Taxi motorcyclist blocks Grab Bike passenger from using service

[rooster59]

Taxi motorcyclist blocks Grab Bike passenger from using service

By The Nation

 

A taxi motorcyclist blocked a passenger from using a Grab Bike service on Friday evening and came under strong criticisms by Facebook users after a clip of the aggression went viral.

 

A Facebook user using the account name Vee Thunyavee posted a clip on her Facebook wall of a taxi motorcyclist blocking her and a Grab Bike driver from leaving a soi near Chaksu Rattanin Hospital and Srinakharin Wiroj University at 5pm on Friday.

 

By Saturday afternoon, the clip had been viewed over 182,000 times, received over 3,000 reactions and shared over 1,800 times.

 

The Facebook user wrote that the taxi motorcyclist used his motorcycle to block the Grab Bike driver from driving from the scene. The taxi motorcyclist claimed that the service was illegal. When the Facebook user asked him whether he could give the same rate of fare as the Grab Bike service, the taxi motorcyclist would not reply.

 

The Facebook user wrote that she had to ask the Grab Bike rider to cancel the app contract for picking her up before walking to another spot to again use the app to call another Grab Bike rider.

 

“Vee” called the service to taker her to the Victory Monument for a charge of only Bt50, compared to Bt80 for the motorcycle taxi stand’s price. She wrote that she had used the app for a long time and so her status was upgraded to a “platinum” user and entitling her to a discount. She would be eligible to pay only Bt20 for the ride to Victory Monument, she wrote.

 

“Vee” wrote that she loved to use the Grab Bike service because the riders are normally polite and do not break traffic laws by riding on sidewalks as do taxi motorcyclists in her experience.

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30345808

 

 

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[holy cow cm]

For me a normal taxi bike is fine as not worried about money. For Thai, the extra savings is so well received and makes a big difference for them. For normal Thai taxi cars, I am a bit tired of their crap and their trying to always pull a fast one. Paying a few hundred baht extra is not well received.

[off road pat]

“Vee” wrote that she loved to use the Grab Bike service because the riders are normally polite and do not break traffic laws by riding on sidewalks as do taxi motorcyclists in her experience.

That's more than OK for me !!!

[sweatalot]

this behaviour of the taxi driver is a criminal act and it should be seen and punished as those.

Including cancelling their license (if they have one),

Inactive police should be seen as a crime as well.

[poanoi]

can i hire a grab bike taxi in pattaya ?

[happy chappie]

1 hour ago, holy cow cm said:

For me a normal taxi bike is fine as not worried about money. For Thai, the extra savings is so well received and makes a big difference for them. For normal Thai taxi cars, I am a bit tired of their crap and their trying to always pull a fast one. Paying a few hundred baht extra is not well received.

Well don't pay it.feeding the f- parasites.

Edited May 19, 2018 by happy chappie
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[Henrik Andersen]

This taxi mafia again and again make problem government need to take responsibility and cancel their license 

Thai and tourists is so tried of this mafia never polite always breaking the law and  over charge people and meny of them are on drugs I stop use them because of this I hope Thai people will continue to complain about them 

[happy chappie]

I was thinking why don't all these taxi scooter/car services join uber or grab and then I thought why would they when they can just rip people off and charge double for the same ride.its all boiling down to the taxi mafia that are losing out to uber-grab.

[smedly]

7 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

For me a normal taxi bike is fine as not worried about money. For Thai, the extra savings is so well received and makes a big difference for them. For normal Thai taxi cars, I am a bit tired of their crap and their trying to always pull a fast one. Paying a few hundred baht extra is not well received.

what ?

 

If people want to use Grab that is up to them, no thug should be stopping them

 

Time the police (who until now) have a very obvious and well known vested interest in the taxi mafia - they run it

 

Chan (O) cha needs to deal with this now

[smedly]

1 hour ago, happy chappie said:

I was thinking why don't all these taxi scooter/car services join uber or grab and then I thought why would they when they can just rip people off and charge double for the same ride.its all boiling down to the taxi mafia that are losing out to uber-grab.

because the fare is written in stone, A- B this much, now if a punter wishes to give a tip (which I probably would) then "fare" enough, as it is now it is just rip off farang…...Grab no more rip off 

[atyclb]

10 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

This taxi mafia again and again make problem government need to take responsibility and cancel their license 

Thai and tourists is so tried of this mafia never polite always breaking the law and  over charge people and meny of them are on drugs I stop use them because of this I hope Thai people will continue to complain about them 

 

 

last night in bkk some of the taxis that stop but just roll down a window do do not have the required photo id on the dash plastic retainer, had nothing there. of course they refused normal metered fares. the army needs to use plain-clothed staff to pose as pedestrians and treat these low life taxi drivers harshly

[Bangkok Barry]

4 hours ago, atyclb said:

 

 

last night in bkk some of the taxis that stop but just roll down a window do do not have the required photo id on the dash plastic retainer, had nothing there. of course they refused normal metered fares. the army needs to use plain-clothed staff to pose as pedestrians and treat these low life taxi drivers harshly

 

I've written before that that is exactly what needs to be done. None of the 'cracking down' in one spot for one afternoon once a year nonsense. Get the army out there. What else do they do all day anyway? Send out a few hundred of them and withdraw the licence of anyone who breaks the law. The message would get around very quickly.

Too much of this country is run by pathetic small-time mobsters who know they can operate that way with impunity. A couple or so decades ago NYC police operated a zero tolerance policy against even the smallest criminal act and that resulted in a massive reduction in crime which changed it from being a lawless place to one that was infinitely safer and more pleasant to live in. That's what I read anyway - the reality might have been different and I stand to be corrected.

Edited May 20, 2018 by Bangkok Barry

[atyclb]

3 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

I've written before that that is exactly what needs to be done. None of the 'cracking down' in one spot for one afternoon once a year nonsense. Get the army out there. What else do they do all day anyway? Send out a few hundred of them and withdraw the licence of anyone who breaks the law. The message would get around very quickly.

Too much of this country is run by pathetic small-time mobsters who know they can operate that way with impunity. A couple or so decades ago NYC police operated a zero tolerance policy against even the smallest criminal act and that resulted in a massive reduction in crime which changed it from being a lawless place to one that was infinitely safer and more pleasant to live in. That's what I read anyway - the reality might have been different and I stand to be corrected.

 

bravo.

 

impound the taxi also so the owner must pay hefty fees to retrieve it. this will help insure the drivers (if not owner driver) will stop the bs. perhaps require an escrow deposit from renting drivers in case the taxi is impounded.

 

hit them in the wallet

[baansgr]

20 hours ago, poanoi said:

can i hire a grab bike taxi in pattaya ?

Yes Soi 9 Beach Road, number 31 is a nice chap 

[jacko45k]

On 5/20/2018 at 12:01 AM, sweatalot said:

this behaviour of the taxi driver is a criminal act and it should be seen and punished as those.

Including cancelling their license (if they have one),

Inactive police should be seen as a crime as well.

MC Taxi guys seem to feel they are an arm of the police and can act on their behalf, likely with more force!

[smedly]

50 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

MC Taxi guys seem to feel they are an arm of the police and can act on their behalf, likely with more force!

they wear a different uniform

 

same objective and pretty much same level of training

[LennyW]

10 hours ago, baansgr said:

Yes Soi 9 Beach Road, number 31 is a nice chap 

Ha ha, yes, where the police did bugger all the DLT has now taken over on this one.......