Putting objects in the road to stop people parking is illegal, govt warns

[webfact]

 

By Online Reporter

 

Ever get frustrated at never being able to find parking space when you are out in town?

 

It can really be a problem during the weekend when there is extra traffic on the roads.

 

Or worse, finding what looks like a suitable parking space only to discover that someone placed some kind of obstacle in order to prevent you and others from parking.

 

You will likely have seen it before. In fact, it can be an all too common site in towns and cities across Thailand – people putting objects in the road to save a parking space outside of their property.

 

They normally put plastic chairs, tyres or old plant pots, but really nothing is off limits.

 

Full story: https://www.huahintoday.com/thailand-news/putting-objects-in-the-road-to-stop-people-parking-is-illegal-govt-warns/

 

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[petermik]

Everyone knows this...nobody takes any notice though ????

[John Drake]

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According to a post on the Department of Public Relations official Facebook page, informants who are able to provide evidence such as videos or photographs could be eligible to receive a 50 percent cut of the 10,000 baht fine.

Wouldn't want to be the person who ratted out people in the village. Life might get a lot tougher.

[kotsak]

A lot of things are illegal.. but enforcement? zilch..

[kotsak]

4 minutes ago, John Drake said:

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According to a post on the Department of Public Relations official Facebook page, informants who are able to provide evidence such as videos or photographs could be eligible to receive a 50 percent cut of the 10,000 baht fine.

Wouldn't want to be the person who ratted out people in the village. Life might get a lot tougher.

One of the advantages living in a 10+ million metropolis.. ????????

[Lacessit]

So what happens when the police do it? Stupid question, I know.

 

Obstructions to parking are quite common at Big C; however, as it is private property the owners make the rules.

[DualSportBiker]

I drive an old Land Rover with big crashbars on the front. Not often, but on occasion I just push the stuff out of the way, take a pic and walk off. When I come back I check for nails around my tyres!

[richard_smith237]

So is riding a motorcycle without a helmet…

 

Laws in Thailand ?????…. There are no laws until there are laws… 

 

In other words, laws don’t matter until there is an incident. 

[SAFETY FIRST]

41 minutes ago, webfact said:

stop people parking is illegal 

Bloody oath, it's illegal. 

And selfish. 

And bloody rude. 

 

Their property boundaries are identified on the Chanote. 

No one owns the roads space. 

 

I pay road tax, this allows me to park on the public road. 

 

[richard_smith237]

I remember being in MaeSot years ago... they had the same thing...  cones and stools outside on the road to block people from parking. 

 

I needed to park... I pulled up and asked a ‘grumpy looking old lady if I could park there for 20 mins.. she smile, moved a cone and stool and I parked’.... surprised the s#it out of me.... 

 

I guess the issue is for some shophouses etc its the only parking they have for their car etc.

Still annoying, but they have to be able to park somewhere themselves too.

[OneMoreFarang]

In other news: Person got beaten up because he removed a parking-reservation-object from the street...

[overherebc]

2 minutes ago, DualSportBiker said:

I drive an old Land Rover with big crashbars on the front. Not often, but on occasion I just push the stuff out of the way, take a pic and walk off. When I come back I check for nails around my tyres!

Parked my pick up and came back to find a traffic cone at the front and rear ( in line with the wheels) Reversed and flattened one then drove forward and flattened the other. Did check there was nothing inside them first.

[SAFETY FIRST]

1 minute ago, overherebc said:

8 minutes ago, DualSportBiker said:

I drive an old Land Rover with big crashbars on the front. Not often, but on occasion I just push the stuff out of the way, take a pic and walk off. When I come back I check for nails around my tyres!

Parked my pick up and came back to find a traffic cone at the front and rear ( in line with the wheels) Reversed and flattened one then drove forward and flattened the other. Did check there was nothing inside them first

I always choose the healthy option. 

 

Find somewhere else to park. 

 

[overherebc]

8 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I always choose the healthy option. 

 

Find somewhere else to park. 

 

What's your choice if it's clear when you park and then find cones or chairs in front of and behind your car when you come back.

Abandon your vehicle and get a taxi home?

[smedly]

how many times do the police go past these obstructions on any given day and do nothing - that just sums it up right there

[Dmaxdan]

Of course if you move said objects then you could end up with your car being keyed or your tyres slashed. 

And then the police would have no choice but to act and prosecute you for moving the chairs...

[ThailandRyan]

So the food cart making the Roti or the Mooping cart are illegal to park in the street? If so then why the H are they not made to move so I can park my m

[ezzra]

Who ever doing it knows very well that this is wrong, they wouldn't be doing that unless they have some clout and a say in that area, try to move and you'll cope a verbal abuse or worse...

[giddyup]

1 hour ago, DualSportBiker said:

I drive an old Land Rover with big crashbars on the front. Not often, but on occasion I just push the stuff out of the way, take a pic and walk off. When I come back I check for nails around my tyres!

Who are you going to point to if you find nails in your tyres or your car has been keyed down the side? You might suspect the shop owner, but proving it might prove difficult.

[giddyup]

1 hour ago, overherebc said:

Parked my pick up and came back to find a traffic cone at the front and rear ( in line with the wheels) Reversed and flattened one then drove forward and flattened the other. Did check there was nothing inside them first.

Next time you might find all four tyres flat and the car keyed, what's your next step of retaliation?

[Kaopad999]

It's like when you go to a food court and they leave their name tags on the table before they go  to order their food. 

[marin]

9 minutes ago, Kaopad999 said:

It's like when you go to a food court and they leave their name tags on the table before they go  to order their food. 

No it is not. 

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, overherebc said:

What's your choice if it's clear when you park and then find cones or chairs in front of and behind your car when you come back.

Move them and drive off?

[Kaopad999]

7 minutes ago, marin said:

No it is not. 

They're both trying to claim a space that they don't own.

so yes, it's efficiently the same. 

they do it in parking lots sometiems as well. The passanger will jump out the car out to find a spare parking space and stand in free space until the driver parks the car. Again, trying to claim a a space/area  that it not theirs. 

it's the typical 'me first' mentality that exists here. 

[Wuvu2]

What about the motorbike taxi guys? They constantly claim a big swath of parking spaces they don't need and complain if you try  to park a bike in section of the street they claim. I doubt that will change before it snows in Bangkok ???? 

[hellohello123]

Put a traffic light there

 

Guaranteed to be ignored

[Screaming]

Thailand is a third world country so what else is new?

[ChrisKC]

The laws of the Land are not the same as the rules of the road!

[billsmart]

I, of course, am for this and hope it's enforced a little more thoroughly. Also, I'd like to see better arrangements made for parking motorbikes so one or two don't take up a car-sized parking space. 

[bluemoon58]

Heard it all before. It'll never be enforced and Thais know this. Hope I'm wrong but I won't hold my breath!