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"Iron Fist" Tawat defends his baht bus drivers slams Korean YouTuber after complaint

 

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Picture: Sophon Cable TV

 

The leader of Pattaya's baht buses or song thaews has defended his drivers after a South Korean YouTuber says they are just a rip-off. 

 

Tawat Pheuakbunnark has instead attacked the YouTuber saying it is not only "fake news" but "old news".

 

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Picture: Sophon Cable TV

 

Tawat was responding to a Sophon reporter's questions about the case of the YouTuber who in a report from Pattaya suggested:

 

"Song Thaews are a rip-off. They charge 100 baht per person per trip - even if you are only going one kilometer".

 

Tawat claimed that his team had fully investigated this matter. He found that the claims were groundless and besides it all happened way back in March. 

 

He suggested that the Korean had not even been in a song thaew and was probably angry about a journey in an unlicensed cab from the airport. CCTV confirmed all this, he said. 

 

He said that this nonsense was damaging for Pattaya. 

 

After a meeting in which he outlined new measures to improve song thaew services in Pattaya he said that his drivers were now part of a wonderful "new era" for public transport in Pattaya. 

 

Source: Sophon Cable TV

 

 
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Its very easy to misread his name (i.e delete an A....which is probably actually  more apt)

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1 hour ago, Swedenlars said:

He found that the claims were groundless and besides it all happened way back in March. 

Oh, all is well then.

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

Tawat claimed that his team had fully investigated this matter. He found that the claims were groundless

 

1 hour ago, Swedenlars said:

After a meeting in which he outlined new measures to improve song thaew services in Pattaya

The claims were groundless, so what's there to improve?

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2 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that this nonsense was damaging for Pattaya.

Don't worry, the rich indians are on their way.

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1 hour ago, Orton Rd said:

Even 10 baht is expensive, only just gone up to 8 in and around Bangkok and most in Pattaya do not go as far

???????????????????????? Ahh, the common lament of baloon chasers worldwide.

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12 minutes ago, HLover said:

???????????????????????? Ahh, the common lament of baloon chasers worldwide.

If you are finding 10 baht expensive then may I kindly suggest that Thailand is not for you anymore ?

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1 hour ago, ianezy0 said:

...he said that his drivers were now part of a wonderful "new era" for public transport in Pattaya. 

I guess a lot has changed since I left Pattaya. When I left a couple of years ago, baht buses were pickup trucks where people were transported rather crudely in the box without any sort of safety equipment or real concerns in that regard, as has been the case for decades  Now that they're part of a "wonderful new era" in transportation, I can't wait to get back there and see how they've morphed into something new and wonderful Sure hope I'm not disappointed. (wink-wink).  

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3 hours ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

If you are finding 10 baht expensive then may I kindly suggest that Thailand is not for you anymore ?

May I kindly suggest you read the post I was replying to?  Side note, your travel suggestions are noted and filed away in the appropriate bin.

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15 hours ago, Swedenlars said:

He wanted 500 Baht

Learn to use your phone and an App like Grab car. I can get a ride home at all hours, 12km, for less than that. 

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What new measures to improve service?  I haven't seen any. How about adding routes to areas not served? Why doesn't the mayor demand better city coverage?  Spineless.

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If you go off-route, you pay.  Simples.  The trouble is that tourists don't know the routes - hell, I live here and they confuse me sometimes.

 

One moan from me though, is the parked busses late at night.  I want to go straight down Second Road from Walking Street (on the normal route), but the parked busses want charter prices, and the moving ones won't stop as they'd get shit from the parked drivers.

 

Enforcement?  None that I've ever seen.

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23 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

I'm normally pretty critical of taxi mafias, but 100 baht for essentially using them as a private taxi? Hardly a ripoff, especially considering actual taxis charge more.

For a taxi in Bangkok, I can travel 4-5 kilometers for 100 baht-no stops, air conditioning...

maybe not such a great deal for the song theaw 

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