Motorcycle taxi crackdown continues

PATTAYA--Local transportation officials continued their crackdown on Pattaya motorcycle taxis following the attempted sale of a registered driver’s vest.

 

Chonburi Department of Land Transport inspector Wasu Mongkolkaew led soldiers to The Avenue galleria where they spread out to check 30 motorbike stands. Numerous bikers were found using non-commercial license plates, dressed poorly or otherwise not meeting the standards set out in their licenses.

 

The crackdown came after driver Pornthep Jampangam, 39, was caught illegally trying to sell his vest on Facebook for 120,000 baht.

 

Authorities swooped down on his Soi Yensabai taxi stand Jan. 19. He was arrested and, while they were there, land-transport officials checked Pornthep’s 13 co-workers and found they were using the wrong type of motorcycles, weren’t dressed properly and other offenses.

 

Officials claimed they’d have all the city’s drivers in compliance by the end of the month.

 

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Looks like cop 1 is about to crackup at the ensuing pantomime ????

1 minute ago, sammieuk1 said:

Looks like cop 1 is about to crackup at the ensuing pantomime ????

What cop?

I thought these moto taxi vests were always being bought and sold. Someone said the ones at the entrance to walking street sell for big baht

2 hours ago, Rimmer said:

trying to sell his vest on Facebook for 120,000 baht

Absolutely brilliant and there are people that brag about having these types as 'friends'. 

Nobody takes the cops seriously~get wasted for a couple days with the boys~back to work Monday~tell wifey forced holiday

3 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Looks like cop 1 is about to crackup at the ensuing pantomime ????

He is calculating his cut.

Did they ever get around to banning two stroke bikes ?

6 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Pornthep Jampangam, 39, was caught illegally trying to sell his vest on Facebook for 120,000 baht.

 

How very indiscrete of him. What a plonker. But then, every week police are out arresting idiots who have announced to the world on Facebook an illegal street race. They just don't get it, do they. A special kind of stupid.

Off topic rant about taxi meters removed

The motorcy taxi crackdown.....now in it's 12th year