Stricter measures are needed to screen taxi drivers, with more severe punishments for taxi operators that fail to comply with the law. The rape suspect has now been arrested. But it does not change the fact that taxi driver screening needs to be stricter and punishments for taxi operators that fail to comply with laws and regulations must be more severe. The taxi cooperative that let this rape suspect drive without background checks should be reduced in size or closed down, instead of having its expansion plan suspended. A new mobile application, "DLT Taxi OK", is poised to be launched soon to prevent taxi drivers from rejecting passengers or not using the meter.

Source: Bangkok Post April 29, 2017 00:00 UTC