Drivers respond to bargaining

Destination: Canary Wharf

Real fare: £20 We offered: £15

Would they haggle? Yes

Final fare: £15

Taxi driver: "It is up to the individual driver. I don't do it on the whole as there is plenty of work on the streets. Loads of people try to haggle, mostly when they are drunk."

Start point: Clapham Junction

Destination: Wimbledon

Real fare: £17

We offered: £12 Would they haggle? Yes

Final fare: £12

Taxi driver: "I wouldn't normally haggle, but I make exceptions. For example, if it was late at night, and if it was on my way home."

Start point: Clapham Junction

Destination: Putney Heath Real fare: ?8

We offered: £5

Would they haggle? Yes

Final fare: £6

Taxi driver: "I don't normally, but I would for a young lady on her own."

Start point: Charing Cross

Destination: East Ham

Real fare: £25

We offered: £15

Would they haggle? No

Taxi driver: "All this about it being new rules is rubbish. People have always tried to haggle. If a driver feels a jobs suits them at the negotiated price, he'd do it regardless of the meter."

Start point: Clapham Junction

Destination: Soho

Real fare: £20

We offered: £10

Would they haggle? No

Taxi driver: "I don't think it's fair to haggle. It causes arguments with the passenger, which is what happens in minicabs."

Start point: Clapham Junction

Destination: Notting Hill

Real fare: £18 We offered: £13

Would they haggle? No

Taxi driver: "Haggling is robbing me of work. I go by the meter, and things have just got fairer for me as the fares have gone up."