Yellow plates for all passenger-carrying motorcycle taxis by next February

By Jitraporn Senwong 
The Nation

 

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Motorcycle taxi drivers in the “sharing economy” will be able to more easily obtain proper licences to provide public transport services during a special application period July 1-August 31 offered by the Department of Land Transport (DLT).

 

Grab Bike and other drivers under smartphone apps, will be able to apply for the yellow licence plates on those dates, with approved licences issued by October 31 and vehicle registration for use in public transportation completed by February next year, said DLT director-general Sanit Phromwong at a press conference on Thursday.

 

Sanit shared the decisions of the four-party committee’s meeting about the third phase of re-regulating motorcycle taxi services.

 

Authorities had re-regulated 5,800 motorcycle taxi stands (the stands are locally called “wins”) covering 87,179 taxi riders in Bangkok City and another 2,688 stands covering 63,944 taxi riders in Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani and Samut Prakan as of the end of 2017, said another committee member, Maj-General Piyapong Klinpan, commander of the 11th Military Circle.

 

Representatives of the conventional motorcycle taxis, who joined the meeting and were at the press conference, insisted they had nothing against the app-based peers but that all drivers abide by the law. Only those with yellow licence plates could give passengers rides, they said.

 

Those representatives admitted that drivers of conventional taxis must adjust and improve their service to woo passengers.

 

“We are closer [via human interaction] to passengers than these apps,” they said.

 

Grab Bike representatives said they were willing to let motorcycle taxi riders join its app-based service. The company representatives also agreed that current Grab Bike drivers would require the yellow-licence plates to give passengers rides, while those with white licence plates would provide food and document delivery.

 

Those wishing to renew current licences or to apply for approval for a conventional motorcycle taxis could also apply at the DLT offices at the same time as those for app-based services.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30346697

 

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Gosh how exciting, yellow  plates, I hope they wear red  hats as  well and green booties

By february ?...very nice...but for an estimation, february of which year  ?!! ?

38 minutes ago, kannot said:

Gosh how exciting, yellow  plates, I hope they wear red  hats as  well and green booties

 

The yellow plates designate they are legally allowed to carry passengers for profit. All taxis, (motorcycle and car) and buses are supposed to registered to carry passengers, this is designated by the issuing of yellow plates, what this announcement is doing is making Grab and similar organisations a legit service.

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Authorities had re-regulated 5,800 motorcycle taxi stands (the stands are locally called “wins”) covering 87,179 taxi riders in Bangkok City

Surely this is total BS and lies. Nothing seems to have changed around the Sukhumvit sois in BKK. I counted them yesterday and there were only 87, 175. 

i can see cans of yellow aerosol paint whizzing off the shelves already, and whats this about having a licence, the guy who booted that tourist in the face didnt have one , like a few thousand others i suspect

1 hour ago, Cadbury said:

Surely this is total BS and lies. Nothing seems to have changed around the Sukhumvit sois in BKK. I counted them yesterday and there were only 87, 175. 

You need to get out more.

And what exactly will change apart from the colour of the number plate? Will a superior service automatically follow (Sorry for that I am having a laughing fit after writing it)?

Will probably go the same way as all motorcycle to have ID clearly showing including one in a visible pocket on the back of their vest.

Will they also have to show passenger insurance to obtain licences, or is that a silly question . 

You are risking your life riding on the back of a motorcycle in Thailand. Get a taxi cab, van, sontaew or bus and live to see another day.

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Amazing that the fleet of rip-off no-meter tuk-tuks still isn't regulated.  Once again... T.I.T.

Background checks?  Penalties for no yellow plate?

On 5/31/2018 at 8:56 PM, Chang_paarp said:

 

The yellow plates designate they are legally allowed to carry passengers for profit. All taxis, (motorcycle and car) and buses are supposed to registered to carry passengers, this is designated by the issuing of yellow plates, what this announcement is doing is making Grab and similar organisations a legit service.

And in my home country there is  no colour system at all all number plates are the same colour and I suspect many other countries, just more unnecessary bureaucratic nonsense.....imo , just need a licence with name and face  on display. Why not  just say "Grab" is legal? nice and clear

Glad to hear that all other problems are solved and now, the last straw, will be yellow plates. Well done!