U wanna bet ???

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Pol Lt-Gen Torsak Sukwimon said that a "weak point" of the RTP was the actions of the Highway Police that could be misconstrued.

 

Could be misconstrued ????

 

A whole nation misconstrues nothing !!!! - everyone knows they can pay a fee to get away with speeding all the way yup to drink driving and then continue to speed, drink drive or do whatever they want with impunity. 

 

 

5 hours ago, ChipButty said:

That will stop the one police man doing a bit of freelancing at the side of 7/11 near me

You are not in Hua Hin by any chance ?

There is a rogue plod sits around Soi 94, especially at the top end waiting for Farangs at night. He claims people are driving drunk and demands 1000 Baht. Most people now give him the finger, and say OK lets go to the station............You can guess the outcome.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

In their desire to help out the public by accepting money for fines at checkpoints they were open to charges of malfeasance especially if things are filmed and shared on social media. 

 

That is the funniest line I have read for a long time. "I don't WANT to take your money, but I do not have a choice"......

Also they must hate the advent of mobile phone cameras, seems to have severely clipped their wings.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

In their desire to help out the public by accepting money for fines at checkpoints they were open to charges of malfeasance especially if things are filmed and shared on social media. 

In their desire to help the public... nice PR.

7 hours ago, fangless said:

Tea money has now gone online has it?

To be located at the station, practice remains the same just the geography has changed.

6 hours ago, Grumpy one said:

Door to door canvasing ?

They've got that covered already.

5 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

To be located at the station, practice remains the same just the geography has changed.

Even there it will just be a quick scanning of a QR code with their phone!

 

7 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that the current system, while designed to help the public was not above board and when officers are seen stuffing money into their pockets it was most unseemly

 

before adding it would be far more professional to fold them neatly before slipping the wad into a bum pocket ..

 

8 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

In their desire to help the public... nice PR.

Solly no cash, just QR code; please scan now into my phone!

Just now, Justgrazing said:

 

before adding it would be far more professional to fold them neatly before slipping the wad into a bum pocket ..

 

The folding phones don't work too well even before you stick them in the b^m pocket

14 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

Also they must hate the advent of mobile phone cameras, seems to have severely clipped their wings.

And their consumption of tea!

18 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

You are not in Hua Hin by any chance ?

There is a rogue plod sits around Soi 94, especially at the top end waiting for Farangs at night. He claims people are driving drunk and demands 1000 Baht. Most people now give him the finger, and say OK lets go to the station............You can guess the outcome.

You are not in Hua Hin (insert local town/city)................................ by any chance ?

There is a rogue plod sits around Soi (insert number)......................

He claims people are (insert) ...........................................

Most people now give him (insert).......................................

You can guess the outcome!

 

8 hours ago, fangless said:

Tea money has now gone online has it?

Coming soon: fines can be paid with Bitcoin or Nam Pla Wan, your choice

8 hours ago, webfact said:

So he said that he has spoken to the new commander of the highway police, Pol Maj-Gen Ekkarat Limsangkat, to reorganise checkpoints so that fines are paid 2 kilometers away from where they are issued. 

555  OMG 555 the corruption moved 2 kms down the road, we couldn't come up with anything better 555

8 hours ago, YetAnother said:

how will the cops feed their families ?????

Mia Nois??

how many wings has the chap got on his uniform? What is he, a fxxxxxg bird? 

9 hours ago, YetAnother said:

how will the cops feed their families ?????

How do think you can avoid a fine...

Despite all the adverse comments, I really think it is a step in the right direction. Not fully there, but on the way. Well done for trying to reduce corruption and the way fines are paid. 

the highway police only stopped me once in over ten years, what about the local cops ?

Oh yeah right...no more payments

12 hours ago, colinneil said:

Actions misconstrued???? Priceless comment.

So no more cash payments at the roadside, how do they expect pc plod to survive.????

Yep, hard to make that BMW payment when the easy money stops.

13 hours ago, YetAnother said:

how will the cops feed their families ?????

 

Guard the gold shop, supervise the soapies, and close the eyes for yaba transports?

 

I guess there is life beyond traffic tea money.

 

That said, any intersection a policeman could give out probably 500 tickets a day  for no helmet alone...and another 500 for no license or unpaid insurance...

 

He didn't say no more paying Fridays beer money to not be given a ticket for something that never happened...

On 11/10/2020 at 12:53 PM, Kwasaki said:

That must of been some time ago,  I can't see anything like that happening like that nowadays. 

Must have been 25 years ago, I remember he had a big plastic bucket of keys, luckily mine had some keyring on it

On 11/10/2020 at 9:34 AM, webfact said:

 

It would enable officers at the fine issuing place to issue just a warning for people breaking the law for the first time for misdemeanors such as speeding or illegal lane changing, for example.

There are laws on speeds and lane changes?