Originally Posted by
harryhv
Somewhere here there's a lively thread about cab drivers being prone to take a long looping route on a freeway through some tunnel rather than the direct route through town.
We had that happen, however, as New Yorkers we let him know pretty directly that we knew what he was doing and that we didn't appreciate it. Needless to say the meter was turned off. Grrrr. It definitely made me sympathize with the tourists that come to NY as it's not as easy to tell if a NY cab driver is taking advantage of you from an airport!