Bangkok cabbie has license suspended for dumping Korean passengers

 

 

A taxi driver has been fined a total of 2,000 baht and had his license suspended for one month for dumping two Korean passengers.

 

Officials from the Land Transport Department took action against taxi driver Surachart Artwongsa, 43, after he had a disagreement with two passengers who he said were speaking a language he did not understand.

 

The passengers were later discovered to be Korean, one of whom was a famous TV personality who posted a video of his ordeal on social media.

 

According to Korean TV presenter Kim Woo Ri, the driver had driven him and a work colleague round in circles for more than 20 minutes. When he complained, the driver threatened him with a stick.

 

Mr Surachart told officials that due to the language barrier between him and his passengers he thought they wanted to go Sampeng market, when actually they wanted to go to Sathorn Road.

 

Mr Surachart added that he didn’t want to take them to Sathorn Road so without asking for a fare, he told the passengers to leave his cab.

 

He said he became angry at the passengers because they left the doors of his cab open when they left.

 

He also said he didn’t threaten them with a stick as was originally claimed, but instead used the cardboard centre of a toilet roll.

 

Mr Surachart apologised for damaging the image of Thailand and that of other  Bangkok taxi drivers.

 

Source: https://www.sanook.com/news/7602358/

 

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Can someone explain what this self perceived "image" of Thailand really is? 

32 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Mr Surachart apologised for damaging the image of Thailand and that of other  Bangkok taxi drivers.

Hahaha damaging it .. Merely enhancing it more like ..

What are the odds on a " taximan finds and returns dosh " story coming along shortly to redress the balance .. 

10 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Hahaha damaging it .. Merely enhancing it more like ..

What are the odds on a " taximan finds and returns dosh " story coming along shortly to redress the balance .. 

We just had one, give it a week before another "honest cabbie" surfaces.

35 minutes ago, Phuketshrew said:

Can someone explain what this self perceived "image" of Thailand really is? 

Perfection, centre of the universe, best in ta hone why wornd.

What ae these comments god for? Your ego?

Doubtful......because despite his licence suspension, most probable the chap will continue driving his car and continue trying to cheat passengers on refusing the meter....these official taxi crooks of Bangkok are a plague to society and destroy the first image one can get of Thailand at the airport when they argue on turning ON the meter....

4 minutes ago, Aachen said:

What ae these comments god for? Your ego?

It seems these comments are good for provoking more comments.

If ever we needed an ''Honest Tax Driver Returns Wallet'' tale tail ..its now !!!

4 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He also said he didn’t threaten them with a stick as was originally claimed, but instead used the cardboard centre of a toilet roll.

That's a very large cardboard toilet roll in that photo... supersized by the looks of it...  ????

Last week we took a taxi from mochit, the driver had long black curly hair but on the license was a pic of a man with millimetered hair and he looked totally different..the driver was good though and used the metre.

 

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He also said he didn’t threaten them with a stick as was originally claimed, but instead used the cardboard centre of a toilet roll.

That is big "toilet roll".

 

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Mr Surachart apologised for damaging the image of Thailand and that of other  Bangkok taxi drivers

and also for damaging the cardboard center of an innocent toilet roll.

Tomorrow's balancing news:

Honest Bangkok cabbie returns toilet roll to grateful tourist who will now retire in Thailand because of this.

Edited December 8, 20187 yr by klauskunkel

Welcome to LOS TAXI service...I had been dumped many times because of drivers refused to use meter but never had any serious argument...

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

license suspended for one month

Well, I'm sure he knows the way to Khao San Rd. the hub of licenses...

Good lord-a Korean TV personality.

 

These fools never learn.

 

 

The fines are a joke, they should fine the cabbies at least 10,000 baht. I'm sure if the cabbies wanted to they still can drive with a suspended license. Which many do anyways.

Obviously .... a center piece of cardboard from a toilet paper roll?

23 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Can someone explain what this self perceived "image" of Thailand really is? 

 

Their image of Thailand is a tropical paradise full of wise and friendly people. Our image of Thailand is entirely different.

No charge for carrying an offensive weapon or for threatening behaviour then, even though caught in action. That speaks volumes for the mentality here.

Stopped using theiving taxis and tuk tuks long ago. Did these tourists from a tech savvy country not have a smart phone and grab app???

22 hours ago, kkerry said:

That's a very large cardboard toilet roll in that photo... supersized by the looks of it...  ????

When your that full of it you need a very large roll.

Hmm....Thai taxi driver and Koreans. Dumb and dumber!

12 hours ago, Vacuum said:

That is big "toilet roll".

 

I'm tired of all the lies.

1 minute ago, soistalker said:

I'm tired of all the lies.

..and who wouldn't be?

 

It is just a question of how long it takes.

On 12/7/2018 at 6:20 PM, seahorse said:

It seems these comments are good for provoking more comments.

No comment god

On 12/7/2018 at 5:27 PM, snoop1130 said:

A taxi driver has been fined a total of 2,000 baht and had his license suspended for one month for dumping two Korean passengers

Totally ridiculous fine that's why they never learn and respect anything or anyone 

 

On 12/7/2018 at 5:27 PM, snoop1130 said:

Mr Surachart apologised for damaging the image of Thailand and that of other  Bangkok taxi drivers.

 

Just relax you not alone meny same as you