What is the new practice and "fees" ?

 

Do you still have to pay on the spot ?  Or do they make you pay at police station before you can proceed driving ?  Or they issue a summon and you can pay another day ?

What exactly is this "new practice"? can you provide a link?

It will be whatever Somchai the bobby says it is!!

 

But, if you want to help stop the rot...insist on a legitimate ticket!

I have been given a ticket at Jomtien and had to pay the fine in Pattaya Soi 9 police station....there were at least 50 others there queing up to pay also.

Paying on the spot is obviously a bribe.

The usual process is he keeps your driving licence and you go off with the ticket to the police station and pay the fine. A pain as there is nowhere to park!

6 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

A pain as there is nowhere to park!

Central Festival is right next door. Scoot in and buy a Prada handbag for your tilak while waiting to pay.

13 minutes ago, Dexlowe said:

Central Festival is right next door. Scoot in and buy a Prada handbag for your tilak while waiting to pay.

Haha,  getting in and out of that place takes me somewhere between 20 minutes and an hour!

I always get lost trying to find my way out! But good suggestion... I actually used the 7-11 last time.

It all depends. Some fines can be paid on the spot. Other times you've got to go to the station. No real logic to it.

Dont break the law, simple, then you don't have to pay anything!! As we all do, I get stoped at road blocks regularly. never been fined yet.

11 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

Dont break the law, simple, then you don't have to pay anything!! As we all do, I get stoped at road blocks regularly. never been fined yet.

Agreed Pilotman, but one small flaw, it depends what Somchai plod defines as on offence. Customer of mine came in fuming a few weeks ago....Riding a bike...... helmet, check, sandals not flip flops, check ( though unwise ), license, check, insurance, check, visa, check........Oh Oh !!!! .......Riding with pillion footrest down......No,No,No !!!........all the while 50 metres away the school was throwing out.......you can guess what was happening there !!!!

22 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

It all depends. Some fines can be paid on the spot. Other times you've got to go to the station. No real logic to it.

I think the logic escapes you. Bad cop - pay direct. Good cop - go to station.

3 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

Agreed Pilotman, but one small flaw, it depends what Somchai plod defines as on offence. Customer of mine came in fuming a few weeks ago....Riding a bike...... helmet, check, sandals not flip flops, check ( though unwise ), license, check, insurance, check, visa, check........Oh Oh !!!! .......Riding with pillion footrest down......No,No,No !!!........all the while 50 metres away the school was throwing out.......you can guess what was happening there !!!!

Fold them up when the passenger gets off.

is it that hard ?

5 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

Agreed Pilotman, but one small flaw, it depends what Somchai plod defines as on offence. Customer of mine came in fuming a few weeks ago....Riding a bike...... helmet, check, sandals not flip flops, check ( though unwise ), license, check, insurance, check, visa, check........Oh Oh !!!! .......Riding with pillion footrest down......No,No,No !!!........all the while 50 metres away the school was throwing out.......you can guess what was happening there !!!!

And let's not forget the Michelin man. The poor bloody truck driver who was given a ticket for having one of those Michelin man dolls attached to his vehicle. 

Did you know it was illegal ???? I certainly didn't, and as usual, nearly every bike I see has them down !!!!

1 minute ago, Dexlowe said:

And let's not forget the Michelin man. The poor bloody truck driver who was given a ticket for having one of those Michelin man dolls attached to his vehicle. 

wasn't this one was it.........

^^^ -- Love the truck bling. All that's missing is the obligatory drawing of Serpico. 

 

There is another reason to live somewhere other than a farang ghetto. I've lived in Thailand almost eleven years now and driven my car or ridden my Harley every day. The only times I have ever been stopped and given a ticket has been in Pattaya and Phuket--oh, yes, once stopped near Nakon Si Thammarat, the cop wanted to see my bike and have a picture taken.

14 minutes ago, whaleboneman said:

I think the logic escapes you. Bad cop - pay direct. Good cop - go to station.

There's logic to it? You've not been here very long,  eh? LOL

22 minutes ago, smotherb said:

There is another reason to live somewhere other than a farang ghetto. I've lived in Thailand almost eleven years now and driven my car or ridden my Harley every day. The only times I have ever been stopped and given a ticket has been in Pattaya and Phuket--oh, yes, once stopped near Nakon Si Thammarat, the cop wanted to see my bike and have a picture taken.

I've been stopped in various places all over Thailand. These scams aren't limited to the tourist areas.

 

Remember the one not long ago in issan where they were putting drugs inside your gas cap? And a cop stationed just down the road.

36 minutes ago, Dexlowe said:

^^^ -- Love the truck bling. All that's missing is the obligatory drawing of Serpico. 

 

That's on the mud flaps.

1 hour ago, Pilotman said:

Dont break the law, simple, then you don't have to pay anything!! As we all do, I get stoped at road blocks regularly. never been fined yet.

Odd.  No one else has thought of that.

 

Don't break the law and you have nothing to worry about.  Hmmm. ?

14 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

I've been stopped in various places all over Thailand. These scams aren't limited to the tourist areas.

 

Remember the one not long ago in issan where they were putting drugs inside your gas cap? And a cop stationed just down the road.

Well, I haven't. The fact there are dishonest cops ought to be recognized by all. I suggest money for infractions of the law--especially trumped--is more prevalent in areas with an abundance of farangs. If I am not mistaken, there are lots of farangs in Isaan. 

52 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

Did you know it was illegal ???? I certainly didn't, and as usual, nearly every bike I see has them down !!!!

I have no idea if it's legal or not.

But was informed about this after a friend of a friend got nicked for it about 6

years a go in pattaya.

So i just fold them now,  with my foot, when someone get off. ( if i remember )  

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Paying on the spot is obviously a bribe.

The usual process is he keeps your driving licence and you go off with the ticket to the police station and pay the fine. A pain as there is nowhere to park!

so how do you get the license back ? cop takes it to the station and you get it back when you pay the fine ? if that is the process, then you should Wait a bit for delivery of it to the station

13 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

so how do you get the license back ? cop takes it to the station and you get it back when you pay the fine ? if that is the process, then you should Wait a bit for delivery of it to the station

They tell you to go into the police station the next day (in most cases, that is). As you expect, that opens the way -- blasts it open, in fact -- for the old purple note in the licence trick. These cops know you don't want to go to the cop shop the next day, especially if you're an out-of-towner. It's a common one in areas of Bangkok (Klong Toey used to have a lot of checkpoints) for obvious reasons.

12 hours ago, thairookie said:

What is the new practice and "fees" ?

 

 

There's no "new" practice. Fees vary, average is B400. You can view a list at the station.

 

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Do you still have to pay on the spot ?  Or do they make you pay at police station before you can proceed driving ?  Or they issue a summon and you can pay another day ?

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1. Sometimes, but not that often. That was never a universal requirement. 2. Sometimes 3. Sometimes.

 

Well, that should end the thread but I guess our police corruption bots will keep it running for another 10 pages with repeats of the usual buzz.

3 hours ago, dotpoom said:

I have been given a ticket at Jomtien and had to pay the fine in Pattaya Soi 9 police station....there were at least 50 others there queing up to pay also.

I was 108 in the queue.

1 hour ago, stanleycoin said:

Fold them up when the passenger gets off.

is it that hard ?

But what is the reason for them to be folded up? Another oriental mystery.

18 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

But what is the reason for them to be folded up? Another oriental mystery.

go ask the cops. 

19 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

But what is the reason for them to be folded up? Another oriental mystery.

I fold them up because I keep bruising my legs on them while getting on and off.  My TG is trained now & does it herself.