whiteshiva wrote:
> Chris Blunt wrote in message
news:<1jmm81pri4lne013ss53h6nbilqd6jhol6@4ax.com>...
> > On Wed, 18 May 2005 21:34:42 +0700, "WhiteShiva"
> > wrote:
> Which is why I said "go to the END of the drop-off area", where there
> is plenty of space for a taxi to stop. Taxi stops, you jump in, taxi
> goes. The whole thing takes at most a few seconds. Of course, to
> make it "legal", you could walk down to where the taxis get onto the
> main road, and stop the same taxi there, but then you stand a real
> chance of causing traffic problems.
Sorry, but you're talking about a different Bangkok. In the one in
Thailand, taxi drop-offs are restricted to one small spot and it is
"guarded" full time by a security guard at a desk and a couple more
guiding taxis in and out. It's been that way for at least 6 months.
> As for airport regulations - If the taxi driver is willing to take
his
> chances, who am I to complain?
If he's willling to take his chances on road safety, who are you to
complain? Same thing?
Remember the instances a couple of years ago where tourists were being
picked up at the airport and robbed by the taxi driver? In all cases it
was people who went to the departure level and found a driver "willing
to take his chances", in this case with their money and lives.
The advice you gave has been around for years. It's part of an old
trick that the "less fortunate" tourists used to try to save 50 baht.
There is no valid reason to do it. It's unsafe. It's dishonest. It's
inconvenient. It's illegal.
Other than that, wonderful idea.
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