Autos Auotos everywhere, but not one to go to your place......

Well this is not something new!! I guess almost all of us have faced it and will continue facing it!!
Faulty meters are something that we have learnt to accept in our stride. I live in the south west corner (HSR Layout) of the Silicon Valley (B'lore), it is only 11 to 12 kilometers (depending on which way I take) from the place where I work. Earlier to the AUTO fare hike I used to shell out anywhere between Rs. 66/- to Rs.75/- for the trip to office. Back home was always a nightmare, as it is always after sunset that I leave the office. "Sir, HSRaaa?", is the usual reply when I plead them to come to my place. Depending on the emphasis of the "R", the excess rates used to vary. There have been instances where I have shelled Rs. 150/- to reach home, (I know sounds crazy, but, after spending 2 and half days in the office, I just wanted to go home and hit the bed).
But now after the AUTO fare hike these guys sport a rate conversion card, that is supposed to show the new fare for the old. But surprisingly, I see that the fares in the meters for the same trip to office from home is now anywhere between Rs. 75/- to Rs. 95 /-. On top of that they show the conversion chart and fleece money.
As though this is not enough, some of them have the audacity to ask for Rs. 20/- more on the meter. I have complained umpteen times in police stations inside Bangalore (Bengalooru is the politically correct word nowadays), Frazer town, Austin town, Indiranagar, Airport road, HSR Layout, Koramangala, Rajajinagar, Malleshwaram are some of the police stations where I have lodged complaints. But nowadays I have stopped doing it, after I realized that this way the cops fleece money from the Auto-fella and let him go. So this fella will have a grudge and will invariably take it out on the next customer that he gets by demanding excess money!
I guess it is a vicious circle. I guess I am chasing an UTOPIA, by wanting to travel fairly in the streets of Bengalooru. There is a saying in Kannada, the official language of Bengalooru, "hootitha gunna sootaru hogala". Meaning the characteristics with which one is born refuses to leave you even if you are burnt. So till the day Auto fellas don't tamper with meter, take you to any place you want to go and till they speak to you cordially.........