Gloves off in yet another Taxi vs Uber Pattaya fistfight!

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

PATTAYA: -- Everyone has forgotten which round it is - there has been so much trouble between taxi drivers and Uber in Pattaya.

 

But on this occasion someone who stepped in to try and stop a fight ended up making it worse.

 

In the Blue (shirt) Corner was the taxi driver and in the White was Uber.

 

They started going for it because the taxi driver said he was picking up a paying client - the Uber guy claimed he was just picking up a mate.

 

Then the big guy in the Purple corner took over. It was fists, knees and elbows after that with some sound effects thrown in for good measure.

 

Thai Rath said that the action came from the "Meung Ru Yang - Pattaya" page on Facebook and that it had occurred somewhere in North Pattaya on Sunday.

 

The woman providing commentary intimated there had been a collision leading up to the initial fight.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

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This is reminiscent of the Luddite movement in Britain during the early 19th century. As ABBA would later sing "the history book on the shelf, is always repeating itself". Very sad. 

3 minutes ago, marginline said:

 

This is reminiscent of the Luddite movement in Britain during the early 19th century

 

It's still there. The socialist-controlled Transport for London Authority has withdrawn Uber's licence with effect from the end of this month, although they have the right of appeal.

Yes, Eff1n2ret. The effect in London I read will mean a £10 ride in an Uber cab, will go up to £30 if TfL does get its way!
For me here in Pattaya, a 3.6km ride from home to work costs me just ฿100- using Uber and although I have only used them when it's been raining, ฿100- is what I give the motorcycle taxi driver too.

uber is amazing and I use it all the time. Bangkok taxis by meter are typically cheaper than uber, so uber is so convenient that I use it a lot here anyway. outside bangkok, uber is SO much cheaper and way better service.

 

I asked a tax in pattaya for a trip from soi 2 to sky gallery and he said 200 baht. i called and uber and the same trip was 93 baht. 

 

taxi scum ....

I agree with you Metapod. FWIW the exact same 3.6km journey using GrabTaxi is ฿235-. Oh, and a Pattaya Taxi charges at least ฿250- and one has the added inconvenience of having to flag down this mode of transport, from the side of the road.

Think it was in or near  Makro car park north pattaya.

There was a massive gathering of Taxi drivers in the North bus terminal around

5:30 yesterday,  heated arguments going on.

 

Good luck to Uber drivers.

A fair price form fair people.  

Down with the Mafia Taxi scum of pattaya 

Would be good if Uber also added a tip feature at the completion of the ride. I'd happily tip my uber drivers an extra 10 baht for most trips. had nothing but pleasant experiences so far.

Blimey, in that final picture on the right, I do believe the knee is really hitting 'home' ?

"The rumble in the jungle".

1 hour ago, Metapod said:

Would be good if Uber also added a tip feature at the completion of the ride. I'd happily tip my uber drivers an extra 10 baht for most trips. had nothing but pleasant experiences so far.

You can. There is an option to select a percentage for a tip on your account which gets added on to the approximate fare when you book. At least on my account there is.

3 hours ago, Eff1n2ret said:

It's still there. The socialist-controlled Transport for London Authority has withdrawn Uber's licence with effect from the end of this month, although they have the right of appeal.

 

Tsk tsk. The Hon. Mayor of London said it's all to do with the immoral Uber not bothering to check and/or register the background of all it's drivers; ignoring those with sexual crime records.

 

Got to keep the ladies safe - Hail Sadiq. He who never lies and is never wrong.

And the security guard is just standing by and doing F all.

25 minutes ago, Diamondbob said:

And the security guard is just standing by and doing F all.

For the pay they are getting they won't risk getting a punch.

I personally know a hotel where the guard gets 15k while the head chef makes 12k.

 

One of them actually works and the other one just sits around, lifting the gate like once an hour. Low pay my ass.

What is the taxi (all kinds) supply and demand situation here ?

And also where do they sell popcorn around here ?

Couple of nice punches thrown and of course the knee to the Newington Butts. (guts) No swords or guns for change.

It's my old car.

I sold it to a travel agency six months ago.

Probably they just would pick up a guest and take him to a hotel.

Not an Uber this time either.

good fight

Another example of the policy: Scams and ripoff’s “Я us”

2 hours ago, phartley58 said:

You can. There is an option to select a percentage for a tip on your account which gets added on to the approximate fare when you book. At least on my account there is.

 

I don't want to tip pre-trip though. 

Violence= Pattaya=violence. This "news" paper starts to become the local news of Pattaya lately.

 

If only they fought that hard to turn on the meter...

Must have been a hell of a juicy fare if they are fighting over that. 

Taxi and public transport boil down to law, regulation and order - to be implemented by the police; latter not a part of the solution but the problem in its own right! 

1 hour ago, Metapod said:

 

I don't want to tip pre-trip though. 

Why is handing over your 10 baht tip to the driver in cash a problem?

Agree with Uber or not it is the customers right to chose not the mafia taxi drivers

Great fight! 

I am calling Uber from now on, I am sick of this Pattaya mafia taxi mob. 

5 hours ago, Diamondbob said:

And the security guard is just standing by and doing F all.

 

of course he is, he's not stupid.