Foreign Tourist Punches Thai Driver During Heated Argument in Phuket

[Lopburikid]

19 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

What a moron! Hope he get a hefty compensation to pay, and gets thrown out of the country. We definitely don´t need such people here.

I think Prison time, compensation, and deported after time served. Compensation and allowed to leave would mean nothing to this guy.

[TedG]

7 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

Before 2022, such occurrences were extremely rare, now they are almost daily.

 

What is causing an increasing number of people to go nuts in recent times? Their brain is clearly affected by something.

Or maybe the news is looking for events that may not have been newsworthy in recent years. 

[Gottfrid]

19 minutes ago, Lopburikid said:

I think Prison time, compensation, and deported after time served. Compensation and allowed to leave would mean nothing to this guy.

See it like this instead. This guy will not change even if he got prison time. Prison time is only going to cost Thailand money. Why should Thailand pay for this POS? A big compensation will make a better result for the victim, and deportation as well as ban will make Thailand get rid of the vermin.

[MalcolmB]

10 hours ago, Hellfire said:

This is exactly what happened in Pattaya recently. Only there were other Thai men witnessing the altercation who involved and beat the <deleted> out of foreigner aggressor. 

Another Brit?

[NoshowJones]

19 hours ago, Jack Hammer said:

Do you notice these hugs never take on anyone bigger than themselves. Look at the size comparison between the foreigner and the Thais   Speaks volumes.  Throw  the foreigner out.

What's worse, one big overweight foreigner hitting a small Somchai or five Somchai's hitting one foreigner?

[MalcolmB]

19 hours ago, craighj said:

BS, clearly you have not been using this forum long and or don't read Thai news.  Though lately, the Farang have been in the news a lot I must say.

So it doesn’t happen? It is in the news all the time.

[MalcolmB]

1 minute ago, NoshowJones said:

What's worse, one big overweight foreigner hitting a small Somchai or five Somchai's hitting one foreigner?

Whoever starts it and most of the time it isn’t Somchai. 
Three times in the last week video has proven it was the Brits starting it.

[Hamus Yaigh]

19 hours ago, Chongalulu said:

He should be ashamed

He should be more than ashamed, he should be imprisoned.

[ToolKit]

20 hours ago, TimBKK said:

Roid rage is real

droid too ! :))

[cardinalblue]

On 4/8/2025 at 9:39 AM, roo860 said:

How do you know he went to retrieve a weapon? Maybe his pizza was getting cold.

You didn’t know Thai male drivers in pickups and vans keep a loaded pistol in their glove compartments? 

[richard_smith237]

15 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

20 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Similar thoughts here - we have the 'van drivers story'...   and they [van drivers] are rather notorious for their reckless driving.

Like clockwork. Like a Rolex.

Those terrible reckless van drivers. 

I now know that if a farang attacks a Thai there must be something that the Thai did wrong first that is never reported. 
Thanks for educating me Richard. 

Nice try….   Like the true halfwitted conwomble attempting to trigger argent with every comment, you’ve deliberately misquoted to remove the context…. 

 

 

20 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

... But then, like you I watched the video and there is simply no excusing the foreigners escalation... Firstly to cut off the van driver and stop in front of him and then to get out and escalate to violence. 

 

[richard_smith237]

7 minutes ago, cardinalblue said:

On 4/8/2025 at 9:39 AM, roo860 said:

How do you know he went to retrieve a weapon? Maybe his pizza was getting cold.

You didn’t know Thai male drivers in pickups and vans keep a loaded pistol in their glove compartments? 

It’s astonishing how many drivers here keep weapons in their vehicles…

 

That comment will of course be used against me now by Malcy, but it won’t change the validity of that fact. 

[richard_smith237]

17 hours ago, Alexjkr said:

 

Stop in front and get out and escalate. But he is parked behind not in front of.

There were two vans…. According to the article.

 

The foreigner in the pickup stopped in front of the van & got out to confront the driver (maybe to compliment his considerate driving style)…. 

Another van driver saw what was happening & pulled in front of the pickup…  we see the action from the rear-cam of the second van. 
 

What we do not see is the driving behavior of both the pickup or the van driver before the on foot confrontation evolved.
 

Nevertheless - it looks clear the foreigner escalated this…. Hopefully he’s be charged & dealt with exactly as a Thai would under similar circumstances.

[1happykamper]

21 hours ago, craighj said:

BS, clearly you have not been using this forum long and or don't read Thai news.  Though lately, the Farang have been in the news a lot I must say.

Not BS at all. You must be in the group that thinks that violence is a cool way to teach Thai driving lessons. No it's not! 

 

I've been living here 10 years... Foreigners are often the most drunk, disruptive and argumentative. 

 

 

[MalcolmB]

17 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Nice try….   Like the true halfwitted conwomble attempting to trigger argent with every comment, you’ve deliberately misquoted to remove the context…. 

 

 

 

I was referring to your “first thoughts” 

which were proven wrong by the video.

That is the way you think, your first thoughts are always the same and that a farang would not behave like that and the Thai must have provoked the farang.

 

[richard_smith237]

5 hours ago, TedG said:

12 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

Before 2022, such occurrences were extremely rare, now they are almost daily.

 

What is causing an increasing number of people to go nuts in recent times? Their brain is clearly affected by something.

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Or maybe the news is looking for events that may not have been newsworthy in recent years. 

I don’t think there is an increasing number of ppl (foreigners going nuts).

 

With videophones & social media there is simply far greater access to the information which of course is perfect for forum discussion.

 

Then there is the ‘reporting contagion’ effect where news / information follows patterns….   
… next week we will have the usual news of Songkran traffic Jams, deaths, LBs getting their norks out… bringing Thailand into disrepute etc… before another bus rolls down a ravine & a speedboat full of tourists flips…

… If a Brit or a Swiss man act out - perfect for more news & forum debate…. It’s not happening more, we’re just seeing it more I think… 

 

 

 

 

[MalcolmB]

14 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Hopefully he’s be charged & dealt with exactly as a Thai would under similar circumstances.

He might have had a farang friend who knows police who stood in to get him off.

[richard_smith237]

1 minute ago, MalcolmB said:

I was referring to your “first thoughts” 

which were proven wrong by the video.

That is the way you think, your first thoughts are always the same and that a farang would not behave like that and the Thai must have provoked the farang.

 

Fair enough - those were my first thoughts & I openly accepted my bias against these van drivers - which I immediately corrected after watching the video….

 

The difference between you and I is that I can accept that through experience & over two decades of living (and driving) here I have developed some bias which through balance I’m aware of & can readily keep in check when observing & dealing with each situation on its individual merit. 
 

Conversely, you are so locked into the ‘farang always wrong narrative’  that you have no intellectual balance or any critical thought process… 

 

In this example it’s clear the foreigner was in the wrong for stopping, getting out of his car, escalating to confrontation & violence….   Very wrong.

 

What someone like you will not accept is the possibility of the van driver pulling off a maneuver reckless or dangerous enough to trigger the incident in the first place…. 

Or perhaps as others have pointed out… roid-rage & the foreigner is simply an unhinged mental case looking for a problem at every perceived slight…

 

Nevertheless - I was prepared to walk back my initial thoughts very quickly after watching the video - whatever happened in that buildup - the foreigner is a nutter & I hope he’s dealt with. 

 

 

[MalcolmB]

3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Fair enough - those were my first thoughts & I openly accepted my bias against these van drivers - which I immediately corrected after watching the video….

And if there was no video your bigotry would have sadly continued and cheered on by many of the muppets on this forum which is an echo chamber.
The way many of us speak to and look down on our hosts is abhorrent.

Pull your head in.

 

5 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

the ‘farang always wrong narrative’

I have never said that, only when incidents like these.

I am a farang and I am usually right.

[Don Giovanni]

Best news I've read all day.

 

That was a top notch punch, fair play..

 

These Phuket taxi thugs think they can do whatever they want,

well this guys just found out the hard way!

 

The Don.

[Burma Bill]

14 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

Before 2022, such occurrences were extremely rare, now they are almost daily.

 

What is causing an increasing number of people to go nuts in recent times? Their brain is clearly affected by something.

 

Alcohol and/or marijuana? Possibly Ya Ba?

 

No further comment from me.

[ronnie50]

17 hours ago, Evil Penevil said:

What nationality was the foreigner who punched the Thai driver?  Has any news source disclosed that info?

British I read.

[roo860]

3 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

You didn’t know Thai male drivers in pickups and vans keep a loaded pistol in their glove compartments? 

Some maybe do, some maybe don't, personally I couldn't give a f either way 

[richard_smith237]

3 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

And if there was no video your bigotry would have sadly continued and cheered on by many of the muppets on this forum which is an echo chamber.

 

Wrong...  IF there were no video, my comments would have involved questioned what actually happend, from the perspective of 'both sides'...    as the story quotes the victim, but not the foreigner...   

 

And make no mistake Malky... The only bigot here is you - its clear you lack the intelligence to critically evaluate balance due to your unhinged bias against foreigners... 

 

 

3 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

The way many of us speak to and look down on our hosts is abhorrent.

Pull your head in.

 

That’s a ridiculous comment - you speak as though every Thai person is our gracious host and a shining example of virtue. That kind of naïve idealism is just nonsense.

 

Thais, like people from any country, are individuals. Some are kind and decent, others are far from it. Just like the Westerners living here.

 

Yes, it’s appalling when some Westerners speak to Thais with arrogance or condescension. But it’s equally appalling when some Thais treat foreigners with the same disdain. That’s the reality - but it’s a balance you consistently fail to acknowledge.

 

Your inability to see beyond a one-sided narrative shows a complete lack of critical thinking. You seem incapable of accepting that some Thais can be awful, just as not all foreigners here can be awful. Most of us happily assimilate, respect the culture, and live their lives peacefully amongst the community as equals. 

 

Your commentary is so entrenched in a singular, myopic worldview that it loses all credibility and veers into delusion.

 

 

3 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

I have never said that, only when incidents like these.

I am a farang and I am usually right.

 

You consistently make sweeping generalisations based on isolated incidents - and that’s where your argument falls apart. It’s a textbook display of poor critical thinking, with your bias on full, unapologetic display.

 

You parade it around like some polished turd, rolled in glitter and presented as if it were a nugget of profound insight - when in reality, it’s nothing more than shallow, reactionary nonsense dressed up as observation.

 

Your unwillingness - or perhaps inability - to differentiate between anecdote and pattern is what truly undermines any credibility your argument might have had.

[cdemundo]

On 4/8/2025 at 1:42 PM, Jack Hammer said:

Do you notice these hugs never take on anyone bigger than themselves. Look at the size comparison between the foreigner and the Thais   Speaks volumes.  Throw  the foreigner out.

Exactly what I was thinking, overgrown bullyboy.

Picks a fight when he has a 50 kg weight advantage.

Coward.

Hope he gets it in the rear without a kiss.

[cdemundo]

22 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Wrong...  IF there were no video, my comments would have involved questioned what actually happend, from the perspective of 'both sides'...    as the story quotes the victim, but not the foreigner...   

 

And make no mistake Malky... The only bigot here is you - its clear you lack the intelligence to critically evaluate balance due to your unhinged bias against foreigners... 

 

 

 

That’s a ridiculous comment - you speak as though every Thai person is our gracious host and a shining example of virtue. That kind of naïve idealism is just nonsense.

 

Thais, like people from any country, are individuals. Some are kind and decent, others are far from it. Just like the Westerners living here.

 

Yes, it’s appalling when some Westerners speak to Thais with arrogance or condescension. But it’s equally appalling when some Thais treat foreigners with the same disdain. That’s the reality - but it’s a balance you consistently fail to acknowledge.

 

Your inability to see beyond a one-sided narrative shows a complete lack of critical thinking. You seem incapable of accepting that some Thais can be awful, just as not all foreigners here can be awful. Most of us happily assimilate, respect the culture, and live their lives peacefully amongst the community as equals. 

 

Your commentary is so entrenched in a singular, myopic worldview that it loses all credibility and veers into delusion.

 

 

 

You consistently make sweeping generalisations based on isolated incidents - and that’s where your argument falls apart. It’s a textbook display of poor critical thinking, with your bias on full, unapologetic display.

 

You parade it around like some polished turd, rolled in glitter and presented as if it were a nugget of profound insight - when in reality, it’s nothing more than shallow, reactionary nonsense dressed up as observation.

 

Your unwillingness - or perhaps inability - to differentiate between anecdote and pattern is what truly undermines any credibility your argument might have had.

Seems like the wrong thread to take this side of the argument when the foreigner was clearly the aggressor here.

[richard_smith237]

11 minutes ago, cdemundo said:

Seems like the wrong thread to take this side of the argument when the foreigner was clearly the aggressor here.

 

Agreed... I'm just being daft enough to respond to the baiting of an idiot... 

 

 

My first post on this thread approaches the issue with what I think is a balanced outlook.

 

.... Highlighting that van drivers are known for reckless driving, I've been driving here for over 20 years and the van drivers are notorious...

 

... Then also highlighting that the video made it clear the foreigner escalated the incident firstly to a verbal conflict, then escalating further to violence for which there is no excuse at all...

 

 

On 4/8/2025 at 3:13 PM, richard_smith237 said:

Similar thoughts here - we have the 'van drivers story'...   and they [van drivers] are rather notorious for their reckless driving.

 

... But then, like you I watched the video and there is simply no excusing the foreigners escalation... Firstly to cut off the van driver and stop in front of him and then to get out and escalate to violence. 

 

 

 

[MalcolmB]

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

Most of us happily assimilate, respect the culture, and live their lives peacefully amongst the community as equals. 

And others slag them off and accuse them of things with no evidence on a forum almost daily. 

This thread is about a Brit smashing a guy half his size in the head on a road which could have killed him if he had landed on the road with his head or he could have or he could have fallen backwards into oncoming traffic. 
 

I have never said all foreigners behave like this guy. Ever. But thanks for sharing how wonderful most of us are. 

[MalcolmB]

1 hour ago, cdemundo said:

Seems like the wrong thread to take this side of the argument when the foreigner was clearly the aggressor here.

Obviously.

To some.

Others are oblivious to how stupid they sound.

[Freddy42OZ]

22 hours ago, JoseThailand said:

Roid Rage is a British pronunciation of "road rage"?

 

 

Ste-ROID rage.   

Anger, or a short fuse, caused by taking muscle building steroids.