Taxi drivers attacked in Pattaya Walking Street

By Albert Jack -

 

  

PATTAYA: -- At 2am, on the morning of November 22, Pattaya police were called to Walking Street after reports of a disturbance.

 

Witnesses had said that a group of around ten young Thai men, probably teenagers, had surrounded a taxi and were smashing it and attacking the driver.

 

 

The victim, taxi driver Mr Boontham Boonmeema, was bloodied and bruised and his clothing had been torn.

 

Other taxi drivers had gone to assist but they too were attacked by the mob and their cars damaged.

 

Mr Boonthan told officers that he and his friends had only just received permits to work in the area two days previously and so they are convinced the attack was ordered by other rival taxi drivers.

 

He was taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries and investigating officers are taking statement from other taxi and baht bus drivers in the area.

 

Report by Pattaya One News Team

 

Source: http://pattayaone.news/en/taxi-drivers-attacked-walking-street/

 

-- © Copyright Pattaya One 2016-11-22

 

 

So was this Mafia attacking Mafia.?

Taxi drivers in this town,   Who cares i don't.

He will be dishing it out to some tourist one day here.

 

If it was the Mafia...

 

I can see a big clampdown on Taxis and BB's in the next few weeks, and it will be the army not the police. 

 

It is long time over due.

Edited November 22, 20169 yr by Basil B

1 minute ago, Basil B said:

If it was the Mafia...

 

I can see a big clampdown on Taxis and BB's in the next few weeks, and it will be the army not the police. 

 

It is long time over due.

 

Hope you don't mind a very,  very,   long wait.

6 minutes ago, onemorechang said:

 

Hope you don't mind a very,  very,   long wait.

I hope you are wrong... as I said it is a long time over due

They're not taxis anyway. They don't use meters (and what's with that? Hysteria in Bangkok, total silence in Pattaya on that issue alone). They're just private hire vehicles driven by thugs.

2 hours ago, onemorechang said:

So was this Mafia attacking Mafia.?

Taxi drivers in this town,   Who cares i don't.

He will be dishing it out to some tourist one day here.

 

One hell of a guy... 

Might it be Uber related? Are they in town?

are they allowed to drive in Walking street at 2 AM?

 

are they allowed to drive in Walking street at 2 AM?
 

If physically possible its OK.
Thai rule #1

7 hours ago, onemorechang said:

So was this Mafia attacking Mafia.?

Taxi drivers in this town,   Who cares i don't.

He will be dishing it out to some tourist one day here.

 

 

No mafia in Thailand 555555

I was attacked by a bhat taxi driver because i said i wouldn;t not move 2cm more in the Taxi to let an Ant sit right next to me.

So really i dont care , i even could say i fell some satisfaction about that.

Still 10 baht  

 

about 10 on to 1 sounds pretty good odds to me. i wonder how they like it when the boot is on the other foot?

14 hours ago, sharecropper said:

They're not taxis anyway. They don't use meters (and what's with that? Hysteria in Bangkok, total silence in Pattaya on that issue alone). They're just private hire vehicles driven by thugs.

 

Meters in Pattaya won't work anyway.

Getting the taxi started will cost THB 35 and I think the fee per km is THB 3.70 in Bangkok. 

So, from Jomtien bus-station (airport-shuttle) to TukCom will cost THB 35 + (3 x THB 3.70) = THB 46.10.........

The distances in Pattaya are just not long enough.

 

Charging THB 200 for this trip is ridiculous of course. 

good for the consumer i say........competition is a good thing!

I think that this is evidence that the money is running thin.There is a turn down in tourism.Not so many tourists in Walking st,tired of being ripped off by the Russians? This could be a sign of things to come.Thais turning on Thais,It cant get any better.I dont live in Patts anymore,i dont think that area of town is very safe anymore.

Clicked on this thread to view "gore".

 

Disappointed.

 

Get 1 large "Ear".

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Khon Kaen Dave said:

I think that this is evidence that the money is running thin.There is a turn down in tourism.Not so many tourists in Walking st,tired of being ripped off by the Russians? This could be a sign of things to come.Thais turning on Thais,It cant get any better.I dont live in Patts anymore,i dont think that area of town is very safe anymore.

 

 

By all fairness, those kind of attacks happen anywhere where some money can be made.

Happened in Kuala Lumpur when the Taxi Mafia attacked the cars and drivers of UBER and GRAB, happens in Bali, when drivers of the crooked Taxi companies set cars of the only trusted company BLUEBIRD alight and physically attack their drivers, and it even happens in Europe

You don't get this sort of behaviour between rival pathology labs or precision engineering factories.

 

It is about time Thailand moved up the skills chain from having about 80% of the male workforce either claiming to or aspiring to be a "professional driver". There are simply too many of them. Go to any of the large public sector buildings around Bangkok and you will find many of these drivers just hanging around waiting all day for some kind of driving work that doesn't involve too much manual or mental effort.

I wonder if he had paid his monthly "licence" fee to the BIB.  That is 15k Bats in case anyone is interested.  I wonder if there is any correlation between the Pattaya top cop job requiring a huge fee, extra licence fees by the police and the local taxis not using meters, nah probably not, nothing to see here, move along.

 

Cheers

None of the taxi drivers use metres so are not taxi really. Rather than offer new licences in Pattaya they should withdraw them all and enforce fair use and price regulations. 

9 hours ago, Khon Kaen Dave said:

I think that this is evidence that the money is running thin.There is a turn down in tourism.Not so many tourists in Walking st,tired of being ripped off by the Russians? This could be a sign of things to come.Thais turning on Thais,It cant get any better.I dont live in Patts anymore,i dont think that area of town is very safe anymore.

It's safe-I go there frequently.  WS is effectively 'family fun'.  When you say 'tired of being ripped off by Russians - What are you talking about? Then you say: ' Thais turning on Thais, it can't get any better. ' It sounds like blatant race hate poison to me from a damaged mind. 

5 minutes ago, The manic said:

Rather than offer new licences in Pattaya they should withdraw them all and enforce fair use and price regulations. 

 

Nice idea but not going to happen for decades. 

 

I recall negotiating a fare in Jomtiem and when I didn't agree the driver increased the offer.  WTH is all that about? 

6 hours ago, siam2007 said:

 

 

By all fairness, those kind of attacks happen anywhere where some money can be made.

Happened in Kuala Lumpur when the Taxi Mafia attacked the cars and drivers of UBER and GRAB, happens in Bali, when drivers of the crooked Taxi companies set cars of the only trusted company BLUEBIRD alight and physically attack their drivers, and it even happens in Europe

And it's, the first time I've ever heard of this, happening in WS or any where in Pattaya. 

Just now, bubblewrap said:

 

Nice idea but not going to happen for decades. 

 

I recall negotiating a fare in Jomtiem and when I didn't agree the driver increased the offer.  WTH is all that about? 

I remember when Bangkok drivers we're forced to use metres. It worked pretty well from zero metres and outrageous prices to 100% metre installation and 90% use. 

Who did the taxi man receive permits from?  Does Pattaya regulate the number of taxis like New York City did with Taxi medallions?  By the way the current price of a taxi medallion in New York is over $800,000 USD!

17 hours ago, The manic said:

It's safe-I go there frequently.  WS is effectively 'family fun'.  When you say 'tired of being ripped off by Russians - What are you talking about? Then you say: ' Thais turning on Thais, it can't get any better. ' It sounds like blatant race hate poison to me from a damaged mind. 

I always prefer truth to political correctness . Peace and love bro

taxis, hookers and politicians babies make the dirty world go around!

13 minutes ago, Harold the Great said:

taxis, hookers and politicians babies make the dirty world go around!

 

And there was me thinking it was just Money and money alone  that makes Thailand go round.