Phuket’s vice governor has told the island’s taxi drivers that they need to control their emotions when dealing with drivers from ride-hailing apps. Amnuay Pinsuwan was speaking during a meeting held at Phuket Provincial Hall on Wednesday, November 22.

 

Ride-hailing, or ride-sharing apps like Grab and Bolt have become hugely popular in Thailand as expats and tourists find ways around the extortionate pricing of the island’s taxi gangs.

 

At the meeting were representatives from various taxi cooperatives across the island, along with members of the Phuket Provincial Land Transport Committee.

 

By Peter Roche

Caption: Phuket airport taxis awaiting passengers

 

Full story: Phuket GO 2023-11-24

 

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They all have signs "TAXI-METER".

I wander when the last time was that they used one of those meters... 

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

Phuket’s vice governor has told the island’s taxi drivers that they need to control their emotions when dealing with drivers from ride-hailing apps

...taxi drivers got emotional when they control  their bank accounts

so try to tell a rabid dog not to bite. got it. 

I would NEVER use normal taxis, especially in Phuket. Bunch of robbers. Long live Grab and Bolt.

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Phuket’s vice governor has told the island’s taxi drivers that they need to control their emotions when dealing with drivers from ride-hailing apps. Amnuay Pinsuwan was speaking during a meeting held at Phuket Provincial Hall on Wednesday, November 22

Yeah. Let’s see how that will play out. Doubt it will be pretty. 

Better to Control their Taximeters.😂

"Traffy Fondue" application. Who thought that one up?

There is no deterrent. The weak army comes in and cracks down. All is forgotten two weeks later. Same happens on Samui. It is a travesty. These clowns should be locked up. Nobody has the courage to stand up to them. They appear to be more powerful than the police, and the army. Quite a pathetic statement about Sretta, and the PT, and their extreme unwillingness to fight corruption, on any level, and in any form. Quite the contrary. They are now the protectors of the ultimate status quo. Let's get rid of the army once and for all.
 

You're getting phased out or forced to improve your behaviour by a simple app.

Karma has arrived.

It's lovely to watch.

If the DLT insisted that all taxis in Thailand were to use meters then this problem would disappear everywhere.

On 11/24/2023 at 12:01 PM, snoop1130 said:

Ride-hailing, or ride-sharing apps like Grab and Bolt have become hugely popular in Thailand as expats and tourists find ways around the extortionate pricing of the island’s taxi gangs.

In Pak Chong we have what is known locally as the Taxi Mafia.  We also have a huge problem with public transport - there is very little.

 

Many tourists stay in Pak Chong with the intention of visiting Khao Yai national park - then they find there is no way for them to get there.

 

You would think the lack of transport would provide an ideal opportunity for someone to start a taxi business and it should.  However, many have tried but they have been 'closed down' by the local Taxi Mafia.

 

Unlike Phuket where the mafia bring about 'extortionate pricing', ours stop the business altogther.  Its really hard to understand what they are trying to protect - apart from a couple of cars that come and go, motorbikes that often aren't there, they have no business to protect. 

 

I knew a tuk tuk owner that use to operate locally - then a while back his prices started to rise and rise until they got to a crazy level.  When I asked him what was going on, how could he justify his prices he simply said 'I have a boss now'. I think I know who his 'boss' was.

 

So we still have no taxi service, no buses to take tourists to Khao Yai and there is nothing for any 'mafia' to protect, nobody dares to start up - Amazing Thailand.