Arrested for not wearing a mask in Phuket

[freedomnow]

3 hours ago, stigar said:

I mean if he had to go o the politestation hell can brake loose,

Which politestation is that ?

[FritsSikkink]

11 minutes ago, freedomnow said:

Which politestation is that ?

The one where polite people come.

[Kwasaki]

6 hours ago, tsk3009 said:

I was arrested for not wearing a mask riding a motorbike in Phuket. Stay away!!

Serves you right in a place like that,  silly rules set whatever you either apply or expect to get nicked. 

[James105]

1 hour ago, JayClay said:

So you accept that your original statement that "the opposite is advised - dont wear mask whilst driving" is correct?

 

I'm also not sure about your claim about motorcycles. I'm pretty sure that you're supposed to be wearing them but am willing to accept I don't know with 100% certainly.

 

Enforcement or not of any particular law isn't relevant in relation to your original claims.

My understanding is the same - it is a legal requirement to wear a mask whilst outdoors riding a motorbike.   But just like so many other laws here it is so ridiculous it is rarely enforced.   Since it is rarely enforced many people do not wear them and are surprised when they are stopped by the police for not doing so as they have seen so many others doing the same.   

[Adumbration]

I have a full face helmet....

 

I went to Phuket last week.  Had to show my vacinnation certificate at the checkpoint at Sarasin.  I didn't have a mask under my full face helmet.

 

No problems.  Wasn't RTP but some military...like...dudes...

 

When I asked him if they were military he said taharn tam ruat....(Military Police???)

 

Young guy.  Quite friendly to deal with.

[Ralf001]

22 minutes ago, James105 said:

 Since it is rarely enforced many people do not wear them and are surprised when they are stopped by the police for not doing so as they have seen so many others doing the same.   

When they are stopped, does it typically result in a fine or arrest ?

[sirineou]

4 hours ago, sirineou said:

7 hours ago, tsk3009 said:

was arrested for not wearing a mask riding a motorbike in Phuket. Stay away!!

Every time I see someone not waring a mask I stay away.

Oh it's not only because of covid, Seriously have you guys looked in the mirror lately? 

Please cover that mug. 

In addition if you are wearing a mask I can pretend I don't recognize you and I don't have to say Hi, 

IMO they should make mask wearing permanent.

For most of you,.????

[easydoor]

freedomnow

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Posted 8 hours ago (edited)

Stupid rule made by stupid people.

Edited 8 hours ago by freedomnow

Stupid people not following the rules of a country where they are GUESTS.

[pookett]

10 hours ago, tsk3009 said:

I was arrested for not wearing a mask riding a motorbike in Phuket. Stay away!!

Visit a foreign country.

Don't give a rats about their laws.

Get in trouble.

Then whinge about it.

 

YOU stay away!

[richard_smith237]

11 hours ago, tsk3009 said:

I was arrested for not wearing a mask riding a motorbike in Phuket. Stay away!!

The laziness in this post points to a troll... the Op has left so many doors open and questions unanswered.... 

 

No one is arrested for mask wearing - the Op is exaggerating and over reacting.

 

He may have been stopped and fined for not wearing a mask - that happens. 

 

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The rule is ‘masks must be work in all public areas’....  That means whenever out of your house (obviously unless eating and exercising). 

 

When riding a motorcycle - a mask must be work (according to the regs).

Thus, when wearing an open face helmet I wear a mask. 

When wearing a full face helmet I don’t. 

 

Reasons:

When wearing an open face helmet its easy to spot if I’m not wearing a mask. 

When I flip the face shield down I also pull the mask down to my chin as it causes the face shield to steam up. 

 

When wearing a full face helmet I don’t wear the mask as it causes the face shield to steam up. 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

6 hours ago, Pique Dard said:

9 hours ago, Isaanlife said:

What in the world does wearing a COVID Mask have to do with a helmet?

 

Your guess is off the mark by a mile

if he was wearing a helmet, nobody would have noticed the absence of the mask. now i leave you the pleasure of qualifying your own comments

The above post is just odd.....  

 

IF the op was wearing a helmet when it he was stopped. Then its likely it wasn’t a full face helmet.

[theonetrueaussie]

7 hours ago, internationalism said:

no, wearing mask on motorbike is not compulsory. It's outright dangerous to do so, drivers lost their lives when mask moved into their eyes, blinding them.

You were stopped for speeding, not wearing helmet, braking road rules, but not for mask.

Yes in phuket it IS mandatory to wear a mask when on a motorbike and you can be fined and even blacklisted if caught without one. The phuket governor issued the mandate and rules well over a year ago now and as far as I know it is still in effect. I have seen thais who work in covid hospitals/ vaccination sites take photos of foreigners without masks and their motorbikes at stop lights many times while also giving them a lecturing!

If op continually refused to wear one, then maybe he was arrested....who knows.

Edited January 22, 2022 by theonetrueaussie

[SAFETY FIRST]

11 hours ago, tsk3009 said:

Stay away

I always wear my mask when outside. 

 

Can I come?? 

[DefaultName]

8 hours ago, internationalism said:

no, wearing mask on motorbike is not compulsory. It's outright dangerous to do so, drivers lost their lives when mask moved into their eyes, blinding them.

You were stopped for speeding, not wearing helmet, braking road rules, but not for mask.

I put my mask below my nose when at speed for precisely this reason (pottering around town it stays where it should).  Yes, I'm not wearing it correctly.  Yes, I could be stopped.  I'll risk that rather than possibly impede my vision.

[malathione]

9 hours ago, stigar said:

You don know knohing who i im-Me in white shirt.

The Duchess of Nana?

[Harveyboy]

i agree its a stupid rule i hate it but i do as im told their country their rules ..so what you are saying is if you had been wearing a mask none of this would have happened...

[Harveyboy]

41 minutes ago, DefaultName said:

I put my mask below my nose when at speed for precisely this reason (pottering around town it stays where it should).  Yes, I'm not wearing it correctly.  Yes, I could be stopped.  I'll risk that rather than possibly impede my vision.

actually here it is compulsory..on a motorcycle.. ok if more than 1 person in a car mask must be worn...stupid i know I don't agree but i do it ..makes life a lot easier 

[Lacessit]

Anyone who wants to be a scofflaw in a foreign country should realize there are consequences if they get caught. Zero sympathy.

[yogi yogi]

11 hours ago, Isaanlife said:

What in the world does wearing a COVID Mask have to do with a helmet?

 

Your guess is off the mark by a mile

both are mandatory thats what in the world they have to do with each other.  great work by the cops.  the thais wear masks but the entitled farang dont?

[Skeptic7]

12 hours ago, tsk3009 said:

Stay away!!

Didn't take this bit of news to keep me away. Soooóo many infinitely better choices than Poo-ket ????. 

[Tropposurfer]

10 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

you were there to witness the event?

 

No but a mate of a mate of a mate of a mate of mine was ,.... hahahaha ???? What a completely hilarious thread this has been ???????????? 

[tsk3009]

I was riding back to my hotel at 2 am this morning. The police did a routine stop. Asked me about why I didn't have a mask and all sorts of other questions repeatedly. I had a helmet on and was driving safely. I started getting frustrated and said how f$$^ing stupid it all was to detain me for riding a motorbike for this. I dropped the f bomb a handful of times, not name calling, just out of frustration over the whole stupid scenario, because people go out all the time in Patong with no mask, the bar street, etc. Afterwards, he said something to the effect of you say f$&& f$&$^ f&#^, I take you to the police station. So I roll in to the station and there a five cops there to greet me. I was super <deleted> off now. So I started taking pictures of the 5 cops at the station who arrested me for not wearing a mask. That <deleted> them off and all five of the cops tackled me to get my phone, literally assaulted me. One pushed my head down, other were grabbing at my limbs. My back still hurts a little but nothing too serious. I just tried to resist and not fight back. In the end, I was on the ground with five cops on me. They put cuffs super aggressively on me and marched me up the the upper floor cell which was dirty tiles and a squatter in the corner. So they decide I was drunk and I said I had had a beer or two that night but my mind was perfectly clear. On the fifth time they told me to blow into the breathalyzer, they apparently got a reading of 50, the lowest level of DUI here. So they charged me with not wearing a mask in public which carries a 500 baht fine and DUI of 3000 baht fine. Spent a day in court and pled guilty. I was advised by a friend that was the way to go. After court, they put me back in the cell for a couple hours, not sure why. Funny thing was, when we got back to the police station, I entered a room with 4 cops, two of them hurriedly put on their masks when I walked in. Then I was just released but told to come back Tuesday to go to immigration with the police officer. 

Edited January 22, 2022 by tsk3009
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[rwill]

Maybe telling them you were not aware that you had to wear a mask on a motorbike, were sorry, and would wear one from now on would have worked better than telling them to F off.

[robblok]

13 minutes ago, tsk3009 said:

I was riding back to my hotel at 2 am this morning. The police did a routine stop. Asked me about why I didn't have a mask and all sorts of other questions repeatedly. I had a helmet on and was driving safely. I started getting frustrated and said how f$$^ing stupid it all was to detain me for riding a motorbike for this. I dropped the f bomb a handful of times, not name calling, just out of frustration over the whole stupid scenario, because people go out all the time in Patong with no mask, the bar street, etc. Afterwards, he said something to the effect of you say f$&& f$&$^ f&#^, I take you to the police station. So I roll in to the station and there a five cops there to greet me. I was super <deleted> off now. So I started taking pictures of the 5 cops at the station who arrested me for not wearing a mask. That <deleted> them off and all five of the cops tackled me to get my phone, literally assaulted me. One pushed my head down, other were grabbing at my limbs. My back still hurts a little but nothing too serious. I just tried to resist and not fight back. In the end, I was on the ground with five cops on me. They put cuffs super aggressively on me and marched me up the the upper floor cell which was dirty tiles and a squatter in the corner. So they decide I was drunk and I said I had had a beer or two that night but my mind was perfectly clear. On the fifth time they told me to blow into the breathalyzer, they apparently got a reading of 50, the lowest level of DUI here. So they charged me with not wearing a mask in public which carries a 500 baht fine and DUI of 3000 baht fine. Spent a day in court and pled guilty. I was advised by a friend that was the way to go. After court, they put me back in the cell for a couple hours, not sure why. Then I was just released but told to come back Tuesday to go to immigration with the police officer. 

If you act stupid like that yes then you get in trouble and you were DIU too. Whatever happened to just complying and apologizing. Dropping the F bomb is just idiotic when your talking to cops, who does such a thing. 

 

Talk about digging a hole for yourself. I don't wear a mask under my full face helmet but if i get caught i just tell them sorry and that they can fine me. That is it why make things hard on yourself. 

[tsk3009]

6 minutes ago, rwill said:

Maybe telling them you were not aware that you had to wear a mask on a motorbike, were sorry, and would wear one from now on would have worked better than telling them to F off.

I did take that approach, but the fourth time he told me to put on my mask and I told him I didn't have one on me, only in my hotel where I was going to, I started to get seriously perturbed. It was like he was asking the same handful of questions on repeat.

Edited January 22, 2022 by tsk3009

[robblok]

14 minutes ago, tsk3009 said:

I did take that approach, but the fourth time he told me to put on my mask and I told him I didn't have one on me, only in my hotel where I was going to, I started to get seriously perturbed. It was like he was asking the same handful of questions on repeat.

Why did you not have a mask on you ? I mean when im on my bike i take a mask with me as in BKK you need one. In Phuket too. So a bit self inflicted. Plus even if they start to become annoying its still stupid to get aggressive like that. Thais hate curses.

[richard_smith237]

37 minutes ago, tsk3009 said:

I was riding back to my hotel at 2 am this morning. The police did a routine stop. Asked me about why I didn't have a mask and all sorts of other questions repeatedly. I had a helmet on and was driving safely. I started getting frustrated and said how f$$^ing stupid it all was to detain me for riding a motorbike for this. I dropped the f bomb a handful of times, not name calling, just out of frustration over the whole stupid scenario, because people go out all the time in Patong with no mask, the bar street, etc. Afterwards, he said something to the effect of you say f$&& f$&$^ f&#^, I take you to the police station. So I roll in to the station and there a five cops there to greet me. I was super <deleted> off now. So I started taking pictures of the 5 cops at the station who arrested me for not wearing a mask. That <deleted> them off and all five of the cops tackled me to get my phone, literally assaulted me. One pushed my head down, other were grabbing at my limbs. My back still hurts a little but nothing too serious. I just tried to resist and not fight back. In the end, I was on the ground with five cops on me. They put cuffs super aggressively on me and marched me up the the upper floor cell which was dirty tiles and a squatter in the corner. So they decide I was drunk and I said I had had a beer or two that night but my mind was perfectly clear. On the fifth time they told me to blow into the breathalyzer, they apparently got a reading of 50, the lowest level of DUI here. So they charged me with not wearing a mask in public which carries a 500 baht fine and DUI of 3000 baht fine. Spent a day in court and pled guilty. I was advised by a friend that was the way to go. After court, they put me back in the cell for a couple hours, not sure why. Funny thing was, when we got back to the police station, I entered a room with 4 cops, two of them hurriedly put on their masks when I walked in. Then I was just released but told to come back Tuesday to go to immigration with the police officer. 

Yawn....  these guys always making a ‘stand’.... 

 

Solution: “Sorry, I lost my mask.... Do you have a spare?"

 

Or... just wear the blooming mask and don’t drink and ride !!!! - idiots. 

[rwill]

28 minutes ago, tsk3009 said:

I did take that approach, but the fourth time he told me to put on my mask and I told him I didn't have one on me, only in my hotel where I was going to, I started to get seriously perturbed. It was like he was asking the same handful of questions on repeat.

Well I hope things go alright for you at immigration.

Edited January 22, 2022 by rwill

[tsk3009]

30 minutes ago, robblok said:

Why did you not have a mask on you ? I mean when im on my bike i take a mask with me as in BKK you need one. In Phuket too. So a bit self inflicted. Plus even if they start to become annoying its still stupid to get aggressive like that. Thais hate curses.

I didn't want to carry one around and I was in a place where nobody was wearing them. I don't live here. It would never have crossed my mind that such a thing would be strictly enforced if at all, especially since transmission while riding seems highly unlikely.

[Fairynuff]

13 hours ago, freedomnow said:

Stupid rule made by stupid people.

I don’t entirely disagree, however it’s the rule here so just obey it. We’re aware of the consequences.