Video: Taxi driver allegedly caught sniffing glue behind the wheel at the lights!

[webfact]

Naew Na Tha Caption: Breathe it all in! Weird sniffing glue behavior in a taxi revealed

 

Naew Na repeated claims made on a popular Facebook page that a taxi driver was sniffing glue. 

 

A video of the incident yesterday early evening near the Phayathai intersection had been posted.

 

It showed a driver in a clearly marked cab putting his nose into a bag of something. 

 

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The poster thought he was glue sniffing and that would be dangerous for potential passengers. 

 

Naew Na called him a danger to society.

 

Doubtless he will be interviewed soon, so more of this as we hear of it. 

 

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[Will B Good]

Likely to come to a sticky end doing that and driving.

[richard_smith237]

Struggling to believe this story...  A taxi driver stopping at the lights !!!

 

 

I’m not sure they could make any charges ’stick’...  of course, he’ll deny it ‘stick' to his guns, it’ll all be a misunderstanding... 

 

 

[connda]

Maybe he was sniffing mentholated Ya Dom like half the country does.

In this case I'd say "Mind your own da*m business" to the busybody taking the picture and publishing it on social media.   

If someone took a picture of me sniffing Ya Dom and claimed I was sniffing glue on a public forum - I'd track them down and file a defamation charge against them along with any media outlet republishing the posts.  ????

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Doubtless he will be interviewed soon, so more of this as we hear of it. 

500 baht fine, told to behave and back out on the road.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Likely to come to a sticky end doing that and driving.

Nah just some innocent trying to use a legal zebra crossing.

[Golden Triangle]

8 minutes ago, connda said:

Maybe he was sniffing mentholated Ya Dom like half the country does.

In this case I'd say "Mind your own da*m business" to the busybody taking the picture and publishing it on social media.   

If someone took a picture of me sniffing Ya Dom and claimed I was sniffing glue on a public forum - I'd track them down and file a defamation charge against them along with any media outlet republishing the posts.  ????

Now that I've googled Ya Dom I know what you're on about, we saw it on the news this morning & the mrs asked me what he was doing, my immediate response was sniffing glue, seeing as how a proper Ya Dom is only about 20 - 25 Baht I find it highly unlikely it was a home made version.

[worgeordie]

Could have had some used ladies knickers in the bag ,......????

regards Worgeordie

 

[BangkokReady]

54 minutes ago, connda said:

Maybe he was sniffing mentholated Ya Dom like half the country does.

And that would look like a plastic bag with glue in it?

[Tarteso]

Just a cheap version of exotic Caipirinha?..????

Edited April 23, 2022 by Tarteso

[BangkokReady]

I've seen homeless people huffing glue out in the open a number of times.

 

At least back home people have the decency/shame to do it somewhere private.

 

I know, I know, "if you don't like seeing people abusing solvents in public, go home"... ????

[Excel]

What a taxi driver actually stopping for the lights ? must be a glue sniffer

[Mr Meeseeks]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

Naew Na called him a danger to society.

Quite a few taxi drivers would fit this description. 

[vandeventer]

21 hours ago, Excel said:

What a taxi driver actually stopping for the lights ? must be a glue sniffer

You can always recognize a glue sniffer as they don't talk much. Sometimes the glue slides down the nose and into the mouth.

[SAFETY FIRST]

On 4/23/2022 at 11:36 AM, webfact said:

taxi driver behind the wheel at the lights! 

This should be the headline. 

 

Taxi driver stops for red signal at traffic light. 

 

[NE1]

It's probably all just a misunderstanding !

[poskat]

this would be funnier if it was a story about having to get the police/medics to unstick his nose from the steering wheel after sticking his nose to deep in the bag and then leaning on the steering wheel to enjoy the rush.