No seat belt buckle in the back of the Taxi.

[digger70]

19 hours ago, Robert_Smith said:

The other day I was forced to hail a cab on the street as I didn't have my phone with me, I told him in Thai where I wanted to go and off we went.

 

Within about 20 seconds of sitting down on the back seat, I realized there was no seat belt buckle for me to strap myself in.

 

So I asked, politely, where is it?

he said, no have, no have.

 

So then I said, well what if we have a crash, what then?

he laughed and said mai pen ri, I not crash, I good driver....

That really wound me up.

 

In fact it wound me up so much that I told him to immediately pull over to the side of the road, end the fare, and I got out and waited for another cab, which this time had the aforementioned seat buckle in the correct place. I also took a picture of the taxi drivers license photo and his registration. I'm still unsure if I should call him in and report him as I have done that before and they never even answered the phone or replied to my emails.

 

It's a hopeless place here at times.

 

regards,

bob.

Don't worry Be Happy.

[thrilled]

I thought that was normal. Remember your in Thailand where you could see 3-4 people riding on a motorcycle

[stupidfarang]

21 hours ago, Robert_Smith said:

Don't you think that is highly dangerous?

What about if he crashed with a kid in the back?

 

regards,

bob.

Are you new to Thailand? Totaly agree with you about being highly dangerous, yet common to see thai parents driving with their children with no seat belts at all. There is little you can do about it, requires the law to be enforced and that is another dream that will not come true soon.

[ChrisKC]

21 hours ago, Yagoda said:

When your number is up, the buckle is meaningless

Much like that comment!