webfact Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Picture: Daily News The chief of the taxi association of Suvarnabhumi airport submitted a letter to senior transport officials in parliament yesterday complaining about unfair competition, reported Daily News. Decho Lamcheerangkoon said that his members were struggling to compete with online ride hailing apps. The playing field was unfair to his members who were disadvantaged. He said that he had raised this state of affairs - particularly about fares, regulations and vehicle sizes - with the Department of Land Transport on repeated occasions but nothing had come of it. He was now going above the DLT's heads directly to the House of Representatives so that taxi drivers' grievances might be properly heard. All this relates to what taxi drivers feel is unfair rules when it comes to competing with firms like Grab, notes Thaivisa. Decho noted that choice was a good thing for the public but the rules needed to be fair for all taxi drivers. Yortyuth Bunyathikan received the letter along with other officials promising to look into the matter. -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2021-06-08 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rampant Rabbit Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, webfact said: his members were struggling to compete with online ride hailing apps. Yes they sure do love their little monopolies and cartels using violence when required to maintain their stranglehold. Welcome to the real world taxi boys and get stuffed! 20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Geoffggi Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 32 minutes ago, webfact said: Decho noted that choice was a good thing for the public but the rules needed to be fair for all taxi drivers. Ha Ha Ha!!! This is a beauty, I do not believe fairness comes into it (More like Fare-ness) they would feel nothing of taking another's ride .................LOL 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VillageIdiot Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 The title should be... "Taxi Mafia takes takes complaints about ride-hailing apps to parliment." 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MasterBaker Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 never used taxi since Grab was introduced, just hope they ban taxi driver's double dipping in the ride sharing applications or at least Grab give me a choice not to hire taxi drivers through the app. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kotsak Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 The irony is that taxi drivers themselves get customers via Grab ???? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post colinneil Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 3 hours ago, webfact said: The playing field was unfair to his members who were disadvantaged. Oh dear the taxi mafia aint happy, they got some competition, and they dont like it. They are not happy that their strangle hold on the public is being curtailed. The poor dears.???????????????????????? 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post timendres Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 Unfair competition? Every time I have used Grab, it cost more than hailing a taxi. How is that "unfair competition"?! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tomyami Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 Lots of older taxi guys have the rip off mafia mindset and there cabs stink they are heavy drinkers and unhealthy looking I use bolt taxi in pattaya they are brilliant young drivers with new cars good attiudes, traceable and cheaper too 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Destiny1990 Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 Why in Europe taxi drivers are Africans, turky, afghani and Asian people and here all cab drivers are Thais? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 3 hours ago, webfact said: Decho Lamcheerangkoon said that his members were struggling to compete with online ride hailing apps. The playing field was unfair to his members who were disadvantaged. They don't like competition... full stop. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 39 minutes ago, timendres said: Unfair competition? Every time I have used Grab, it cost more than hailing a taxi. How is that "unfair competition"?! The exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLock Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 They state unfair competition and being disadvantaged, but what do they mean? The taxis were the incumbent. They had the entire market to themselves. By disadvantaged, do they mean that they are stupid, for watching someone smarter come in, develop excellent technology and provide a better service and disrupt an entire industry? Why don't they just became Grab Drivers if they feel so unhappy? I really could care less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanuk711 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 30 minutes ago, tomyami said: I use bolt taxi in pattaya they are brilliant young drivers with new cars good attiudes, traceable and cheaper too Is Mr T still around ?..... been some years since I used them, but last time in Pattaya (2 years ago) I flew in & out of U-TAPAO same day return, when I wanted to leave Pattaya phone them to be told--no we don't service that airport... Couldn't (wouldn't) give a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overt2016 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Perhaps they should look at the rip-offs going around Sukimvit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 hour ago, kotsak said: The irony is that taxi drivers themselves get customers via Grab ???? Yes, but they would like the number of available cars to be reduced to increase the number of jobs they can get. If it were only licenced taxis that would reduce the pool of available cars by a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post herfiehandbag Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 I understand that Mr Lamcheerangkoon was 15 minutes late arriving at the parliament building. Of the 17 cabs he hailed, 4 didn't stop, 6 said no and drove off, and 7 quoted a silly price and said their meters were broken. He had to get a ride from "Grab" in the end... 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said: Yes, but they would like the number of available cars to be reduced to increase the number of jobs they can get. If it were only licenced taxis that would reduce the pool of available cars by a lot. The reason I prefer Grab-Car is so that I can avoid the Taxi’s.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineOh Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, webfact said: Decho Lamcheerangkoon said that his members were struggling to compete with online ride hailing apps. Suck it up, buttercups. Edited June 8, 2021 by WineOh 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post herfiehandbag Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said: The reason I prefer Grab-Car is so that I can avoid the Taxi’s.... Yes. It is disappointing when you order a "Grab" and a Green and Yellow Toyota, with a <deleted> stained interior, clunking rear suspension and clicking ball joints poles up! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 4 hours ago, webfact said: Decho Lamcheerangkoon said that his members were struggling to compete with online ride hailing apps. Taxi’s themselves can be hailed by these ‘ride hailing’ apps too... there is no exclusion of the taxis. BUT... Taxi drivers who sit outside tourist hotspots trying to rip people, over-charge, clock the meter etc are of course going to struggle. A number of years ago (our car was in for service) so my Wife and I picked our son up from School in Taxi, or rather we tried. We got to my Sons School - the taxi driver refused to wait (standby) - no problem with that, its his choice. 5 mins later we stood outside my Sons school at 2pm - a lot of Taxi’s drove past ignoring us (about 10). Those that did stop just said no. I forget how many taxi’s that said no, I think it was about 7. From there on in we used the Grab App each and every time we needed a Taxi and instead chose Grab-Car. We can guarantee a car with seatbelts, thats clean, without multiple rejections and without a driver who is a complete A’hole (yes, my wife had a taxi driver swearing at other drivers while she was in the car with my Son - my wife subtly videoed the abusive driver). I’ve had aggressive drivers in the past. I’ve had drivers who want to watch a movie on their phone while driving and have refused to turn off their phone. I just tell them to stop and get out... (paying the meter if we’ve travelled any distance). I long ago learned that a flag fall taxi from an a busy tourist area can turn out to be a headache and those standing around waiting are an outright nuisance !!!..... Grab has reduced all the potential hassle such that there is no hassle. As always on these threads people will of course argue that they have never had an issue with taxi’s... but even if its 1 out 5 journeys where the driver is anything other than pleasant its a journey I don’t want and Grab-Car removes any potential for hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 minute ago, herfiehandbag said: 14 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said: The reason I prefer Grab-Car is so that I can avoid the Taxi’s.... Expand Yes. It is disappointing when you order a "Grab" and a Green and Yellow Toyota, with a <deleted> stained interior, clunking rear suspension and clicking ball joints poles up! You can select ‘Grab-Car’ or ‘Grab-Premium’ instead of ‘Grab-Taxi’ or ‘Just-Grab’.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Just now, richard_smith237 said: You can select ‘Grab-Car’ or ‘Grab-Premium’ instead of ‘Grab-Taxi’ or ‘Just-Grab’.... Right, OK. I am rarely in Bangkok, and have only used them a couple of times. I was impressed, although I did miss being driven by a sulky bloke from Buriram, wearing a week old shirt with the collar protected by a bit of paper held in place by a couple of paperclips! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonclark Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) Note to all taxi drivers. If your consumers find grab better and Grabs market share increasing indicates they do. Maybe become grab drivers. Fares are pretty decent, no daily taxi rental (anywhere between 300 - 500 baht a day in Bangkok I think), and you get to be in charge of your own hours. Safer than picking up flag down fares as well at 3am The market has not changed, just consumer habits. Adapt or die out, that's the choice. You are not owed a living Mr. Taxi driver. Edited June 8, 2021 by jonclark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonclark Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) Just now, jonclark said: Double post Edited June 8, 2021 by jonclark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 8 hours ago, webfact said: Decho noted that choice was a good thing for the public but the rules needed to be fair for all taxi drivers. but fairer for the taxi drivers ... yeah ... when will they understand that times are changing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 On 6/8/2021 at 6:24 PM, colinneil said: Oh dear the taxi mafia aint happy, they got some competition, and they dont like it. They are not happy that their strangle hold on the public is being curtailed. The poor dears.???????????????????????? And meantime they do nothing to fix their negative image: Example; refuse to help with luggage, at time give no support whatever to customers in wheelchair, try to touch female passengers, claim payments which don't exist (e.g. 'Re the 50Baht airport surcharge, it's a printing error, the charge is actually 500Baht.' Again recently a visiting professor was asked by the driver (speaking limited English) when travelling from the airport to Bkk 'first time to Thailand?' Answer 'YES'. 'Do you want air-conditioning, extra 100Baht from airport?' Answer 'YES' and on arrival taxi driver quickly wrote on a scrap of paper: - Meter XXX - Bag 100 - Air 100 TOTAL XXX. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 If they're smart they'll sign on to GRAB. I live on a semi rural road and there are no taxi ranks within 2 Km of the MooBaan. I use Grab (JustGrab) and 75% of the time I get a taxi who is signed up to be a GRAB driver. On the way home since I am usually on a major road I take a taxi from the same rank every time, the guys there are great and most know where I live since I use them so much, I don't even have to say a word, just hop in and get driven home. Everyone can survive if they just keep an open mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pravda Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 My wife chaufffers me around. No need to take grab, taxi or bts for over a year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Thailand 4.0 limping along nicely, thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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