Elderly Rider Fined After Driving E-Trike Through Traffic

11 hours ago, thailand49 said:

So what is your reason for thumbs down 1appycamper

I get more 'thumbs down' than you've had hot meals 555. Take it as you being on the side of common sense and having a sense of humour(which your post had) and don't let it rankle.

Guys like this geezer are what drives change. Once their number reaches a critical mass infrastructure will be adapted to accommodate them, especially if Thailand's age demographic is trending older. I love the geezer's pluck, mostly because I'm not stuck in traffic behind him!

I will confess that I also have an electric trike (or cart), but I only operate it in the bike lane along the beach road here in Rayong. That said, I would never drive it in a congested area. 

17 hours ago, impulse said:

The article didn't mention that he only has one nut.

With that out of the way, I agree with you. Thailand needs to fine the fidiots that make the sidewalks impossible to navigate. And not just for the disabled. Like the shops that block the sidewalks with portable signs and tables, and the scooters (and cars) parked in the way, and whoever thought it was a good idea to put those power poles in the way.

It is what it is! I've long stop thinking they should be like the west, look around you got people running this country with zero experience. Just follow orders from family that hire them no master plan utilities doing as they please those who can make a difference go with the flow so they stick to the plan which is no plan at all this translate last reported 500 billion and growing lost to the general population.

In the end priority is all wrong going after a old man doing what he has to do daily bravo! He might have one nut but that nut is larger than any leader put together.

20 hours ago, thailand49 said:

Look good to me no different than all the Thais who bleach out their plates to afford fines.

For me this is the stupidity of the BIB, instead of handling it with some common sense they become the problem summons I guess anything to get a fine paid!

I'm wondering if the plate is fake how did they track him down, write the ticket, and when they did why didn't they do what they normally do ask for a bride to take care of it or since we don't want you on the road pay by QR code like the tolls.

Not surprise ? LL coming from you!🤣

21 hours ago, connda said:

Those people driving mobility scooters on the road should have valid drivers licenses and follow the Thai traffic laws like everyone else is expected to do.
Instead it's "Damn the traffic - full speed ahead." I watched a video of one of these idiots running a busy unmarked arterial intersection from the side street. A car on the arterial highway traveling at highway speeds T-boned him. Amazing because the guy was just "eyes front" and full throttle across a highway. I'm assuming he's no longer residing on this earthly plane. This people on their mobility scooters are all potential Darwin Award winners I'm afraid.

You talking about him or 99% of drivers on motorbikes and cars.

He did what he had to do my guess he didn't wake up one day and said he is going on this road he has been doing it for years just as 99% of Thai drivers been breaking the law.

Why he does it, because this is in fact Thailand even he being This know it in any country if it was actually enforce as many like you claim would be doing it. These same who jaywalk here because they are no crosswalks and if there is one it is 1KM afar and if there is one beware.

Folks stop being hypocritical as to what he is doing because he is no more of a hypoc🤣rite than those who reported, cited him. I guess if he was headed to a GoGo bar that would make it all ok for you hypocrites.

I live in a farming property in Thailand's north where villages are all situated along a fairly major highway. Neither the highway nor the villages have pathways, The populations of these villages are mainly aged pensioners. When they were born the highway was just a track. They got around on foot or even on the backs of water buffalo.

Now In their 60s, 70s and older, most still toil in the fields, and, far too many, have young grandkids foisted on them to raise as their own. Most have never owned nor driven a car. Many can't afford or can handle a conventional motorbike and still walk everywhere if they can. Shopping, or just getting kids to school, is a difficulty for some.

Using the roads here are all kinds of unlicensed vehicles ranging from bicycles to selangor's to homemade motorised tak taks and farm machinery.

The evolution of electric vehicles has become a huge benefit for thousands whose lives have greatly expanded by the ability to move around their villages on one of these devices. They can now be seen everywhere. Mobility Scooters (common name for the 3- and 4-wheel versions) are generally used locally in the villages, which includes the main street, aka the highway. Also, they are everywhere in our district town where the traffic can be heavy. I've seen elderly monks using them to get between town and temple.

Mobility scooters shouldn't be confused with electrified bikes and cars. They are generally slow moving with a limited range and are virtually just a better version of an electric wheelchair. The Inspector Plods on this forum would have a field day insisting all such devices and their riders should be fully licensed and insured. It wouldn't/couldn't work in Thailand.

We have a farming property situated down a dead-end paved street midway between 2 villages. I use a wheelchair in the house and mobility scooters to get around the property and the local street. Occasionally I venture to the village using the marked narrow lane on the edge of the highway. Always scary with the sand trucks and pickups roaring past at great speed.

The guy pictured driving down the middle lane and holding up traffic is a fool and should be penalised, but it does tend to open a can of worms considering the number of other such conveyances on the roads. Perhaps there should be a stupidly dangerous law for such people?

23 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

Not a real registration plate.

If he could afford this one, he could afford a chauffeur driven Benz.

So if not a "real" plate, isn't that an offense in it's own right?

30 minutes ago, Grusa said:

So if not a "real" plate, isn't that an offense in it's own right?

Probably, but this is Thailand not America. Here they don't add on all sorts of additional charges to the main one. He's been caught following complaints and fined. That's usually considered good enough here.

The plate is obviously jocular to anyone or knows about Thailand's license plate numerology. The 4 nines, if real, would-be worth hundreds of 1000s of baht.

22 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"...identified only as Mr A, aged 75, Thai national".

Can't imagine why you made that presumption.

22 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"...identified only as Mr A, aged 75, Thai national".

Can't imagine why you made that presumption.

Sorry, but The social media post of this incident I read on Facebook here in Cambodia did not state his nationality - as simple as that!

13 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Sorry, but The social media post of this incident I read on Facebook here in Cambodia did not state his nationality - as simple as that!

You commenting on a topic that clearly states the nationality.

If you want to discuss a Combodian social media post, then do it on that post, not this forum!