Originally Posted by
Tchiowa
It's not a scam. Some meters are set to display wait time, some are set to display total elapsed time. I take a taxi every morning. Half the meters I see show total elapsed, the others show wait. Fares are virtually identical every day. If the 15 minute elapsed time was calculating as wait time the fares would be significantly different. They aren't.
Doesn't sound right to me. Then why does the light flash only when the taxi's stopped? And it doesn't add that much to the fare. Wait time is 75 baht per hour. So in my most recent roughly 30 minute ride to the airport, it was only an extra 35 or 40 baht. Not enough to make a real difference, but it adds up for the driver over many rides.