My friends are well aware of my firm belief that I will be killed in a Bangkok taxi. I try to avoid taxis, especially on the tollways where they can travel at high speed. The World Health Organisation has just published a report stating that Thailand's roads are amongst the most dangerous in Asia - https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/tha...eadliest-asia/
With the wider use of programmes like Youtube and the ubiquity of mobile phones, I'm told there's a large number of taxi drivers who have their phone mounted on their dashboard where they can watch and drive at the same time. And let's not mention drunk-driving