Army calls for Phuket taxi, van drivers to get licences

The Phuket News

 

The official notice from the PLTO calling for taxi and van drivers to get licences, received by The Phuket News yesterday (Feb 15) but dated Feb 10.

 

PHUKET: -- At the behest of the Royal Thai Army, the Phuket Land Transportation Office is calling for all drivers of public transport vehicles, including taxi, van and bus drivers, to apply for their commercial drivers’ licences.

 

The call for taxi and van drivers to get licences came in an official notice from the PLTO, received by The Phuket News yesterday (Feb 15) but dated Feb 10, titled “Training and testing for public transportation driving licence (Special class)… As in the policy of public transportation arrangement to support Phuket tourism.”

 

“The Army Region 4 base in Nakhon Sri Thammarat together with the Phuket Provincial Office are in the process of solving tourism problems in Phuket for safety and correctness,” said the notice.

 

“This is to make sure that tourists will get efficient service and be more confident when they are travelling in Phuket. This also is to make a good image for Phuket.

 

“The PLTO by order of the Secretary of the Public Transportation Management Committee is working on the (issues of) drivers’ uniforms, driving licences, fares, grabbing customers and exploitation of customers,” the notice added.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/army-calls-for-phuket-taxi-van-drivers-to-get-licences-61038.php

 

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Hilarious

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Licence requirement will be pasding the following subjects.

- meter tampering

- brown envelope sealing

- 100m sprint and hide after an accident.

- drive around the block, not hitting more than 2 vehicles.

- learn to say " the brakes failed" while keeping a straight face.

- able to obtain a knife, baton and if necessary a gun which must be used to save face.

I wonder if the course to obtain the licence actually includes any practical, on the road testing or if it's all in the classroom where the drivers can partake in their usual activity of sleeping? 

 

If the police were doing their job, and the fines where appropriate, this would of course not be necessary. Same goes for problems with lack of helmets, overly polluting vehicles, broken lights - the list goes on.

This is a joke right?

Why are they on the road without a commercial licence anyway?

We need a new Minister for the Transport Mnistry?

Maybe Thai Airways will be next for a licence check,,,,, 555 or no

 

For the 50 th time in 5 years they have been warned again..

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Thai drivers dont need a license to drive a taxi Well nothing surprises me anymore Opps then again why would you need one here the driving skills in Thailand are out of this world. Jump in car just drive

I thought they were being replaced by bigger vans inn 6 months.

I guess another 20 or 30 people need to die before that subject is repeated.

These guys are the worst this island has. They try to run me off the road every frigen day.

I hate vans lets hope they fail the test we will be all a lot safer.

Why don't they go after the owners instead of the drivers fine them ฿10,000 for every unlicenced driver.