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Is it safe to take night taxi in Bangkok?

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OneMoreFarang Star Member

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Let's say it like this: If a bargirl is drunk and wants to go home in a taxi then it is not unusual that her friends take off her gold chain etc. before she takes a taxi.

Too much gold on display together with being drunk and/or tired is definitely not the way to use a taxi at night.

 

Or, to say it in other words, guys who drive taxi at night don't usually do that because it is their dream job. They do it because they need money and don't get any better job. So better manage your expectations. 

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richard_smith237 Star Member

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For a male.. perfectly safe if you’re not a tool.

Using grab makes it as near as perfectly safe as can be.

 

Its slightly different for a lone female - my Wife would never take a taxi alone at night (her excuse for drink driving before we met - many females think the same way about taxis at night).

 

Grab has somewhat changed the landscape. 

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13 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

For a male.. perfectly safe if you’re not a tool.

Using grab makes it as near as perfectly safe as can be.

 

Its slightly different for a lone female - my Wife would never take a taxi alone at night (her excuse for drink driving before we met - many females think the same way about taxis at night).

 

Grab has somewhat changed the landscape. 

Cheap, reliable, hassle free, grab has definitely changed the landscape on Bangkok. The cars are usually nice and comfortable too

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Have been using taxi here since drivers were required to have uniform and cap (hung on meter flag that was never used).  They are just about as safe as can be in our world.  These days most even have panic button mounted on side between doors.  But as with most places women may want to be cautious (have someone observe pickup/plate number) for extra security.  Obviously anyone setting themselves up as a target could indeed become one.

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Lorry Platinum Member

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Not safe for females (as Richard said).

Most Thai women try to make it home on time because they are afraid to use a taxi at night.

Tales of rape in the Thai news regularly.

 

Safe for big tall strong-looking farang.

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Mac Mickmanus Star Member

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4 minutes ago, Lorry said:

Not safe for females (as Richard said).

Most Thai women try to make it home on time because they are afraid to use a taxi at night.

Tales of rape in the Thai news regularly.

 

Safe for big tall strong-looking farang.

If its such a regular occurrence on the news ,

Can you post up all the links to rapes in BKK taxis from this year ?

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37 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

If its such a regular occurrence on the news ,

Can you post up all the links to rapes in BKK taxis from this year ?

I can't even post a link to the taxi guys who made it a business abducting,  murdering and plundering arrivals at Don Meuang.

I didn't want to scare tourists. 

Taxis are very safe. These guys have gone out of business already ( they made 2 mistakes: they abducted the wrong guy, and they failed to finish him off completely)

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24 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

What was that movie called ?

It wasn't a movie,  that's why you don't know about it.

In the old days, some people had capabilities called "reading" as in "reading a newspaper", maybe you find an old bargirl to teach it to you.

 

Big story, actually, because the wrong guy (the one they didn't finish off completely) turned out to be a friend of a very, very high personality.

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5 minutes ago, Lorry said:

It wasn't a movie,  that's why you don't know about it.

In the old days, some people had capabilities called "reading" as in "reading a newspaper", maybe you find an old bargirl to teach it to you.

 

Big story, actually, because the wrong guy (the one they didn't finish off completely) turned out to be a friend of a very, very high personality.

Can you provide a link to that story, could you try to provide a link which has lots of photos , as I don't have a bargirl here to read it for me, thanks 

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1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Can you provide a link to that story, could you try to provide a link which has lots of photos , as I don't have a bargirl here to read it for me, thanks 

Except for "reading", your elders used to have other weird capabilities.

One was called "walking" as in "walking out of the door and see there is a world beyond the computer screens"

There are more things in heaven and earth, Mickmanus, than are dreamt of in your internet.

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8 minutes ago, Lorry said:

Except for "reading", your elders used to have other weird capabilities.

One was called "walking" as in "walking out of the door and see there is a world beyond the computer screens"

There are more things in heaven and earth, Mickmanus, than are dreamt of in your internet.

You are telling me to go outside and see something that happened many years ago ?

   I should go out my front door and see an abduction that happened in Bangkok 30 odd years ago ?

   That isn't possible, so could you post a link ?

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You are telling me to go outside and see something that happened many years ago ?

   I should go out my front door and see an abduction that happened in Bangkok 30 odd years ago ?

   That isn't possible, so could you post a link ?

What I am telling you is reality is not contained in your links.

There is a difference between internet links and reality.

 

Never mind, go and search for your links if it makes you happy.

I have a brain (another old-fashioned concept that you may not be familiar with) to remember things. 

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3 minutes ago, Lorry said:

What I am telling you is reality is not contained in your links.

There is a difference between internet links and reality.

 

Never mind, go and search for your links if it makes you happy.

I have a brain (another old-fashioned concept that you may not be familiar with) to remember things. 

I have a feeling that you are just imagining it and it didn't really happen or you watched a movie and think it really happened ?

  Did you see that James Bond movie filmed in Thailand ?

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Back to OP:

Yes, taxis are pretty safe.

The story about the Don Muang taxis kiling their passengers is more than 10 years old and an exception. 

What is NOT an exception are women raped by taxi drivers, you can google it yourself. 

 

A good example is the Brazilian raped by a taxi driver whom she flagged down at Don Muang: it happened in broad daylight (1:30 pm), and the driver had just been released from prison - because he had raped 2 other women before.  As 1moreFarang said: taxi drivers have this job  because they need money and don't get any better job.

 

I know Thai women who wouldn't take a taxi alone even during the day.

And most Thai woman consider taxis at night as dangerous and to be avoided. I have escorted Thai women on taxi trips during the night because they asked me to do so.

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6 minutes ago, Lorry said:

 

A good example is the Brazilian raped by a taxi driver whom she flagged down at Don Muang: it happened in broad daylight (1:30 pm), and the driver had just been released from prison - because he had raped 2 other women before.  As 1moreFarang said: taxi drivers have this job  because they need money and don't get any better job.

 

 

That wasn't a Don Muang Taxi driver , he was just passing by .

One instance from five years ago doesn't make it a "regular occurrence"

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several of the Thai women I know would always take a pic of the outside of the taxi and the driver's displayed license, and send the pics to a friend/family

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