Ten tips in order not exposed to fraud in taxis in Istanbul

I have been using taxis in Istanbul for more than four years now, was confirmed through experiments that the tourists in Istanbul taxis are cheap, reliable and more comfortable than most of the public transport available in the city.

But sometimes the tourist may be exposed to fraud and fraud by some drivers phishers, we offer you today in the Code of Tourism ten important tips to avoid fraud through the use of taxis in Istanbul:

1) Take only official taxis only, the color yellow Zahi her mark on the surface written on it the word Taksi.
Moreover, it should be number plate taxi (and sometimes the company logo) is clearly visible on the front doors and the roof.

2) All official taxis in Istanbul have digital meters, if you do not find the counter ride and you have to always insist on the run.

3) when entering the taxi, the meter will appear on the fixed rate in the beginning.
After that, the rate of increase will be every 400 meters, check out the current rates and taxi fares between the popular tourist destinations in Istanbul.
And be aware that when you are not moving taxi (ie at traffic lights or in congestion while in traffic), should remain as they are without the fare increase or decrease!

4) during the day, should appear on the screen the word gündüz at regular intervals.
At night (between midnight and 6:00), will show the word gece.
The night where the rate is 50% rate increase for the day.

5) fee to cross the bridge or the highway - if you take a taxi to cross any of the bridges of Bosphorus or going on the highway TEM, there is a fee of no more than 4 pounds must be paid.
The taxi driver will be paid, but will add this to the fare in the end.

6) It is very important that suggest to the driver that you know exactly where your destination, even if it were not so.
You can use the GPRS service to make sure you behave the right way.
This method avoids the driver to take you a long ways in or that wraps around your destination in order to increase the fare.

7) If you have several Mashaweer spaced in Istanbul and will be used for the exercise of their jurisdiction taxi recommend that you have to resort to hiring a taxi hire a daily basis, it will save you a lot of money.

8) Try before ascension to the taxi to take a number plate and keep it until Nzulk of the car, because you are possible to forget some personal belongings and this advice, you will facilitate the restoration of Mvcodatk.

9) It is better to contain money in your wallet with a small class, because there is a high probability that the driver argue the lack of cash to re-balance of the money to you.

10) not to tip, but if the taxi driver helped in the loading and unloading of your luggage, in this case, and only if you are satisfied with his performance, you can give him something extra fare.