How to report "no meter" taxis? I have them on iphone video

[55bulldog]

Khao San to BTS Ari is 75-90 baht; my honest fare that night was 83

Lived in LOS 3.5 years now. The last 2 in BKK. Last night, I was on Kao San Road. Don't go there often because of reasons like this: It took me 4 cabbies to find one that would use the meter. I am so sick of these little jerks that have never cognitively developed past the point of 14 years old-lazy victims who think the world owes them. So hypnotized by "smart" phones that they don't even notice I am filming them. They're so droned out that when they see me approach their vehicle with a phone in hand they don't even realize I am filming them they just glance down as if we're in the same associated tribe.

The first one (which I only filmed his license plate and a bit of an outside-in-view) asked for 150 baht. I didn't film the interaction because he was the first.

I filmed my interaction with the 2nd and 3rd because they were lined up and I knew the hustle was on. One tells me, "no meter". As I try and film his ID number, I realize I can't because it is too dark so I begin to say it out loud. I don't know if I said every number clearly but as I finished or was about to he catches on and tries to drown me out by mocking me and pulls away quickly but I get his plate. (Lucky, he didn't nick my phone or have a samurai sword......c'mon we gotta stand up to these "teenage men")

The other douche is so entranced by his smart phone that he just demands "200 baht no meter". He barely processes me as a human being or customer and just attends to his texting as if I am some afterthought and an inconvenience to his typical teenage boy day "Ah, C'mon dad I have a new video game to play. I don't want to work". I try to get his license number but it is too dark so I walk around to the back of his car and get a clear frame of his plate number.

I don't know how long you have lived here or how sick you are of this crap but these little boys need to grow up and realize that a job is a job. It's not something you do to hang out and don't you dare ask for a tip! I am so sick and tired of dealing with these M150 consuming children.....aren't you?

Khoa San is one of the top tourist destinations here. You can say what you want about it's backpacker vibe but it is walking distance from the National Museum and all the symbols of “Thainess”. Unfortunately, these taxis are a symbol of Thainess to me.

How can I report them? I am having a hard time downloading the videos to my computer. I sent them to my email and try to download them to my computer from the email but it’s not working. Will post them as soon as I figure it out.

[Rumblecat]

Since the 1st September 2012, the police have been cracking down on taxi drivers refusing to pick up passengers. In the past they would have just received a warning, but starting this month, refusing to pick up passengers is now 1 of 13 traffic violations that will get a driver an immediate fine (see here). If this happens to you, you can contact the Land Transport Department Hotline on 1584. You need to make a note of the license plate (see above picture) and the time and place of the incident. They also suggest taking a picture but I would advise caution doing this. Taxi drivers have been known to attack passengers for doing this. An alternative number is 1197 which is the hotline for traffic police. According to The Nation, the LTD received 60 complaints from passengers in the last three days. There was also 11 complaints of taxi drivers dropping passengers off midway.

http://www.richardbarrow.com/2012/09/how-to-report-a-taxi-in-bangkok/

So that's 1584.

[SamSipEt]

This is a constant problem with a minority of taxi drivers ....

1) not going in the direction you want so they refuse the fare - solution - try the next taxi

2) they quote a fixed rate which is at least treble what it would be if they used the meter - solution - try the next taxi

3) once on the move they then claim that there are road works up ahead so they have to take a detour which adds considerably to the meter bill - solution - tell him to keep on the road you want or to let you out here and now.

These parasites are a minority but they are a real menace. Don't get angry and don't try and get even. Smile and walk away because there are countless other taxis on the road and most of them have honest drivers trying to earn an honest living. Life is far too short to let such a minor irritation bother you.

[jaiyenyen]

Last Wednesday the bars all closed at midnight because net day was a Buddhist holiday. I stopped 4 taxis outside Landmark hotel, Sukhumvit. I wanted to get back to Don Mueang. All wanted 'no meter'. Cheapest was 500bht, most expensive 1000bht. Decided to walk up to Asok. Same thing. I eventually got one to go for 300bht, Out of around 12 taxis that stopped for me, non were willing to use the meter.

Knuts, the lot of them.