Driver Charged after Threatening Motorbike Rider with a Sword During a Road Rage Incident

[webfact]

A car driver was arrested after he threatened a motorbike rider with a sword during a road rage incident in Wichit.

A photo of the car driver holding a sword near a motorbike rider went viral on social media on Friday (June 21st) Wichit Police Deputy Chief Lieutenant Colonel Atthawat Suwannarat told the Phuket Express.

Law enforcement tracked down and finally found the Thai car driver. He was called to the Wichit Police Station and he told police that there was a road rage incident before both drivers stopped their vehicles on the road. The car driver took out a sword but eventually they both drove away from the area of the incident.

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Full story: THE PHUKET EXPRESS 2024-06-24

 

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[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Law enforcement tracked down and finally found the Thai car driver. He was called to the Wichit Police Station and he told police that there was a road rage incident before both drivers stopped their vehicles on the road. The car driver took out a sword but eventually they both drove away from the area of the incident.

Scratch under the surface and find Thailand is not a nice place.

[Skipalongcassidy]

9 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Scratch under the surface and find Thailand is not a nice place.

There are definitely bad actors... but for the most part Thailand is great by comparison to other countries.

[OldmanJ]

It wasn't stated what happened to the man with the sword.Was he fined or all forgiven no problems and he walked away because in many countries this behavior deserves serious jail time.

[Muhendis]

8 minutes ago, OldmanJ said:

It wasn't stated what happened to the man with the sword.Was he fined or all forgiven no problems and he walked away because in many countries this behavior deserves serious jail time.

Excerpt from the full Phuket Express report linked. 

 

"The car driver is facing charges of threatening another person, carrying a weapon in public without a proper reason, frightening the public, and stopping his vehicle on a road thereby blocking traffic flow."

[Gottfrid]

I can imaging the morning breakfast talk.

 

Ok honey, here are your rice soup. I go to work now. BTW, don´t forget to pack your sword. You never know when you need it. 

[nobodysfriend]

Too many people .

Too much concurrence to make a fast buck ...

People do not like people .

Farangs do not like farangs ...

But , at least , most of them are not running around in public armed with swords or guns .

Take off all that blabla and painted truth about Thailand , what is left is just another country where people are ready for everything to make some baht .

The average ( not generalizing ) , Thai is not a buddhist . They go to the temple to pray for money ( lottery ) or good luck ( money ) . They do not really understand what Buddha taught .

 

[soalbundy]

1 hour ago, Gottfrid said:

I can imaging the morning breakfast talk.

 

Ok honey, here are your rice soup. I go to work now. BTW, don´t forget to pack your sword. You never know when you need it. 

It seems a little medieval at times.

[Bangkok Barry]

3 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

There are definitely bad actors... but for the most part Thailand is great by comparison to other countries.

 

That statement us about as vague and pointless as it is possible to be.

[Mr Meeseeks]

3 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

There are definitely bad actors... but for the most part Thailand is great by comparison to other countries.

 

By what metric? Certainly not on the roads. 

[Skipalongcassidy]

19 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

That statement us about as vague and pointless as it is possible to be.

Much less so than the statement that generated this OP???

[Skipalongcassidy]

19 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

By what metric? Certainly not on the roads. 

You haven't been many places have you?