Suvarnabhumi bans taxi driver with rigged meter (VIDEO)

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Suvarnabhumi bans taxi driver with rigged meter (VIDEO)
By Coconuts Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- A Suvarnabhumi Airport taxi driver caught convincing a Japanese expat that a new law made fares THB75 at flagfall has been banned from the airport.

Udon Satsanasupin, a retired police officer-turned-taxi driver, was been banned from the taxi queue at Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday after a passenger posted a video of Udon trying to explain why his meter magically started at THB75 instead of of the usual 35.

"It used to be THB35. The new starting fare is THB75," he told the Japanese passenger in Thai. "The Department of Land Transport adjusted the meters of 80,000 taxis in December."

The Japanese man then argued that he’d paid THB35 just earlier this month. The taxi driver smartly responded, "Some taxis have not been adjusted."

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co//2015/01/29/suvarnabhumi-bans-taxi-driver-rigged-meter-video


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-01-29

[h90]

banned?

What a joke!!! The taxi should be seized and he at court for fraud.

[sjjmmi]

Should be banned from driving a taxi and hauled to court

[iReason]

Look for the story on BP.

It has the whole conversation and his BS in english subs.

[uel1968]

Retired cop,mmmm,its in his blood to suck money from people!!!!

[drbrit]

> a retired police officer-turned-taxi driver

That just says it all. Moved from one career of extortion to another.

[SoilSpoil]

I guess it will be dangerous to use your phone to film dodgy cabbies from now on.

[LuckyLew]

There will now be another taxi taking fares out of Swampy with someone else car and someone elses license

Ban ........ hahahaha

[Commerce]

Transferred from office???

[FangFerang]

'"The Department of Land Transport adjusted the meters of 80,000 taxis in December."'

I wonder what his special 'adjustment' cost?

[Prbkk]

I guess it will be dangerous to use your phone to film dodgy cabbies from now on.

Yes, maybe need to be careful but it's good that people are doing this via social media. The fact that it's being done by Japanese makes it even better.

[NongKhaiKid]

There's a slap on the wrist but this is a meaningless light tap. Thai officials really know how to lay it on.

[paddyjenkins]

How the bloody hell am i supposed to understand this if its not in English?

[jcisco]

How the bloody hell am i supposed to understand this if its not in English?

You are just being a dick right? Japanese and Thai.....go to the BP site and it has subs

[arrowsdawdle]

Should be banned from driving a taxi and hauled to court

More smoke and mirrors? To give the appearance of reform? While everybody looks the other way when drivers install undersize wheels to fool the meters?

[slapout]

I guess it will be dangerous to use your phone to film dodgy cabbies from now on.

i don't know who is more intimidated by the scamming scum,, the victums or those who hand out the punishments for all the foul deeds. it seems to be the latter in most cases here in LOS.

[Jingthing]

Interesting the focus on a small potatoes scam. Tip of the iceberg, innit?

[kingalfred]

A ban in thailand! Haha meaningless

[lom]

Transferred from office???

Transferred to another taxi queue. Naratiwat..

[EyesWideOpen]

In the land of scams , I always figured the meters on some taxis were rigged.

Would be more surprised if they were not. Clearly if the meter can be

rigged for the improper freefall, it can also be adjusted to run at a higher

rate per kilometer.

[bob4you]

Not much chance anything more than a slap on the hand. (retire police officer)

[givenall]

banned?

What a joke!!! The taxi should be seized and he at court for fraud.

He could be Mr. T friend all you know so he must have a lot of friends

[NomadJoe]

I couldn't find the story at the Post but there is another story from this week about another driver refusing to use the meter for another Japanese passenger and now the taxi drivers are refusing to take Japanese.

[razer]

Retired police officer. Of course!

[darrendsd]

How the bloody hell am i supposed to understand this if its not in English?

I have often thought that some TV Posters are shall we say on the low side of the IQ scale but that has got to be the stupidest comment I have ever read on here

[atyclb]

Not permitter to scam at the airport anymore.

[Chicog]

It's OK though, the driver concerned said he didn't mean to try and cheat him and he didn't realise what he'd done because he was "fatigued".

Just another case of miscommunication, leave the poor Thais alone, it's all the tourists' fault.

[Chicog]

Not permitter to scam at the airport anymore.

No, just not permitted to get caught scamming at the airport any more.

[ikurauni]

I had many experiences that taxi started higher than 35 THB at the taxi stands. They turn the meter on before they pick up the passengers. I had 75 THB, 55 THB and so on.

Not only at the airport, but when I pick up a taxi from the taxi stands such as a bus station, a lot of times the meter is already on and the meter indicates higher than 35 THB. At the airport, there is a surcharge to cover the wait time for the taxi. They should start the meter when they pick up the passenger. Some taxi drivers are honest and good but some drivers are bad. These bad drivers should be banned.

Taxi is cheap here but when they try to rip me off, it does not make me feel good at all.

It does not look good for the image of Thailand if they do it to the tourists.

Taxi drivers should get paid more but at the same time they need a better education.

[Rumble]

What about a pre-paid system, where the customer at the airport pays for his fair in advance gets a ticket with the taxi number and goes on his way. the taxi driver can redeem his cash with the ticket stub when he gets back.