Police to take action against Uber driver and songtaew drivers who intimidated him

By The Nation

 

 

Police have pledged to take legal action against both the Uber driver and the drivers of red songtaew passenger vehicles in Chiang Mai who allegedly blocked and intimidated the former.

 

Chiang Mai police have been investigating an incident when angry songtaew drivers appeared to block the Uber taxi after a video clip of the incident went viral.

 

The clip showed the songtaew drivers appearing to block a private car on Saturday afternoon at a Chiang Mai bus terminal.

 

Chiang Mai deputy police chief Pol Colonel Piyaphan Pattarasin said police had determined that the Uber car belonged to Chuchart Kraima.

 

Piyaphan said police had also learned the identities of the songtaew drivers who had intimidated Chuchart, adding that they would be summoned to meet police soon.

 

Piyaphan said Chuchart would be charged with driving an unregistered passenger car and the songtaew drivers would be charged with intimidating another person.

 

He added that public-transport drivers should inform police about private cars being used illegally as taxis instead of resorting to force.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30316639

 

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2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

songtaew drivers would be charged with intimidating another person.

what exactly is that ? is it a crime or one of those 200 baht 'violations' ?

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He added that public-transport drivers should inform police about private cars being used illegally as taxis instead of resorting to force.

Yes, well they just might get the message if the RTP enforces it.

Because the authorities aren't able to come to terms with the fact that a rival taxi business has appeared on the scene anyone seen giving a ride to anyone can now be suspected of being an Uber driver and either reported to the police or intimidated. It's already happened at various locations. So, the usual Thai chaos.