Taxi complaint hotline buzzing
The Land Transport Department has received more complaints about taxi drivers refusing to take on passengers after it became an offence punishable by arrest since September 1.
“Over the past three days, the department received 60 such complaints. There are also 11 complaints about taxi drivers dropping passengers off midway,” Pol Lt-Colonel Prasopchok Iampinij said yesterday. The Traffic Police Division, which is preparing to launch the www.thaitrafficpolice.com website to record warnings that have been issued so far.
“After three warnings, the driver will be fined,” Deputy Metropolitan Police Commissioner Maj-General Worasak Nopsittiporn said.
