How many motorcycle taxi drivers are there in Pattaya? 1,000, 2,000 - those were my guesses - man was I wrong.
Pattaya City Hall in a bid to regulate the motorcycle taxi business have brout in regulations that all Pattaya Motorcycle Taxi Drivers must register themselves and their bikes. On the last day for registration there was a massive queue with motorcycle taxi drivers leaving it till the last minute as most Thais do on any occasion where there is a time limit.
With staff at their wits end they battled on to collect the registrations and of course collect the registration fees.
So far they have collected a total of 7,052 registrations. That breaks down to 465 registrations for Pattaya, 5,902 registrations for Banglamung District and 729 registrations for Nongprue District known as the Darkside. With 592 queued up to register and goodness only knows how many not sober enough to make it to City Hall yet - that's an awful lot of motorcycle taxis.
