100 arrested, 85 modified bikes seized in police crackdown

[rooster59]

100 arrested, 85 modified bikes seized in police crackdown

By The Nation

 

 

The Bangkok police on Friday night arrested 100 motorcyclists and pillion riders and seized 85 bikes found to have been allegedly modified for road racing.

 

Deputy police chief Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal said the arrests were made by police at checkpoints on roads in the jurisdiction of Metropolitan Police Division 7.

 

Surachet said 74 of those arrested were under 18 years old.

 

Police also found small amounts of marijuana with two teens and methamphetamine pills with two other teens.

Surachet said police also arrested the owner of Praram2Bikes shop in Bangkok’s Bang Khunthien district for selling substandard and illegally modified exhaust pipes for motorcycles to make a loud noise. The suspect was identified as Pirakit Sakuljitjinda, 39.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30345231

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-05-12

[johng]

17 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Surachet said police also arrested the owner of Praram2Bikes shop in Bangkok’s Bang Khunthien district for selling substandard and illegally modified exhaust pipes for motorcycles to make a loud noise. The suspect was identified as Pirakit Sakuljitjinda, 39.

While I have some (small) sympathy for the vendor trying to make a living...the noisy exhaust pipes are very annoying give little to no performance increase  and don't make the riders look "cool"

Now can they crack down on the  "Big Can"  farting sedans/pickup trucks and wheezy 10 wheelers too ?

[Henrik Andersen]

We are so tried of noisy motorbikes here in jomtien every night racing on beach and 2 road 

Big fine to all of them please 

[trainman34014]

Crush the Bikes...all of them, and keep crushing them until they learn that this will happen to every Bike seized.

 

Truth is nobody with any power has any balls for a PROPER CRACKDOWN, one that would bring the problem to an end !

[Guest]

I asked a Thai neighbour is it legal to shoot and kill the kids with loud scooters. He said no. 

 

I guess arresting these vermins is the next best thing to do. 

[Emster23]

1 hour ago, johng said:

While I have some (small) sympathy for the vendor trying to make a living...the noisy exhaust pipes are very annoying give little to no performance increase  and don't make the riders look "cool"

Now can they crack down on the  "Big Can"  farting sedans/pickup trucks and wheezy 10 wheelers too ?

How about a "big crackdown" on trucks with very loud sound blasters promoting whatever driving through neighborhoods? Louder, longer lasting and more annoying than bikes

[Tony M]

Noise in Jomtien is reaching unacceptable levels, along Beach Road and 2nd Road, as you say.  We also suffer from pool parties, and villa - renters from Bangkok having karaoke parties.  I have started a Facebook page, in the hope of getting support to take to City Hall.

[johng]

9 minutes ago, Tony M said:

and villa - renters from Bangkok

If those rentals are for  less than 3 month ie daily  they are illegal, maybe call "Big Joke"

 

11 minutes ago, Tony M said:

in the hope of getting support to take to City Hall

good luck

[bananafish]

I've been saying for a while now it should be illegal to modify a bike exhaust to make it louder. It's so damn annoying and obnoxious. 

[bananafish]

And maybe it already is illegal, if so I would love it to be strictly enforced. 

[johng]

42 minutes ago, Emster23 said:

trucks with very loud sound blasters

Yes they seem to be making a comeback after the year long "mourning period"

[carken]

I totally agree that these "loud" motorbikes of the teenagers is really annoying ... I get angry and upset every time our teenage son and his friends come to our house with their "loud" bikes .... they also work on them in our front yard ... <deleted>!!! ... however I bite my tounge and never say a word ... I can remember when I was a teenager (I'm now 80 yrs old) and we lowered our cars, put "moon disk" hubcaps on them and new exhaust mufflers/pipes that made them "growl" and were also very loud ... the louder the better as we cruised around with our radios turned up as loud as they would go (was considered very "cool" back then) and punching on the accelarator to hear the very loud "growl" of the so called mufflers .... when you are a teenager "loud" means you are a big deal and very, very cool ... especially when you are shootin' off the line at the local drag strip

 

Again yes it's extremely irritating but try to remember when you were a teenager and cruisin' around ... loud is good ... loud is cool ... loud is YEAAAAAAH BABY

 

I'm now 80 years old and quiet is yeaaaaah baby

[johng]

13 minutes ago, carken said:

I'm now 80 years old and quiet is yeaaaaah baby

  I'm not quite 80  but quiet does it for me too.

I can understand teenagers doing the loud exhaust thing  but "grown" men and

much lesser extent women ?  

why do those 10 wheeler trucks never have an exhaust muffler ?  they aren't teenagers toys.

 

[d2b2]

The loud cyclists are compensating for their "short" comings.

[Dellboy218]

57 minutes ago, bananafish said:

And maybe it already is illegal, if so I would love it to be strictly enforced. 

There is a law stipulating the max sound level from an exhaust.  If I remember correctly it is around 93 or 95dba.

[cmrichsw]

This is the place to unload those bikes without motorcycle green books

[johng]

1 hour ago, bananafish said:

I've been saying for a while now it should be illegal to modify a bike exhaust to make it louder. It's so damn annoying and obnoxious. 

It is already illegal  + TIS 341-2542 logo should be displayed on a legal exhaust muffler

95db for bikes under 125.

99db for bikes over 125

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwmYWlzMWkPhdXQwci1xZ0tFSGc/edit

 

Edited May 12, 2018 by johng

[newnative]

And, now on to Pattaya and let's win there.

[Khun Paul]

Crush the bikes, then give them back to the owners, so that they can pay off the HP see how quickly road racing stops. 

[CanuckThai]

Does anyone have a translation of the law concerning modifications to motorcycles (or a link)?

[yosib157]

Every Isaan town and beyond is the same. What happened about the Government plans maybe 16 years ago to remove all these old 2-stroke bikes off the road?

I especially hope the Buriram Police read this and act accordingly after those youths died there a few days ago.

Every evening hundreds scream out of the Rajapat University on these modified machines and race past the Football Stadium down the 2445. If I've seen em 100 times why haven't the police and done something to stop it?

[Chris Lawrence]

sounds like someone is gearing up for an election. Look at me Look at me

[Tony125]

1 hour ago, carken said:

I totally agree that these "loud" motorbikes of the teenagers is really annoying ... I get angry and upset every time our teenage son and his friends come to our house with their "loud" bikes .... they also work on them in our front yard ... <deleted>!!! ... however I bite my tounge and never say a word ... I can remember when I was a teenager (I'm now 80 yrs old) and we lowered our cars, put "moon disk" hubcaps on them and new exhaust mufflers/pipes that made them "growl" and were also very loud ... the louder the better as we cruised around with our radios turned up as loud as they would go (was considered very "cool" back then) and punching on the accelarator to hear the very loud "growl" of the so called mufflers .... when you are a teenager "loud" means you are a big deal and very, very cool ... especially when you are shootin' off the line at the local drag strip

 

 

 

Again yes it's extremely irritating but try to remember when you were a teenager and cruisin' around ... loud is good ... loud is cool ... loud is YEAAAAAAH BABY

 

 

 

I'm now 80 years old and quiet is yeaaaaah baby

 

They were called  (in USA anyway) Glass Pack Mufflers to make your car sound loud/powerfull and "cool".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasspack

[johng]

27 minutes ago, yosib157 said:

What happened about the Government plans maybe 16 years ago to remove all these old 2-stroke bikes off the road?

2 strokes are not necessarily louder than a four stroke..its again down to the exhaust mufflers.

2 strokes are  normally a lot more powerful  in comparison to the same CC's engine displacement

of a four stroke and are normally lighter too, so are  favored for racing.

[Phil Here]

Great and keep it up all over the country. I did see a police check point the other day at the railway and Soi Nernplubwan, Pattaya. Police were catching underage kids and confiscating the bikes. Problem is as soon as the police set up a check point at night, the word gets out and the Soi is nice and quiet (for half an hour). This is very noticeable on Soi Nernplubwan, as is probably the case in most places. 

[wrassell]

I had a powerful Mopar 440 Sixpack Dodge and one night I was showing off and did a smokey burnout, about 150 feet worth. I was caught by police down the street and put in jail for 5 days my car was also impounded. It was all the money I could scrape together to get out of jail and get my car back.  Within a week I sold the car and bought something normal and my driving became normal too. I learned a lesson from that but the next year there was a new batch of kids doing smokey burnouts. If the police here would stay on top of it and fine the kids say 5,000B or take the motorbike I am sure in no time there would be very little of the kids racing around. I know it is just kids and kids will be kids but my concern is safety for them and anyone else that may be around. 

 

As with the post by Phil I too notice the streets get quiet while there is a road check in the neighborhood. 

Edited May 12, 2018 by wrassell

[mok199]

take a trip to pattaya soi 1 and beach rd,as these little retards speed the wrong way down a one way,absolutley disgusting..these mutts many on them scooter taxis..need their bikes confiscated and community service with a dose of shame...p/u garbage on the beach with a photo opp....enough is enough

[mickylongtime]

I phone the city hall on 1337 and press 9 for English speaker nearly every night Re the noise on beach Rd and second road in jomtiem, but I think more should phone up, then maybe they will have a purge on the motorbike racers, please call then. 

[observer90210]

There surely will be a few hi-so teens in this case with parents having proper connections !!

[NoshowJones]

3 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Crush the Bikes...all of them, and keep crushing them until they learn that this will happen to every Bike seized.

 

Truth is nobody with any power has any balls for a PROPER CRACKDOWN, one that would bring the problem to an end !

I don't think it has anything to do with power or balls, more likely to have something to do with money in some way.