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Senior Thai Police Orders Strict New Checkpoint Rules in Response to Extortion Cases


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2 minutes ago, Kenchamp said:

Easy solution to that would be to go after the rental shops who rent bikes to people who don't produce a valid license. The cops use checkpoints as an income stream and not for road safety purposes and with the increase in fines there has been an increase in checkpoints

Your post is rather optimistic.. let me see, you want to restrict the income of those who rent out motorcycles, and at the same time that of the police? The incentive being?

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Any country keeping random checkpoints on roads is all about corruption and nothing about security. Nothing will change as it’s part of culture and normal Thai feel nothing wrong with shakedown since they have not lived their life without it ever. Even Thai apologist Falangs brings absurd arguments like cops are not paid well here or 100-200 baht bribe is nothing to whine about.

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1 minute ago, RandiRona said:

Any country keeping random checkpoints on roads is all about corruption and nothing about security. Nothing will change as it’s part of culture and normal Thai feel nothing wrong with shakedown since they have not lived their life without it ever. Even Thai apologist Falangs brings absurd arguments like cops are not paid well here or 100-200 baht bribe is nothing to whine about.

Nonsense! Thailand is at the heart of the illegal drugs industry in SE Asia, that and people smuggling make checkpoints and stops essential. I used to drive from San Diego to Irvine every day and get stopped around Oceanside at the border patrol checkpoint and my car searched, almost every day for drugs or illegals, exactly the same thing..

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5 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

Nonsense! Thailand is at the heart of the illegal drugs industry in SE Asia, that and people smuggling make checkpoints and stops essential. I used to drive from San Diego to Irvine every day and get stopped around Oceanside at the border patrol checkpoint and my car searched, almost every day for drugs or illegals, exactly the same thing..

 But that is not what this check points checks for? They are nothing but corrupt shakedowns but let me not interrupt you from your morning stroll!!

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"Knock on wood", check points here in Chiang Mai I am usually waved through. Figure they do not want to deal with English ... or maybe it is my aura ... or maybe they note my Thai wife. Ha! I usually get a smile and wave through, after 12 years and on the motorbike every other day perhaps the face is familiar.

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What are they going to do for money now they will have to think of another scheme to extract money out of tourists maybe smoking or vaping we will see  but after a few months it will be all back to normal don't worry

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6 minutes ago, ozz1 said:

What are they going to do for money now they will have to think of another scheme to extract money out of tourists maybe smoking or vaping we will see  but after a few months it will be all back to normal don't worry

A useful one might be going after and fining those posters on social media who slag them off and call them all crooks .....just a thought. ????

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The worst part of corruption is that it keeps the system moving so well!  Perhaps that's why the Chinese nickname for it is 'fragrant grease.'   Pay it, and everything moves smoothly. 5,000 years ago it ceased to be an issue of 'legally right or wrong,' in favor of 'effective or not effective.'  And unfortunately, it is very effective.

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As I've said before, they are not addressing the issue.

 

Remove the police from collecting the money at checkpoints and the problem is solved.

 

Police issue the tickets only and the person receiving the fine pays it within 21 days or elects on the reverse side of the ticket to have the matter heard in a court of law if challenging the fine.

 

Problem solved, but won't happen because it takes the gravy off the gravy train, doesn't it.

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52 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

Nonsense! Thailand is at the heart of the illegal drugs industry in SE Asia, that and people smuggling make checkpoints and stops essential. I used to drive from San Diego to Irvine every day and get stopped around Oceanside at the border patrol checkpoint and my car searched, almost every day for drugs or illegals, exactly the same thing..

The fact that you were dealing with the Border Patrol and not state or local police tells us that it is not "exactly the same thing". The random searches you experienced were only allowed because you were within 100 miles of an international border - they would be forbidden anywhere in the interior of the US. 

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10 minutes ago, khunjeff said:

The fact that you were dealing with the Border Patrol and not state or local police tells us that it is not "exactly the same thing". The random searches you experienced were only allowed because you were within 100 miles of an international border - they would be forbidden anywhere in the interior of the US. 

That's there, this is here.

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4 hours ago, Pique Dard said:

...so what will happen after 20 days?

My guess ... nothing.

 

The cops concerned will just create delays so that nothing is resolved for 20 days. Probably not difficult, 'delays' seem to regularly mentioned. 

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1 hour ago, nigelforbes said:

You don't know what the purpose of the checkpoint was for, you can only speculate.

Yes we can, similar to how you know what San Diego to Irvine check points are for , we know what these Thai shakedowns checkpoints are for. Specially in all touristy areas!

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