webfact Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Yet another "crackdown" on motorcycle taxis in Pattaya - all sorted by month's end, authorities claim Picture: Sophon Cable Authorities in Pattaya have claimed that problems of unregistered motorcycle taxis would all be sorted by the end of the month. Police, local officials and army men were out in force yesterday enforcing the law. This is part of a second drive following measures taken after a meeting in September of last year that promised to reign in the "wins" or motorcycle taxi drivers. In South Pattaya yesterday more than 30 riders were checked. Sophon reported a local Bang Lamung official called Phichet Thammahone as saying that riders were found using illegal white plates. Some were not dressed properly and did not have the required licences. They were fined. Sophon reported that the aim was to solve the problem by the end of the month, an often heard claim that jaded posters on their Facebook site dismissed as yet more hot air from the authorities at the resort. Source: Sophon Cable -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-01-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Just now, webfact said: Some were not dressed properly and did not have the required licences. They were fined. And subsequently carried on exactly as before. This happens all the time, with promises it will be fixed and of course it is never fixed. The biggest problem is the exorbitant rates that some of these people want to charge, especially if they think you don't know how much it should be, and I suspect that problem is going to stay with us for a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 One day we may wake up to a story of a crackdown on elite corruption and an election date ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 A perfect example of why Thailand is suffering from pollution , road carnage ,rampant corruption and is a nation just plain stuck!!! ..so many feel they above the law, and police selective enforcement... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 11 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said: One day we may wake up to a story of a crackdown on elite corruption and an election date ???? Going back to sleep is a better option. ???????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, overherebc said: Going back to sleep is a better option. ???????????? Technically sleep typing is a rare condition I appear to have succumbed to ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essox essox Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, darksidedog said: And subsequently carried on exactly as before. This happens all the time, with promises it will be fixed and of course it is never fixed. The biggest problem is the exorbitant rates that some of these people want to charge, especially if they think you don't know how much it should be, and I suspect that problem is going to stay with us for a very long time. just how much were they "fined" ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, sammieuk1 said: One day we may wake up to a story of a crackdown on elite corruption and an election date ???? I take it that meant a crackdown on bogus announcements of election dates? Then it would be relevant to quote: "an often heard claim that jaded posters on their Facebook site dismissed as yet more hot air from the authorities." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterhua Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Crooks who ride around thinking they are some kind of big shots of the roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Another crackdown after the last crackdown after the one before that and the one before that and I could go on.. when is the next one going to be I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyFriend You Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 3 hours ago, Peterhua said: Crooks who ride around thinking they are some kind of big shots of the roads. Jom Tien, legal Moto-Taxi's 30 baht almost everywhere - catch one on the road, they want 50 baht to go a few blocks, I ride Baht Buses, they run all hours of the day/night. Can't remember last time I rode a Moto-taxi in Pattaya proper, maybe twenty years?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 And steam rollers roll steam!? Or, hens have teeth? Or, the moon is made of cheese? Or, "sorted by months end"? NAH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac98 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 It's 1 a.m. and you have staggered out of Walking Street. The baht buses want 200 baht to go up the hill on Pratamnak. The motorbike taxi wants 60 baht. Bless their sweet hearts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaiLai Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I also think that motobike taxi's are very handy, never had a problem with them in Pattaya or BKK for that matter. Also handy if you need a sofa or something lifted in to your apt or similar... Agree a price first, for me it's seldom over 100 baht for my longest journey eg Suk soi 8 to Praram 9 hospital, i think it's quite fair. They can be vicous animals if they gang up on you though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman24 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 and as to TUK TUKS , can tell its holiday season, at end of my soi, TUK TUK said 200 baht to go into Pattaya, when the rate is 10 baht., which i paid, on the Tuk Tuk behind him. so *my* guy made 180 baht, while the previous guy was parked up on beach road Jomtien with no passengers,, duh !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Meanwhile the meterless taximeters continue to ply their illegal trade with the connivance of the local Plod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I think it's time for a crackdown on crackdowns!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbi1 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 12 hours ago, JaiLai said: I also think that motobike taxi's are very handy, never had a problem with them in Pattaya or BKK for that matter. Also handy if you need a sofa or something lifted in to your apt or similar... Agree a price first, for me it's seldom over 100 baht for my longest journey eg Suk soi 8 to Praram 9 hospital, i think it's quite fair. They can be vicous animals if they gang up on you though. Where's Sukhumvit Soi 8 and Praram 9 hospital in Pattaya? Care to share a map with us so we all know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexCanada Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 How are they going to solve the problem by only checking 30 motorbike riders per day? Am I missing something? Yes, by month end it will all be forgotten and everything will be back to the way it was before the "crackdown". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexCanada Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 12 hours ago, JaiLai said: They can be vicous animals if they gang up on you though. Why would they ever gang up on you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 14 hours ago, Mac98 said: It's 1 a.m. and you have staggered out of Walking Street. The baht buses want 200 baht to go up the hill on Pratamnak. The motorbike taxi wants 60 baht. Bless their sweet hearts. Why are you going home so early? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanleycoin Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Don't use the motor cycle taxi riders any more. Just a rip off, lazy pissed up riders, now days. They don't even hide the bottles of beer Chang or lao khao any more. when drinking at the ranks. Gone back to using the baht bus with the smelly rude middle aged/old Russians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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