Meet your new public transport

By The Nation

 

The Transport Ministry has approved a new category of public transport entailing vehicles that can carry up to seven passengers and be booked in advance for specific purposes.

 

In an announcement published in the Royal Gazette on Monday (November 27), the ministry said it was prepared to issue licences for such vehicles, with the fare rate set at Bt150 for the first two kilometres.

 

Travellers who hail this form of transport from an airport or who give less than two hours’ advance notice would be charged more, up to Bt100. Hailing one via a radio communication centre or electronic system would cost up to Bt50 more.

 

The fare beyond two kilometres would be Bt12-Bt16 per kilometre when the vehicle is able to proceed at normal speed or above and Bt6 per kilometre when progress is slow, as in traffic jams.

 

Fares for journeys exceeding 300 kilometres would have to be negotiated between the driver and passenger.

 

Drivers issued licences for this form of public transit will be required to inform the Land Transport Department of their exact proposed fare rates 15 days in advance and must maintain those rates for at least 90 days.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30332684

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-11-28

Something like this ?

 

 

 

or this maybe 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 28, 20178 yr by Denim

do they burst into flames upon impact?

 

 

Can they double up as race cars so that exhausted drivers can also race them and crash 'em, just like in the video games? Cool!

 

All joking aside, this could be a good way to reduce road fatalities. Instead of 13-14 people being killed at a time, now the number of deaths will be halved to 6 or 7.

Edited November 28, 20178 yr by djayz

Will the brakes work and will the driver promise not to go to sleep while he's driving?

28 minutes ago, Denim said:

Something like this ?

 

 

 

or this maybe 

 

 

 

 

You beat me to it!

 

Hell, the Cambodians have had these for years!

 

...And.....Here's the Pattaya version.

 

22 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

do they burst into flames upon impact?

 

 

... might well be, reduced debris to clean up, very sophisticated ...

Question just remains: would that really be a 'new category' as they call it ...? 

Excist already many years. The Thai call them Pok-Pok, as the engine make that sound

2 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

do they burst into flames upon impact?

 

Only if you pay a supplement !

 

Does anyone else think this might be targetted at Uber, or other electronic/online ride-hailing schemes ?

In Thailand this is called a "Sky Lab".......eh ? Go to Koh Sichang off the coast of Sri Ratcha to ride on one.

 

 

Edited November 28, 20178 yr by lonewolf99
more info

is that per person or per bus?