"Right Taxi, Right Fare "- Jakarta

Was in Jakarta for almost 2 weeks for project. Heard lots from the local about "Right Taxi, Right Fare" and the locals recommended "BlueBird" taxi as they claimed the rest of the taxi drivers are not honors to the passangers.

I give myself a chance to experiment this. Today, after work from the customer site, I managed to catch a regular taxi. On the way to the destination, the taxi driver showed me the 50,000 Rp.. As i pretended that I do not understand indonesia language, at one point he stopped his car and ask for the help from another taxi driver of how to say "taxi fare is 50k Rp" in english. On the other hand, the other taxi driver told him that "money". He against keep telling me about "money" and showed the 50,000 Rp.

I pretended that I do not understand and turning my head and palm left and right. While almost close to the destination point, the taxi driver immediately reset the fare meter machine. I have noticed that and quickly shouted on him that "why do you reset your fare meter?" in english. He then showed me the 50,000 Rp and I keep asking the same question. Before he reset the fare meter, the taxi fare showed on the meter is 20,000 Rp. At the destination point, before I take off from the taxi, I showed my 2 fingers indicating of 20,000 Rp (assume that he comprehend the universal sign language :) ) whereas in return he showed me 30,000 Rp. I was really frustrated, pointing to the fare meter and taking out 25,000 Rp from my wallet. He has no accused to accept the money.

For everyone information, do not expect the taxi driver have your's change for the taxi fare. Treat the leftover as "Tips" for the taxi driver. Be realistic, 1,000 to 2,500 Rp is nothing really for foreigner as its only cost USD$0.10 to USD$0.25 approximately.

My advice -> take "BlueBird" or "SilverBird" as both are from the same group of company. The largest taxi group in Jakarta.