have the worst impression about the people in the city.
This auto driver took them round and round bangalore and finally they ended up paying him 700 rs from the railway station to residency road and also when they got down near the residence, the auto driver pinched a girl's hip and laughed and he was smelling strongly of alcohol!!!

This is the worst thing I have ever heard happening in my city.
I always boasted about my city Bangalore, about the helping nature of the people here and everything.
But everything got ruined today and I am very very depressed about this.

Can someone please do something about this as soon as possible?

I have the auto number -


KA01 A9607
NUMBER - 7448/02

NAME ON THE LICENSE PLATE - BARKATULAH
But the driver claimed his name is RAMESH.

I am very very hurt and disappointed about this kind of behaviour in such a wonderful city.
I would really appreciate if necessary action could be taken on this so that these kinds of things dont happen again and dont ruin the name of our beautiful city ecause of some rotten people!!!

Hi Sir, Ma'am,

Similar thing happened to me too.
I took an autoricshaw from vickroli to bhanpud and he asked me more fare than usual.
As i was regular goer i knew already his meter was fast and on top of that he wa asking more.
He misbehaved with me and starrted saying abusive words.It happened on 8:15 AM 25 March 2009
The auto number was MH 03R 5334.
Can you please take some action against him.

Personal — auto driver misbehaviour and double fare

Date and Time: May 09, 2009, 8:15PM

Auto Number : KA05B8041

Auto meter fare was 28.50 rupees from 4th T block to BTM water tank. We were two girls who just came out of TIME coaching class. We live in the same house. After we reached the water tank stop, The auto driver demanded that each o[censored]s has to pay the meter fare individually. When we questioned him, he started abusing both o[censored]s very offensively. When i was noting down the auto number, he came on to me and abused me very scarily. At last the girl with me got very scared and payed the 60 rupees.

You need to take action on him, please. Else this will repeat whenever there are girls who are vulnerable.

Hi,
MH-03 autos are really very fast. In traffic generally meter runs very fast. auto driver don’t keep change and generally we have to loose 1 or 2 rupees extra. Fuel prices are dropped substantially but auto meters rates never come down.

I just traveled by MH-03-R-526; meter was horribly high. Request you to take some action.

Regards,
Pravin

I usually travel from Ghatkopar to Marol pipeline. I have to request atleast 15-20 autowalas every morning to come to Marol. First of all they are not ready to come, secondly they want only one or two passengers, since the auto is not able to pull the weight (as said by them) on slopes or inclinations. So after a say my destination is Marol, I have to also say that I am travelling alone. Are these machines so weak ?? Why don't we have them line up at the station and the passengers also follow a queue system, and the autowalas move out in a sequence as per the passengers destination in the line up. Why is it such a mess every morning ?

I travel from Kurla to Andheri Seepz via sakinaka (little ahead of Marol) everyday, as you all rightly pointed out 90% of the rickshaws meters are tampered and run upto 30 - 40 % fast. RTO is not doing anything about it, here is what I do. The Fare from kurla to seepz comes to 45 Rs hence everytime I pay the rickshaw guy only that much, sometimes they haggle and take 50. Tell them their meteres are jacked up and if they still dont think the paid fare is fair then come to the nearest police station or traffic constrable, they are scared of them and will oblige.
And regarding the meters being fast I befriended some rickshaw guys while travelling and they agreed that they have tampered with the meters, one even told me that the actual fare from Seepz to Kurla via Western express highway comes to around 60. ( I pay 75 Rs via this route, although most meters show 95 - 110)

Stand up for yourself and give them lesser fare, dont give up.

rickshaw no MH034113 METER IS SO FAST USUALLY I TRAVEL FROM VIKHROLI STATION TO GANDHINAGAR AND THE METER COMES TO 1.10 I.E. RS. 10 TO 11 BUT THIS RICKSHAW METER CAME TO 2.0 I.E. RS. 18 TO 20 HE STARTED DEMANDIING WHEN TELLING HIM THAT HIS METER IS FAST I WILL COMPLAINT AGAINST HIM HE SAYS TERE BAP KO COMPLAINT KARO KYA KARNA HAI WO KARO MAI DARTA NAHI HU
PLEASE SEE TO IT THAT HE IS PUNISHED AGAINST METER FAST AND ALSO AGAINST TALKING SO WRONG TO A WOMEN

I agree with the fares showing extremely high by the MH03 meters. I took a rickshaw from Ghatkopar station to Powai and by the time I had reached Ghatkopar depot his meter was showing 38 Rs. I got this to his notice that I have been travelling by the same route for more than 5 years and on an average the fare is between 32-35 Rs. He immediately stopped the vehicle and asked me to get another rickshaw and pay him 40 Rs then and there. After 5 minutes of argument and me not getting down from the ricksaw he started the vehicle again and then he did not drop me near my office but at the main road of powai.Since I was getting late for office I didn't argue much and paid him only 35 Rs although his meter was showing 53 Rs . I have noted down his number which is MH03 V 2242 and I think crooks like these are creating big nuisance for our society.
I request for a strict action to be taken against this rickshaw driver so that he gets his meter rectified as well as behave appropriately so that any one does not have to face inconvinience just the way I did.

Auto Driver — MH 03 6207

I was traveling from Ghatkopar to Chandivali. between the travel driver said oil was less in his auto so wanted to fill the same. He took a long route and kept me waiting for about 5 minutes. I daily commute by thus route it costs between Rs. 45 to 50. The charges gone up to 65. i told the same thing to him but he went away without listening.

Please take appropriate action.

I travel from Andheri station east to IITB Powai via mahakali road. generally meter reading, I get, is between 65 to 70, inside the campus, which is correct and as per this link - http://www.iitb.ac.in/campus/howto/howtoget.html . Sometimes due to traffic it exceeds 70 which is also acceptable. but with MH03 J 2484 it was 77 even I had not entered into IIT campus . I asked the driver about meter reading. He started arguing with me and that fellow was quite rude like I have done some mistake and he is doing charity for me. I told him I am a regular traveler and please check your meter. He said if you have doubt complain against me. Fellow was very confident like nothing will happen to him even if I complain. I asked him his name and he refused to tell. Since I was In a hurry, I left. "Strict action" against this is required to stop this kind of loot.

Hi,

I took a auto today from malad to Hiranandani. On my way i did feel that the meter was running fast then normal. Finally when i reached Hiranandani, the driver asked me to pay 115 bucks. I did ask him if the meter was too fast as normally it does not go above 95 bucks. The driver then told me to pay 10 rs less & said the meter was a bit fast. The Auto number was MH03-AK-4020. Kindly take the required action & hopefully i will get a response to this from respective authorities.

I do agree with the above. I m staying in Kandivali Lokhandwala. Neither we get auto rickshaw from Station to Lokhandwala and nor From Lokhandwala to Station. The Fare is Rs 6 but they charge Rs 10 in sharing which is not acceptable. More suprising is that the traffic police is not interested in hearing our problems and they do stand and gossip over there. They are more interested in taking hafta from Rickshaw drivers. This matter is becoming serious day by day but i dont see any solution coming up. Further you can see that Kandivali East is having highest no.of Rickshaws. RTO should take strict action against the same including the traffic police and should have system so that the public suffer can be stopped.

Dear Sir/ Maam,

I boarded an auto rickshaw 0n[protected] no- MH-05 D 5549 ) to drop me to my house from dombivli station ( w ).
The Rickshaw driver was staring at me the whole journey .
when I reached my destination i had to give 12 RS/- I gave him 7 rs coin + a 5 rupee note .
the note was not so bad . the driver did not take it and started to argue for that note by using vulgar words which normal auto drivers never use it in our locality and I saw him 1st time . he may be drunken .
KALYAN / DOMBIVLI TRAFFIC CONTROL ( W ) should make sure AUTO-RICKSHAW drivers should be sinceir and non-drug addicted to provide social transportation. I request strict action to be taken against this rickshaw driver so that he behaves appropriately to any stranger and that one does not have to face such violent act .

AUTORICKSHAW NUMBER :- MH05 D 5549 DATE:[protected] PM

dear sir/mam,

i took auto from Rajendra Nagar, Borivali east to charkop sector-2 kandivali west . On my way i did feel that the meter was running fast then normal.then i just asked, "why your meter is too fast" then he just said that chick chick mat karo chup chap baitho nahito dhakka marke bhaga dega"and started shouting on me . he just dont know how to talk with a woman.
It happened on today at 7.15pm and that autorickshaw number is MH 02 TA 583.
Can you please take some action against his meter and his misbehaiviour.



regards
pradnya