Taxis with Meters in New Jersey? (Paramus, Rutherford: live in, price, law)

[NowOrNever]

Are there any Taxis with meters in New Jersey that don't just give a non-fixed price? I need to take one from Paramus or East Rutherford and would like to know! It's for this morning, last minute meeting.

[Calico696]

There are no taxis at all where I live in Warren County, just private car services. But I remember there being taxis with meters when I lived in Essex County. I would think there should be metered taxis in most of the urban areas.

[VeradoDan]

Metered taxis are generally located where there is a law that they have to have them. In my area, we have a lot of nightlife so there are tons of taxi services and none of them have meters. You usually just tell the driver where you're going and negotiate a price.

Personally, I don't really like this practice (seems like something you'd do on vacation in South America or something) but that's how it seems to be in most places.

[solibs]

In my limited experience with suburban cabs I've usually told them where I wanted to go, they would relay the info to the dispatcher and the dispatcher would come back a few seconds later with the price.
I think they work on a zone system.

But if you know when/where you're going you can call to arrange the trip ahead of time and they'll tell you the price.