Fake News! Police in Bangkok hit back at claims they gave woman a ticket for un-roadworthy pick-up

 

Picture: Manager online

 

Police in the eastern Bangkok area have hit back at claims they fined a woman with a souped-up green pick-up truck for being in possession of a vehicle that was not roadworthy.

 

The woman - who went on Facebook to complain - was having problems on Rama 2 road on Monday in heavy traffic and cars were stacked up for miles.

 

She said she was ticketed by a traffic police constable called Somporn.

 

The reality, said a Saemdam police spokesman, was that the cops helped the woman move the vehicle to the side of the road and gave her further assistance in contacting a towing company.

 

She had said her clutch had gone but she wouldn't move the vehicle until a friend arrived. The cops said that leaving the vehicle blocking the evening rush hour traffic was not an option.

 

They took her license but returned it soon after without a fine.

 

Source: Manager online

 

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13 minutes ago, webfact said:

She had said her clutch had gone but she wouldn't move the vehicle until a friend arrived.

Id!ot. Should have been fined heavily.

More pea soup than souped up looking at it ..

Of course it's fake news....the RTP would never give a ticket for an unroadworthy vehicle.....!

Here is a picture of the last vehicle to be given an unroadworthy ticket in Thailand....

2 hours ago, webfact said:

She had said her clutch had gone but she wouldn't move the vehicle until a friend arrived. The cops said that leaving the vehicle blocking the evening rush hour traffic was not an option.

Perfectly reasonable request by the Fed's if it was an obstruction .. Clutch gone .! If it was actuation issue's ( hydraulics or cable ain't sure what they've got ) just start it in gear covering the brake at the same time and move it off the road .. 

23 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Perfectly reasonable request by the Fed's if it was an obstruction .. Clutch gone .! If it was actuation issue's ( hydraulics or cable ain't sure what they've got ) just start it in gear covering the brake at the same time and move it off the road .. 

It was a lady driver !

regards Worgeordie

9 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

It was a lady driver !

regards Worgeordie

But she knew about the "clutch". Bet it had an auto transmission.

1 hour ago, ChrisY1 said:

Of course it's fake news....the RTP would never give a ticket for an unroadworthy vehicle.....!

Or, any other traffic infractions.  How DARE she spread the fake news that the police do police work.

Silly girl, everyone knows that there is no such thing as an unroadworthy car in Thailand. No tail lights, no problems, no headlights, no problem, no brakes, no problem, no license, no problem... and so on and so forth. 

Edited September 12, 20187 yr by fullcave

Do most females, or even males, in Thailand know that both standard and automatic vehicles have clutches?  Oh, hold on.  I forgot to ask what type of clutch is she referring to, the one to help change gears or the human kind?

 

'nuf sed

So, was it unroadworthy?

5 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Perfectly reasonable request by the Fed's if it was an obstruction .. Clutch gone .! If it was actuation issue's ( hydraulics or cable ain't sure what they've got ) just start it in gear covering the brake at the same time and move it off the road .. 

So smart my friend... automatic gearbox ?

cannot start in gear as you say.. neutral & push as the police did !!!

6 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

So smart my friend... automatic gearbox ?

cannot start in gear as you say.. neutral & push as the police did !!!

 

8 hours ago, webfact said:

She had said her clutch had gone

 

9 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Id!ot. Should have been fined heavily.

Yes

15 hours ago, worgeordie said:

It was a lady driver !

regards Worgeordie

Correction, a female but if the story is true then Not a lady and I would suggest not a driver by the sound of it. Ha ha ha