Slovenian Ex-pat In Trouble Thanks To His Newly Purchased Boat.

[Rimmer]

Pattaya, September 7 [PATTAYA ONE NEWS] : Over the weekend a Slovenian ex-pat got into a tricky situation on the Sukumvit Road while he was towing a boat to Jomtien Beach. The man known as “Thomas” was towing the boat using his Silver Toyota Fortuna and it appears he was driving too fast and his new boat was not securely attached to the trailer causing the boat to come free and fall on to the road. Eventually passers-by and friends of “Thomas” managed to put the boat back on the trailer and he was ready to continue his journey. However, a Traffic Police Officer was not happy and decided to issue the man with a ticket which indicated two offences of driving dangerously and not securing the boat correctly to the trailer.

Source:

http://www.pattayaone.net/news/2009/septem..._07_09_52.shtml

[stolidfeline]

A traffic cop with the ability to interpret the law correctly and issue a ticket. Well done!

[hansnl]

And he bloody well deserved the ticket.

Now let us hope that it will be a very high fine.

There are enough idiots on the road already.

Someone sailing a boat on the same road is really too much of a good thing

[Trickcyclist]

not very sporting: giving him a ticket after hauling a boat all the way from Slovenia!!

Pattaya, September 7 [PATTAYA ONE NEWS] : Over the weekend a Slovenian ex-pat got into a tricky situation on the Sukumvit Road while he was towing a boat to Jomtien Beach. The man known as "Thomas" was towing the boat using his Silver Toyota Fortuna and it appears he was driving too fast and his new boat was not securely attached to the trailer causing the boat to come free and fall on to the road. Eventually passers-by and friends of "Thomas" managed to put the boat back on the trailer and he was ready to continue his journey. However, a Traffic Police Officer was not happy and decided to issue the man with a ticket which indicated two offences of driving dangerously and not securing the boat correctly to the trailer.

Source:

http://www.pattayaone.net/news/2009/septem..._07_09_52.shtml

[topben]

should have included "endangering the lives of others" and not displaying a red flag as part of the offence too.

kudos to the policeman.

see, thais are not the only people who break laws in jomtien.

[PattayaBunLover]

Serbia is land-locked isn't it? Obviously, this new Pattaya resident is still getting his sea-legs

Good to hear nobody was injured and hope his boat wasn't too damaged.