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Naew Na reported on an event at the Phatthalung provincial police station yesterday to celebrate a successful crackdown on street racers.

 

In the last month 5 bikes have been seized and 250 illegal exhausts were gathered.

 

Police in the area in Thailand's far south had been out trying to stop races mostly held on Friday to Sunday. 

 

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After the speeches were made about the perils of street racing on motorcycles and the excellence in general of the Royal Thai Police, a steamroller did the job of flattening those pesky and now silenced exhausts. 

 

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Picture: Naew Na

Picture: Naew Na

Picture: Naew Na

The BiB do look exhausted . As for steam rollers not seen one since about 1957.

I'd rather see the bikes going under the 'steamroller' than their exhausts.

A great start.  Let's do the same to the bikes.

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Thai police smashing up the evidence in the far south

Not smashing it and no longer needed so not really evidence.  Another great headline.  ????

46 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

I'd rather see the bikes going under the 'steamroller' than their exhausts.

how about the riders too?

 

We need this all over the country......impound and smash

1 hour ago, toofarnorth said:

The BiB do look exhausted . As for steam rollers not seen one since about 1957.

????  They are busy fixing Hwy 1 up north.

A better idea would be to attach a hose to the exhausts and put it up the area of the bike owner where the sun does not shine.

3 hours ago, Will B Good said:

I'd rather see the bikes going under the 'steamroller' than their exhausts.

As you say, exhausts still attached would have a better effect.

4 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

A great start.  Let's do the same to the bikes.

Logically reselling the bikes is more appropriate since it can recover the costs of the operation, and of course line certain pockets since individuals involved will get a percentage of the sale price. The exhausts can't be resold because they are illegal hnce they are publicly destroyed.

Steamroller? They still have in LOS?

Or is it a oilroller?

How did they get 250 exhausts from 5 bikes?

3 minutes ago, DefaultName said:

How did they get 250 exhausts from 5 bikes?

if you bother to read the article, they didn't.

Possibly purchased old exhausts from mechanical buisnesses just to make things look goodbye 

Pity it wasn't guns getting crushed with the amount of gunfights and shooting lately ????

7 hours ago, Screaming said:

A better idea would be to attach a hose to the exhausts and put it up the area of the bike owner where the sun does not shine.

Yeah, but then we'd also lose a bunch of expats around the country.  The ones that claim their bike is safer because you can hear them coming from 3 miles away.

 

21 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

????  They are busy fixing Hwy 1 up north.

Those would be diesel powdered vibrating rollers not STEAM rollers 555

And for the next 5years, they will always show the same picture from a different angle to  show, how hard they work.
In fact, 500 Baht resolves the "exhausting" ploplem.

17 hours ago, RobU said:

Logically reselling the bikes is more appropriate since it can recover the costs of the operation, and of course line certain pockets since individuals involved will get a percentage of the sale price. The exhausts can't be resold because they are illegal hnce they are publicly destroyed.

"Logically reselling the bikes is more appropriate..."

 

Logically?

The bikes couldn't be sold by the police, either, as that would be illegal because the bikes belong to the owners.

16 hours ago, DefaultName said:

How did they get 250 exhausts from 5 bikes?

They didn't.

13 hours ago, impulse said:

21 hours ago, Screaming said:

A better idea would be to attach a hose to the exhausts and put it up the area of the bike owner where the sun does not shine.

Yeah, but then we'd also lose a bunch of expats around the country.  The ones that claim their bike is safer because you can hear them coming from 3 miles away.

"Yeah, but then we'd also lose a bunch of expats..."

That would be bad?   Oh, yes, sorry, of course it would, it would be dreadful.

I better get to repacking the 2T silencers just incase. ???? 95db atm.

22 minutes ago, Happy Howard said:

Those would be diesel powdered vibrating rollers not STEAM rollers 555

Road rollers are still commonly referred to as steamrollers, regardless of what propels them.