snoop1130 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Songtaew Drivers Surround Grab Car, Demand Laws Enforced by CityNews CityNews – A gang of songtaew drivers surrounded a Grab Car driver with their passenger inside, angered by the car sharing service stealing their jobs. After the incident was defused at the Arcade Bus Station, the group of irate drivers gathered at the 33rd Military Circle Kawila Camp to file a complaint against Grab, claiming the service is illegal in Thailand, citing the Road Traffic Act, Vehicle Act and Land Transport Act. Full Story: http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news/songtaew-drivers-surround-grab-car-demand-laws-enforced/ -- © Copyright Chiang City News 2018-7-2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 how can one human complain about another human; who wants to sit in a vehicle that has got seat belts? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sweatalot Posted July 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2018 ever heard about competition ? Just get better. Grab service is much better than yours. On the other hand their will always be customers who find it convenient to get a ride within short time without having to call and wait for somebody. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kannot Posted July 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2018 Next time Ill get ten friends to surround a taxi that wont take me where I ask and demand the law is enforced.........Im sure thatll do it. 14 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Darcula Posted July 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2018 2 hours ago, snoop1130 said: A gang of songtaew drivers The picture is not very clear. Are they wearing police uniforms? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thian Posted July 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2018 Driving taxi without meter is also illegal in Thailand, they all do it in Pattaya though. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mok199 Posted July 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2018 (edited) A gaggle of songteaw drivers want laws obeyed...that's redicurous Edited July 2, 2018 by mok199 speliings 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Which laws would those be? I'm sure the Songtaew experts could enlighten us as to which laws are being broken. After all, they're extremely knowledgeable in that area. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ulic Posted July 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 2, 2018 So they want the laws enforced except when those laws apply to them. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieqw Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Must be against the law to act in a threatening way to a passenger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nowisee Posted July 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2018 IF they had a understandable service route, honest and fair rate system, and safe/clean vehicles, Grab would not even be a threat. BUT THEY DON'T. They should go back to the drawing board and come up with a better business model. Why do they think WE (me) the public want to be forced to continue to use their crap? That is greedy arrogance. Either co-exist or change. Wake up CM to the existence of innovation and change. Get this blue bus system in high gear. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post klauskunkel Posted July 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2018 14 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Songtaew Drivers Surround Grab Car next: Budget Airline pilots surround Helicopter 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loaded Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 They have families, bills, responsibilities and their ability to cope is now threatened. What they are doing is a normal human reaction. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqwakvfr Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Grab is one of the looming threats to the SongThaew Community. I have taken the Blue Bus from the KSK many times in the last month to Airport Plaza, Central Festival, Airport and the Old City. As many know the cost is 20 baht, the buses have AC, are rarely crowded, and the longest I have had to wait was 20 minutes. What next? Are they going to block a blue bus? They are being challenged by better and cheaper travel options. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post holy cow cm Posted July 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2018 So what about all the tout Thai private vehicle owners who park outside hotels waiting to get a passengers down on Loy Kroh near night Bazzar? That is 1000% illegal too but no hissy fits and anger about that! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 16 hours ago, Darcula said: The picture is not very clear. Are they wearing police uniforms? No, but in normal Thai style they're 8 against 1, which shuould get their message through.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rama Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 hmmm.could it be the ripoff prices that the songtaew drivers and tuktuks demand from farang at the bus station? why not post prices for tuktuks and songtaews? if you're livelihood depends upon cheating people, then better to find another livelihood. hiding behind government regulations doesn't justify ripping off. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrunner Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Pot calling the kettle, etc..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anythingleft? Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 The irony.... entitlement in all its glory....Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenside Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) On 7/3/2018 at 10:07 AM, sqwakvfr said: Grab is one of the looming threats to the SongThaew Community. I have taken the Blue Bus from the KSK many times in the last month to Airport Plaza, Central Festival, Airport and the Old City. As many know the cost is 20 baht, the buses have AC, are rarely crowded, and the longest I have had to wait was 20 minutes. What next? Are they going to block a blue bus? They are being challenged by better and cheaper travel options. Interested to see you say "rarely crowded". I have made it a point to note the number of passengers using this potentially excellent service when I see a bus and have never seen one carrying more than 6 people. I would love to see this trial work since CM urgently needs a viable public transport system but the prospects look gloomy to me. Not only are the vehicles themselves too big, but I see cars parked in front of bus stops and in at least one case a nearby vendor using the seats to store his (or her) supplies in the shade. The buses sometimes don't stop if they can't see a waiting passenger either. Sadly, what this amounts to is the all too common lack of planning and support probably leading to a verdict of "discontinued due to lack of demand". Edited July 4, 2018 by Greenside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Johnnyondaspot Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 The fact that these red trucks are still around and are the most popular form of transport says a lot. It's unbelievable that haggling with a driver and then riding in the back of his pick-up truck is the mode of transport here. It is 2018 for heavens sake. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassosa Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 (edited) Could it be that we one day look back in nostalgia, remembering the Songthaew of bygone days? Nope, probably not. Feel bad for the guys (drivers) buying into this retarded method of transport though. As others have mentioned, it would've been easy for Songthaews to stay somewhat relevant (emissions, smoke?), but they couldn't be bothered. Edited July 5, 2018 by Bassosa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChakaKhan Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 On 7/3/2018 at 11:52 PM, Greenside said: Interested to see you say "rarely crowded". I have made it a point to note the number of passengers using this potentially excellent service when I see a bus and have never seen one carrying more than 6 people. I would love to see this trial work since CM urgently needs a viable public transport system but the prospects look gloomy to me. Not only are the vehicles themselves too big, but I see cars parked in front of bus stops and in at least one case a nearby vendor using the seats to store his (or her) supplies in the shade. The buses sometimes don't stop if they can't see a waiting passenger either. Sadly, what this amounts to is the all too common lack of planning and support probably leading to a verdict of "discontinued due to lack of demand". Is this the new blue bus service I think I read a thread about in CM?....20 bt for different routes around CM Will be back in 6 weeks and would def like to check it out as I watch the BIB pull over Chinese mbike riders.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naboo Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 I thought Grab and the Songthaews had teamed up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassosa Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 4 hours ago, naboo said: I thought Grab and the Songthaews had teamed up? Grab adding songthaews as a transport option in the app was purely symbolical. To shut them up, at least for a while. If you use the app you'll see that a red truck is more expensive than an airconditioned car! Intended to buy some time and undoubtedly employ other tactics. I tried the red truck app and tried to book a songthaew, just for shits and giggles. Couldn't make it work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy chappie Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 I was thinking why don't they all join grab/uber but looking at it they won't be able to rip anyone off and would soon break all the rules of these companies and be booted out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 5 hours ago, happy chappie said: I was thinking why don't they all join grab/uber but looking at it they won't be able to rip anyone off and would soon break all the rules of these companies and be booted out. I hope that doesn't occur to them. The last thing I want to see when I request a Grab and expect an air conditioned car with seatbelts is one of those smoke belching songthaews pull up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Why cant they just become Grab drivers , all of them ? They would earn more money for sure. Must be some mafia run operation this. If you leave the grooup you'll probably end up dead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon537687643 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Ah the mafia transport psychos of CM! Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kekalot Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 23 hours ago, happy chappie said: I was thinking why don't they all join grab/uber but looking at it they won't be able to rip anyone off and would soon break all the rules of these companies and be booted out. because Grab would rip us off instead of them, they can't have that! Bang Kapi to Mochit Terminal (40m or so drive), friend suggests I use Grab, the car fare was 255 and the motorbike I think 160 or so. I had a laugh, went out and took the first cab I saw (30 seconds) and made it to Mochit for 165 baht If I had taken Grab I would have had to wait for the closest Grab which from the app seemed to be 5+ minutes away and pay 90 baht more for what? it's not like its faster or more convenient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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