This morning, after 8 months of “commuting” in Cairo by taxi, my driver actually dropped the meter flag when I got into the car. This has never happened before. I didn’t realize the meters even worked. There are “standard fares” that one pays from point A to point B. The only taxis that USE their meters are the Yellow cabs that locals refuse to use.
So today, my cab actually ran the meter as he took me from home to school. We went the usual route, and I paid the standard fare when I got out. The most interesting thing was to find out what the “metered fare” would be.
The standard fare from Zamalek to the University is 5LE. The metered fare was 1.80LE.
NO KIDDING
we locals do use the yellow cabs…late at night.
of course the meter fare was that…that’s some sadat era shit.