Popular Post webfact Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that the Muang Pattaya traffic police set up roadblocks to stop a large gang of Arab and Indian motorcyclists annoying residents following complaints. The gang was revving engines, sounding horns and driving in a negligent fashion. Checkpoints were set up by Pol Maj Arut Saphanon in Soi VC, Soi Yen Sabai and at the second road intersection in south Pattaya. The annoyance from the foreigners was happening every day as they rode their rented motorcycles around without a care in the world, said the media. Most were Kuwaitis and Indians. Ten were booked for not having licences, six for failing to wear helmets, four for not having documentation and four for not having tax. Motorcycles were seized and fines issued. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-07-16 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more! Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information 17 10 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 I believe I read elsewhere that only 2 motorcycles were confiscated..... which comes over as a rather minor number. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Peterw42 Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, jacko45k said: I believe I read elsewhere that only 2 motorcycles were confiscated..... which comes over as a rather minor number. How can they confiscate rental bikes, the bikes dont belong to the offenders. 13 3 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cyril sneer Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 8 minutes ago, jacko45k said: I believe I read elsewhere that only 2 motorcycles were confiscated..... which comes over as a rather minor number. 5 people on each bike 4 1 46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Peterw42 said: How can they confiscate rental bikes, the bikes dont belong to the offenders. They take them off the person riding them. The owner is then required to go and claim them back... I think that qualifies as confiscated. Edited July 16, 2022 by jacko45k 28 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SAFETY FIRST Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 18 minutes ago, webfact said: The gang was revving engines, sounding horns and driving in a negligent fashion. With their boyfriend’s holding on to them tight as pillions. 2 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneMoreFarang Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 Don't those Arabs and Indians know that annoying people with loud noise is reserved for Thai nationals? 30 2 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HaoleBoy Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, jacko45k said: They take them off the person riding them. The owner is then required to go and claim them back... I think that qualifies as confiscated. Will they fine the shops renting the bikes with no tax / registration? Probably not ... 11 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scubascuba3 Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 Easy pickings on those side streets, they don't wear helmets, the other day a policeman was waiting at 2nd road\tai junction at lights took 3 of their keys away 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, HaoleBoy said: Will they fine the shops renting the bikes with no tax / registration? Probably not ... Probably not, but it would certainly be a good idea.... as per mentioned many of these riders do not have correct licences so the shops could be fined for that infraction. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 36 minutes ago, webfact said: Motorcycles were seized and fines issued. I know the cops like the money maybe, but to me things like this should be automatic 10 days street cleaning - i mean really ruin their holiday - they ruined others 25 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mikebell Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 The thread is newsworthy only because Pattaya Plod showed signs of life after years of being diagnosed as terminally dead. 9 1 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post daveAustin Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 Expect a lot more of this. Indians in Thailand are the in thing. ???? 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BangkokReady Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 2 hours ago, webfact said: The gang was revving engines, sounding horns and driving in a negligent fashion. The annoyance from the foreigners was happening every day as they rode their rented motorcycles around without a care in the world, said the media. I thought the locals liked it when foreigners took an interest in their culture? I guess assimilation is not always welcome... 3 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 2 hours ago, cyril sneer said: 5 people on each bike each with their own straw in their top pocket. Where were their vests with their colors if they were a gang.....oh wait for the RTP it was a gang bang acivity.....no plastic bags required. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 1 hour ago, daveAustin said: Expect a lot more of this. Indians in Thailand are the in thing. ???? They have already moved into Myanmar, and are just expanding their territories, maybe they are trying to re-establish Hindostan without pulling a Putin, or Xii. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AndyAndyAndy Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 2 hours ago, HaoleBoy said: Will they fine the shops renting the bikes with no tax / registration? Probably not ... Could they? You don't need tax/registration to drive on private property. So they can rent bikes without tax/registration. It's the customers fault they took it on public road? ???? 1 3 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Tom Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 2 of them? Really, a gang bust? Hardly. If the BiB were serious about it they would have surrounded the area and cut off escape and nabbed the lot. Its at night, so it interrupted their beauty sleep. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vandeventer Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 Just boys having FUN. If they want to catch people with no license look no further than northern Thailand. Pretty hard for 7 year old's to get a license. 5 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cat Boy Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 Detained Arab and Indian tourists, oh my ???? The PM and TAT will not be pleased at all by this. Perhaps the whole thing can be made to quietly go away. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 5 hours ago, Peterw42 said: How can they confiscate rental bikes, the bikes dont belong to the offenders. Perhaps no road tax/insurance....???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PMinThailand Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 Quality tourists! 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsari Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 5 hours ago, mikebell said: The thread is newsworthy only because Pattaya Plod showed signs of life after years of being diagnosed as terminally dead. Still requiring oxygen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kerryd Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 The original story shows 4 scooters in one photo. But it was most likely 10 as they said 10 people didn't have licenses (and you can't bust a passenger for not having a license). The ones confiscated were probably the ones without the proper tax decals (which would probably mean they also had no insurance). And these were scooters, not big bikes. Probably like those annoying kids with bored out mufflers that go screaming down the highway all the time (usually without helmets as well). 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Kerryd said: The original story shows 4 scooters in one photo. But it was most likely 10 as they said 10 people didn't have licenses (and you can't bust a passenger for not having a license). The ones confiscated were probably the ones without the proper tax decals (which would probably mean they also had no insurance). And these were scooters, not big bikes. Probably like those annoying kids with bored out mufflers that go screaming down the highway all the time (usually without helmets as well). I think in this case we can assume they are all rented bikes with factory silencers, but, if you have a pack of them scooting around with continuous open and close throttles, then you have a lot of noise. These tools know what they are doing, but know the BiB rarely do anything, which is the norm anywhere in LOS... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusyB Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 6 hours ago, jacko45k said: Probably not, but it would certainly be a good idea.... as per mentioned many of these riders do not have correct licences so the shops could be fined for that infraction. I seem to recall a 'clampdown' on them some time back ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Howiehotspur Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 Every morning I like to go for a jog up where I live on Pratumnak about 6:30 am .. yes they are a pain in the Ass , I wish the police could be up and around there at this time of the morning they’d have a field day , or maybe that’s the reason they aren’t .. weighing up overtime or or fines which they can’t pocket .. I dunno if these idiots are drunk or not , but they certainly act as though they are , 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Tourists should be banned from renting motorcycles. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Boy Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 4 hours ago, BangkokReady said: I thought the locals liked it when foreigners took an interest in their culture? I guess assimilation is not always welcome... Thus dual pricing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Screaming Posted July 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2022 I thought Thailand was promoting "Quality Tourists?" 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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