Video: Wais all round - but no fines - after truck drivers square up with a sword

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Footage from the Bang Na area south east of Bangkok showed two truck drivers arguing after a collision between their 18 wheel trailers.

 

But despite one driver having a long sword it was all settled amicably with wais at the police station.

 

Pol Capt Bunlai Chaiyathip of the Bang Na police told Daily News that the fight was between Chawarot Rakdontree, 48 and Anon Na Wichien, 37.

 

Chawarot - the man with the sword - said that Anon went into him.

 

So he chased him and a further collision followed near KM 3 on Theparat Road on Saturday.

 

Capt Bunlai said that the damage was settled with insurance and wais all round.

 

As regards the assault neither man was seriously hurt. Police would wait to see if injuries were caused in the accident or by a knife before possibly taking further action.

 

But they said it wasn't serious, reported Daily News.

 

Source: Daily News

 

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Bang.... ?

The police did nothing.. I mean one would say a weapon and attack with one would result in a serious charge. If they don't charge people for it how will it ever change. 

1 minute ago, robblok said:

The police did nothing.. I mean one would say a weapon and attack with one would result in a serious charge. If they don't charge people for it how will it ever change. 

They can't be bothered. The police may have had a percentage of the fines (unreceipted or otherwise) and told them to wai each other for the cameras. Job done.

 

The police here need to raise revenue to support the lifestyles of their officers. They can't be wasting time on silly squabbles (armed or otherwise) between truck drivers. No significant money in it.

 

The police are not interested in social change, they are interested in how much cash they can rake in this week. If they don't bring in enough, their senior officers, wives and mia nois will be very unhappy and make their lives hell.

But they said it wasn't serious, reported Daily News.

 

So waving a 'parang' around and threatening another person in a public street is not serious?  Something is seriously wrong somewhere.

The Japanese are short of ninjas and are now auditioning on the streets of Bangkok ? 

Just remember these guys, some well armed,  are all around you when you're on the highways.

torqued out tweekers ,3 days without sleep, hopped up on redbull...but the good news is Thailands taxi drivers never  behave like this...

A good example of why to not bring a weapon into a fight. The guy in brown brought the sword. In the end the guy in green had it. The guy in the brown is lucky he did not end up chopped liver.

29 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

Just remember these guys, some well armed,  are all around you when you're on the highways.

And what's on the end of them can prove fatal?

The police not taking any action just emboldens these idiots. What's it going take for them to act, a decapitation in the streets? 

1 hour ago, robblok said:

The police did nothing.. I mean one would say a weapon and attack with one would result in a serious charge. If they don't charge people for it how will it ever change. 

You are 100% right in your way of thinking. There is one thing, though. That is how to change the mentallity of people? Here it doesn´t matter if you shoot one, the next idiot will stand around the corner and repeat his offense.

1 minute ago, Get Real said:

You are 100% right in your way of thinking. There is one thing, though. That is how to change the mentallity of people? Here it doesn´t matter if you shoot one, the next idiot will stand around the corner and repeat his offense.

The mentality will change if punishment is handed out, I am sure of it. The problem is that often punishment is not handed out and if you accept violence like this the next step.. shooting someone is easier too. So if you come down hard on this it will influence other crimes too. You cant eradicate crime but you can make an impact. Now its just totally wrong. 

Capt Bunlai said that the damage was settled with insurance and wais all round.

 

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37 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

The police not taking any action just emboldens these idiots.

Correct.

 

38 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

What's it going take for them to act,

Any sort of threat, inconvenience or God forbid, physical injury to the privileged 1%. That would include senior civil servants, managers at state enterprises, senior police, senior military, rich business owners, anybody whose kids go to Satree Witthaya or Sathit Chulalongkorn, local politicians, godfathers, etc.

42 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

a decapitation in the streets? 

Not if it's just a truck driver.

 

I hope that answers your queries.

3 hours ago, Briggsy said:

They can't be bothered. The police may have had a percentage of the fines (unreceipted or otherwise) and told them to wai each other for the cameras. Job done.

 

The police here need to raise revenue to support the lifestyles of their officers. They can't be wasting time on silly squabbles (armed or otherwise) between truck drivers. No significant money in it.

 

The police are not interested in social change, they are interested in how much cash they can rake in this week. If they don't bring in enough, their senior officers, wives and mia nois will be very unhappy and make their lives hell.

Pathetic.....

Easiest way to win a  fight here, stamp as hard ad you can on their feet, they never have any shoes on, just break the  toes and watch em  hobble away.

Thank fully  it was all just a bit of "high spirits" eh!!

2 hours ago, robblok said:

The mentality will change if punishment is handed out, I am sure of it. The problem is that often punishment is not handed out and if you accept violence like this the next step.. shooting someone is easier too. So if you come down hard on this it will influence other crimes too. You cant eradicate crime but you can make an impact. Now its just totally wrong. 

It´s still lays all in the mentality of people. They not have the mentallity to do anything in the same way regulary. How in the wide world can you ever believe they would be able to work together with the same line regerding the delivery of punishments? Mentality, my dear Watson.

What does it take to change the essence of a people, what does it really take?

Edited August 13, 20187 yr by Get Real

The Thais aren't just lawless they are sadly insane.

I send links to some of these "cops do nothing" stories and my friends in the USA are like <deleted>? 

3 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

The Japanese are short of ninjas and are now auditioning on the streets of Bangkok ? 

You're not far off. Not long ago there was a story about Japan not being able to fill positions for ninja even with an $80,000/year contract.

8 minutes ago, bkkgriz said:

You're not far off. Not long ago there was a story about Japan not being able to fill positions for ninja even with an $80,000/year contract.

Glad to see someone kept up?

No Fine says it all. 

So peoples, learn how to make a right WAI, that can help you out of many bad situations...???

With so little law enforcement it is understandable why international criminals come to Thailand.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Police would wait to see if injuries were caused in the accident or by a knife before possibly taking further action.

How long do they need to establish that? 

Low IQ rules on the Roads of LOS..................???

33 minutes ago, Jonmarleesco said:

How long do they need to establish that? 

10 to 20 years unless they forget then forever

Weird people can block roads ram eachother with trucks and assault eachother  with deadly weapons and its all ok..

but if we smoke on a beach we get year in jail and 100 k fine!

"They can't be bothered. The police may have had a percentage of the fines "

 

A  friend in Pattaya tried to break-up a fight between two drunk foreigners. One threw a punch at him, missed and decked my friends wife to the floor causing big damage to her teeth and jaw. Cops made the guy pay for medical/dental but when the wife wantd the guy charged the cop in charge said there was no crime report. It must have cost the drunk a lot to pay them off!!