Department of Land Transport organizes taxis in Ratchaprasong

BANGKOK, 14 December 2015 (NNT) – 199 taxi drivers around the Ratchaprasong area have been found guilty, after officials monitored their behaviours for misconducts against passengers.

The Land Transport Department's director-general Sanit Promwong has disclosed that the Land Transport Department inspection team, police and military officers and the staff of four shopping malls have been monitoring the behavior of taxi drivers for two weeks.

The monitored area covers the four major shopping malls in the Ratchaprasong area, notoriously reported among the public regarding taxi misconducts. Officials survey the behaviours during 4.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. every day during 27 November to 10 December 2015. Up to 199 taxi drivers were found guilty.

173 of them refused to take the passengers. Nine of them did not use a meter and six did not display their driving licenses.

27 drivers were fined immediately, while the rest had to report to the authorities to check their offenses and re-enter into training, in order to create awareness of good service.

If a taxi driver is caught with repeated misconduct, their driving license will be suspended or revoked, according to their offense.