Tourist Uses Thai Rider to Pass Phuket Checkpoint

Isn't this service called - "You Drink I Drive" ??

*on Grab "driver for your car"... (though not sure if its available for Motorcycles).

I know in this case the Grab driver is used purely to circumnavigate police detection - however, there is an certain element of 'Mr Bean Genius' to this - though riding drunk in the first place is extremely idiotic.

Don't see this as any interest, no laws were broken.

150 baht and a pair of firm, young teats pressed up against him. Not a bad deal.

And the drunk, unlicensed foreigner rides off into the sunset.

My neighbour often got a WIN driver to ride his bike home and another to follow to bring him back into town.

2 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

And the drunk, unlicensed foreigner rides off into the sunset.

The thai fellow is also aiding and abetting. Both should be looked at in this instance.

More likely to do with the fact he and his wife do not appear to be wearing helmets.

More clips and stories please from this entertaining and accommodating rider.....clearly used to providing services beyond food delivery and at ease with running commentary.............may his identity remain a mystery and his posts hot topic...................

The new 30 days visa laws will eradicate all these problems with lawless farangs.

4 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

And the drunk, unlicensed foreigner rides off into the sunset.

Is there any proof he was drunk or didn’t have a licence? I couldn’t make out what was said, but visually there was nothing to suggest either.

There obviously was A reason and no helmets is certainly likely as I didn’t see any in the video.

Whether the other two are supporting reasons probably shouldn’t be assumed to be the case, since there isn’t visually any evidence either way. Perhaps audibly the grab rider says the farang told him so, but I can’t make that out.

Questions upon questions. That creates headaches, but what's the point?

1 hour ago, wensiensheng said:

Is there any proof he was drunk

I get your point, let me rephrase.... And the drug impaired, unlicensed, foreigner rides off into the sunset.

3 hours ago, blaze master said:

The thai fellow is also aiding and abetting. Both should be looked at in this instance.

Agree

I doubt very much that the police will bother to comment, let alone investigate. All based on speculation. Responding may open up a hornet's nest - allegations that cannot be proven in court. Think of all the whack jobs reporting baseless crimes. My neighbor put up dark blinds on his windows, I think he's using the "block the sun" excuse to cover up his illegal activities. Two weeks ago i saw two young women enter his house, I'm sure he is a pedophile. I know what a pedophile looks like.

17 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Isn't this service called - "You Drink I Drive" ??

*on Grab "driver for your car"... (though not sure if its available for Motorcycles).

I know in this case the Grab driver is used purely to circumnavigate police detection - however, there is an certain element of 'Mr Bean Genius' to this - though riding drunk in the first place is extremely idiotic.

When I drove a taxi in the 1970s,we had what was called a "Glow Service" I have no idea why it was called that but a bartender would call when he had a drunk regular. Our dispatcher would send two taxis. One driver would park his taxi and drive the drunk and his car to his home with the other taxi following, who would then deliver the first driver back to his taxi. The drunk was usually only charged double the normal fare...not a bad deal, really.

19 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Don't see this as any interest, no laws were broken.

I'm not so sure - perhaps something lost in translation.

A) He was riding while pishedup and saw the check-point up ahead - and had the idea to pull over hire the GrabRider to avoid getting caught - in which case, yes laws were broken.

B) He'd had a few - and called the GrabRider because he didn't want to ride - no laws broken.

I've done this before - I've been out with the car, met a mate - then fancied a beer, but I was stuck with the car.

Options - leave the car over night and pick it up the next day, or call Grab to drive my car home for me (which was probably double the cost of a taxi) - exactly the same as the "Glow Service" explained by stuttering Dave.

The issue now is that insurance coverage for EV's insist on named drivers - so I'm not sure how the Grab Insurance covers this.

4 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I get your point, let me rephrase.... And the drug impaired, unlicensed, foreigner rides off into the sunset.

Come on... You held back your usual bias....

Don't you mean "the drug impaired, drunk, unlicensed, criminal record holding, overstaying scum farang, continued to place countless innocent Thai lives at risk"....

4 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

The issue now is that insurance coverage for EV's insist on named drivers - so I'm not sure how the Grab Insurance covers this.

Gov min on my EV works for any driver, licensed or not.

31 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

35 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

The issue now is that insurance coverage for EV's insist on named drivers - so I'm not sure how the Grab Insurance covers this.

Gov min on my EV works for any driver, licensed or not.

I should have been more clear to avoid the lowest denominator respoins.

1st Class insurance for EV's requires Named drivers.

If I had a Neta I wouldn't bother getting 1st Class insurance either - Por-ror-bor is fine as there's not much to insure.

On 5/20/2026 at 7:42 AM, richard_smith237 said:

Isn't this service called - "You Drink I Drive" ??

*on Grab "driver for your car"... (though not sure if its available for Motorcycles).

I know in this case the Grab driver is used purely to circumnavigate police detection - however, there is an certain element of 'Mr Bean Genius' to this - though riding drunk in the first place is extremely idiotic.

They have that service in Japan. You call a guy comes out and drive you and your car home.

The guy that we used had a foldable electric bike he showed up on.

9 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Come on... You held back your usual bias....

Don't you mean "the drug impaired, drunk, unlicensed, criminal record holding, overstaying scum farang, continued to place countless innocent Thai lives at risk"....

Hi Richard, you're on a roll today. 😂

Yes, that's what I meant. 🤔

So instead of getting fined by the BIBs for not having the right kind of license, he pays the kid 150thb and says, "meet you on the corner up there", crosses to the other side walks up to said corner.

Not sure of the problem here, it's Thailand. Seems both came out good on the deal, and no, the cops aren't going to investigate this, it's a nothing-burger.

Phuket Shadow waw what a catch . Keep on.the good job .