webfact Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Police lawbreakers! "They are the law..... but they do as they please" Picture TNews A picture of a police pick-up breaking the law about loads on the back was shared right across social media. What appeared to be poles for erecting tents were placed dangerously extending well over the sides and back of the vehicle going down the highway. The poster asked: "Will there be charges for this?" While Tnews - citing the law and 1,000 baht fine for such an infraction - reproduced the picture with the words in Thai in red: "They are the law.....but they do as they please". The issue of improperly secured and dangerous loads especially on pick-ups has been big news recently after an old man on a motorbike was killed in Pathum Thani by a PVC pipe and another vehicle was filmed dangerously going down a road at speed. Now the police are doing it and the online Thai public want action. The license plate was clearly visible on this occasion in the online post. Source: TNews -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-10-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 14 minutes ago, webfact said: Now the police are doing it and the online Thai public want action They have about as much chance of action as......................................An election in 2018, or Mark Zuckerberg coming to meet Mr P. ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Nothing new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 That's not a load! Surely that could have carried a lot more than that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 I be very happy if all that the police break the law has to to do with over size loads....that'll be the least of our worries.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 but, 'dey t' Law and they only let TNews show the pic - after they promised to cover the rear number plate, with those big-enough red characters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Well, even if the police had integrity and honour, they’d actually have to know and understand the laws they’re supposed to uphold before we could really start with reform. They are clueless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 " The license plate was clearly visible..." Mind you, recent events have shown that license plates on vehicles used by the police are not exactly a reliable guide to the vehicles identify... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 ( I didn't see the pics below... not making it past the 1st one) what with all the txt in Thai'n'all that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Laws......What Laws...??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 1 hour ago, rkidlad said: Well, even if the police had integrity and honour, they’d actually have to know and understand the laws they’re supposed to uphold before we could really start with reform. They are clueless. i believe they have a clue; they use the law when they want to, to their own personal advantage; there is no 'public duty'; they are thai after all, their own perceived needs are paramount; if they feel they have to break the law, they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inThailand Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Isn't the appropriate saying here? Do as I say not as I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meinphuket Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 And using police vehicles for other private chores such as shopping, restocking for their garden at nurseries, driving the family to school and shopping and on and on.....and when seen on duty on bikes, no helmets. The blind leading the seeing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlQaholic Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 (edited) They are probably looking into the law now, as to how it defines internet defamation. Edited October 20, 2017 by jacko45k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 They are a law unto themselves. Until the police powers are reined in; until some real punishments are handed out; Thailand will continue to be the backward nation we all love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peperobi Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Like usual, how many police officers driving with the bike around with no helmet??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 2 hours ago, rkidlad said: Well, even if the police had integrity and honour, they’d actually have to know and understand the laws they’re supposed to uphold before we could really start with reform. They are clueless. There were probably no questions about road safety in their files when they cheated the entry examination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 4 hours ago, webfact said: "They are the law well of course they are not the law; more like selective law enforcers and selective law breakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattayadgw Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 They are a law 'unto themselves'....... NUFF said!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotBkk Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 3 hours ago, ezzra said: I be very happy if all that the police break the law has to to do with over size loads....that'll be the least of our worries.... My sentiment exactly you took the words out of my mouth ............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Surprised? NO! Police = Do as I say NOT as I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangerdriver Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Carrying a few poles on the back of a pickup awkwardly is hardly organised crime. Sent from my ASUS_Z002 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Lupatria said: There were probably no questions about road safety in their files when they cheated the entry examination. Do they have entry examinations? I thought they just pay an entry fee, like it is an 'investment' for future income? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helloagain Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 5 hours ago, Thaiwrath said: They have about as much chance of action as......................................An election in 2018, or Mark Zuckerberg coming to meet Mr P. ! Love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 4 hours ago, PatOngo said: That's not a load! Surely that could have carried a lot more than that!!! Quite correct, not a full load, also no-one sitting in amongst the poles... very bad form... call themselves Thai !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USPatriot Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Someone tell me what country police don't break the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 12 minutes ago, Rangerdriver said: Carrying a few poles on the back of a pickup awkwardly is hardly organised crime. Sent from my ASUS_Z002 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app But it can and has resulted in the Death of an innocent party... as was recently the case when someone transported poorly secured PVC piping knocking a man off his motorcycle and killing him. Its not organized crime, but it is Organized Stupidity & Carelessness. These guys are well aware they are in flagrant disregard of the Law and of any level of Safety for other road users. They simply don't care because 'We are Police'... and they can get away with almost anything. It is the double standards which upsets the public. Those enforcing the law 'should' be following it, not using their positions as an excuse to continue disregarding it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USPatriot Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 2 hours ago, AhFarangJa said: Laws......What Laws...??? Must be police chase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 5 minutes ago, USPatriot said: Must be police chase The little guy at the front is going to rip his nuts off in a crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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