You’ll hardly ever find a city where people are content with their auto and cab drivers. But according to a recent post on social media, it looks like we have found the winning city with the worst auto and cab drivers and it is *drumrolls please* Chennai! Many comments in the post have agreed to this and shared their personal experiences with auto drivers in the city as well.
Journalist Says Chennai Auto & Cab Drivers Are “Spectacularly Awful”
Among the cities I have been to, Chennai’s auto/cab drivers are THE worst.
The rest of them aren’t great either but the ones in Chennai are spectacularly awful.
— Ram Venkat Srikar (@RamVenkatSrikar) May 13, 2024
Journalist Ram Venkat Srikar took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his view on which city has the worst cab and auto drivers and according to him, it’s Chennai. In his post, he said, “Among the cities I have been to, Chennai’s auto/cab drivers are THE worst.”
He then went on to say that cab drivers in Chennai are “spectacularly awful.” He also mentioned that the cab drivers in the other cities aren’t that great either. And the internet has agreed to his assessment as well.
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Internet Agrees & Share Their Two Cents
Many people in the comments agreed with Ram Venkat Srikar’s post and shared their personal experiences as well. Here are some comments you cannot miss out on.
Reminds me of my days at ACJ. I didn’t know anybody could be more rude than people in Delhi.
— Kartik Bhardwaj (@kitkitcritic) May 13, 2024
Last may in Chennai, I was manipulated multiple times where my cab drivers took longer routes and I paid more than what was initially shown on uber app. They did know I was an outsider. I once narrowly missed my train too.
— Pri May (@prithvi764) May 13, 2024
Same experienced it even with uber/ola as well they few are charging more than the price shown in the app if they get to know that the passenger is non local
— Hrithik (@Hrikuu16) May 13, 2024
Can’t agree more.
— Praneshram (@spraneshram) May 13, 2024
Thanks for letting people know, actually it’s Too worst🙂
— Sai_Salaar🦖 (@Sai71852900) May 13, 2024
Agreed. They think they are indispensible and the disrespect comes from years of building up that arrogance and government failing to tackle the issue.
— Adi | 🇮🇳 (@AdiSpeaX) May 13, 2024
I can’t say all of them but mostly All🤷♂️🤦♂️
— THEGHOSTviews (@THEGHOSTviews) May 13, 2024
yep, Chennai’s auto/cab drivers are absolute worst. never faced any issue with cab/auto drivers in other states tbh.
— s m 🕊 (@kidsseeghosts06) May 13, 2024
Can’t agree more. It’s always double the money they quote.. but still they behave rudely as if we are traveling free!
— Karthik M A (@karthikprabha) May 13, 2024
True. The negotiations often ends once you start booking via Uber.
— Tharun Krishnamoorthy (@TharunKrishnam1) May 13, 2024
Couldn’t agree more
— Prathik (@aggi_petta) May 13, 2024
Been there felt the same
They ask for extra money
They are stubborn and doesn’t come to exact location and asks us to come off— emundhi LE padukO (@agent_bokka) May 13, 2024
People share unpleasant experiences from other cities as well.
It’s the same situation I faced in Madurai too
— sujan konakandla (@SujanKonakandla) May 13, 2024
The only unpleasant experience I encountered, I went to Coimbatore and the auto/cab drivers demand extra money depend on total fare, when asked why, they said it’s a fare for distance they’ve made to pick you up from your location without any active customer..
— Chandrashekher Iyer (@iyer532) May 13, 2024
Come to Coimbatore
— Harshini (@Harshini_SV) May 13, 2024
Means you’ve never experienced any incidents with Bangalore local drivers😂
They’ll even come to fight with you if you ain’t paying extra money 😂
Never book autos with namma yatri… you’ll regret doing it🫠— blade_babji_ (@blade_babji_) May 13, 2024
Wait until you visit Patna. 😂
— A. (@SwadesKaPardesi) May 13, 2024
No, Bangalore is the worst.
— Niranjan Ramarajan (@DrNiranjanR) May 13, 2024
You need to visit kerala. Your opinion will change.
— Lion Heart (@25centNY) May 13, 2024
We, for one, would have never thought Chennai would come on a list of cities with bad auto and cab drivers but we’re definitely surprised! Let us know your thoughts on this in the comments!
Cover Image Courtesy: Canva & X/@RamVenkatSrikar
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