Heartthrob actor pays fine after reckless driving dispute

By Khanathit Srihirundaj 
The Nation

 

 

Heartthrob actor Mario Maurer heard a charge of reckless driving filed by Bangkok police and paid a Bt1,000 fine on Tuesday night, Phaya Thai precinct superintendent Pol Colonel Nitiwat Sansing said on Wednesday.

After reportedly cutting each other off on New Phetchburi Road, the 29-year-old actor entered into a dispute on Monday with taxi driver Udon Sitthipol, 37, who then fired a stone from a slingshot and damaged Maurer’s Porsche near the Pratunam Intersection.

 

Nitiwan said the charge was filed against both parties involved in the reported incident in order to discourage other people from displaying similar behaviour.

 

The taxi driver earlier had paid a total fine of Bt1,200, including Bt200 for the assault and Bt1,000 for reckless driving, while Mario declined to file a police complaint against him on a charge of property damage.

 

Udon was also punished by the Land Transport Department with a one-month suspension of his driver's licence and required to undergo a three-hour driver training session.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30335902

 

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Well, that'll teach him. 

So we have a case of reckless driving, involving 2 people, with a weapon also used to damage one of the vehicles.

 

Total fines: 2,200 baht, 

1 Driver suspended for a month (which he will most probably not adhere to).

And 1 Driver having to undergo a three-hour driver training session (which will probably be the only driver training he has ever had, and he's a taxi driver !).

I am surprised there are so many offences committed on the Thai roads, when such severe penalties are handed out ! 

These will be the amounts he got a receipt for...

stupid sentence that's why Thai people don't care they drive so bad

 

On 31/12/2017 at 11:16 PM, Andrew Dwyer said:

 

A Nation where you get to a junction and pull straight out into traffic .

I always wonder why they bother to even look if they are just going to pull straight out .

Most countries that would be careless driving but here it seems normal.

 

What? No compulsory 3-hour acting lesson for Mario?

What I can't understand.......I saw the picture of the taxi with a smashed window.  WHO did that?  I've not seen that mentioned anywhere.

These little 'hand slaps' don't do anything to stop reckless driving behavior. 

My understanding is the taxi driver fired the catapult at the Porsche,breaking its window...BUT he forgot to put down his own window,the missile went through both! No,really!!!??? Yes really!!! 

21 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

So we have a case of reckless driving, involving 2 people, with a weapon also used to damage one of the vehicles.

 

Total fines: 2,200 baht, 

1 Driver suspended for a month (which he will most probably not adhere to).

And 1 Driver having to undergo a three-hour driver training session (which will probably be the only driver training he has ever had, and he's a taxi driver !).

I am surprised there are so many offences committed on the Thai roads, when such severe penalties are handed out ! 

I find their behavior worse then smoking on some beach.

5555 spent more than that on my dinner last night

Sentence him to 3 days sweeping the roads with the garbage collection squad...much more effective. There would be cameras out to record his bumpy landing down to earth from La La Land. A pathetic 1000 baht fine, bet he's tipped girls more than that in bars/restaurants...pfft.

6 hours ago, Gillyflower said:

What I can't understand.......I saw the picture of the taxi with a smashed window.  WHO did that?  I've not seen that mentioned anywhere.

 

It was pointed out in the Thai media that the Taxi driver fired the stone from a catapult (slingshot) from within his own car, through his own window and subsequently through the window of the Porsche. 

 

I find this explanation highly questionable and suspect that the taxi driver actually fired a gun, although there is no report of this anywhere else - I just question how a stone can penetrate two laminated car windows.

Isn't this the actor who looks like a total prat advertising soda water during the PL football on True. Type casting, it would seem.