News Forum - Police ignore cheating antics of drunk Bangkok cabbie

[Thaiger]

An outraged Thai woman took to social media after police refused to punish an allegedly drunk, chain-smoking Bangkok cabbie who guzzled alcohol while driving and overcharged her brother. Supunsa Hombanyen posted videos of the slovenly drunk taxi driver on her TikTok account, @mildhom, yesterday. She said… “On September 27, 2022, my brother took a taxi from Morchit in Bangkok to our home in Bang Nam Chuet district in Samut Sakhon province. The driver turned the metre system on but the fare was 1,129 baht! Last time, it was only 310 baht! Why is it so different?!” The distance between the […]

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[Faz]

2 hours ago, Thaiger said:

The driver turned the metre system on but the fare was 1,129 baht! Last time, it was only 310 baht! Why is it so different?!”

Pretty obvious, I would have thought.

Last time he used the 'meter', whilst this time he used the 'metre' - according to the report. 
 

[Pinga]

There really has been a sharp increase in bad drivers in Bangkok - there are now more bad ones than good ones in my experience, at least at night time. They all refuse to use the meter, and some are very obviously drunk or high (which is sometimes hard to tell until you're already in the car and on your way). The other night we rode with a driver who was so drunk he was running red lights - scary!

Police or whoever need to start enforcing meter use and alcohol abuse ASAP. The obviously tampered meter is one thing - but to let a drunk driver stay on the road is criminal - if anyone gets hurt by him then it's directly the officer's fault for not taking action.

[gazmo16]

I'm only a police officer I cant possibly do my job and breathalise him . 

And no brown envelopes  were involved in this incident ....no one said 

[SteveAitch]

Good advertising and strong reason for using Taxi apps like Grab or Bolt or Indrive.

[Pinetree]

Police ignore........... stop there, no need to provide yet one more example.