Video: Seconds out Round 100! Taxi drivers fighting in the street AGAIN

[webfact]

Video: Seconds out Round 100! Taxi drivers fighting in the street AGAIN

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Someone put music usually associated with Thai boxing on a video that showed warring taxi drivers.

 

In perhaps the understatement of the century Sanook reported locals as saying "this has happened before".

 

This time the war was in Soi ABAC that leads to the university in Samut Prakarn. There was a disagreement over who had the right to pick up uni students from the rank outside a dormitory.

 

Several drivers were seen with knives and lumps of wood - a female trader in her apron also got involved in the melee. Fortunately no one was injured this time.

 

Locals said shots were fired before.

 

Police have called in the drivers to explain themselves.

 

Thai news media reports trouble between taxi drivers on an almost daily basis in Thailand.

 

Source: Sanook

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-09-07

 

[Rhys]

Use the force...

[Thaiwrath]

16 minutes ago, webfact said:

Someone put music usually associated with Thai boxing on a video that showed warring taxi drivers.

I think the Benny Hill music would have been more appropriate !

Edited September 7, 2018 by Thaiwrath

[Justgrazing]

A close points decision to the dude in the purple shirt methinks for aggression and blows landed .. Loved the accompanying music though ..

[Oziex1]

These are the guys who return misplaced valuables?  

 

Hmm!

[rkidlad]

Buddha won't be pleased. 

[colinneil]

Amazing Thailand. These clowns should not be allowed behind a wheel let alone driving the public.

Bloody animals, this is not good for the image of the country.

Latest headline, taxi driver return 500.000 baht to a tourist.

[dotpoom]

24 minutes ago, Oziex1 said:

These are the guys who return misplaced valuables?  

 

Hmm!

Of course not...it's really just good hearted people who do so using the name of a Taxi driver?

[KamnanT]

"Rent-seeking is an individual's or entity's use of company, organizational or individual resources to obtain economic gain without reciprocating any benefits to society through wealth creation."

 

This economic concept is such a big part of the Thai economy - the ability to profit (or to profit excessively) by placing artificial restrictions on who can and can't sell goods or deliver services in a given market. 

 

"This is MY corner - you can't sell here."

"Only MY customers can park in the public road in front of MY shop."

"Only MY group can pick up passengers here."

 

The end result is that everyone, inevitably, pays an inflated price for whatever is on offer.

[Lupatria]

32 minutes ago, Oziex1 said:

These are the guys who return misplaced valuables?  

 

Hmm!

By now I suspect the guys who misplace the money, and the guy who gives it back always return to their desk at the TAT office after the photo op.

[yougivemebaby]

I have no idea why people would choose grab or uber Vs these guys. You would miss all the smelly drama ! 

[Happy Grumpy]

54 minutes ago, webfact said:

no one was injured

 

They've got machetes and big 2 by 4's!

 

 

Handbags if ever there were some.

 

[IamNoone88]

I cannot hear the music but assume it was to something by "Simple Minds"

[ThaiTrav]

emmmm.I was thinking like putting the 3 stooges theme under it!!!!

[ajarnmarc]

Taxi service is very stress at the moment. With the decline in foreign passengers, it's all the foreigner fault for the cut in their revenues. Is what they continue to tell me, not that they refuse to use the meter, or keep their cars crap free of their personal items. This is what they have always done, and it was not a problem before, they told me. 

They then went on to ask me, so why you think foreigners have problem? 

We always do business like this, they stated. 

Everyone fine with service.

No foreigners just want check fare, and when we can not do, they get angry, several taxi drivers stated. As having a conversation with just one, ended up with him calling over several others to jump in the small talk I was willing to make, when they kept pushing me to use their service.

Failing to understand or willing to understand that I didn't need their service, I drove my car.

[manta]

Should revoke their licences same as in the UK.

[MaxLee]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Police have called in the drivers to explain themselves.

500 Baht each, Wai, case closed

[klauskunkel]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Fortunately no one was injured this time.

... and why would that be "fortunate"?

[chrisinth]

What was that all about then? Actually seemed staged to me; defending taxi driver waiting for the plank (with the plank) to get across the road and then hacking away at said plank.

 

At second 47 of the clip, if I was the guy with the wood, I would have been very concerned about the male with the knife coming in from behind to take the weapon away from me. If this was for real, I think there might have been a bit of claret spilled on the ground.

[Destiny1990]

They don’t look very fit for those heavy sticks..

[retsdon]

Poor people fighting for their living is now posted for the amusement of the better off. But it was ever thus.

[spidermike007]

A modern day Thai sword fight. Imagine if any of them had any fighting skill? More like Laurel and Hardy. Unfortunately, the taxi drivers here do not reflect the best of Thai society. LOL. 

[trianglechoke]

Well that old bird taking control has put a massive smile on my face lol

 

[trianglechoke]

Don't worry, I have been informed it won't effect terrorism.... I mean tourism 

[Easy Come Easy Go]

the old lady getting involved too ?

[metisdead]

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Edited September 7, 2018 by metisdead

[Saraphee]

3 minutes ago, metisdead said:

Offensive posts have been removed. 

It's a pity offensive taxi drivers aren't removed.

[soistalker]

Unfortunately, no one was hurt.

[4MyEgo]

This is the result you get when you cross one uneducated taxi driver with another uneducated taxi driver...lol

 

I used to drive at night when doing my degree, and the amount of times I would get overtaken by another taxi driver on the main road of George Street Sydney so that they could get a fair was laughable, I mean there were literally hundreds of people out and about wanting a taxi, but nope, they had to pass the lead taxi to be the first one to take a pick of the crop, can't help stupid.

 

Have only ever caught a hand full of times in Thailand over a decade, and once from the airport (excluding Phuket), when the taxi driver told me he wanted double the amount for the usual fair, I said no thanks will catch the bus, might take me two hours as opposed to one hour, but I will bus it, he then tried to bargain with me, I got my bus ticket and he then said ok to the normal price, that's when I said too late, I cut my ticket which was about 60 baht, and you missed out on a 1,000 baht fair.

 

The bus ride was enjoyable, with rural folk, one with a chicken under his arm, a lady with a couple of young babies, with the others on the bus all helping out taking turns to look after the babies, it was an experience everyone should have every now and again, as for taxi drivers here in Thailand, not one baht, if I ever have to require the services of a taxi, I would rather pay a little more and hire a car.

Edited September 7, 2018 by 4MyEgo

[RichardColeman]

Having to have someone show you how to use a piece of wood must seriously make your ability to drive quite questionable.