If you have traveled to New York City, you have probably experienced an adventure in a taxicab. Whether your driver cursed out the pizza delivery guy on his bicycle or told you his life story while barely keeping his eyes on the road, in stepping into that yellow car, you are almost guaranteed to walk into a new adventure. The new taxi escapade, however, has been revealed as a more discreet trick to the passenger. It has recently been discovered that over the past two years, cab drivers have been cheating passengers by pushing a button that switches the fare to the highest suburban rate, essentially doubling the rider’s cab fare. Unbeknownst to the passenger until now, NYC cab drivers have brought in $8 million dollars of dishonest fares over the past two years. Luckily, this information was revealed through meter technology and will now continue to be closely monitored at Taxi headquarters. New technology will alert passengers if they are being charged the suburban rate, and GPS devices will read when a cab is crossing into suburban territory and automatically switch fares on its own, instead of the driver pushing a button manually. The city certainly is a wild concrete jungle where lack of street smarts will surely leave you with a giant hole in your pocket. For now, when getting into your cab, make sure the meter reads “Zone 1.” If it reads “Zone 4,” you’re being had.  — Courtney Centeno, account executive