News Forum - Fare fight: Thai woman’s plea after Bangkok taxi driver slaps her

[Thaiger]

A Thai woman took to social media to seek justice and also issue a warning to others after a male taxi driver in Bangkok slapped her in the face for refusing his dishonest service. The victim posted details of the incident on her Facebook account, stating that it occurred around 11pm on March 22. She … …

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[Ramanathan.P]

Good promotion for BKK in view of Songkran festival. 

[ChrisS]

Trouble is often the guy driving the cab bears no resemblance to the photo on the taxi ID.

[TedG]

I avoid taxies. 

[Smiler]

How many times do occurrences like this have to happen before the authorities clamp down on the taxi driver scams and occasional violent incidents?

[MrStretch]

46 minutes ago, Smiler said:

How many times do occurrences like this have to happen before the authorities clamp down on the taxi driver scams and occasional violent incidents?

Obviously a lot more.  Just this week they said they had more than 10,000 complaints about taxi drivers in the city, yet this doesn't seem to be enough for them to do anything  serious about it.