What do these numbers (1, 2, 3) on taxi roofs mean?
Last week I was in Sevilla, Spain, and I noticed some of the taxis (but not all of them) were displaying a digit (often a 1 or 2, sometimes a 3) on their roof. The number was yellow on the front side and red on the rear side. What could these numbers mean? It wasn't the number of passengers or the number of free seats, as far as I could see.
The first taxi has a clearly visible 1, the second one was displaying a 2.
Two other two taxis seen from the rear, the nearest one showing a 1, the other one a 2 (IIRC).
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Tariffs are made highly visible in many places in order to keep the drivers honest. It would otherwise be easy for a driver to select the expensive out of town tariff while on a local journey in town and get paid a lot more for the journey. For example, it may be that the driver should only move to the most expensive tariff (3) when leaving the outskirts of town. If the local enforcement or police see a vehicle driving in the centre of town on tariff 3 they could then take action.
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