Phuket tourists smash wheel lock with rock, sparking outrage - video

[Rimmer]

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[blaze master]

11 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Or perhaps they see that the locals tend not to follow them, so assume they can do the same...  🤔

 

I'm outraged at your comment. Now if this stupid woman on the sidewalk would move out of the way I could get past on my click.

[harryviking]

Seems like Phuket is a magnet on imbeciles these days....🙄

[Crash999]

100,000 years ago early man learned to start fires using flint rock. Fast forward to now and this guy trying to bash a lock with a pebble. 
 

Seems we haven’t learned much along the way. 

[Woke to Sounds of Horking]

Russian?

 

Whatever the case, probably high as a kite on yabba.

 

Big fine and then cut this lout's holiday short.  Buh bye

[Ebumbu]

What's the fuss? It's only rock and roll. 

[smew]

When Thais break the law abroad, they face severe consequences. Here, tourists pay and walk free.”
 

 

Because here it  is an extremely corrupt country… and all this is possible, police are enriching themselves and the beat house on and on ..

[michaellee]

Another russian quality tourist. 

[Baba Naba]

“Foreigners aren’t afraid of Thai laws because they can pay fines.” and the Thai just ignore the fines...

 

At least you get revenue from the foreigners...

[billd766]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Photo courtesy of Thairath

 

By Puntid Tantivangphaisal

 

Foreign tourists in Phuket sparked a social media firestorm after blatantly disregarding Thai law by smashing a police wheel lock with a rock in broad daylight. The brazen act occurred outside a shopping mall on Rat Uthit 200 Pi Road in Patong today, January 14.

 

A 23-second video of the incident was shared by the Phuket Newshawk Facebook page, captioned: “A friend smashed the chain. #Don’t do it #Patong.” The clip shows a tourist using a rock to break the chain securing their motorcycle wheel, which police had locked for illegal parking.

 

The video quickly went viral, igniting heated discussions online. Furious netizens slammed the tourists for their disrespectful behaviour.

 

“Foreigners aren’t afraid of Thai laws because they can pay fines.”

 

“Thailand’s laws are too lenient. When will we see stricter enforcement?”

 

 

Others criticised what they perceived as leniency towards foreigners.

 

“When Thais break the law abroad, they face severe consequences. Here, tourists pay and walk free.”

 

Some called for harsher punishments, suggesting jail time for vandalising government property.

 

The incident raises broader concerns about law enforcement and the behaviour of certain tourists in Thailand. Many locals feel stricter regulations are necessary to protect the country’s image and ensure respect for its laws, reported Thairath.

 

As tourism continues to boom in Phuket, police and local government officials face growing pressure to address these recurring issues.

 

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2025-01-14

 

 

And if the tourists can afford to pay, the make the fines more expensive and include jail time as well.

[smew]

100% putin sheep!! …. brave russkie sheep always brave when outside their country.

jail and send him to assist north koreans in Ukraine 

[Rickman66]

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Just like the locals ?

"BIG boss" red bull enough said 

[NoDisplayName]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

sparked a social media firestorm after blatantly disregarding Thai law by smashing a police wheel lock with a rock in broad daylight

 

And they would'a gotten away with it if they'd simply chopped off some dude's arm with a machete.

[DarthChuckler]

6 hours ago, bluemoon58 said:

Took the words right out of my mouth. 

Sadly I would agree. Or get used to paying the bribe. It just becomes,,  expected.

[Watawattana]

2 hours ago, Woke to Sounds of Horking said:

Whatever the case, probably high as a kite on yabba.

Or stoned...

[black tabby12345]

Defying Police Wheel Lock?

Did he also watch this episode from The  Simpsons?

 

[digger70]

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Many locals feel stricter regulations are necessary to protect the country’s image and ensure respect for its laws, reported Thairath.

Does that include for the Thais As well or are they just flapping their jaws?

[sikishrory]

Where are the no parking markings?

The whole chaining bike things is weird. Where I come from people would just cut them and be on their way.  A paper ticket to the registration owner is more effiecient.

[richard_smith237]

33 minutes ago, sikishrory said:

Where are the no parking markings?

The whole chaining bike things is weird. Where I come from people would just cut them and be on their way.  A paper ticket to the registration owner is more effiecient.

 

That section is taxi parking only...   so the roads is not marked red and white, to indicate no parking, but instead has the yellow parking bays and a sign... 

 

.. the lad probably parked there as he saw loads of other bikes already parked there.... Thats what happens here, one person breaks a rule, many others soon follow.