As one who has taken taxis on a daily to weekly basis for the last ten years, I've never understood how on earth a Taxi Driver can pull scams on their passengers. I flag locally, call for a pickup, as well as take cabs from airports.<p>I've done this thousands of times in ten years.<p>In _all_ of that time, the closest I've seen to an errant fare (keeping in mind, I make the same trip hundreds of times with dozens of taxis drivers, as well as having Google Maps give me detailed distance information) is low tire pressure on a Taxi that took what should have been a $35 taxi fare to $38. It's amazing how little the "waiting time" charge varies a ride taken at a particular time. It's usually within 30-50 cents on a $40 ride at most.<p>I've never had a taxi driver try and determine if I was a "regular" or "out of towner" - and I rarely do more than just give them an address.<p>So I find it, based on my own experiences, very, very hard to believe that Taxi Drivers are engaging in any kind of widespread scam - unless they pull it on the blatant foreigners.<p>If I ever had a Taxi driver charge me the wrong rate, I wouldn't even dispute it with him, I'd just call their administrative oversight (which, in most cities, is the local police) and let them deal with it.<p>So, as much as people want to suggest "GPS Logs" are uncovering something - I'd have to suggest that by and large there is nothing to uncover. I'd be interested in seeing further details on these taxi drivers who have supposedly overcharged 100s of times - People like me would have flipped and/or called the police if they tried it even _once_ on us.<p>Color me dubious.