Charging for time
Every fare has a per-minute rate. Whether it applies all the time or only when the car slows down is a choice, and both live on the Time rules screen — open a fare in the fare editor and tap its time-handling row.
Only when the car is slow
The classic taximeter arrangement, and the one most local rules expect. Set Only charge by minute when in low speed to YES and give it a threshold.
Below that speed the meter charges time and not distance. Above it, distance and not time. One fare covers the whole trip: moving traffic is billed by the mile or kilometre, and stationary traffic, red lights and waiting at the kerb are billed by the minute — without you switching anything.
The threshold must be above zero. Left at 0 the app never charges for time at all, because no speed is ever below it. If your time charge appears to do nothing, this is the first thing to check.
Always
Set the same option to NO and the per-minute rate applies on every tick, whatever the speed, on top of the distance charge. Fares advertised as “so much per kilometre and so much per minute” work this way, as do pure waiting tariffs.
Before the meter starts
A fare can also grant a waiting allowance at the pickup, counted down before any time charge begins. That is on the same screen, and time rules covers it.
If time still is not being charged
- The threshold is 0 — see above.
- Fare per minute is 0 in the fare itself. The rule decides when time is charged; the rate decides how much.
- The fare includes mileage that has not been driven yet, and its rule is to hold back or waive the time charge until it has. See idle time with a minimum mileage .
More on fares:
Time rules ▪︎ Fare editor ▪︎ Fare rules ▪︎ Idle time with a minimum mileage
