134 arrested, 120 illegally-modified motorcycles seized in Bangkok

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok police stopped and seized 120 illegally-modified motorcycles and arrested 134 riders and pillion riders on Friday night.

 

 

Police set up checkpoints on roads under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police Division 4 and made the arrests throughout the night in a weekly crackdown on road racing.

 

Pol Maj Gen Thirapong Wongratpitak, commander of Metrpolitan Police Division 4, told a press conference at 2am on Saturday that 57 of those arrested are under18.

 

 

He said five of the arrested also tested positive for drug use and four of the five are under 18.

 

He said police also checked 33 motorcycle repair shops and seized 36 exhaust pipes that are designed to emit loud noises.

 

Of the seized 120 motorcycles, 43 are big bikes modified to make noises louder than the legal limit of 96 dB.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30358746

 

 

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When all this going to stop 

Thailand has going to be a very noisy country with bike's racing up and down on roads day and night 

Police should be on every road and soi to stop this and not just sitting talking about it and do nothing 

And it seems as it only Bkk there stop them 

Pattaya police  do absolutely nothing about it 

And meny Thai and farangs have complained about the noise 

 

Big noisy exhaust = small todger.

yessssss!!!!!

 

 

He said police also checked 33 motorcycle repair shops and seized 36 exhaust pipes that are designed to emit loud noises.

 

3 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

When all this going to stop 

Thailand has going to be a very noisy country with bike's racing up and down on roads day and night 

Police should be on every road and soi to stop this and not just sitting talking about it and do nothing 

And it seems as it only Bkk there stop them 

Pattaya police  do absolutely nothing about it 

And meny Thai and farangs have complained about the noise 

 

This really has to stop ! Loud pipes safe lives, let them have their fun and freedom with their bike.

Stop them from seizing bikes.

23 minutes ago, Deli said:

This really has to stop ! Loud pipes safe lives, let them have their fun and freedom with their bike.

Stop them from seizing bikes.

Apparently you find the sound of a 125 wave with a hole in the muffler at 0330 am sweet or awesome...yes that is truly the sound of a performance machine ,my old 2 stroke lawnmower sounds better ....555

The bikes are as bad as the 10 ton lorries with their dustbin sized exhausts. The bikes and lorries can be heard for at least 2 km before and after passing through our village. As usual the police do nothing about it and the locals are afraid to complain. 

Where's the Joker?

8 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

When all this going to stop 

Thailand has going to be a very noisy country with bike's racing up and down on roads day and night 

Police should be on every road and soi to stop this and not just sitting talking about it and do nothing 

And it seems as it only Bkk there stop them 

Pattaya police  do absolutely nothing about it 

And meny Thai and farangs have complained about the noise 

 

ln my country it is not ilegal to fit a full system exhaust under 95db. Yes road racing is a problem with the kids.

Perhaps a track to suit them. But taking peoples bikes because they have a aftermarket exhaust is not in line with the law. it's merely corruption by the RTP. Who l may add remain unreformed to this day

Crush every one for scrap metal-next...

Edited November 17, 20187 yr by Redline

Electric motorbikes will never make it in Thailand because they aren't capable o making a lot of noise.

Probably a good thing because a lot of pedestrian's lives will probably be spared.

Please come to Cm and bring spike strips!!

 

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3 hours ago, Carib said:

 

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Made my day!

19 hours ago, rooster59 said:

seized 120 illegally-modified motorcycles

Perhaps if the seized motorcycles were now hauled of to the nearest crushing plant and baled up others may understand the consequences.  A 200 baht fine and a wai and off you go is not a sufficient deterrent!

5 hours ago, Prairieboy said:

Perhaps if the seized motorcycles were now hauled of to the nearest crushing plant and baled up others may understand the consequences.  A 200 baht fine and a wai and off you go is not a sufficient deterrent!

l take your car and crush it

What about noisy Harley Davidson ? Never arrested, never seized. Why ? 

1 minute ago, carabaothai said:

What about noisy Harley Davidson ? Never arrested, never seized. Why ? 

They are not modified. They come from the factory like that 

besides good luck taking a harley away from a biker with a patch 

18 hours ago, Media1 said:

l take your car and crush it

Yes, if I was guilty of illegal modifications and repeated offenses!

Do the same with all noisy jetski's and longtailboats on the chao praya please

Please start a crackdown on this in Buriram.

On 11/17/2018 at 9:54 PM, Media1 said:

ln my country it is not ilegal to fit a full system exhaust under 95db. Yes road racing is a problem with the kids.

Perhaps a track to suit them. But taking peoples bikes because they have a aftermarket exhaust is not in line with the law. it's merely corruption by the RTP. Who l may add remain unreformed to this day

Your country permits "system exhaust under 95db". RTP is seizing bikes and exhaust systems modified to exceed 96db. So, if in your country police seize bikes exceeding 95db will you attribute that to corruption? I'm finding it difficult to understand your post.

Edited November 19, 20187 yr by ChristianBlessing
clarity

1 hour ago, ChristianBlessing said:

Your country permits "system exhaust under 95db". RTP is seizing bikes and exhaust systems modified to exceed 96db. So, if in your country police seize bikes exceeding 95db will you attribute that to corruption? I'm finding it difficult to understand your post.

police do not care about reading exhaust levels. They are a cowboy unit. l been on bikes all my life and are involved with racing big bikes here. 

They boom boom bullshit and can not stories. They do not know the law themselves the basic cop. If you don't understand go purchase a big bike and fit a Yoshimura system in BKK.

Report back 

1 hour ago, ChristianBlessing said:

Your country permits "system exhaust under 95db". RTP is seizing bikes and exhaust systems modified to exceed 96db. So, if in your country police seize bikes exceeding 95db will you attribute that to corruption? I'm finding it difficult to understand your post.

Oh and also it's a matter for the courts to decide the fait of the bike and the rider. Not the uneducated police who still remain a private operation. They need to be disbanded and rebuilt.

It's a start I guess, but 120 is just about the number of illegally modified bikes that scream past my place in BKK every day.

How about we see as much effort go into underage kids on motorbikes (no license, no helmet, no insurance) as to what they do for noisey bikes!