Video: No jail for driver who resisted clamping in Bangkok

[webfact]

Video: No jail for driver who resisted clamping in Bangkok

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that Dusit Court in Bangkok had fined a Honda City driver 8,500 baht for four offences related to an incident caught on video last Wednesday. 

 

The video showed Pol Lance Corporal Thanakit Wiboonphan trying to clamp a car parked illegally. 

 

But the driver tussled with him.

 

The 53 year old driver avoided jail but was prosecuted under four charges. 

 

1. Having no licence. 

2. Illegal parking

3. Disobeying a police request

4. Resisting and fighting with a policeman doing his duty

 

He was fined 8,500 baht in total. 

 

Thanakit went on his Facebook page to ask people to obey the law. He said he had requested the driver to move his vehicle but he had still refused. 

 

The driver had parked in a red and white no parking zone. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

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[Nyezhov]

Wow. Nobody comes to the cops aid LOL.

 

In the States you would have citizens jumping out of their cars to help the cop.

[mercman24]

bet if that was a farang resisting a cop, they would come out of the woodwork and beat the shit out of him, so that is sending a message to all thais, you can drive no licenece, no insurance fight a cop, and it will cost you 8500, how rediculous is that, time behind bars for 30 days would have been a better solution

[300sd]

He is lucky he's able to attend court. Nothing negative I can say about this young policeman....

[Henrik Andersen]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

1. Having no licence. 

2. Illegal parking

3. Disobeying a police request

4. Resisting and fighting with a policeman doing his duty

 

He was fined 8,500 baht in total. 

 

That's why Thai people don't care about rules and regulations 

Totally stupid with this low fines 

I am sure if that was a farang this story would turn out different 

[Aussieroaming]

Too bad the cop disnt shoot the muppet

[Blue Muton]

3 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Wow. Nobody comes to the cops aid LOL.

 

In the States you would have citizens jumping out of their cars to help the cop.

No.

In some parts of the States, yes. In other parts they'd join in with the motorist.

[scorecard]

2 hours ago, 300sd said:

He is lucky he's able to attend court. Nothing negative I can say about this young policeman....

Further, wheres' some respect for the young policeman who is doing his legal duty?

 

The driver should be in jail.

[dunroaming]

4 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Wow. Nobody comes to the cops aid LOL.

 

In the States you would have citizens jumping out of their cars to help the cop.

In the States several people would have probably pulled out guns and started shooting!   But seriously,  Thai people tend to avoid any sort of involvement in case they are implicated.

[aussie11950]

I think England or Australia, the cop would not use force, but stand back and call backup, then arrest the idiot.

[P Funk]

Resisting arrest, automatic 30 days in the hole.... minimum!.....plus serious fines! While it doesn’t work on everybody, high penalties dissuade most.

[hotchilli]

Ridiculous this is exactly why people like him don't bother with a license or tussle with a policeman !

 

[shady86]

Everyone is above the law here. 

[ujayujay]

Its a shitty feeling to share the roads every day with idiots like this in LOS.

[tifino]

Somchai's Logic:

 

 - cannot allow car go be clamped; because he have to go claim,  but cannot claim without a Licence to present with... 

[richard_smith237]

Tussling with the BiB seems insane, especially considering the low levels of accountability if the situation were to escalate and the Policeman shot the guy he was trying to arrest.

That said, 8500baht for resisting arrest and fighting a Police officer is also insane - its truly astonishing the low charges here. 

 

A number of years ago my friend and his wife were pulled over by a lone Policeman on a motorcycle.  She was asked to get out of the car, she wasn’t happy about it and her tone wasn’t polite. The Policeman slapped her across the face. It took all my my friends resolve not to get involved - given the 8500baht fine quoted above I’m sure my friend may have reconsidered and knocked the Policeman clean out.

[stud858]

12 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Wow. Nobody comes to the cops aid LOL.

 

In the States you would have citizens jumping out of their cars to help the cop.

Are you from the states?

My American friends say you get shot down, which is fair enough. Gotta respect the police. Once you go soft then the fear factor is gone.

Police in Australia need to shoot first ask questions later. The baddies are taking over there and police are being bashed.

 

[Prairieboy]

19 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Wow. Nobody comes to the cops aid LOL.

 

In the States you would have citizens jumping out of their cars to help the cop.

I somehow doubt that!

 

[Nyezhov]

1 hour ago, Prairieboy said:

I somehow doubt that!

 

Guess it depends on where you live. Im a Red State type of guy, things are different...

[josephbloggs]

On 3/11/2019 at 11:36 AM, mercman24 said:

bet if that was a farang resisting a cop, they would come out of the woodwork and beat the shit out of him.... 

Where do you get this ridiculous notion from? There have been so many instances (one at the airport, one in Pattaya - just two from memory) where we see farangs bring very very aggressive towards cops and trying to fight. They were handled with commendable restraint. No violence. No-one got the shit beaten out of them. They were taken, gently, calmly, to sober up then released. 

 

Say what you like about the police here, but they do act with amazing patience and restraint on a regular basis - both to thais and farangs. But of course you are entitled to believe your paranoid nonsense. It's almost an automatic reply on these forums whenever a Thai is treated gently - "if only that was a farang!" 

 

Get over your paranoia. 

 

Just waiting now for someone to bring up the off duty policeman shooting the French guy. Hardly standard procedure. 

 

 

[Sir Swagman]

Seems a bit silly to me to clamp a car that is parked in a a no parking zone. The main reason for such zones is to avoid traffic congestion. Clamping does nothing to avoid that. A bunch of tow trucks and an impound area, or moving the vehicle out of the area then clamping it might make more sense. This doofus is lucky not to get shot.