A Thai man accused a police officer in Samut Prakan province, near Bangkok, of physically assaulting him, even though he did not violate any laws and only honked his truck horn to greet a passing friend.

 

The Thai truck driver shared a video on Facebook, where he and his girlfriend were seen arguing with a traffic police officer from the Bang Kaew Police Station. The video was accompanied by a caption that read:

 

“Do police have the right to do this? Are you misusing your authority?”

 

The truck driver explained in the post that his friend had driven past him on the road, and he had honked his horn to greet him. In response to this greeting, he honked his horn back.

 

Unexpectedly, the traffic police officer asked him to pull over for an investigation and accused him of modifying his horn to make it louder than usual. The driver insisted to the officer that he had not modified the horn at all, but the officer suddenly hit him on the back.

 

In the video, the couple and the police officer can be heard in the following conversation:

 

Truck driver: “Do you have the right to do what you just did to me? Why did you hit me on the back?”

Driver’s girlfriend: “He is a citizen, and you are a police officer. Should you be doing this to people?”

Police officer: “Is it wrong? Why are you honking the horn like that?”

Truck driver: “My friend greeted me, and I just responded.”

 

Don’t hit, Just touch

 

The truck driver suspected that the police officer was annoyed by the car horn and had tried to make a false accusation against him. He urged the officer to resolve the issue at the police station but the officer refused and left the scene.

 

Bang Kaew Police Station Superintendent Adirek Thonggamkaew told Channel 7 that the issue had been settled on the day of the incident.

 

Adirek added that the incident took place near the Khlong Khut Intersection on Tuesday, August 20. The police officer and the truck driver had reached an agreement in front of him on that day.

 

The officer insisted that he had not hit the driver on the back but merely touched him. He also claimed that he had no intention of making a false accusation against the driver. He explained that he was talking on the walkie-talkie at the time and could not hear the horn clearly to determine whether it was modified or not. He then asked the driver to stop for a check.

 

The truck driver was later seen deleting the video from his social media account. No legal charges were issued against any party, Adirek stated.

 

However, the truck driver’s actions may have violated the law, according to Section 14 of the Land Transport Act: motorists must use a horn only when necessary and should not make a long or repeated honk. Violating this rule can result in a fine of 500 baht.

 

 

By Petch Petpailin

Photo by Ian Fuller via Flickr

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-08-23

 

 

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Thai men are so sensitive about this, I have seen them furious when even slightly honked at . Pathetic lol

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Unexpectedly, the traffic police officer asked him to pull over for an investigation and accused him of modifying his horn to make it louder than usual.

Lol...

pathetic isn't it... but hey' TIT.. nothing here surprises me anymore. It's a circus.

Snowflake alert.....mommy, I got my feelings hurt.

My truck horn doesn't work anymore and I am far safer without it since I got rid of the Glock under the seat.

Thailand.

Struth.

 

Funny I get irrationally angry when people honk at me. I don't arrest them though....that seems like an over-reaction. I just fume in silence.

Shame the Cops don't spend more time upholding Traffic Laws and stopped acting like Little Boys when somebody honks a horn !

On 8/24/2024 at 11:50 AM, retarius said:

Funny I get irrationally angry when people honk at me. I don't arrest them though....that seems like an over-reaction. I just fume in silence.

You don't have the authority to arrest anyone but the driver was committing an offence.

On 8/24/2024 at 3:41 PM, trainman34014 said:

Shame the Cops don't spend more time upholding Traffic Laws and stopped acting like Little Boys when somebody honks a horn !

He was upholding a traffic law!