DP25 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 It's unfortunate that people are able to buy their way out of drunk driving in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonrakers Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 759 baht and 63 satang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roietrory Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 mine is in thai baht. cmon put us out of our misery and give it to the person who is the closest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRichard2009 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 People buy their way out of it everywhere it's just a matter of who you pay is all. Sometimes the lawyer or the Judge, sometimes the police. The point is it carries a penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaps Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I'll go for 20k Can you deliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkmick Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 75,000 baht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAWP Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Just got off the phone with my mate who's uncle is a cop. He located my mate's driver's licence. The police were from a station close to the intersection of rama 4 and Sukuhumvit. The guy that got hit is not hurt. Well, not badly anyway and has asked for compansation in return for the driver's licence and no recriminations.I must say I am surprised at the amount quoted. To make it interesting I will give a bottle of red to the person who can get closest to the figure mentioned. 15,000 baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonrakers Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 The important thing is whether he learns from it or not. We all make mistakes and I once went driving when very drunk. I was lucky not to hurt anybody but still got into enough trouble to realise how stupid I had been. I learned before it was too late, will the OP's friend do the same or just get pissed and drive home again tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who, me ? Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 25,000 Baht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobr Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) Latest is that he just admitted that he was texting, while driving (is that another crime?) and looked up just as a cop was flagging him down, but, apparently not enought time to swerve far enough out of the way to miss the officer. The bonnet (hood for yanks) is scratched and the wing mirror is knocked off. I hear that he has contacted a lawyer who has offered to talk to the police for a 50k retainer. I was an American attorney and have some experience with Thai attorneys, and some of them are incredibly incompetent and dishonest. Many of them are former policemen and have friends within the police departments, which can be good or bad depending on the situation. 50K baht is nothing compared to what a retainer for a competent attorney would cost him in the west. He needs a Thai attorney but also needs to be careful to get a competent one, they are not regulated here as well as they are in Western countries. And yes, he would be much better off "finding" the police than letting the police "find" him. I also find his story a little difficult to believe, if he had just run down a policeman and they chased him down, it seems highly unlikely even here that they would let him drive to follow them back, even here and especially drunk. Edited March 23, 2010 by Bobr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRichard2009 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Latest is that he just admitted that he was texting, while driving (is that another crime?) and looked up just as a cop was flagging him down, but, apparently not enought time to swerve far enough out of the way to miss the officer. The bonnet (hood for yanks) is scratched and the wing mirror is knocked off. I hear that he has contacted a lawyer who has offered to talk to the police for a 50k retainer. I was an American attorney and have some experience with Thai attorneys, and some of them are incredibly incompetent and dishonest. Many of them are former policemen and have friends within the police departments, which can be good or bad depending on the situation. 50K baht is nothing compared to what a retainer for a competent attorney would cost him in the west. He needs a Thai attorney but also needs to be careful to get a competent one, they are not regulated here as well as they are in Western countries. And yes, he would be much better off "finding" the police than letting the police "find" him. I also find his story a little difficult to believe, if he had just run down a policeman and they chased him down, it seems highly unlikely even here that they would let him drive to follow them back, even here and especially drunk. The other part of the story that is hard to believe is while normally at night you find no cops at all,(unless it's a checkpoint) he manages to hit one and 3 more appear out of nowhere in time to chase him down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farang0tang Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Latest is that he just admitted that he was texting, while driving (is that another crime?) and looked up just as a cop was flagging him down, but, apparently not enought time to swerve far enough out of the way to miss the officer. The bonnet (hood for yanks) is scratched and the wing mirror is knocked off. I hear that he has contacted a lawyer who has offered to talk to the police for a 50k retainer. I was an American attorney and have some experience with Thai attorneys, and some of them are incredibly incompetent and dishonest. Many of them are former policemen and have friends within the police departments, which can be good or bad depending on the situation. 50K baht is nothing compared to what a retainer for a competent attorney would cost him in the west. He needs a Thai attorney but also needs to be careful to get a competent one, they are not regulated here as well as they are in Western countries. And yes, he would be much better off "finding" the police than letting the police "find" him. I also find his story a little difficult to believe, if he had just run down a policeman and they chased him down, it seems highly unlikely even here that they would let him drive to follow them back, even here and especially drunk. The other part of the story that is hard to believe is while normally at night you find no cops at all,(unless it's a checkpoint) he manages to hit one and 3 more appear out of nowhere in time to chase him down. Was thinking the same. Anyway, shouldnt the cop accept it was down to bad karma that beset him, and get his ass to the wat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdenner Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 32,230 Baht (USD $1000) 10% discount if given in 'greenbacks'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeesipha Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 100,000 thb and a nock on the door every month with there hand out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurnell Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Hard to believe eh? Yes, I'm making it all up. Sigh! If anyone doubts that this story is true, then put your money where your mouth is and come along and when my mate pays to get his licence back. If you all chip in then he can get off without paying a bean. ***Lastest update is that the damaged officer has changed his mind about the fee he wants as compansation. Apprarently he is quite badly bruised and his clothes are torn. In fact I think that he has had a bit of a think about it, realised that my mate is keen to get his licence back and reckons (and is right) that he can ask for more. Originally he asked for 10k, now he wants 40k, so I guess we have a winner based on the original figure. So Canuckamuck come and collect your prize!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRichard2009 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I didn't say it wasn't true I said it is hard to believe. And it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who, me ? Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Hard to believe eh? Yes, I'm making it all up. Sigh!If anyone doubts that this story is true, then put your money where your mouth is and come along and when my mate pays to get his licence back. If you all chip in then he can get off without paying a bean. ***Lastest update is that the damaged officer has changed his mind about the fee he wants as compansation. Apprarently he is quite badly bruised and his clothes are torn. In fact I think that he has had a bit of a think about it, realised that my mate is keen to get his licence back and reckons (and is right) that he can ask for more. Originally he asked for 10k, now he wants 40k, so I guess we have a winner based on the original figure. So Canuckamuck come and collect your prize!! 40K is still quite a cheap price.......Your "mate" is lucky to escape with such a low punishment for such a dumb act..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaps Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Hard to believe eh? Yes, I'm making it all up. Sigh!If anyone doubts that this story is true, then put your money where your mouth is and come along and when my mate pays to get his licence back. If you all chip in then he can get off without paying a bean. ***Lastest update is that the damaged officer has changed his mind about the fee he wants as compansation. Apprarently he is quite badly bruised and his clothes are torn. In fact I think that he has had a bit of a think about it, realised that my mate is keen to get his licence back and reckons (and is right) that he can ask for more. Originally he asked for 10k, now he wants 40k, so I guess we have a winner based on the original figure. So Canuckamuck come and collect your prize!! Best your mate pays sharpish before it goes up again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumumba Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 That damaged party is my BiL, I am calling him to make him ask for 500 000, we need to fence in the house at the village. After all the the drunk is a mid level executive that loves to get pissed on a Monday night. Need I remind him about a soft loan I gave him 10 years go? The fee might keep going skywards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 40 k seems cheap... But, the cop is obviously upping the ante... Time for your friend to step in and offer, his apology, his thanks, 20k and a bottle of whiskey before the cop pushes it up to 100k... OR as I'm sure some others will say - 40k and get it over and done with - and LEARN A lesson !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Uh, 40K is the new bid. Negotiation time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeesipha Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Thing is,its already gone up 30,000 thb in a matter of hours,no money exchanged yet!if its anything like the thai customs expect that figure to double or even triple me thinks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayjayjay Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 That's 40k and a lot of grovelling when he meets the officer. My recommendation he doesn't go himself!! If 40k is asking price send 30k hahahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaps Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Thing is,its already gone up 30,000 thb in a matter of hours,no money exchanged yet!if its anything like the thai customs expect that figure to double or even triple me thinks, For Sure Think we should have a final figure vote and make it a bottle of Champers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurnell Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Thai police are honorable. I'm sure their word is their honour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Thai police are honorable. I'm sure their word is their honour. the Thai police force consists of Klingons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry9999 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 I don't believe any of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jangot Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 But those particular ones did not Klingon to the escaping vehicle very well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeesipha Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 To put it blunt,they have your friend by the short and curlys,if he dont cough up what they demand,they just throw the book at him, simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonrakers Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 But those particular ones did not Klingon to the escaping vehicle very well Poor pun attempt, you need to be more enterprising than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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