The driver of a speeding van, together with the vehicle's owner, will be summonsed and punished by provincial land transport officials after an online complaint by a passenger.
Manop Sutthipong, the Surat Thani land transport office chief, said van owner Chanranong Boonjui and driver Watchayan Yongbangtrai will be ordered to the office.
The owner will be fined for violating public safety and failing to turn on the GPS device on the vehicle, while the driver will be suspended from driving for 30 days, the official said.
The incident came to light in a post by Pimpaka Ritraksai on her Facebook account on Friday. She and her companion had bought a van ticket from Phuket to Surat Thani for 200 baht each. On her return journey on Friday, she had to pay 350 baht for each ticket at the terminal in Surat Thani.
Her travel companion asked the ticket seller about the different ticket price and the answer was that "it's different", Ms Pimpaka wrote.
During the journey back to the resort island, she wrote, the driver sped. A picture posted on her account showed the dashboard speedometer at 130km/h.
"He overtook one vehicle after another as if we were on a racing circuit," said Ms Pimpaka. "He drove so fast I could not dare close my eyes."
Foreigners sitting in the rear of the van told Mr Watchayan to slow down. The driver became angry and told them that if he drove slowly, they wouldn't get to Phuket till the next day.
