12 minutes ago, black tabby12345 said:

 

They legalized it(share ride app) in 2021; during the previous military regime.

So not illegal.

 

 

By freelance I mean nonride share.

9 hours ago, connda said:

"Daily face scans???"  Wtf? 

Only once per day, so grandson can scan grandpa into the app before he starts his shift.  Weird that driver doesn't look like the photo in the app...

9 hours ago, Yagoda said:

By freelance I mean nonride share.

I meant those with that app.

 

19 hours ago, redwood1 said:

The system works fine now....No need for 10 more layers of bureaucratic nonsense.... 

 

Those <deleted>* simply want to earn another easy billions by imposing "new restrictions".

 

License requirements mean  new levy/tax(in the name of administration charges)on the activities that was previously free to start.

 

Exactly the same thing  as what they are now trying to do with weed once deregulated under previous regime.

 

Another filthy scheme to enlarge own wallet.

20 hours ago, redwood1 said:

The system works fine now....No need for 10 more layers of bureaucratic nonsense.... 

It's a bit like a poor paint job, if the first coat doesn't work slap on another coat... repeat.

16 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Freelance drivers are illegal aren't they? Don't they have to be either off of a platform or working a license cab? All I'm trying to find out is what this new rule does. Do you know?

Now anyone with private car and driver's license can drive for ride hailing providers. But with this change, those private cars with white plates would have to be registered as public vehicles and receive yellow plates, which would increase their costs and depreciate the value of the vehicle. Many drivers won't bother, so there will be a drop in available cars, probably resulting in higher fares and longer waiting times or unanswered ride requests.

On 7/9/2025 at 10:00 PM, Yagoda said:

So whats the change?

What ever it is they will charge for it with each ride but will not comply 

8 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

Now anyone with private car and driver's license can drive for ride hailing providers. But with this change, those private cars with white plates would have to be registered as public vehicles and receive yellow plates, which would increase their costs and depreciate the value of the vehicle. Many drivers won't bother, so there will be a drop in available cars, probably resulting in higher fares and longer waiting times or unanswered ride requests.

Yeah I looked up randomly. So its like they do in the US and other developed country where road safety rules are better. Here, ride shares must be registered appropriately and insured as commercial vehicles with application security etc, otherwise you are a gypsy cab and illegal.

 

I never rode gypsy cabs here in the USA. Good to see the road rules improving in Thailand

 

 

On 7/10/2025 at 7:23 AM, Olmate said:

Roadworthy checks of vehicles not mentioned,.. Strange that! I use daily 2/3 times, 50% at least have crap cars.

You should put in a complaint then!

5 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Yeah I looked up randomly. So its like they do in the US and other developed country where road safety rules are better. Here, ride shares must be registered appropriately and insured as commercial vehicles with application security etc, otherwise you are a gypsy cab and illegal.

 

I never rode gypsy cabs here in the USA. Good to see the road rules improving in Thailand

 

 

I use BOLT all the time in Pattaya; sometimes three times a day.

4 hours ago, Jimjim1 said:

What ever it is they will charge for it with each ride but will not comply 

That makes no sense. How can they not comply?

3 minutes ago, Magictoad said:

I use BOLT all the time in Pattaya; sometimes three times a day.

Do you like Bolt or Grab better, forgetting the usual cheap charlie stuff we see here

A troll post has been removed.

12 hours ago, Magictoad said:

You should put in a complaint then!

Rate your ride is made after every ride. No feedback on the feedback tho Magicman.Obviously you dont partake! 

I read else where that a customer might have to verify their id before every ride....This article seems to have left out this nasty possibility.....They already have your id by your phone number.....So would they want face scans ? finger prints? blood or DNA tests or what? Before every ride...

It sounds like they are determined to destroy the ride apps....They want them all bankrupt and out of business..

I don't want fares to increase or it to become burdensome but these changes could be a net positive if they make ride sharing safer without becoming onerous. However, my concern is that these proposals will cost drivers more money in registration fees and if they can't make it up through fare increases they'll be less of them. Perhaps that is the real intent.

 

Thailand loves making laws that overlap with existing ones without considering if they should discontinue the original it's meant to replace or amend. This creates double and triple paperwork; wasting time and money but keeping the government serfs employed. If they return to solely taxi meters without Uber-type technology I'll leave the country and probably go to Vietnam.

 

 

On 7/10/2025 at 10:32 PM, Yagoda said:

By freelance I mean nonride share.

So where are you finding non app taxis, and why would you use them?

43 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

I read else where that a customer might have to verify their id before every ride....This article seems to have left out this nasty possibility.....They already have your id by your phone number.....So would they want face scans ? finger prints? blood or DNA tests or what? Before every ride...

It sounds like they are determined to destroy the ride apps....They want them all bankrupt and out of business..

The green/yellow cabs can’t get a meter to work, so how the hell are they going to operate a face recognition system?

Another Thai law/ crackdown/ regulation, announced with great fanfare, after which nothing really changes

59 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

I read else where that a customer might have to verify their id before every ride....This article seems to have left out this nasty possibility.....They already have your id by your phone number.....So would they want face scans ? finger prints? blood or DNA tests or what? Before every ride...

Face scans (BP yesterday )

You are not supposed to use your gf's app to order a car and than travel anonymously.  It's called surveillance. 

 

DNA tests,  like in China and the US, will come later. 

4 hours ago, redwood1 said:

I read else where that a customer might have to verify their id before every ride....

Thats optional here, show the dude your number like a Bluetooth pairing. To protect the drivers.

4 hours ago, Free the 115 said:

The green/yellow cabs can’t get a meter to work, so how the hell are they going to operate a face recognition system?

Ive never been in a cab where the meter didnt work

I'll continue to avoid taxi's like the plague, I value my life too much.

On 7/10/2025 at 1:36 PM, hotchilli said:

I wonder what the taxi mafia think of this.

Nail on the head hit. They are who gains from this. 

On 7/11/2025 at 8:09 AM, hotchilli said:

It's a bit like a poor paint job, if the first coat doesn't work slap on another coat... repeat.

Yep  that is how they paint and make laws here - no fix or clean first - just paint straight on, and then again - make it look good.  Does not matter if it is not good. Repeat 6 to 12 months later. 

On 7/11/2025 at 12:53 PM, Yagoda said:

That makes no sense. How can they not comply?

Perhaps you would care to enlighten me on just what the majority DO comply with, the rules are there and rules are to be broken so the Thai taxi drivers break them completely.

Over the twenty two years of being in Thailand and the extensive use of taxis I can safely say that for every one driver who is honest and gains a sizeable tip from me for being so, there are hundreds who do all they can to overcharge. One trick is to stop for the toilet when coming off the highway but leaving the meter running just to add a meagre 20 to 30 baht.

whilst to we westerners this is a paltry sum there is a point of principle within, and if they get away with one they will get away with all and scam considerable amounts during the week.

Be honest do the job properly charge me the correct amount for the journey taken and get at least 50% more as a tip, but this of course to a Thai taxi driver IS rocket science.

1 hour ago, Jimjim1 said:

Perhaps you would care to enlighten me on just what the majority DO comply with, the rules are there and rules are to be broken so the Thai taxi drivers break them completely.

Over the twenty two years of being in Thailand and the extensive use of taxis I can safely say that for every one driver who is honest and gains a sizeable tip from me for being so, there are hundreds who do all they can to overcharge. One trick is to stop for the toilet when coming off the highway but leaving the meter running just to add a meagre 20 to 30 baht.

whilst to we westerners this is a paltry sum there is a point of principle within, and if they get away with one they will get away with all and scam considerable amounts during the week.

Be honest do the job properly charge me the correct amount for the journey taken and get at least 50% more as a tip, but this of course to a Thai taxi driver IS rocket science.

Got it. Some Taxi Driver ripped you off for 50 pence and now you're on a rampage against all of them

Here again, TH refusing to get dragged into the 21st century. Note that even if taxis were forced to use the meter, there would be no telling whether the meter had not been tampered with.

6 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Got it. Some Taxi Driver ripped you off for 50 pence and now you're on a rampage against all of them

Perhaps you should learn to read correctly and try to understand the written word, please do it slowly as you obviously do not understand that no one is on a rampage, simply expressing a proven point of view.

Try getting into a taxi around 7 in the morning to go to the airport and they refuse to turn on the metre instead giving you a price that does not include the first leg of the highway.

But of course I realise that your comments are born entirely of ignorance in stating that you have never got into a taxi where the metre was not working, firstly how would you know if it was working properly, secondly I did not say the metres were not working, I mentioned a trick that the drivers use, one amongst many.

 

One can only hope that your ignorance will not lead you into riding in a taxi which becomes involved in an accident and you find that the person driving it is NOT the person registered to drive it resulting in him having no insurance to pay your hospital fees.

 

i have no wish to respond further to you as you are quite obviously a lost cause with little if any understanding of the points made or the principal espoused.

Good luck in your taxi journeys with an always correct metre reading, what is it now 35 baht, 37baht, or 39 baht per kilometre or whatever the number is when they turn the metre on, the honest ones will have the correct amount as instructed in law by the government.

11 minutes ago, Jimjim1 said:

But of course I realise that your comments are born entirely of ignorance in stating that you have never got into a taxi where the metre was not working, firstly how would you know if it was working properly, secondly I did not say the metres were not working, I mentioned a trick that the drivers use, one amongst many.

Sorry Ive never been a victim of a taxi driver in Bangkok going back to pre meter days