• LEARNING

  Nightmare over, falsely arrested taxi driver gets 20,000 bt

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/07/2012

  » Taxi driver Charin Chumket was shocked when he learned from media reports that he was a suspect in a robbery and assault case. Things quickly went from bad to worse.

• LEARNING

  Motorcycle taxi driver, citizen journalist

  Published on 16/02/2012

  » The first to post photos of Tuesday’s bombing on Sukhumvit Soi 71, motorcycle taxi driver, Dejchat Puangket, is now something of a celebrity.

• NEWS

  Airport taxi driver caught cheating passenger on video

  Online Reporters, Published on 28/01/2015

  » A taxi driver told a Japanese passenger travelling from Suvarnabhumi airport that the flagfall had officially increased from 35 baht to 75 baht because of rising fuel prices.

• LEARNING

  Empty tank scam fools taxi passengers

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 29/04/2013

  » If your taxi appears to have run out of petrol and the driver asks you to push the cab to the side of the road, don’t do it – unless you have all your belongings with you.

• LEARNING

  Taxi driver returns 26 million baht

  Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/11/2012

  » Singapore taxi driver returns 26 million baht left in taxi in a paper bag to Thai couple vacationing in Singapore.

• OPINION

  From a cultured cabbie to the Albert Hall

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 23/09/2018

  » The recent column on the musical tastes of Bangkok's taxi drivers prompted quite a few comments from readers relating assorted cab rides featuring the joyful strains of Cliff Richard, Boney M and even Pavarotti. However, Elvis remains the favourite amongst the veteran cabbies.

• LEARNING

  English for taxi drivers

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/07/2012

  » Not long ago, taxi driver Wiset Bangwiset's English language vocabulary consisted of 'yes', no' and 'OK'. Now, thanks to a one-day course, he’s actually conversing with foreign passengers.

• OPINION

  True costs only Bangkokians know

  Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 28/09/2018

  » Have you noticed that somethings in life come with hidden costs -- monetary or otherwise -- that we may not be aware of until we experience it? And some of them are pretty unique to the Bangkok way of life. If you're not sure what I'm getting at, take a look at the examples below that may make you nod along (or hopefully laugh along). g

• OPINION

  City public space drive just a token effort

  News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 18/10/2018

  » Last week, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) boasted it made three million baht in three months from the fines it imposed on motorcyclists who drove on pavements.

• NEWS

  Cabbie in fare row to confront officials

  Published on 28/01/2015

  » A taxi driver who cheated a passenger by pretending a high meter charge was an official rate has been ordered to meet the Land Transport Department on Thursday.

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