Chinese Tourist Held After Cars Damaged in Chiang Mai

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4 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

the dispute involved a Chinese couple arguing...During the altercation, the woman allegedly grabbed hard objects and threw them at passing vehicles, causing damage to cars belonging to local motorists.

She should have handled it like this -

FAFO, Another PRC princess throwing a fit.

P.S. I lived in the PRC for 15 years and the princelings and princesses, which are clearly the minority, are world class self centered brats. Throwing and hitting are 4 year old behavioral traits. These stunted adults vent with wild abandon perceived assaults on their singular view of the world.

I once witnesses a 50+ brat throw a world class temper tantrum because the Ritz Carlton, 2 room breakfast feast buffet, was missing the one item he wanted badly. Plates were thrown and lots of screaming and kicking. A 50+ year old man, nice.

Isn't it wonderful how riding in the bed of pickups is illegal, but that is the usual way the police transport naughty people. Says everything about respect for the law, even by the police.

Fine and deport. Teach them the consequences of their actions.

3 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Isn't it wonderful how riding in the bed of pickups is illegal, but that is the usual way the police transport naughty people. Says everything about respect for the law, even by the police.

Absolutely, we know the BIB have nice BMW smart cars, they should be used??

Yes I am being sarcastic.

6 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Pictures courtesy of Komchadluek

No police vans to safely transport suspects? Strange for a modern country.

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Isn't it wonderful how riding in the bed of pickups is illegal, but that is the usual way the police transport naughty people. Says everything about respect for the law, even by the police.

I thought they backtracked and said you can have 6 in the bed.

1 minute ago, alien365 said:

I thought they backtracked and said you can have 6 in the bed.

That was a temporary measure for one Songkran period when there was public uproar about a ban as people demanded the right to put their own life in danger.

11 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

That was a temporary measure for one Songkran period when there was public uproar about a ban as people demanded the right to put their own life in danger.

I read it was permanently revised. It doesn't affect me much, but every now and again I have a few in the back for short local journeys. It would be nice to know I'm not breaking the law.

9 minutes ago, alien365 said:

I read it was permanently revised. It doesn't affect me much, but every now and again I have a few in the back for short local journeys. It would be nice to know I'm not breaking the law.

Google 'is riding in the bed of a pickup illegal in Thailand' and it is but it isn't enforced. Same as so many things in Thailand. There are rules, which are ignored.

Many years ago I was messing around with a brand new digital camera that I had no idea how to use. We were on the outer ring road in Bangkok and my wife was driving. Probably at least 120kmph. All of a sudden a pickup passed us like we were standing still and I barely had enough time to get a poor shot.

6 minutes ago, George Bowman said:

Many years ago I was messing around with a brand new digital camera that I had no idea how to use. We were on the outer ring road in Bangkok and my wife was driving. Probably at least 120kmph. All of a sudden a pickup passed us like we were standing still and I barely had enough time to get a poor shot.

Good effort..............are you a hoarder by any chance..........?!

4 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Isn't it wonderful how riding in the bed of pickups is illegal, but that is the usual way the police transport naughty people. Says everything about respect for the law, even by the police.

But, recognising the lack of safety belts they have handcuffed her to the vehicle.😀

4 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Isn't it wonderful how riding in the bed of pickups is illegal, but that is the usual way the police transport naughty people. Says everything about respect for the law, even by the police.

It is nuts - that this is possibly the worse way anyone could be transported... Handcuffed arms behind back like that - looks like ons speed-bump and dislocated shoulders.

I'd refuse to be transported like that too - if under-arrest for something - I'd be happy to sit in the back of the pickup - but in the flat-bed - no chance. Of course, I doubt if in such circumstances I'd have any choice nor have have room to argue my case - nevertheless - transporting arrestees like this is outrageous.

2 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

2 hours ago, alien365 said:

I thought they backtracked and said you can have 6 in the bed.

That was a temporary measure for one Songkran period when there was public uproar about a ban as people demanded the right to put their own life in danger.

Indeed - this is exactly what happened.

In April 2017, just days before Songkran, Thailand’s military government announced strict new road safety measures, including a ban on passengers riding in the back trays of pickup trucks. The rules were to be heavily enforced during Songkran’s notorious “Seven Dangerous Days” - the annual holiday period that routinely produces some of the world’s deadliest road statistics.

The backlash was immediate. Large sections of the public argued the crackdown unfairly targeted ordinary and poorer Thais, particularly rural families who depend on pickups as everyday transport.

Faced with mounting anger, police effectively retreated on 6 April 2017 - the very day the regulations were due to take effect - announcing that enforcement against passengers riding in pickup beds would be suspended until after Songkran.

The irony was extraordinary. Authorities backed away from enforcing a law specifically intended to reduce road deaths during the most lethal travel week of the year.

And after the festival, exactly what many expected happened: the issue quietly vanished. No sustained enforcement. No serious national campaign. No political will. Just the continuation of a deeply normalised and obviously dangerous practice that contributes to thousands of road deaths every year.

9 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Pol Col Suramon Chalermchan, superintendent of San Kamphaeng Police Station, confirmed that both Chinese tourists had been taken into custody and handed over to investigators for questioning.

Poor bloke - his missus throws a full-scale tantrum, starts damaging random cars, and somehow he ends up getting hauled off by police too. What exactly did he do?

He should’ve just told them: “Take her - she’s the one smashing vehicles and acting illegally"...

Lock her up for the night, let her calm down and think about her behaviour. Then charge her for the damage and fine her for dangerous conduct.

Meanwhile, he can finally sit down somewhere peaceful with a cold beer and enjoy a few hours away from the chaos of a completely unhinged woman.

7 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Isn't it wonderful how riding in the bed of pickups is illegal, but that is the usual way the police transport naughty people. Says everything about respect for the law, even by the police.

To add, there have been occasions when the BIB have stirred themselves at night to arrest club-goers and piled them into the back of their police pickups, only for said party people to jump out upon arrival at the police station and do a runner. Keystone cops stuff, and why we love Thailand.

So not just Thai girls that are crazy.

14 minutes ago, kidneyw said:

So not just Thai girls that are crazy.

Thai women are completely normal and sane compared to mainland Chinese women, can tell you from firsthand experience that Chinese chicks are more crazy, and per capita as well.

“During the transfer, the woman reportedly resisted police efforts to place her in the patrol vehicle.”

Well they were trying to put her in the flat bed of a pick up truck. Not quite “in the vehicle “. On the other hand, she deserved it considering the lack of consideration she had for other people’s property.

The funny part was seeing the police in riot gear handling the barefoot princess in a dress the back of the ute, ...with the comment nobody was hurt in the incident ....