Popular Post OnMyWay2 Posted August 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2018 Police motorbike shakedowns. Everyone knows what I'm talking about. Every time I think of spending some time in Thailand it's the first thing that comes to mind...and I'm like. yeah Thanks but I'll pass. I lived in Pattaya for a year. Almost bought my own condo there even. But I guess they would rather have the 500 bhat shakedown money. Than for me to buy an 80k dollar condo... I know there will be someone who says well if you'd just obey the laws...yeah, that's BS when the "laws" only apply to foreigners and not the Thai people. So I never came back... Sorry these posts are against the rules but I thought I might as well throw it out there in case anyone ever does a "what's wrong with Thailand" post mortem. 6 2 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OnMyWay2 Posted August 21, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2018 The good news is I did find a place I do enjoy (which shall not be named). I ended up buying my own condo, and am planning to purchase at least 2 more. And no shakedowns! The police apprently have better things to do. So in the end it actually worked out ok for me. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brucec64 Posted August 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2018 Or, you could have just got a thai license like every other long term resident...Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app 8 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunBENQ Posted August 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) About the last reason why I would leave Thailand. Good luck. And don't go to Switzerland. Will be a bit more expensive than 500 Baht. Edited August 21, 2018 by KhunBENQ 6 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Psimbo Posted August 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2018 Wow- thanks for sharing. Feel better now? 5 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zmak Posted August 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2018 19 minutes ago, OnMyWay2 said: The good news is I did find a place I do enjoy (which shall not be named). I ended up buying my own condo, and am planning to purchase at least 2 more. And no shakedowns! The police apprently have better things to do. So in the end it actually worked out ok for me. Can only assume you dont want it named so you dont get ridiculed. Sounds like a step backwards for sure ! 4 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OnMyWay2 Posted August 21, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2018 41 minutes ago, brucec64 said: Or, you could have just got a thai license like every other long term resident... Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app I had a Thai license. They stop you for the license shakedown. If that doesn't work they find something else... 2 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OnMyWay2 Posted August 21, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2018 32 minutes ago, Psimbo said: Wow- thanks for sharing. Feel better now? I'm long gone. I already felt better! This is for whoever is in charge of fixing Thailand. 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AlexCanada Posted August 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2018 Why do you continue reading the Thailand forums if you 're not returning? 9 1 1 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnMyWay2 Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, AlexCanada said: Why do you continue reading the Thailand forums if you 're not returning? If you check my post history you would see that I haven't posted in years. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OnMyWay2 Posted August 21, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2018 Hey If you guys think Thailand is a non-broken thriving metropolis then more power to you. I'm just dropping a note in the suggestion box on my way out. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55Jay Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Just now, OnMyWay2 said: If you check my post history you would see that I haven't posted in years. Yes, we have noticed. ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lacessit Posted August 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 minute ago, OnMyWay2 said: Hey If you guys think Thailand is a non-broken thriving metropolis then more power to you. I'm just dropping a note in the suggestion box on my way out. All countries have their faults. For many of the expats here, the good outweighs the bad compared to their country of origin. Best wishes with your new choice, I'd like you to PM it just out of interest. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 55Jay Posted August 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2018 Just now, OnMyWay2 said: Hey If you guys think Thailand is a non-broken thriving metropolis then more power to you. I'm just dropping a note in the suggestion box on my way out. It thrives on being broken. Some guys from sterilized nanny states can't handle the grime and dysfunction. Some can. Hell, some even like it. More power to them. OK then, bye in 3, 2, 1. Blast off! ? 2 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 hour ago, OnMyWay2 said: If you check my post history you would see that I haven't posted in years. He said reading 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FritsSikkink Posted August 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2018 In 30+ years 1 attempt for a traffic shakedown for 200 THB, didn't pay and moved along. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oxforddon Posted August 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, FritsSikkink said: In 30+ years 1 attempt for a traffic shakedown for 200 THB, didn't pay and moved along. My stay is 53 yrs now and like you, one try-on only - with a dubious breath test by a lone Thai police volunteer road block. Hundreds of stops for licence checks - and some vehicle searches.. Edited August 21, 2018 by oxforddon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamyai3 Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 It's all about location. Many traffic stops in the central areas. Extortion much more of an issue than a few years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post faraday Posted August 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2018 9 hours ago, OnMyWay2 said: Hey If you guys think Thailand is a non-broken thriving metropolis then more power to you. I'm just dropping a note in the suggestion box on my way out. And gently letting us know that you have one condo, & soon two more. But tell me sunshine, where're you going to park the Bentley? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Destiny1990 Posted August 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2018 Every single night these police checks between Jomtian and Pattaya near Pratumnak trying to catch drunk foreigners is getting annoying and too simple.Meanwhile all local drunks are leaving walking street by south Pattaya road. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post billd766 Posted August 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2018 17 hours ago, OnMyWay2 said: I had a Thai license. They stop you for the license shakedown. If that doesn't work they find something else... For all my 20 odd years in and out of Thailand I have only been stopped a couple of times and each time I produced my licence and they let me go on my merry way. The one time I did get fined was on the route 32 north of Nakhon Sawan and that was for speeding. I was in my Ford Ranger playing with an Isuzu Mux and we both got caught along with several hundred others in a legal stop. I paid the fine, apologised and went on my way. I must have had my hansum man face on that day. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sanemax Posted August 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2018 18 hours ago, OnMyWay2 said: The good news is I did find a place I do enjoy (which shall not be named). I ended up buying my own condo, and am planning to purchase at least 2 more. And no shakedowns! The police apprently have better things to do. So in the end it actually worked out ok for me. I will go and speak to the Policeman . If they promise not to shake you down again, will you come back and live in Thailand ? Thailand just isnt the same without you being here , please come back , we all miss you . 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 18 hours ago, OnMyWay2 said: The good news is I did find a place I do enjoy (which shall not be named). I ended up buying my own condo, and am planning to purchase at least 2 more. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kerryd Posted August 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2018 Lol - leaving because of the "police shakedowns". What a load of crap. I've been stopped a few times over the last 14 years that I've been riding a motorcycle (scooter and Harley) in Thailand. Had to pay a fine a couple of times (once because I'd left my IDP on my other bike, once because my idiot passenger didn't put her helmet on after I'd told her 3 times that there were possible police checks ahead). The first one was my fault. 400 baht fine and I was on my way. Boo hoo. The 2nd one pissed me off, but only because of my idiot passenger. I laughed when the cop told me to pull over and I pointed to my helmet. He smiled and pointed behind me. I looked and there she was, sitting there with the helmet in her hands and a dumb look on her face. Had to go to soi 9 to pay that ticket and she had to go find a new "teerak". No "shakedown" or "under the table" business. Been stopped a few other times, in different parts of the country, including a few times in Pattaya. Showed my (Thai) driving license and was waved on without question. Once I was given a breathlyzer test at a stop. Blew into the machine, the guy showed the result to his boss, his boss waved at me to carry on (I was perfectly sober so I wasn't worried). Never been hit up for "tea" money or had someone try to "shake me down" whether I was on my scooter or the Harley, in the city or up country. So if you've been "shaken down" so often that it cause you to leave, either you were deliberately screwing around because you think you are better than everyone else and the law doesn't apply to you, or you're just full of ****. I think it's a little of both. Correction. A lot of both. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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oldlakey Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 hour ago, cortez said: what's the point of this topic ? If he was fishing with or without a license he has had a bite or two plus a few hook line and sinkers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgarbo Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) 19 hours ago, OnMyWay2 said: The good news is I did find a place I do enjoy (which shall not be named). I ended up buying my own condo, and am planning to purchase at least 2 more. And no shakedowns! The police apprently have better things to do. So in the end it actually worked out ok for me. 30 yrs no "shakedowns", in fact the cops usually let me off. Be polite, blame your wife (if she's not with you) or you mother-in-law. What exactly do you do? Edited August 22, 2018 by jgarbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, jgarbo said: 30 yrs no "shakedowns", in fact the cops usually let me off. Be polite, blame your wife (if she's not with you) or you mother-in-law. What exactly do you do? 30 years and no "shakedowns" they usually let me off, what had you been doing when they let you off, dont bother telling me what you were doing when they did something unusual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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