Foreign man refuses to pay fare and bites Bolt driver in Pattaya

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A Thai Bolt driver in Pattaya reached out to a news agency after a foreign man refused to pay his transport fare and bit him, leaving him with a cut lip.

 

Channel 7 announced that the reporters visited the Thai Bolt driver, Weeraphon, in hospital yesterday, January 29. The man was being treated for bite marks and scratches on his stomach, back and right arm. His right eye was covered with a shield and his lower lip was cut.

 

Weeraphon explained to reporters that the incident happened at 3.30am on Sunday, January 28. He picked up a foreign man from Soi Buakhao, and the passenger’s destination was a house in Soi Tung Klom-Tarn Man 27 in the Bang Lamung district of Pattaya.

 

When they arrived in the southern Pattaya area, the foreign man asked him to stop because he needed to pee. However, the foreign passenger walked away from him and left the scene with a motorcycle rider. Weeraphon said he was not sure whether the rider was an app-based rider or a local motorcycle taxi rider in the area.

 

by Petch Petpailin 

Photo via KhaoSod

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2024-01-30

 

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[Smithson]

Are the planning another story to tell us what happened? Possibly the vaguest story ever to be put out by Thai media.

[lexxy]

6 minutes ago, Smithson said:

Are the planning another story to tell us what happened? Possibly the vaguest story ever to be put out by Thai media.

 

soooo when did he get bit? lol

 

[youngster30uk]

How did he get bit on the lip? was it an overly passionate kiss?

[Celsius]

10 minutes ago, Smithson said:

Are the planning another story to tell us what happened? Possibly the vaguest story ever to be put out by Thai media.

 

you have to click for the reward 

[BestB]

Just to clarify, full fare from pick up to final destination was 171 baht. Idiot decided to change half way through but Bolt driver wanted the full fare? 
and when taxi rider offered Bolt 100 which is already more than half for half the journey, Bolt took it but then wanted idiot foreigner to still pay the remaining money?

 

Followed them to his house to try to get 71 baht instead of going to get a new customer ?

[paulbrow]

19 minutes ago, Smithson said:

Are the planning another story to tell us what happened? Possibly the vaguest story ever to be put out by Thai media.

Follow the link!

[hotchilli]

From the link: 

Describing the scene as chaotic...

Sums up the whole area..

[renaissanc]

Although I don't intend ever to drive to Pattaya again there seems to be a need to have health insurance and theft insurance for people who do go there because there are just so many incidents involving theft (katoeys) and violence in Pattaya. You even need to avoid walking under condominium balconies in case a suicidal or parachuting foreigner falls on top of you.

[Jaxxper]

How ever this situation built up to this, people need to recognise that in General Bolt provide a great service at a very low price. If assaults on drivers continue either the rates will go up or there will be less drivers or possibly both. Hope the driver is ok. Don’t know what people are thinking.

[bristolgeoff]

Sounds crazy but this is thailand and anything can and will happen. A bite on his lip with the taxi driver the mind boggles

[cdemundo]

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Bitten Bolt Driver.

 

Sherlock will figure it out.

[Thailand]

I guess the passenger was a maniac and if sexual assault was involved the headline could have read- 

 

                                        "Nut bolts and screws"

 

Sorry, the old ones!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rimmer]

A troll post has been removed

[TheFishman1]

The whole thing sounds really crazy on the picture. What is that on his lower lip TIT?

[n00dle]

1 hour ago, Smithson said:

Are the planning another story to tell us what happened? Possibly the vaguest story ever to be put out by Thai media.

 

Says the man lacking the foresight to click a link and read the whole story. 

[n00dle]

1 hour ago, lexxy said:

 

soooo when did he get bit? lol

 

 

annnd yet one more.

[Kerryd]

1 hour ago, Smithson said:

Are the planning another story to tell us what happened? Possibly the vaguest story ever to be put out by Thai media.

It's all in the Thaiger link underneath the story.

 

[newbee2022]

....

and how he got the scratches or other injuries when the passenger just left for a pee only? Was there an assault, fight or what? He followed the bike? The story doesn't tell? 3.30 am is good for a lot of stories like that😏

[PETERTHEEATER]

1 hour ago, Smithson said:

Are the planning another story to tell us what happened? Possibly the vaguest story ever to be put out by Thai media.

The result of being bitten was a cut lip suggesting the passenger made oral contact with the driver.😀

[Regyai]

Tsssk

 

Bolt drivers

If a REAL bona fide registered Taxi had been in use then he would have had recourse to his mafia colleagues, or at the bare minimum an illegal firearm or a machete or two.

[bbko]

I know that final destination, it's out in the sticks.  That farang should worry about some Thai drivers getting some payback.

[brianthainess]

21 minutes ago, Kerryd said:

It's all in the Thaiger link underneath the story.

 

I read the full story and I'm still confused  I need to lay down 

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Smithson said:

Are the planning another story to tell us what happened? Possibly the vaguest story ever to be put out by Thai media.

Not at all vague if you bother to read the full report.  All the answers are there.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, lexxy said:

 

soooo when did he get bit? lol

 

Read the link.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, youngster30uk said:

How did he get bit on the lip?

The Can't Read Club is out in force again!

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, BestB said:

Just to clarify, full fare from pick up to final destination was 171 baht. Idiot decided to change half way through but Bolt driver wanted the full fare? 

No, that's not what happened, he did a runner on the whole fare before they got to the destination.

[Pouatchee]

he must have been stoned and thought it was the lineman delivering his kebab, then on second look he thought the lineman was the kebab

[sikishrory]

43 minutes ago, n00dle said:

 

annnd yet one more.

30 years later. Still figuring out how these crazy internets work

[Liverpool Lou]

59 minutes ago, Thailand said:

I guess the passenger was a maniac and if sexual assault was involved the headline could have read- 

 

                                        "Nut bolts and screws"

...or, if it happened in a launderette,

"Nut Screws Washers and Bolts".