A Reddit post by a Bengaluru man has gone viral, sparking widespread amazement after he shared his experience with an auto driver who used the meter to calculate the fare instead of verbally offering high-priced rates. In a city where auto rickshaw fares are reportedly subject to overpricing, the passenger was pleasantly surprised when the charge for his 11-kilometre ride totalled just a little more than ₹111.
The man took to Reddit, captioning his post, “Good auto drivers still exist in Bengaluru”. He revealed he was billed ₹170 for the trip.
Take a look at the Reddit post
Sharing the incident online, he attached a photo of the meter reading ₹166 for an 11.1 km ride. The meter bore the logo of a company called “Perfect,” which, actually, lived up to its name by providing a perfect and affordable fare.
The post quickly went viral, accumulating over 500 upvotes and triggering a wave of responses from amused Redditors.
Internet reacts
Many users expressed disbelief, with one asking whether the incident was real or an AI-imagined one. “Where’s the “Generated by AI” tag?”, the comment read.
Further, netizens wrote, “Autos in Bengaluru have meters?”
Another user shared a sense of nostalgia: “An auto going by the meter has made me nostalgic”
Others called the passenger lucky enough to ride an auto running on metre. One quipped, saying, “The kind of luck Namma RCB needs”.
When the passenger mentioned that the driver didn’t charge any extra amount, the internet was even more impressed. Netizens hailed the auto driver as a rare gem, calling him a “Dev manush auto driver” and “One in a million.”
