Video: Police think this kind of road rage is only worth a fine

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Video: Police think this kind of road rage is only worth a fine

 

Caption: He chased them and attacked them

 

A road rage incident in Chonburi saw a thug wielding a baseball bat threaten a man and his sick mother in a pick-up.

 

The mother was terrorized and the vehicle suffered damage in the unprovoked attack. 

 

Yet the Chonburi police consider it only worth a fine. They have asked the driver to pop in and see them. 

 

Hatdaporn Soisalap, 31, recorded the incident on his phone. He told the Chonburi police that he had hooted a man in a Toyota Yaris who had been dawdling at a green light.

 

The Yaris man was incensed and chased him to an area outside a school where he tried to open the pick-up door.

 

The Yaris man then followed him to near an intersection when there was a traffic hold up and he got out with a baseball bat and started smashing up the pick-up. 

 

He eventually fled the scene but police have the licence plate number. 

 

Source:

 

Hatdaporn was taking his mum - a heart patient - to see the doctor. 

 

Pol Col Atinana Nuchanarot had been given the video footage. 

 

Yet he said this was only an offence worth a fine. So the police have issued a summons. 

 

If he doesn't turn up, they will make an effort to arrest him. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

 

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[LazySlipper]

And a .44 magnum is worth a fine that is a bit steeper

[Vacuum]

32 minutes ago, webfact said:

They have asked the driver to pop in and see them

Ok, all well then.....    Next case.

[colinneil]

If he dosent turn up the police will make an effort to arrest him...... Priceless.

In your own time boys, no rush.

[mikebell]

53 minutes ago, webfact said:

Yet the Chonburi police consider it only worth a fine. They have asked the driver to pop in and see them. 

The fine is directly proportional to the colour of the envelope.

If it's the same as other traffic fines there's a 92% chance it won't be paid.

[Wiggy]

21 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

Ok, all well then.....    Next case.

Yep. He's free to do it again. And he probably will.

[rkidlad]

Just recently I was waiting with members of the public to cross the road on a one-way road. We get the chance to cross and and someone on their bicycle is going the wrong way and nearly hits someone. Person on bicycle had to slam on their brakes and person crossing had to freeze. I told the person on the bicycle that he was going the wrong way and it's dangerous. He looked at me angrily with a "How dare you point out my errors" kind of way. 

 

More people will cease to act like idiots on the roads if the punishments start to fit the crimes. Until then people will continue getting injured and dying on the roads at a this spectacular level. 

[lemonjelly]

Water pistol filled up with water that’s been boiled up with loads of chillies.... quick blast to the face.

[essox essox]

this should be classed as G B H.....throw him in the cells for a long time.....FINES do nothing here.....only line someones pockets.....

[geoffbezoz]

2 minutes ago, essox essox said:

this should be classed as G B H.....throw him in the cells for a long time.....FINES do nothing here.....only line someones pockets.....

And that unfortunately   ( "only line someones pockets" )   is the underlying priority for most in Thai culture from the top down.

Edited July 2, 2019 by geoffbezoz

[Beggar]

The pickup driver blocks the whole traffic. Really awful... 

[geoffbezoz]

A fine only of course as beating people with baseball bats is actual within the political arena of Thailand nowadays so threatening to in this case is only a minor misdemeanor obviously in the eyes of the RTP.

 

When the junta does nothing to stop thugs beating political opponents with baseball ball bats , threatening to use one against the person is merely following that example.

 

Wait 'till lottery sellers threaten you with one for refusing to pay more than 80 baht per ticket,  then the police will act - selling knock off base ball bats to the ticket vendors  ????????????

[Clutch]

Clash of the ego's.

 

Lucky his mum was there, so he could tell her this other boy was being mean to him.

[marko kok prong]

Not surprised he was dawdling in the lane,with all that junk hanging from the mirror it's a wonder he could see anything at all.

[spidermike007]

There are multiple reasons why nobody takes the police seriously here. They rarely engage in law enforcement. They are franchisees. So, even the expectation of them enforcing the law, and behaving like the police we see all around the world, is a bizarre expectation, and one that is bound to meet with disappointment, frustration, and confusion.

 

Accept them for who and what they are. And acknowledge that the army is here to protect them, and their franchises, and to make sure nothing changes or progresses, and nobody ever gets held accountable. 

[Essex Reject]

Just yet another disgrace. We all chose to live in a banana republic so have little choice but to accept it and just hope it doesn't ever directly effect you.

[Vacuum]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Pol Col Atinana Nuchanarot had been given the video footage. 

 

Yet he said this was only an offence worth a fine.

How much? If around 500-1000 baht, please tell me where you park your car, and I'll have go at it with a baseball bat.

[LennyW]

If he had come at me like that i would have turned him into a popsicle!!! 

[Peterhua]

2 hours ago, Vacuum said:

How much? If around 500-1000 baht, please tell me where you park your car, and I'll have go at it with a baseball bat.

Hmmm who mentioned 500-1000baht? 

[Vacuum]

1 minute ago, Peterhua said:

Hmmm who mentioned 500-1000baht? 

Sorry, I forgot the wai.

[marquis22]

Those damn flowery amulets failed again ????

[connda]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Yet the Chonburi police consider it only worth a fine.

Which is why road rage in Thailand will never stop.  No consequences for bad behavior.  But throw people in jail for years for chewing kratom.  <laughs>

[Peterhua]

24 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

Sorry, I forgot the wai.

The effects wearing off i see.

 

How much do you think a wing mirror on it's own would cost?

[Hayduke]

 

Possibly the victim and his mother have a history of not voting for the correct candidates.

 

 

 

Edited July 2, 2019 by Hayduke

[connda]

Also, some words don't seem to translate well in English language publications published in Thailand.

Baseball Bat

 

Baton or 'Billy Club'

 

Sword

 

Machete

Heck, I own a half a dozen machetes in various lengths myself.  It's a jungle out there - but!  I don't pack one in my car.  I do understand Thai weapons laws.  If you want to carry a weapon, carry a, errrr, Thai 'baseball bat.'  Small fine, no jail time. 

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

If he doesn't turn up, they will make an effort to arrest him. 

Which is why it continues...

[AhFarangJa]

if the little s*** did that to my car I would beat him to a pulp. They are all heroes when there is a car door between them and you, but when you get out it is a different story. Then again, being a Farang it would be my fault i suppose and I would get a lot more than just a small fine.

Edited July 2, 2019 by AhFarangJa

[connda]

8 hours ago, LazySlipper said:

And a .44 magnum is worth a fine that is a bit steeper

Yeah, you can't shoot people here, not even in your own home. But it doesn't mean people don't have guns. Remember the guy chased down by a pack of teenagers and young adults, surrounded, and then fire his gun? Killed an attacker. He's in jail.  In the US the defense is disparate force - multiple attackers and imminent fear for your life or the life of an innocent bystander, his wife in this case.  Didn't matter.  I've seen someone dragged out of their car and killed by a mob in Chiang Mai.  You can't defend yourself without going to jail.  Shoot someone in your own home - same, same - no "Castle Doctrine."  If you defend yourself with lethal force - than you live, but in jail. Well, depending on how rich you are. What's your option?  Some people choose life and jail.  Some people don't.  The uber-wealthy never go to jail as they can buy "justice." 

It's not 'good' or 'bad', it's just reality.  Acknowledge it and act accordingly.

 

 

Edited July 2, 2019 by connda

[connda]

13 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

f the little s*** did that to my car I would beat him to a pulp.

Of course you would. 500 THB fine for you. 
 
500 THB fine for all the other Thais who stop and join in fray to stop the evil farang from assaulting the helpless Thai.  

It the 50,000 of 500,000 THB hospital bill or the $30K air-evac back to the home-country that's the killer.  

Edited July 2, 2019 by connda

[wreckingcountry]

Lawless country .. not news


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