whaleboneman Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 4 hours ago, Bluespunk said: Politeness training? Yes, it's not polite to point with a knife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Tourists will love this one, the place is getting more unruly by the day or my senses are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcomer71 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 4 hours ago, gdgbb said: He will get more, in addition to the fines so far.." He was also handed over to police " We just can hope, but I wouldn't bet a cent.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) 35 minutes ago, whaleboneman said: Yes, it's not polite to point with a knife. Yeah...not quite what i was wondering about. But thanks for the etiquette input... Edited February 17, 2017 by Bluespunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattayadgw Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 What is happening to this beautiful country??? UNBELIEVABLE.... The driver should be locked away in prison.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvavin Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 2,000 baht fine for threatening with a dangerous weapon? This shows how rooten is the Thai law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojelio Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Seems there is a growing resentment toward foreigners in Thailand. Some of it deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 (edited) That's all it takes to make a Thai taxi driver go berserk? Wow. And a 1000 THB fine for assault with a deadly weapon. No wonder they go berserk at the slam of a boot the drop of a hat. There are no consequences. Edited February 17, 2017 by connda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemguy Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Maybe he did not get the daily dose of Ya Ba in time and was highly agitated. The passenger did not slam the trunk closed....not at all. Just another angry taxi driver with attitude while there are plenty of them out and about. What to do...what to do?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratcher Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Pathetic level of fine. He should be jailed, pay a far bigger fine and be banned from driving a taxi for 5 years. The taxi operator should also have their license revoked. Most taxi drivers in LOS carry a weapon. Guns, knives and iron bars are the most favoured. Let the driver close the boot, be polite and give them a decent fare. I take BKK taxis on a regular basis. I always give more than the meter in town and more if going to Suvarnabhumi or Rangsit etc. Taxi fares are cheap in BKK by the meter. However, around Nana or Central World a taxi driver will often demand a fixed price or refuse to take you. No problem just wait for the next taxi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullcave Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Monkey show... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berybert Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Politeness training so he can give future passengers he has no license to pick up a better experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berybert Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 5 hours ago, Rojelio said: Seems there is a growing resentment toward foreigners in Thailand. Some of it deserved. Where they foreigners then ? My eyes are not as good as they used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POMCHOB Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 10 hours ago, JonnyF said: This is exactly why I don't use taxis in Bangkok. I used them a couple of times a week for about 3 years and narrowly avoided fights with these guys for... Politely asking them to turn down their 200db crackly radio so I can hear other passengers speak. Asking him to go the correct way to the destination (not try and get on the highway for a 1 kilometre trip). Politely asking for AC to be used when it's 38 outside. Asking them to pause the meter as they wait in a long queue to fill up LPG with me in the car as a passenger. Asking them to slow down a bit (the guy was doing 120 down Sathorn with my young nieces in the car - no seat belts available). Asking for a meter to be used after being quoted 800 Baht from Sathorn to the airport. I don't use them any more except in emergencies - I just can't be bothered with them. OH you forgot ..... shouting "please wake up and stop falling asleep at the wheel "as happened to me from Downtown Bangkok to Lak Krabang in rush hour on motorway ,made the excuse to get him to pull over, looking at a text on my phone ,made out Message from my wife had rearranged a meeting at closer destination ,So not to annoy him and pull over an get the Yuck out of there! So no loss of face induced ,Happy days Smooth it over in LOS, better to take the Airport Link now in my experience ,for long journeys. But must of been scarey for the Thai family involved . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigman Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 This fellow should loose his licence for life. He is just unpredictable psycho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 An offensive post containing inappropriate language has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgoon Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 17 hours ago, Bluespunk said: Politeness training? Re-affirmation of his Thainess........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 politeness training and a small fine for doing all that... jeez Operating a taxi without a licence, pulling out a knife and threatening someone !! C'mon Thailand get your act together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6thST Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 20 hours ago, newcomer71 said: Impplite behavior... 1K baht fine... This country has seriously gone downhill... What a Joke.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6thST Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 2 hours ago, hotchilli said: politeness training and a small fine for doing all that... jeez Operating a taxi without a licence, pulling out a knife and threatening someone !! C'mon Thailand get your act together That taxi driver need to head his head examined and should never be allowed to drive a taxi again or any other other work involved with tourist.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokie Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 What is wrong with these people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 On 2/17/2017 at 0:26 PM, Bluespunk said: Politeness training? Shut that boot gently or ill ferrking stab you to death.........................."please" See its not that hard to be polite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 27 minutes ago, Lokie said: What is wrong with these people? no law enforcement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Deerhunter Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 On 2/17/2017 at 0:27 PM, Prbkk said: I used to believe that psycho cab drivers were just a tiny fraction of the total. Over the years I changed my opinion: still a minority but ever more visible. Maybe social media /CCTV makes it easier to spot them. The owners of the cab companies will do nothing to vet drivers...in their unrelenting pursuit of profit above all else. And the pathetic and pale pink DLT pays little more than lip service to the growing problem. I have said this before but the long hours that drivers of all types have to do in LOS to make a crust means that they take amphetamines to keep awake. This sort of behaviour is typical of people using ampheramines such as is known as "Ice," "P" or as it is called "Ya Ba", here. He might not ordinarily have such a short fuse. Or perhaps he might. But this drug kills with violence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapporillo Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 3 hours ago, The Deerhunter said: I have said this before but the long hours that drivers of all types have to do in LOS to make a crust means that they take amphetamines to keep awake. This sort of behaviour is typical of people using ampheramines such as is known as "Ice," "P" or as it is called "Ya Ba", here. He might not ordinarily have such a short fuse. Or perhaps he might. But this drug kills with violence! Very true, regular "ya ba" users are dangerous fellows, and if you have never seen what it can do to an otherwise "normal" person, it's pretty hard to understand why someone could react so violently without an apparent reason. But as other posters have pointed out, using a cab in Thailand has become a hassle for so many other reasons, you don't need to have been threatened to prefer public transport whenever possible. I spend most of my time in Cambodia and Vietnam, but I still learnt how to use the MRT/BTS in Bangkok, just because I got tired of dealing with the cabbies in Bangkok. I guess it's kind of a vicious circle, and they just don't get it: They're probably losing business because of their reputation, and instead of providing a better service, they're trying to milk the remaining customers even more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The manic Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 No harm no foul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Great stuff, more business for Uber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaos Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Doing unlicenced taxi just 1000 fine wow.Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai3 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Had one a few years ago actually boasting he had never had a driving license, did not think they were worth the money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasrullah Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 On 2/17/2017 at 4:26 PM, Bluespunk said: Politeness training? Yes ......it's what you receive in your 20/30's if you fell thru the cracks as a kid.....ie ...mummy never told you off or gave you a smack across the bum for any wrong doings....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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