Auto quitting day

Heard people of Bangalore and Mumbai planning a day for quitting auto rickshaw in protest of the exorbitant rates they are charging. If this is true, it is high time that we need to do it and support it. Because

Autos won't come to the place where we want to go. Instead we should go where they want to go.
Traffic, rain, no return trip, evening, night, early morning, mid-noon are only some among the "extremely valid" reasons what auto drivers will tell us before they are asking for double fare.
Meters when they are working,(very rare, if you came across one you can safely pick up a lottery that day) they are faster than the speedo-meter of a Ferrari.

We cant avoid using autos completely. What we need from Government is scientifically planning the auto fares and enforcing them. We need auto drivers unions to take up these issues in their own self interest.

There can be peak hour charges for compensating the traffic jams in peak hours. Especially in mornings and evenings. This can in fact as a deterrent for people to plan their travel better. (Avoid peak hour if they are planning to use autos).

There has to be pre-paid auto counters in front of major auto pick up points. Having them only in commercial street and railway station wont do the trick. We need them in front of all tech parks like Bagmane, Embassy Golf Link, Electronic City, Manyata etc... The tech park managements has to co-operate with auto unions and traffic police for implementing this. If the merchants of Commercial street can do this, why not the promoters of tech parks. We as employees should talk to our respective HR departments for pressing the same.

To be fare to the auto drivers, I really appreciate the concern and care they show during accidents. When most of us while coming across an accident scene on our way wont even bother to down our tilted glasses and continue our comfortable AC journeys, auto drivers will be the first ones to pick up the people and take them to hospitals. The service what they are rendering during these critical situations is really priceless.

What we need mechanisms to avoid conflicts between commuters and auto drivers. Scientific fares, proper mechanisms to enforce the same can go a long way in avoiding these conflicts.