[Resolved]  Rickshaw — Rude behavior - auto

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Bangalore, Karnataka

Hello,

I reached Bangalore on Saturday morning, Mar-26,2011, and got down at Anand Rao Circle and got on to this Auto Rickshaw bearing registration number KA-05-AB-5944 with a fellow passenger, as we both heading to BTM Layout.

After getting into the vehicle and settling in, The driver/owner, of the vehicle named Aswin Kumar demanded Rs. 250. then I had no way but to negotiate and agree to pay Rs 30/- extra over the meter charge. The vehicle had no driver license plate which should be displayed by mandate.

After getting down in my residence, I saw that the meter reading showed over 23 kilometers and an amount of Rs. 169.00. I took the photograph of the vehicle and asked how much should I pay. Aswin Kumar, the driver/owner of the auto demanded Rs. 200. After I paid him, he demanded that I delete the photo, when I refused he used profanity and started cursing me and my family who had come out by then.

He then started calling his friends, allegedly who know how to deal with customers like me.

I dont prefer a public scene, hence I asked him to stop yelling and making threatening calls. I deleted the photo that I had taken settled the matter.

But even after doing all the things that the driver asked, deleting the photo, and paying him what he demanded, he started yelling in profanity whiling driving away.

I had memorized the number by then, so I have tried calling the the help lines for auto rick passenger grievances, most of the lines are not working, the email, we just have to email and forget about the incident. They never respond.

I am beginning to think the whole system is to loot money from common people, so why gripe about tiny but stark reality of auto rickshaw drivers looting passengers

This is not acceptable at all on any terms and this is pure extortion. If I have to go through such nuisance just for clicking a photo because I was wronged, and the auto driver gets away with nothing, it would be a shame on our legal system.