‘Drunk’ foreign tourists filmed riding on the roof of Chiang Mai songthaew

[tandor]

2 hours ago, jackdd said:

Does Ms Saepua also take a video and post it online when she sees 10-20 Thai (Myanmar) people on the back of a regular pickup, or only if they are westerners?

..if she is so concerned why is she not trying to stop them..condoning the offence..just as guilty...Big-f-Deal.

[Uptooyoo]

2 hours ago, White Christmas13 said:

But this is OK I guess

As long as you're not happy, it's ok.

[Russell17au]

These must be drunken foreigners because it appears that they are the only ones that would ride on the roof of a songthaew. Kick them all out of the country including the songthaew drivers

[Bundooman]

3 hours ago, jackdd said:

Does Ms Saepua also take a video and post it online when she sees 10-20 Thai (Myanmar) people on the back of a regular pickup, or only if they are westerners?

Excellent reposte…….Ms Sourpua needs to get a life.

 

Not only that - she took it upon herself to confront some legless tourists at 1am over their juvenile, but normal young peoples behaviour on a wild night out. 

 

I wonder what her reaction would have been to a smack in the gob?

[herwin1234]

Bless you Thai lady for reporting inapropiate behaviour of western tourists to the authorities. You will be rewarded a Medal Of Honor. Pfffffffff.

[StevieAus]

2 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

That bus might have been at Woodstock 50 years ago but the passengers look like Tally band fans.

Methinks you are right and a spot of poetic licence as well

[alfalfa19]

yawn.  boo-hoo.  oh dear.  oh my. 

[scorecard]

3 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

Schoolkids are merely freight with clothes on.

Or even worse, a van going past the roadside place where I had breakfast every morning, full of little kids and the kids opening and closing the sliding door as the vehicle is moving. 

[NCC1701A]

have they found them yet? this is a national security issue.

 

[spoon1967]

Never have I ever thought of doing this.  And then falls off.......goes to Hospital, no insurance, and another Go Fund Me page, begging for help, and wanting everyone to fund his stupidity.  

[nauseus]

Rot daeng winning the war. Grab can't compete against this! 

[sanemax]

These are part of a pub crawl group , 3-4 songtaews go from bar to bar and quite often people sit on the roof of them .

If anyone wants to join a bar crawl , it costs 400 Baht and free transport, T-Shirt and a bucket 

I must warn you though its full of young people enjoying themselves ,  

[emptypockets]

2 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Even if they had, they wouldn't do it

Car surfing was quite popular with me and my mates, except we would be doing it 70mph on the outback highways in western Australia. Cling or sit on the roof and driver would pass beers up to us. Or do it at lower speed around town and try and throw the guys on the roof off. All good fun and part of growing up where I came from.

 

[Justgrazing]

1 hour ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

So when you said, "Ms Saepea should look closer to home at the pick up's and larger trucks carrying people to work in Thailand," and then included a picture of people riding on top of a vehicle, in a post that mentions no other countries whatsoever, you were actually referring to what happens in other countries?

 

OK.

I'll bet you're fun to be with at party's .. 

Edited July 6, 2019 by Justgrazing
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[Derek B]

4 hours ago, Samuel Smith said:

"not good for the image of Chiang Mai"

Only if posted on the internet...............video could of just been sent to the BIB and the rest of the world would not be overly aware.

[ratcatcher]

6 minutes ago, Derek B said:

Only if posted on the internet...............video could of just been sent to the BIB and the rest of the world would not be overly aware.

It might as well have been posted on the internet because, quite frankly, the rest of the world doesn't give a Tom Tit.

[malibukid]

46 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

Car surfing was quite popular with me and my mates, except we would be doing it 70mph on the outback highways in western Australia. Cling or sit on the roof and driver would pass beers up to us. Or do it at lower speed around town and try and throw the guys on the roof off. All good fun and part of growing up where I came from.

 

you Ozzies are a tough breed

Edited July 6, 2019 by malibukid

[emptypockets]

16 minutes ago, malibukid said:

you Ozzies are a tough breed

No Tv back then in the bush so we had to make our own fun.

[nervona81732]

Ditto from me too. The Thai's beat hands down letting their children do this every day to school and back. What hypocrisy.  ????

[473geo]

25 minutes ago, malibukid said:

you Ozzies are a tough breed

Now it is mentioned I have met quite a few that look and act like they could have been thrown from a car roof......several times ????

[tabarin]

Don't worry Chiang Mai, soon nobody even bothers to come. With 34.59 baht per euro, it is rather expensive too.

[DJ54]

Looks like Brits on the London Double Decker.... joking thought it was a bust a Brits balls day.

 

 

[sawadee1947]

No Thai can do it... ????

[Redline]

Since when has Thailand been civilized?  The driver allowed it in any case.  Who is she to tell them it’s dangerous.  It’s not like they were driving a whole family on a motorbike at night with no lights, going the wrong direction 

[ujayujay]

7 hours ago, Mitkof Island said:

Completely normal behavior from the Khao San Road/Full Moon Party morons. Shut down Khao San Road and the Full Moon Party end of all these foreigner problems.

Yeah, Grumpy old Man go to sleep 9pm????????????

[Ajarnbrian]

Rich world tourists behaving like idiots with no regard for safety. Unlike the poor Burmese workers riding in the back of pick-ups, these tourists have choices in life. 

[tonboy]

4 hours ago, tabarin said:

Don't worry Chiang Mai, soon nobody even bothers to come. With 34.59 baht per euro, it is rather expensive too.

where do you get so much thb for your euro ?
It is now 34,35 thb for 1 euro....

[Happy Grumpy]

11 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

I wouldn't drive too closely behind them.

 

 

Nonsense. She'd have been in for a payday if one of them fell off and damaged her bumper with their head. 

[amykat]

5 hours ago, Ajarnbrian said:

Rich world tourists behaving like idiots with no regard for safety. Unlike the poor Burmese workers riding in the back of pick-ups, these tourists have choices in life. 

Yes, since they think that is so fun, maybe someone can enslave them on a ship for a while or in a remote factory  ...with a bunch of beer and charge them for the vacation!!

[amykat]

5 hours ago, Redline said:

Since when has Thailand been civilized?  The driver allowed it in any case.  Who is she to tell them it’s dangerous.  It’s not like they were driving a whole family on a motorbike at night with no lights, going the wrong direction 

Apparently nobody can tell anybody NOT to do anything here and you might be risking your life if you do. I don’t know WHO she is but probably someone with some power or she wouldn’t even consider it, someone who lived overseas maybe also?  I would certainly appreciate it if that was my dumbass son riding on top of there ....if someone stopped him.

 

That is why tourists do things like this, nobody ever says no here ...most they do is say “up to you” and even fail to warn people of obvious risks ...even when you ask.  Is it safe to do xyz? Yes, of course ...mai pen rai, no problem ...you might be dead at the end of the day but that is no problem for them!!