Drink driving in Thailand: Thais have had enough - 60 year old drunk attacked after he kills "moo ping" vendor

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: Lynched!

 

The Thai public showed yesterday that they have had enough of drunk drivers.

 

They attacked a 60 year old drunk driver in Bangkok after he lost control at a bend and slammed into a "moo ping" stall.

 

When the police arrived at the scene on Rama 3 road outside the ICC company on Soi 29 they found Nawachart with a head injury. He was very drunk.

 

He was being detained in a citizens' arrest.

 

Dead at the scene was 48 year old pork vendor Rampheung who had head and chest injuries.

 

Her husband Wisoot, 50, had already been taken to Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital with serious injuries, reported Daily News.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Nawachart told police he had been drinking and was on his way home when he lost control of his Ford Everest at the bend.

 

Pol Capt Hanranong Donsawai of the Bang Phong Phang police attended the scene and had traffic cops perform a breath test for alcohol.

 

The old man was tested at 170 mg, almost three and a half times over the legal limit of 50 mg.

 

He was taken away by the police who apparently took no action against the public for the attack. 

 

ASEAN NOW notes that Thailand's appalling road death statistics are due in no small part to drunks on the roads.

 

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[kcpattaya]

They should have linched him...
 

[internationalism]

looks like it was still daytime and he was already drunk as skunk.

He ended up spread across a narrow soi, so probably he was speeding as well

[KannikaP]

12 minutes ago, kcpattaya said:

They should have linched him...
 

With a Y.   555

[pokerface1]

Thais need to rebrand drunks who drive as Terrorist's. Then the courts should follow through the same way and lock them up for 20 years.  

[Excel]

1 minute ago, pokerface1 said:

Thais need to rebrand drunks who drive as Terrorist's. Then the courts should follow through the same way and lock them up for 20 years.  

No, simply rebrand them as elderly mushroom pickers, then they would get years in jail.

[trainman34014]

RIP  the Innocent Lady.   To the thousands of Drunk Drivers on the roads in Thailand this won't mean a thing; as they are arrogant enough to think it will never happen to them because they are 'too clever' to let this happen .

 

Only way to stop it is instant Breath Tests on anyone suspected of DD and if they are positive taking their Vehicle and crushing it.  Do that for one month and see the results; but of course, that would mean the so called 'Police' doing their job !

[Doctor Tom]

This is not news, its normal behavior here. The cops do nothing, the government do nothing and very many of the public seem to follow the same course. 

[silver sea]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

They attacked a 60 year old drunk driver in Bangkok after he lost control at a bend and slammed into a "moo ping" stall.

 

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The old man was tested at 170 mg, almost three and a half times over the legal limit of 50 mg.

I thought that 60 was the new 40, or at least for those farang who choose to settle in Thailand. It must be a very young journalist who wrote up the story for the Daily News. 

 

But joking apart, a very sad story of how alcohol messes up so many people’s lives. As usually happens, it is the drunk who seems to suffer the least injuries.

[robblok]

Drunk drivers that kill or wound people should be put in jail mandatory. Drinking and driving just does not mix.

 

Before someone says it.. drugs and driving also dont mix and same applies.

[Thunglom]

Interestingly, when a farang did this in Pattaya, he got away with it and  the story was covered up by the press.

[IamNoone88]

60 years old ..... bet that wasn't the first time he had driven drunk.

[Mangkhut]

2 hours ago, Doctor Tom said:

This is not news, its normal behavior here. The cops do nothing, the government do nothing and very many of the public seem to follow the same course. 

C’mon mate, the government do nothing you say? Dont you remember 2-3 years ago when they put up huge roadside signs saying: «If you drive drunk please drive slow» ????????????

[SuwadeeS]

It would be so easy!!!!

Just confiscate and revoke their driving licenses.

Thailand loves to copy everything. So, why not copy some european regulations as Swiss or Germany

[JayClay]

3 minutes ago, SuwadeeS said:

Just confiscate and revoke their driving licenses.

Is that a serious suggestion?

[Neeranam]

Once I was knocked over when crossing the road by a drunk guy on a motorbike. 

A vendor kicked off his helmet in one kick then kicked him again in the head, it was great to watch. 

 

Alcoholism is a disease so show some compassion to the driver. 

[Neeranam]

When I was an alcoholic, it would have been dangerous to drive without a drink. Just saying having limits makes no sense. 

 

 

[smedly]

the simple truth is that the police are not doing enough - in fact are they doing anything, it is no good catching a drunk driver after they have had an accident and killed - the whole purpose of policing is protection of the public - a concept that the police here don't seem to understnad - you have to catch these people before they kill - crime prevention 

[overherebc]

4 hours ago, KannikaP said:

With a Y.   555

A rope would be better.

[overherebc]

15 minutes ago, JayClay said:

Is that a serious suggestion?

Throw in 20 lashes with a scented shoelace.

[2 is 1]

If "coffee" money is on play then sadly nothing change ever! Mostly 500 bth and only what get is that police say drive safely home, even you are so drunk that you cant walk!

If you have get yaba and show in urine test then it only cost more. But journey continue even you drive truck or buss. 

[Doctor Tom]

38 minutes ago, Mangkhut said:

C’mon mate, the government do nothing you say? Dont you remember 2-3 years ago when they put up huge roadside signs saying: «If you drive drunk please drive slow» ????????????

yes, of course,  I clean forgot about that highly successful campaign, silly me. 

[2 is 1]

42 minutes ago, Mangkhut said:

C’mon mate, the government do nothing you say? Dont you remember 2-3 years ago when they put up huge roadside signs saying: «If you drive drunk please drive slow» ????????????

 

[Deli]

They took away the old man...

 

He is 60.

 

I am worried now being called an old man soon

[farangroby]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

took no action against the public for the attack

Let's hope the cops takes tough action against the drunk driver

[Andrew Dwyer]

34 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Once I was knocked over when crossing the road by a drunk guy on a motorbike. 

A vendor kicked off his helmet in one kick then kicked him again in the head, it was great to watch. 

 

Alcoholism is a disease so show some compassion to the driver. 

What if the drunk guy on the motorbike was an alcoholic ?, where was your compassion ? Quote: “ it was great to watch “ ??

 

Or are you just wanting to tell us that you were an alcoholic ??

Jeez, you’ll be telling us you are a Thai next !!

[oslooskar]

9 minutes ago, farangroby said:

Let's hope the cops takes tough action against the drunk driver

That will be up to the courts, not the cops. 

[Doctor Tom]

Just now, Andrew Dwyer said:

What if the drunk guy on the motorbike was an alcoholic ?, where was your compassion ?

what are you talking about?  No compassion is needed in that circumstance, none at all. How long before he kills someone;  a kid perhaps, or several? Good old fashioned 'physical chastisement'  may knock some sense into him.  

[Doctor Tom]

1 hour ago, silver sea said:

 

I thought that 60 was the new 40, or at least for those farang who choose to settle in Thailand. It must be a very young journalist who wrote up the story for the Daily News. 

 

But joking apart, a very sad story of how alcohol messes up so many people’s lives. As usually happens, it is the drunk who seems to suffer the least injuries.

No, 60 is the new 16 in Thailand. 

[Doctor Tom]

55 minutes ago, SuwadeeS said:

Just confiscate and revoke their driving licenses.

if they have one, which many don't.  No, take the vehicle and crush it, or legally re allocate it to a poor but deserving family, with no legal recourse possible for the previous owner, or auction it.  I could do with a cheap Everest, even if it needs a good deal of work  

Edited July 26, 2022 by Doctor Tom