1. The driver and his passenger were both totally pissed. I could smell the alcohol from 5 meters away.
2. The police seemed oblivious to both mine and my Thai cyclists friend that had stopped and is in the photo to do an alcohol test.
3. We were in a 3 lane road well and truely on the left hand side of the lane.
4. When the police realised that the car had a navy badge on the front they seemed to be very chummy and all smiles and laughs.
5. The police asked the guys to drive to the station for the alcohol test themselves
6. When they couldn’t get the first alcohol tester to work, they called a highway patrolman to come with a second unit. After several of them tried to make the second unit work. His first reading was 0.52 / second reading 0.49 / 3rd 0.52 and this was 2 hours after the incident.
7. We were two mates enjoying a really safe gentle ride, this drink driver nearly took the life of my mate. To walk away from this with a smile and call to the insurance company is a total joke.
I was so so pleased that we both walked away with our lives intact, but so disappointed with the lack of justice. Believe or not I generally feel very safe riding in Phuket little to no aggression and drivers that are used to scooters buzzing around them. One day the police will get as serious with locals as they do with Farangs driving back from Patong.
Police urge safety after Italian cyclist hit by car
in Phuket News
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This article is missing a few key points.
1. The driver and his passenger were both totally pissed. I could smell the alcohol from 5 meters away.
2. The police seemed oblivious to both mine and my Thai cyclists friend that had stopped and is in the photo to do an alcohol test.
3. We were in a 3 lane road well and truely on the left hand side of the lane.
4. When the police realised that the car had a navy badge on the front they seemed to be very chummy and all smiles and laughs.
5. The police asked the guys to drive to the station for the alcohol test themselves
6. When they couldn’t get the first alcohol tester to work, they called a highway patrolman to come with a second unit. After several of them tried to make the second unit work. His first reading was 0.52 / second reading 0.49 / 3rd 0.52 and this was 2 hours after the incident.
7. We were two mates enjoying a really safe gentle ride, this drink driver nearly took the life of my mate. To walk away from this with a smile and call to the insurance company is a total joke.
I was so so pleased that we both walked away with our lives intact, but so disappointed with the lack of justice. Believe or not I generally feel very safe riding in Phuket little to no aggression and drivers that are used to scooters buzzing around them. One day the police will get as serious with locals as they do with Farangs driving back from Patong.