Is this in addition to a fee to cross the bridge? Maybe visitors were not aware of this and decided "no thanks". Special price for farangs???
Of course. Don't you know that Farangs have bigger feet? :-))
Crimes like these could not be perpetrated without the culture of corruption and bribery that is endemic in the Thai law "enforcement" and "justice" system.
Looks absolutely deserted. I guess the millions of Indian tourists are still in bed after a late night out flaunting their 100K baht necklaces with the ladyboys .... ????