On 20050525T135436+0300, Fabian Fagerholm wrote:
> You may find that this won't work. The taxis in Finland are all licensed
> and they all follow a predetermined pricing scheme. The prices are set
> by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. You can of course ask
> for an estimate beforehand -- the GPS system in the taxi can probably
> tell the exact distance -- but the drivers really have no way of
> charging anything but the predetermined fees.
Actually, they are allowed to charge anything they want *provided* they
don't exceed the predetermined fee (which is calculated as you
indicated).
Of course, it may be difficult to convince a taxi driver to take less
money than what the ministry regulation specifies :)
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