Daily News Thai Caption: Two months prison

Daily News reported from the Pathumwan Court after a judgement was handed down against Weerayuth.

 

Weerayuth was the driver of an Isuzu who was speeding along Ratdamri Road in Bangkok, going through a red light and failing to stop for a pedestrian on a crossing.In addition he had no licence.

 

He was caught after the incident on Saturday after a pregnant nurse was lucky to escape with her life while crossing the road.

 

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The court ordered the suspect jailed for 2 months and fined 10,000 baht on charges of negligent and scary driving.

 

These were halved on admission.

 

The prison term was then suspended for a year in which probation will take place. 

 

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And that is why things will never improve on Thai roads.....depressing reading.

 

This is totally <deleted>.

 

The 'high sided' canopy on a single cab pick-up would suggest that it is for commercial purposes.

Was this cretin driving (without a licence) for a living?

 

Edited March 31, 20224 yr by metisdead
Profane acronym removed.

Thai justice, waiting for the guy to kill someone before any serious consequences.

I wonder who his father/mother/etc is connected to or whether they just have a stock of large brown envelopes!

Pound to a penny he is driving as we post....no licence, no insurance. probably being paid less, so his boss will be happy.

Until they start taking things like this seriously this country will never improve in road safety.

 

Apart from the inept, lazy and corrupt police, most of the judges appear to be hesitant to mete out the necessary punishments as a deterrent. 

4 hours ago, asiaexpat said:

Thai justice, waiting for the guy to kill someone before any serious consequences.

And even then, after he does so with video evidence and having not bothered to attain the license, he'll get half his sentence off for "confession" and the remainder for "relatives". 

4 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Pound to a penny he is driving as we post....no licence, no insurance. probably being paid less, so his boss will be happy.

Where I live not many have a license, and I have been here over 20 years and never had to show mine to the police. Who knows maybe one day they will ask me, I hope they know what one looks like.

4 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

This is totally <deleted>.

 

The 'high sided' canopy on a single cab pick-up would suggest that it is for commercial purposes.

Was this cretin driving (without a licence) for a living?

 

I feel the same, but the truth is even if he HAD a license it probably  wouldn't have made any difference to his 'driving'.

Edited March 31, 20224 yr by BusyB

46 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

Where I live not many have a license, and I have been here over 20 years and never had to show mine to the police. Who knows maybe one day they will ask me, I hope they know what one looks like.

Ha......out in the sticks, 7 hours north of Bangkok, and had to show mine (or did i just proffer it?) three times in a year

5 hours ago, asiaexpat said:

Thai justice, waiting for the guy to kill someone before any serious consequences.

If any then.. this is pathetic justice, nothing will ever change on the roads.

From reading it, it looks like it was  'nearly' killed nurse (no injury apart from a scare) , so, he basically has a fine for 5000 for bad, careless  driving and no license. i seriously doubt that he could have got much more.

 

That said, if he had hit the nurse, i'd say 5 years up dependent on injury, AND made to pay full hospital bills AND personal injury claims AND crush what was left of his auto

 

"Scary" driving......?

 

If that's a crime, half the population should be incarcerated. 

I’ve long advocated for (civil) forfeiture of vehicles (or other assets) used while in the commission of these types of crimes.. The state can then sell them off and funds proportionally go to the victim.

 

If the vehicle is damaged, then any insurance settlement should be garnished/levied by the state so that the state again takes it - and the victims are compensated.

 

Im also a fan of minimum determinate sentencing .. so that the judges at least have a minimum or floor that must be part of sentencing and while i do think judges should retain discretion, I think that it’s fair for the public to have some minimum sentence imposed and not be subject to total judicial discretion and to ensure that some minimum uniformity in sentences will prevail. 

 

 

Edited March 31, 20224 yr by new2here

1 minute ago, new2here said:

I’ve long advocated for (civil) forfeiture of vehicles (or other assets) used while in the commission of these types of crimes.. The state can then sell them off and funds proportionally go to the victim.

 

If the vehicle is damaged, then any insurance settlement should be garnished/levied by the state so that the state again takes it - and the victims are compensated.

 

Im also a fan of minimum determinate sentencing .. so that the judges at least have a minimum or floor that must be part of sentencing and while i do think judges should retain discretion, I think that it’s fair for the public to have some minimum sentence imposed and not be subject to judicial discretion.

 

 

Agree....it is a no brainer.

 

If these halfwits thought they would lose their bikes things would change overnight.........(or the RTP would get even wealthier?)

This is Thailand remember ..what do you expect .. don't give s##t about road safety   not enough money to be made

The courts really need to make an example of these people,

who are just reckless drivers, don't care about anyone else

on the road or crossing it, 

 

If things are to change ,even a little ,some of the worst offenders,

need to go to prison for multiple years, probation is not going to

change anyone's bad driving habits, I am sure within the next 12

months ,this guy's going to see the inside of a court again ,no second

chance, jail him.

regards worgeordie

 

1 minute ago, Will B Good said:

Agree....it is a no brainer.

 

If these halfwits thought they would lose their bikes things would change overnight.........(or the RTP would get even wealthier?)

Yup, it’s kind of like a lesson many of us learned from mom/dad at a very early age… If you abuse something or don’t use it correctly, then it will be taken away from you.  

 

I think it’s that simple. 

 

The main issue for me isn’t so much the fact that the offender looses the asset, but that i think the state has the overriding obligation to safeguard the public.. and once found guilty, then I can make a clear case for the seizure under the logic that the convicted as now demonstrated their a) unwillingness or b) inability to safety use said asset - and in doing so, presents a safety risk to the public… and the seizure serves as a mitigation of that repeated risk.

4 minutes ago, new2here said:

i think the state has the overriding obligation to safeguard the public

Sadly......no one in power thinks that!!!!!

They need a year long campaign of drivers licence checks, immediate forfeiture of vehicle if driver unlicensed,  Mandatory driver education and assessment under supervision. 

Proper driving instruction, yearly checks and road tests for new drivers,  for 3 years. Driver competency assessment every five years.

Mandatory forfeiture of licence for DUI for 3 months, and confiscation of vehicle  for suspension period, , 12 month alcho lock on regaining licence.

Two DUI banned for 2 years.

 

 

15 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

The courts really need to make an example of these people,

who are just reckless drivers, don't care about anyone else

on the road or crossing it, 

 

If things are to change ,even a little ,some of the worst offenders,

need to go to prison for multiple years, probation is not going to

change anyone's bad driving habits, I am sure within the next 12

months ,this guy's going to see the inside of a court again ,no second

chance, jail him.

regards worgeordie

 

You are hopeful at 12 months I reckon half that

6 hours ago, asiaexpat said:

Thai justice, waiting for the guy to kill someone before any serious consequences.

Wishful thinking.

The only lesson out of this is not much will happen 

7 hours ago, webfact said:

halved on admission

admitting the crime equates to less work for the court and prosecutors, and therefore he is rewarded.

That's the system. It ensures a light workload and a repeat criminal. Victim is not part of the system.

7 hours ago, asiaexpat said:

Thai justice, waiting for the guy to kill someone before any serious consequences.

And even then, nothing will change.

As I experienced a few years ago with my partner's sister, who was also run over by such an idiot.

There was some bickering about the amount to be paid, and that was all.

But today, i saw some videos on youtube, named "Bad driving Thailand" .....your mouth falls open in surprise.

On 3/31/2022 at 10:02 AM, edwinchester said:

And that is why things will never improve on Thai roads.....depressing reading.

If you follow the news elsewhere, the same court decisions are the same in many countries.
Not just Thailand.

On 3/31/2022 at 4:57 AM, new2here said:

... Im also a fan of minimum determinate sentencing .. so that the judges at least have a minimum or floor that must be part of sentencing and while i do think judges should retain discretion, I think that it’s fair for the public to have some minimum sentence imposed and not be subject to total judicial discretion and to ensure that some minimum uniformity in sentences will prevail. 

 

I'm sure individual judges have their own minimum or floor for the contents of the brown envelope.  One has to be careful when price fixing.