Police in Phuket have charged two taxi drivers with damaging property and threatening behaviour after a Bolt driver’s vehicle was attacked last Sunday. While initial media reports stated it was one attacker, the Phuket Express reports that there were in fact, 3 drivers involved in the fracas.

 

It all kicked off when a legally registered, fully-compliant female Bolt driver picked up a foreign passenger from outside a restaurant in Bang Tao, in the northern part of Phuket’s west coast. Three men approached her car and proceeded to hit and jump on the vehicle.

 

Two of the men have been named as Wuttidet Promthong and Udomchai Pengsut. They were summoned to Cherng Ttalay Police Station where they were charged with damaging another person’s property and threatening someone. Police have not named the third driver, but say he has also been summoned to face charges.

 

By Peter Roche

Caption: Phuket's finest. PHOTO: Facebook/Phuket Times ภูเก็ตไทม์

 

Full Story: https://phuket-go.com/phuket-news/phuket-news/two-phuket-taxi-drivers-charged-after-bolt-driver-threatened-vehicle-attacked/

 

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Remove them from their line of work for good.

charge them with tarnishing the precious image of Thailand in front of tourists

Only two that were caught were charged?

This has been going on for some time, taxi drivers attacking Bolt drivers?

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Three men approached her car and proceeded to hit and jump on the vehicle.

Isn't that what monkeys do? Same intelligence level probably.

Why don't these losers do Bolt themselves?

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

legally registered, fully-compliant female Bolt driver

I see Bolt said it became legal in May.

 

 

Makes me laugh when you see in another post, they dont want overstaying farang damaging the image of Thailand, Thai's are doing good job themselves without any help from us, 

8 minutes ago, bignok said:

Why don't these losers do Bolt themselves?

Good question

36 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Good question

Because they would have to work twice as hard to make the same money given that Bolt is so much cheaper, they don’t really want to work too hard ….

1 hour ago, bignok said:

Why don't these losers do Bolt themselves?

(a) Unable too rip off passengers, (b) mafia boss would be angry. (c) would have to buy their own car. (d) don't want their mates beating or shooting them.

All of the above.

Always Phuket and their taxi drivers... I never used such services. Do they allow to rip off customers? If not I understand the problem ????????????. Good that we don't have such problems in Pattaya.

 

https://thethaiger.com/news/pattaya/police-quell-bolt-vs-win-motorbike-taxi-driver-standoff-on-pattaya-beach

43 minutes ago, Thaindrew said:

Because they would have to work twice as hard to make the same money given that Bolt is so much cheaper, they don’t really want to work too hard ….

It had me thinking the drivers on Bolt are owner/drivers not renting from the mafia, I had some family here for a couple of weeks and judging by some of the cars I saw, one a Fortuna and MG SUV 

 

Lots of bored tuk tuk drivers in CM.

There must be lots of people like me who never use a taxi because they wont use a meter. It must have cost them thousands over the years.

I much prefer a car instead of a Motorbike but I wont be ripped off.

Just recently I have started to use Bolt as well as motorbike taxi.

On 6/16/2023 at 9:24 AM, bignok said:

Why don't these losers do Bolt themselves?

That would involve actually having to work, and their sense of entitlement ingrained since childhood, would never allow it. 

I would imagine if someone jumped on a vehicle substantial damage will occur if this is the case who will pay for the damage.