Video: "Embarrassing" fight as "win" attacks suspected Grab biker at BTS

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Video: "Embarrassing" fight as "win" attacks suspected Grab biker at BTS

 

Thai caption: Out of control at Thong Lor

 

A poster on Facebook was in little doubt that a fight by the Thong Lor BTS station was three motorcycle taxi riders having a go at a Grab rider. 

 

One man in a jacket was seen aiming several blows at the helmeted head of a non-jacketed rider. 

 

Artit Chitnok who posted said that it was embarrassing and out of control - he noted that a foreigner who witnessed the fight was calling out for them to stop. 

 

He referred to the wins or motorcycle taxi riders as out of control hoodlums. 

 

The post was reported by Sanook who said that netizens condemned the attack and were calling for Grab Bike's legal status to be resolved once and for all. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

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[Slaps]

 

 

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Usual Three On One

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Edited October 28, 2019 by Slaps

[Thailand Noobie]

Somehow I can't open any videos anymore in Thaivisa with my mobile...

[Reigntax]

Another Neanderthal that evolution left behind

[Reigntax]

Just now, Thailand Noobie said:

Somehow I can't open any videos anymore in Thaivisa with my mobile...

You are lucky. it wasn't worth looking at

[Matzzon]

I just wish they would happen to hit somebody that really could take the fight to a new level for once.

[Wiggy]

Just another pea-brained moron who can't handle competition and yet who is not prepared to improve his own service to prevent competition. Thugs, plain and simple.

[Beggar]

At first I was not happy that normal taxi drivers fight against Grab drivers. In the meantime I begin to understand them. They need to survive too. I know 3 people driving with their car for Grab in Pattaya. They earn next to nothing. There seem to be too many drivers or not enough customers for the existing drivers. The only winner seems to be Grab. They always earn their percentage of the fare. 

[sammieuk1]

Not so much grab as punch????

[mok199]

Raining blows on his helmet...

[jonclark]

32 minutes ago, Beggar said:

At first I was not happy that normal taxi drivers fight against Grab drivers. In the meantime I begin to understand them. They need to survive too. I know 3 people driving with their car for Grab in Pattaya. They earn next to nothing. There seem to be too many drivers or not enough customers for the existing drivers. The only winner seems to be Grab. They always earn their percentage of the fare. 

 

Well if Grab riders are able to make a better living and more money than normal taxi drivers, then maybe the normal taxi drivers should move over to Grab? If they are too long in the tooth to adapt, well,  as evolution shows pretty clearly, those that cannot adapt go extinct. If a business faces competition it must adapt its practices to give the customer what he or she is willing to pay for. And that is why Grab is out competing normal taxis. On a personal level I have sympathy for them, but as a business none whatsoever.  

[Happy Grumpy]

Public physical attacks by licensed taxi drivers/riders.

 

Are they back serving the public again today? 

[Happy Grumpy]

4 minutes ago, jonclark said:

If a business faces competition it must adapt its practices

Or attack them, have them charged with some draconian law, etc. etc. to ensure the monopoly continues. 

[Beggar]

12 minutes ago, jonclark said:

 

Well if Grab riders are able to make a better living and more money than normal taxi drivers, then maybe the normal taxi drivers should move over to Grab?

I wrote that the Grab drivers I know here in Pattaya earn next to nothing. They started with a lot of hope but the reality is different. One stopped already and I guess the two others will follow soon. They can't survive. If they take all the costs for the car into account then there is almost nothing left. On some days they even pay for working. 

[Drax]

8 minutes ago, Beggar said:

I wrote that the Grab drivers I know here in Pattaya earn next to nothing. They started with a lot of hope but the reality is different. One stopped already and I guess the two others will follow soon. They can't survive. If they take all the costs for the car into account then there is almost nothing left. On some days they even pay for working. 

Maybe because grab in pattaya is so overpriced that people choose to use the buses instead. I mean 300 baht for 1 km.. here in Bangkok I can go from sukhumvit to airport for that much. 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Artit Chitnok who posted said that it was embarrassing and out of control

Just another day in paradise.

[Pattaya46]

3 hours ago, Slaps said:

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Usual Three On One

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Uh?? I just see one 'win' attacking the bike driver. Others in the background did no intervene.

[Crossy]

3 hours ago, Thailand Noobie said:

Somehow I can't open any videos anymore in Thaivisa with my mobile...

 

Apps are down at present I'm afraid, you can still use your browser on the mobile.

[MaxLee]

And so the battler has begun,.... Boycott the whole taxi mafia, work from home if you value your safety....

[Beggar]

6 minutes ago, Drax said:

Maybe because grab in pattaya is so overpriced that people choose to use the buses instead. I mean 300 baht for 1 km.. here in Bangkok I can go from sukhumvit to airport for that much. 

Grab is very customer oriented. But from the 300 Baht what is left for the driver? 25 percent go to Grab. Normally he has to drive back empty. How high are the cost for his car for this trip? Did he need to clean it like every day? Were you the only customer on this day? Some customers order your car and just before you reach the customer they cancel. So you drive for nothing. Depending on the time of the day there are different hotspots where you might find customers easier. So you have to drive around empty and there is no guarantee that you will get a customer at such a hotspot because many other Grab drivers do the same. 

 

Since I know the people driving for Grab and their stories I have a very different opinion.

[sunnyboy2018]

7 hours ago, Matzzon said:

I just wish they would happen to hit somebody that really could take the fight to a new level for once.

You volunteering?

[sunnyboy2018]

5 hours ago, MaxLee said:

And so the battler has begun,.... Boycott the whole taxi mafia, work from home if you value your safety....

What a silly comment. I have been using the Taxis in Bangkok for at least two decades with no problems. Excellent service. I use Grab in Pattaya and its very dear.

[madmen]

8 hours ago, Matzzon said:

I just wish they would happen to hit somebody that really could take the fight to a new level for once.

Chuck norris would whip them all and receive deep wais at the end

[madmen]

9 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

What a silly comment. I have been using the Taxis in Bangkok for at least two decades with no problems. Excellent service. I use Grab in Pattaya and its very dear.

Yeah really excellent, the scum out the front of central world wanted 200 baht to take me to soi buhakao in late january a 5 minute ride

[Matzzon]

23 minutes ago, madmen said:

Chuck norris would whip them all and receive deep wais at the end

Yep, that guy is so quick, that he takes care of the problem before his enemy even thinks about it.

[Matzzon]

37 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

You volunteering?

Just point me in a direction.

[Just Weird]

11 hours ago, Slaps said:

Usual Three On One

No, as usual, a Thaivisa poster gets it wrong, only one win was hitting him, that's one-on-one.

Edited October 28, 2019 by Just Weird

[timendres]

5 hours ago, madmen said:

Yeah really excellent, the scum out the front of central world wanted 200 baht to take me to soi buhakao in late january a 5 minute ride

I was not aware that soi buhakao now reached Bangkok.

 

I also almost never use Grab in Bangkok, because the taxis are quite reasonable, and Grab is not worth the almost double price. I am sure it is a very different story in Pattaya.

[Thailand Noobie]

12 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

Apps are down at present I'm afraid, you can still use your browser on the mobile.

Thanks for the answer, I use chrome in my mobile ????

[Deli]

Taxi and Mini Van drives: most of the times little to no brain