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Taxi driver offered fare payment in cannabis
News, Online Reporters, Published on 15/07/2025
» A taxi driver filed a police complaint in Pattaya after a foreign passenger who could not pay the fare from Suvarnabhumi airport offered him a bag of cannabis instead.
Cabbie ignored passenger's instructions, used tollway
News, Online Reporters, Published on 28/05/2025
» The issue of the rights of taxi passengers became a hot social media topic after a woman posted a video about her experience with a ride-hail cabbie in Bangkok.
Drunk cabbie crashes into Government House fence
Online Reporters, Published on 27/05/2025
» A drunk cabbie crashed his vehicle into the fence outside Government House on Tuesday morning .
The hippo, the pumpkin and the haggis
Roger Crutchley, Published on 10/11/2024
» From the moment Thailand's celebrity pygmy hippo, Moo Deng predicted Donald Trump would triumph in the US election it was all over for the Democrats and Kamala Harris. Their fate had been sealed by the taste buds of the megastar mammal from Chon Buri.
British tourist held after Phuket cabbie assaulted
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 01/05/2024
» PHUKET: Police have arrested a British tourist accused of assaulting a Phuket taxi driver after a payment dispute.
Farewell George, a colleague and friend
Roger Crutchley, Published on 17/03/2024
» I begin with the sad news that former Bangkok Post colleague George Stevens has passed away after a long illness.
A painful ride with a certified horn honker
Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/02/2024
» Despite the frustration of sitting in endless jams, I've always felt Bangkok motorists display remarkable restraint when it comes to using horns. Unlike many cities in the world it is rare to hear a chorus of angry car klaxons. Things are admittedly a bit different on the provincial highways with buses and trucks not averse to giving a blast on their air horns with the clear message "Get out of the way."
A good time to get the brollies out
Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/10/2023
» After having woken up to the sound of thunderclaps and heavy rain the other morning it seems appropriate to continue with the wet weather theme following last week's in depth column on wellies.
Honest cabbie returns B52,000 dropped by Chinese passenger
Online Reporters, Published on 19/09/2023
» A Bangkok cabbie on Tuesday returned 52,000 baht found scattered over the back seat after a Chinese woman passenger had left his taxi on Sunday.
Lesson in fairness
Postbag, Published on 06/09/2023
» Re: "Cabbie lauded on violin's return", (BP, Sept 1).