Finnish Man Arrested in Patong for Drunk Driving

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Patong –A Finnish motorbike rider was arrested in Patong for drunk driving.

The Patong Police told the Phuket Express that earlier this week they had set up a police checkpoint on the Sawat Dirak Road. At 3:30 A.M. a suspicious male foreign motorbike rider was stopped at the police checkpoint.

 

He was given an alcohol breath test. The test showed .114 milligrams percent of alcohol which was over the legal alcohol limit of .50.

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Full story: THE PHUKET EXPRESS 2024-04-08

 

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[gargamon]

Russians, Euro trash... When will it end?

[EVENKEEL]

10K should have handled it. Note to self......when drinking and driving carry some cash.

[SAFETY FIRST]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Finnish Man Arrested in Patong for Drunk Driving 

Well, that's him finished. 

 

[Sandboxer]

2 hours ago, gargamon said:

Russians, Euro trash... When will it end?

And Brit & Aussie LoSo blue collar trash.....ugh.....agree.

[ChipButty]

1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said:

10K should have handled it. Note to self......when drinking and driving carry some cash.

More like 40,000 baht in Phuket, 

[quake]

And the other news 

150,000 Thai men drove home phised up last night.

TIT.

 

[soalbundy]

What! that's only double the limit, test me again.

[Gottfrid]

Yes, it is, even if you can´t see it. What it delivers are information about that you should not drink and drive as well as a message to keep foreigners safe when driving in Thailand. I know that thousands of Thais are driving drunk every day, but that is no excuse. Anyway, as a foreigner, you do not want either accident or fines in Thailand, so it also serves as a deterrent for some people that has not been drinking away their intelligence. That you do not get it can only be based on two things. Either you do not drink and drive, or you drive drunk and do not realize the danger and wrong in that before you get badly hurt.

[Gottfrid]

15 minutes ago, quake said:

And the other news 

150,000 Thai men drove home phised up last night.

TIT.

 

As I posted in the above comment. How do you see that as an excuse?

[quake]

10 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

As I posted in the above comment. How do you see that as an excuse?

 

I don't

They are all ass holes.

But they needed to single out the finish guy for the news headline. yawn, 

It's just all part of the, get the evil falang time.

we are now experiencing. 

 

 

 

 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He was given an alcohol breath test. The test showed .114 milligrams percent of alcohol which was over the legal alcohol limit of .50.

DUI on a motorcycle is crazy.

[Gottfrid]

10 minutes ago, quake said:

 

I don't

They are all ass holes.

But they needed to single out the finish guy for the news headline. yawn, 

It's just all part of the, get the evil falang time.

we are now experiencing. 

 

 

 

 

No, it´s not. They are doing checks in tourist areas to protect the tourists as they do not want them dead in the news. Also, when doing checks in tourist areas like Patong, Pattaya and so on, the most common to catch are foreigners.

[quake]

5 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

No, it´s not. They are doing checks in tourist areas to protect the tourists as they do not want them dead in the news. Also, when doing checks in tourist areas like Patong, Pattaya and so on, the most common to catch are foreigners.

Go have one more coffee and calm down.

Bet you never drove home over the limit ever in your life.

like all the rest of the Bull <deleted>ters on here.

Get a grip man.

 

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They are doing checks in tourist areas to protect the tourists as they do not want them dead in the news.

 

Best joke so far this week, but it is early. 

 

 

 

 

[Hummin]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Is this for real, is somebody getting caught for drunk driving really news now? Doesn't this happen every day, why is this news all of a sudden, why would we care one iota? 

5 - 6 yesrs ago they started testing in Hua Hin, so nothing new really

[Gottfrid]

11 minutes ago, quake said:

Go have one more coffee and calm down.

Bet you never drove home over the limit ever in your life.

like all the rest of the Bull <deleted>ters on here.

Get a grip man.

 

 

Best joke so far this week, but it is early. 

 

 

 

 

Seems that you are just too deep into the bitter thoughts of how much Thailand is chasing the foreigners, that you lost clear vision. It´s sad when stuff like that happens to people. Just remember one thing in your posts that bears you deeply rooted bitterness. It´s foreigners that has been behaving bad, breaking the laws and so on that made the crackdowns you are referring to. Not the other way around.

[Korat Kiwi]

Can someone explain to me how this works. 

 

The limit is 0.50 milligrams % of alcohol but 

 

His reading was 0.114 milligrams % of alcohol. 

 

It's the milligrams and the % that's confusing me. 

 

To me 0.5 % is greater than 0.114%

Its like writing it with 3 decimal places.  ie 0.5 would become 0.500

 

Or is this where the milligrams (weight) factor comes in? 

[quake]

2 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Seems that you are just too deep into the bitter thoughts of how much Thailand is chasing the foreigners, that you lost clear vision. It´s sad when stuff like that happens to people. Just remember one thing in your posts that bears you deeply rooted bitterness. It´s foreigners that has been behaving bad, breaking the laws and so on that made the crackdowns you are referring to. Not the other way around.

 

Bitterness. what a laugh. go have that extra cup of coffee.

 

No,  just recognizing the blatant xenophobia that is around more than usual.

in the Phuket area.

 

 

 

[Skipalongcassidy]

4 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

  It´s foreigners that has been behaving bad, breaking the laws and so on that made the crackdowns you are referring to. Not the other way around.

It's people like him who will never understand... don't waste your breath.

[Gottfrid]

1 minute ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

It's people like him who will never understand... don't waste your breath.

👍 I know it´s worthless, but I never stop educating lost souls. If I can save one in a million I am happy 😉 

[norfolkandchance]

What was the fine for his handbag.

[quake]

Just now, norfolkandchance said:

What was the fine for his handbag.

 

Should be 10k at the least. 

20k if it was rainbow colored. 

[Skipalongcassidy]

12 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Can we scramble to buy a calculator for him. 

If I thought that he could learn to use it... I would buy it for him.

[actonion]

44 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

No, it´s not. They are doing checks in tourist areas to protect the tourists as they do not want them dead in the news. Also, when doing checks in tourist areas like Patong, Pattaya and so on, the most common to catch are foreigners.

How do  you know this ?

[JoePai]

4 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

If I thought that he could learn to use it... I would buy it for him.

Grow up

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[stevenl]

1 hour ago, quake said:

 

I don't

They are all ass holes.

But they needed to single out the finish guy for the news headline. yawn, 

It's just all part of the, get the evil falang time.

we are now experiencing. 

 

 

 

 

In English language sites, yes. Read the Thai sites and you'll see information on the Thai apprehended.

[stevenl]

46 minutes ago, quake said:

 

Bitterness. what a laugh. go have that extra cup of coffee.

 

No,  just recognizing the blatant xenophobia that is around more than usual.

in the Phuket area.

 

 

 

Nonsense. You missed the posts about the Thai complaining they are singled out. Your information is one sided.

[soi3eddie]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

a suspicious male foreign motorbike rider was stopped at the police checkpoint.

 

Recently, all foreigners seem to be treated as "suspicious".

 

[Gottfrid]

1 hour ago, actonion said:

How do  you know this ?

Of course, I can´t be 100 % sure, but it does seem like the obvious reason. However, I know that like 75 % of the members of this forum will question it as they only see Thai´s and Thailand as something that want them bad. Are you one of them, perhaps?