Tuk-tuk driver fined for overcharging tourists

Tuk-tuk driver fined for overcharging tourists
During the Thaniya Japan Day celebration in November, users at Thaniya Plaza in the center of Silom packed their food trucks. ( Photo: Nutthawat Wichieanbut )

A tuk-tuk driver’s license was suspended by the Department of Land Transport, and he was fined 2, 000 baht for overcharging Chinese visitors, and another 500 ringgit for failing to use a proper standard.

The 29- yr- older driver, a tribal of Roi Et province, was fined on Tuesday, suspended for 90 days and ordered to go a three- hour training sessionin drivers ‘ manners.

According to reports, this was a response to a Chinese tourist’s problem that he and three other drivers demanded Monday night’s 5-kilometer journey from Sukhumvit Soi 18 to Thaniya Plaza, and that they had to pay 1,500 ringgit each.

Suddenly they apparently settled the survive at 2, 000 baht.