Motorcycle 'stuntman' faces jail for crazy bike riding antics in Chinatown

[webfact]

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Plapplachai 2 police in Bangkok took a dim view after a man was featured online "riding" a motorcycle in Yaowarat Road, the Thai capital's Chinatown. 

 

He was standing on the machine not holding onto anything. The only legal thing he was doing was wear a helmet!

 

Krissadaporn, 27, was soon facing the law.

 

He explained that his post was intended for the 50,000 people who follow him but the footage got out and was shared elsewhere.

 

He said he'd taken it down now.

 

He explained that he was a motorcycle stuntman who would appear at temple shows and the like. 

 

Police were unimpressed and charged him with five offences including negligent and scary driving, driving in an incorrect manner, having no thought for other road users and not having insurance or tax, reported Siam Rath. 

 

He faces 3 months in jail and/or a fine of between 2,000 and 10,000 baht. 

 

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[toofarnorth]

5 offences including scary driving.   I bet there are many more cars/bikes/pickups and buses commiting the same offence on the roads today.

[Denim]

33 minutes ago, webfact said:

He explained that his post was intended for the 50,000 people who follow him but the footage got out and was shared elsewhere.

 

He said he'd taken it down now.

 

Well that's all right then lad. No charge , you can go home now . Sorry about the misunderstanding and wasting your valuable time. Carry on as you were.

[phetphet]

I wonder if this is the same guy that used to be seen driving around Samui a few years ago:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C37KmjiFzc

[ezzra]

Dead man riding... a matter of time before he kill himself or kill others...

[OneMoreFarang]

Obviously he shouldn't do that.

But probably he still had the bike under better control than many of those want to be racers who are all the time on the streets.

[KhunLA]

2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Obviously he shouldn't do that.

But probably he still had the bike under better control than many of those want to be racers who are all the time on the streets.

Yes, I've done that myself, in residential suburbia USA, early morning on a Sunday, so nobody else about.  It's actually very easy to do.  Can't imagine doing it in Chinatown, unless a main open-ish road, as didn't view the vid.

[OneMoreFarang]

17 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Dead man riding... a matter of time before he kill himself or kill others...

No, or maybe

Lots of stuntmen do "impossible" things with their bikes again and again.

 

 

[Yellowtail]

2 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

5 offences including scary driving.   I bet there are many more cars/bikes/pickups and buses commiting the same offence on the roads today.

Well that certainly makes it okay

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Police were unimpressed and charged him with five offences including negligent and scary driving, driving in an incorrect manner, having no thought for other road users and not having insurance or tax,

One of thousands.

[Lokie]

Police were unimpressed and charged him with five offences including negligent and scary driving, driving in an incorrect manner, having no thought for other road users and not having insurance or tax, reported Siam Rath

 

Just an the average Thai road user then... But facts are he is a competent rider just doing things not allowed on the highway 

[EricTh]

Maybe Jackie Chan can hire him when he comes for a movie shoot in Thailand.

Edited February 19, 2022 by EricTh

[PETERTHEEATER]

Where are those low-hanging cables when you need them....

[Yellowtail]

It is amusing the way everyone moans about the lack of enforcement, and then when an example of enforcement is posted, everyone moans about how unfair is it that the perp was singled out.