Do taxis in India have meters or do you need to do some bargaining with the driver? If they have a fixed price, do you think there is a chance that you could get ripped off because you are a tourist and you don't know the local places? How can you avoid being in a situation like this?
The taxis I used had meters, although they were fairly beaten up and old. However, we negotiated a set amount for our transport, so they were not used. I think we paid thirty dollars for about four hours of travel, which, at the time, was probably a pretty good deal for them. However, we were delayed briefly in the middle of traffic, because the huge tug of a taxi ran out of gas. They sent some little kid on the side of the street to get a coke bottle of petrol, which was more amusing than if we had gone along without problem. And, yes, we were stopped in the middle of a busy road, with traffic just going around us for about a half an hour without anyone honking or getting bent out of shape. Such is India.
