Taxi

  • Bangkok NewsBangkok woman gives birth in the back of a taxi!
    ThaigerSunday, March 10, 2019
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    Bangkok woman gives birth in the back of a taxi!

    PHOTO MONTAGE: Thai Rath So you’re on your way to hospital with a passenger in the back of your taxi who says she’s going to have a baby – soon. Ahead there’s a lot traffic. Taxi driver Pratheep Manop said he picked up a woman aged about 25 – 30 from Pahonyothin Soi 48. She wanted to be taken to Wipharam…

  • Bangkok News126 Grand Palace taxi and tuk tuk drivers, and local vendors, arrested
    ThaigerSaturday, March 2, 2019
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    126 Grand Palace taxi and tuk tuk drivers, and local vendors, arrested

    PHOTOS: The Nation One of the biggest targets for scammers has always been the Grand Palace in Bangkok, mostly because it has such a high concentration of tourists visiting any time of the year. Google ‘scams in Thailand’ and you’ll always be reading about the creative ways taxi and tuk tuk drivers, and local vendors, have of parting tourists from…

  • Bangkok NewsTaxis are leading concern for tourists visiting Thailand
    ThaigerSaturday, January 5, 2019
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    Taxis are leading concern for tourists visiting Thailand

    Tourist police say that Taxi’s continue to be one of the most pressing issues for tourists visiting Thailand. In 2018, 12,679 taxi drivers were arrested by police, of which 5,668 drivers refused to pick up passengers, compared to 1,681 last year. 3,408 drivers refused to use their fare meter, compared to 255 last year and 1,659 who were overcharging, where…

  • Thailand NewsTour company owner fined 2,000 baht for threatening taxi driver with sword
    ThaigerSaturday, November 17, 2018
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    Tour company owner fined 2,000 baht for threatening taxi driver with sword

    PHOTO: Sanook A tour company owner has been fined a mere 2,000 baht by police in Surat Thani after threatening a taxi driver with a sword. The video (below) shows 39 year old Suphakit Sindamrern the alleged owner of Buddy Travel in the Kaset market area heading to his car to retrieve a sword from the boot. Suphakit told an official…

  • Bangkok NewsNew flat-fee taxi service to start 2019 after fare hike refused
    ThaigerWednesday, October 31, 2018
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    New flat-fee taxi service to start 2019 after fare hike refused

    A new taxi service offering unlimited rides for a flat monthly fee of 10,200 baht is set to be launched early next year in Bangkok and surrounding provinces. A total of 2,000 professional taxi drivers and association members will make up the new My Taxi Co fleet, which customers could hail via a smartphone App, according to association president Worapol…