Foreign Driver Fined after Viral Video Shows Passengers Sitting on Car Windows in Karon

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Karon – A foreign driver faced legal action after he allowed his foreign passengers to sit on a car’s windows in Karon.

The Karon Police told the Phuket Express that a video clip had gone viral on social media earlier this week. The Karon Traffic Police were notified from a good Samaritan that foreigners were found sitting on a car’s windows while the car was moving on Tuesday (January 30th).

 

They finally found the car and the unidentified male foreign driver. The driver was fined, however, police did not specifically identify the charge or the amount of the fine.

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Full story: THE PHUKET EXPRESS 2024-02-01

 

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[flyingtlger]

46 minutes ago, webfact said:

The driver was fined, however, police did not specifically identify the charge or the amount of the fine.

I wonder why?

 

[jts-khorat]

The article seems to leave out, that police also identified and followed the (at least) two different motorbike riders without helmets. Other traffic violations like undertaking on the left, driving over the solid line and more line changes without proper turn signal and mirror look can also be seen.

 

The mind boggles, as all those serious, serious offenders seem to be Thais, so should know the aggressive, merciless even, follow-through of the local traffic police all too well. 🫣

[Pique Dard]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The driver was fined, however, police did not specifically identify the charge or the amount of the fine.

 

...the amount of the fine? it remains a well-kept secret, as is usually the case and for reasons we can only guess at.

[ChipButty]

Should have been topless that would have made a better story

[swm59nj]

It appears one of the women was speaking on a microphone. 
Dangerous driving.  What about the locals that drive pickup trucks.  With the open bed jammed with people.  Guess that is ok. No risk there. 

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The Karon Police told the Phuket Express that a video clip had gone viral on social media earlier this week. The Karon Traffic Police were notified from a good Samaritan that foreigners were found sitting on a car’s windows while the car was moving

I suddenly felt nauseous.

[Geoffggi]

Title missleading, surely the girls were sitting on the door frame with the windows fully retracted .........................LOL

[2baht]

Damned foreigners!

[bendejo]

Did the snitch have a Samaritan passport? 

 

[ChipButty]

It's ok to drive a truck with kids on the back? 

[ezzra]

An item to post on social media, "hey look at us two stupid girls doing dangerous, stupid stunt, give us a Like

will you and share it with others"...

[JeffersLos]

 

 

[klauskunkel]

Yup!

[Skipalongcassidy]

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

It's ok to drive a truck with kids on the back? 

That's what the law allows... they faced an uproar when they tried to ban people from riding in pickup beds... so the law allows that exception.

[ChipButty]

I remember sitting there one morning outside a coffee shop when I heard this thud when I looked up a fire engine coming along the soi and a young guy had been sitting on the top and the cables across had dragged him off, he didnt get up they had to send for a ambulance, 

[JeffersLos]

34 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

had to send for a ambulance, 

 

[VocalNeal]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

were notified from a good Samaritan

 

Local curtain twitcher more like.🤔

[ujayujay]

4 hours ago, JeffersLos said:

 

 

No Arguments but Whataboutism

[Korat Kiwi]

2 hours ago, JeffersLos said:

 

It's a bit like adding insult to injury... 

 

Love those fail army clips

[richard_smith237]

5 hours ago, JeffersLos said:

 

 

 

 

Agreed with the implied message that 'safety standards is also extremely poor elsewhere'... when posting all of the above photos...

 

BUT...   what is ignored is the difference between necessity and stupidity... 

 

The actions of those sitting on the window-sills of the car is outrageously idiotic and most definitely in need of a response.

 

 

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

6 hours ago, ChipButty said:

It's ok to drive a truck with kids on the back? 

 

No... IMO its not ok...   But financial constraints are also involved, when those are in songthaews or the flat-beds of pickups its because there is nowhere else for them to sit - I'm not implying this is ok, but that is simply done out of necessity. 

 

Whereas in this example, there was no necessity at all and the actions were taken out of nothing more than reckless disregard. 

 

To place perspective on this.. I recall a similar reactions when Thai's do similar..

- When a child was sitting on the roof (through the son roof) of a car.

- Someone on the roof of a car (pretending to be swimming).

 

Links below..   

Then we also have the 'superman' in the west... Video below.. 

 

https://thethaiger.com/news/northern-thailand/outrage-on-social-media-over-child-sitting-on-roof-of-moving-car-in-northern-thailand

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Irish star]

13 hours ago, Pique Dard said:

...the amount of the fine? it remains a well-kept secret, as is usually the case and for reasons we can only guess at.

500 b as usual 

[Kinnock]

I don't think the story of the Good Samaritan translated well into Thailand.

 

I don't remember him being a miserable kill-joy?

[jts-khorat]

14 hours ago, swm59nj said:

It appears one of the women was speaking on a microphone.

 

To me it looks as if the two girls try to advertise some bar or other.

 

Looks not too different from the Muay Thai pickup truck cruising through Patong every single day advertising the big event "tooooniiiiiiight", with two or several fighters on top of a high platform.

 

Stupid? Yes. Necessary that a Good Samaritan gets involved. I think not, traffic police would need another thousand officers to control the situation on Phuket alone, of they really would be interested to uphold the law.

[Boycie]

12 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

Yup!

 

Beware, low bridge a-head!!

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1317890-garbage-truck-tragedy-2-workers-on-roof-fatally-struck-unable-to-react-in-time/