Seppius Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 If you still get on your motorbike after drinking, particularly at night, be very careful the police are having checks all over the city late into the night., unless you want to blow B20,000 Don't mean this to be a right or wrong issue on the subject, but with BOLT being so cheap, it seems a no-brainer to leave the bike at home 02:45 am last night Pratumnak/Threppaya stopping everything for alcohol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bob smith Posted November 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, Seppius said: 02:45 am last night Pratumnak/Threppaya stopping everything for alcohol who the hell is out driving around drunk at 2:45am ? more fool them i say. 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Are they stopping cars too at that junction? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seppius Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said: Are they stopping cars too at that junction? According to my source yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seppius Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 25 minutes ago, bob smith said: who the hell is out driving around drunk at 2:45am ? more fool them i say. Well walking street and LK Metro are closing around 2/2:30, so I guess that's the target time, you see plenty of guys getting on their bikes in that area at that time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post worgeordie Posted November 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2022 Just don't do it .. regards worgeordie 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 48 minutes ago, Seppius said: Don't mean this to be a right or wrong issue on the subject So what IS the right/wrong issue please? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MJCM Posted November 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2022 I made it very clear to my BIL and his sons and other family members that if they ever get caught DUI don't phone us to ask for money to bail them out etc etc And I proved that when my wife's SON got caught a couple of years ago on New Years Eve and had to spend the night in jail. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted November 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, bob smith said: who the hell is out driving around drunk at 2:45am ? more fool them i say. You'd be surprised that many of the motorcycles accidents are because of drink driving and not at night time only... Edited November 4, 2022 by ezzra 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ikke1959 Posted November 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2022 Where are you brains as you drink and drive and surely at night. It is not going together. Go out have fun, drink and rent a cab ... If you can't/want to rent a cab don't drink or do it at home... Unless you want to kill or be killed you can do what you want it is you life but I have brains and use them 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunLA Posted November 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2022 Good, about time they started doing it after the bars closed. Remember Udon Thani, some, most nights, and the wrapped up the operation at 2200 hrs. Licenses & vehicles should be confiscated for 1 year on conviction. Caught 2nd time. lose license & vehicle, permanently. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scubascuba3 Posted November 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2022 Drink driving is normal here for Thais, even my lawyer friend drink drives. Farangs should know better, but a lot of shady farang in Pattaya. Early morning when I'm out cycling i have to look out for drunk drivers 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayClay Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 1 hour ago, ikke1959 said: Go out have fun, drink and rent a cab While I agree that is the correct thing to do, it's still a bit of a lottery as to what your taxi driver may or may not have been consuming since they woke up until the time they pick you up. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 I prefer to do my buzzed driving in the afternoon. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 15 hours ago, Seppius said: 02:45 am last night Pratumnak/Threppaya stopping everything for alcohol Good, far too many treat this matter lightly, be it foreign or Thai. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailand49 Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Beginning of month, Nov also time to pay school fees for coming term. Good but enforcement needs to be 24/7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henryford Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Part of the reason i never drive at night. I think it is essential to live on a baht bus route so you can travel almost anywhere around town easily, for 10 baht. If you need to go off their route yes a Bolt taxi is the answer. People are crazy to risk their licences, and a 20k fine, and damage to their cars, just to drive to a local bar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EVENKEEL Posted November 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Henryford said: Part of the reason i never drive at night. I think it is essential to live on a baht bus route so you can travel almost anywhere around town easily, for 10 baht. If you need to go off their route yes a Bolt taxi is the answer. People are crazy to risk their licences, and a 20k fine, and damage to their cars, just to drive to a local bar. Driving to the bar is easy, it's the trip home that's tricky. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actonion Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Is that Farangs wanting to blow 20, 000,.? because Thais can't / won't pay that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gsxrnz Posted November 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2022 11 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said: Driving to the bar is easy, it's the trip home that's tricky. Back in the day in Farangland, I once pushed my aging Vespa about 5 klm home to avoid a DUI charge. Ironically, I was stopped twice by the coppers - they assumed I was nicking the Vespa. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayClay Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 2 minutes ago, Gsxrnz said: Back in the day in Farangland, I once pushed my aging Vespa about 5 klm home to avoid a DUI charge. Ironically, I was stopped twice by the coppers - they assumed I was nicking the Vespa. Which part of Farangland? In England you could still be changed with DUI in that situation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 4MyEgo Posted November 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, KhunLA said: Good, about time they started doing it after the bars closed. Remember Udon Thani, some, most nights, and the wrapped up the operation at 2200 hrs. Licenses & vehicles should be confiscated for 1 year on conviction. Caught 2nd time. lose license & vehicle, permanently. I heard first hand from a bloke that I know in Udon Thani that he was slightly over at about 10.15pm on a Saturday night, and was given two choices, i.e. pay 10k baht or so and go home, otherwise go to jail for the night, pay 20k fine and go to court the next day. He was driven to an ATM and paid and was let go. Is this a deterrent or is it for their pockets I ask you, who is policing what ? Edited November 5, 2022 by 4MyEgo 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted November 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said: Is this a deterrent or is it for their pockets I ask you, who is policing what ? Well the 10,000 it cost him may well be a deterrent but too small a one. I had heard that if one 'sticks it out' that the official fine from the court is less, but you suffer the discomfort of staying in the cells etc. Also you will be extorted there too..... in the station, and perhaps threatened with a trip to immigration to cancel your 'visa' after court... unless.... outstretched palm. Yes, it is about making money. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 4 minutes ago, jacko45k said: Well the 10,000 it cost him may well be a deterrent but too small a one. I had heard that if one 'sticks it out' that the official fine from the court is less, but you suffer the discomfort of staying in the cells etc. Also you will be extorted there too..... in the station, and perhaps threatened with a trip to immigration to cancel your 'visa' after court... unless.... outstretched palm. Yes, it is about making money. I don't think the 10k baht is a deterrent as he and others still drive over the limit, agree it's about making money, and not saving lives at all. Stick them in the think tank, that would be the deterrent I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Somehow the police never stop me. I don't even have to ask them if they know who my father is. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will B Good Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 In general, apart from being a good, moral citizen, two aspects prevent people drinking and driving....... 1. The chance of being caught 2. The severity of the penalty These are inversely proportional to each other..........so the penalty needs to be very severe. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Some off topic posts and replies removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swm59nj Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 If a person goes out drinking exclusively. They should not be driving period. I don’t care what country they are in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shackleton Posted November 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2022 At that time of the morning after having alcohol the only bike you should be getting on is a taxi bike or in a taxi If you can afford the prices drinking in the bars at that time of the morning you can afford a taxi back to your hotel or accommodation 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 17 hours ago, Seppius said: If you still get on your motorbike after drinking, particularly at night, be very careful the police are having checks all over the city late into the night., unless you want to blow B20,000 Don't mean this to be a right or wrong issue on the subject, but with BOLT being so cheap, it seems a no-brainer to leave the bike at home 02:45 am last night Pratumnak/Threppaya stopping everything for alcohol Good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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