Humphrey Bear , your a first , in the 3 years i have been driving around Thailand i have been stopped that many times i have lost count , and even when i say i have a Thai driving license and will go to any police station they want ,to pay any fine they think i owe , they always get annoyed and ask me to ring some one who speaks thai so as that person can say to me   poppa you have to pay , this not England , and that is even when i ring my Thai solicitor , even when i had some furniture delivered in a van with me in it , comming from bangkok we were pulled over twice and the driver had to pay 200 baht each time , when i asked the driver why he said because you in van police know you have money , i have even had a police man put his hand on his gun when i have refused to pay , now if that is not robbery what the fork is ,

so think your self lucky , one thing  are you sure your in Thailand

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I'm with Humphrey also I've been stopped occasionally but not like how you describe.

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But then Dave, living where we do - everyone knows we don't have any gelt, because Khun Porn has it all!

Humphrey Bear , your a first , in the 3 years i have been driving around Thailand i have been stopped that many times i have lost count , and even when i say i have a Thai driving license and will go to any police station they want ,to pay any fine they think i owe , they always get annoyed and ask me to ring some one who speaks thai so as that person can say to me   poppa you have to pay , this not England , and that is even when i ring my Thai solicitor , even when i had some furniture delivered in a van with me in it , comming from bangkok we were pulled over twice and the driver had to pay 200 baht each time , when i asked the driver why he said because you in van police know you have money , i have even had a police man put his hand on his gun when i have refused to pay , now if that is not robbery what the fork is ,

so think your self lucky , one thing  are you sure your in Thailand

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I'm with Humphrey also I've been stopped occasionally but not like how you describe.

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But then Dave, living where we do - everyone knows we don't have any gelt, because Khun Porn has it all!

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Ain't that the truth

When we were in Pataya a month ago my girlfriend was on a taxi bike when a bike raced up and knocked the front wheel nearly knocking them off. My motorbike taxi guy chased after them but with my weight couldn't catch them. Interestingly the taxi guys said it was a westerner. I didn't see but makes you wonder. He didn't try to take anything though.

When we were in Pataya a month ago my girlfriend was on a taxi bike when a bike raced up and knocked the front wheel nearly knocking them off.  My motorbike taxi guy chased after them but with my weight couldn't catch them.  Interestingly the taxi guys said it was a westerner.  I didn't see but makes you wonder.  He didn't try to take anything though.

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Geez, these guys are even hitting motosai taxi kids with passengers as well? You guys are making it sound a lot worse than it was the last time I was in Pattaya (last year).

Geez, these guys are even hitting motosai taxi kids with passengers as well?  You guys are making it sound a lot worse than it was the last time I was in Pattaya (last year).

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It is - the drug problem among unemployed Thai layabout teens is terrible, both in Patty and Krung Thep.

I had my wife and son on my motorbike, driving down a small soi. A motor bike woth two guys on it tried to grab my wife necklace. She saw it coming and kicked thier motorbike before they could kick ours, When he grabbed for her necklace she closed the top of her jacket so it was virtually impossible for him to reach the necklace.. Now my wife conceals her necklace, and we don't ride down small sois. These two guys got nothing from us.

Barry