Bangkok Police Launch New Ez-Bribe Card For Motorists

[george]

SATIRE

Police Launch New EZ-Bribe Card For Motorists

BANGKOK: -– Drivers in the capital will now enjoy the convenience of paying bribes to police electronically, according to a new system unveiled by the Bangkok Metropolitan Police yesterday.

The EZ-Bribe card is modeled after the EZ Pass that motorists have been using to pay tolls without having to stop.

Similar to the EZ Pass system, the EZ-Bribe card is a stored value card that instantly deducts the price of a single-trip police bribe from the user’s account whenever the car passes a police checkpoint.

To accommodate the new system, police checkpoints will now have a dedicated EZ-Bribe lane, where member motorists can drive straight through. Those without an EZ-Bribe sticker on their windshields will have to use the manual lanes and haggle over bribes in the traditional manner.

Opening promotional prices have been set at Bt100 per private passenger car, Bt60 for pickup trucks, Bt30 for motorcycles, and Bt200 for any vehicle carrying a Serpico sticker.

Luxury cars costing over Bt12 million, such as the Mercedes S500 and the BMW 7 Series will, as always, be exempt from all bribes, interference, and law.

Kamronwit also pointed out that the EZ-Bribe system works in the rain, which makes it superior to actual police officers.

-- notthenation 2012-08-09

[Morakot]

Classic stuff! We can hardly wait. Nice.

Edited August 9, 2012 by Morakot

[PoorSucker]

Good one.

[sjjmmi]

Amazing Thailand

[ripstanley]

SATIRE

notthenation 2012-08-09

I like these two comments

[Soutpeel]

Very good

[Skywalker69]

Way to go BIB.

[apalink_thailand]

So is there a different colour card for the farang double pricing system?

[chowny77]

Talk about openly advertising the new bribery system!! How can anyone honestly take Thailand seriously as a country when it so puts it in your face that parts of its supposedly clean cut image is so dirty.

[overherebc]

Someone else can answer that one, I'm going to cut the grass

[alstaxi]

i have the card, it works great, just zoom thru the check points, beer in hand, no questions, good value for the money.

[Moruya]

Brilliant!!!

[Soupdragon]

Talk about openly advertising the new bribery system!! How can anyone honestly take Thailand seriously as a country when it so puts it in your face that parts of its supposedly clean cut image is so dirty.

Try and keep up. This is part of Thailands new 'Honesty Is The Best Policy' campaign. They have decided it will be much easier to be honest about how dishonest they really are.

[BookMan]

Great stuff. Better than carrying annoying cash

Thailand: Hub of innovative ideas

[cm das]

Great thinking! Next, how about drive through bars with an EZ-Barfine system?

[Unkomoncents]

Luxury cars costing over Bt12 million, such as the Mercedes S500 and the BMW 7 Series will, as always, be exempt from all bribes, interference, and law.

Absolute gold. I know a Thai-Chinese family that invested much more than they normally would have to buy a Mercedes for their daughter simply so she wouldn't have to deal with the corruption brigade as much.

[Bluespunk]

Very, very funny. Love it.

[LennyW]

Talk about openly advertising the new bribery system!! How can anyone honestly take Thailand seriously as a country when it so puts it in your face that parts of its supposedly clean cut image is so dirty.

There's always one!!

[WhizBang]

Whoa, let's not give the BiB any bright ideas.

[apetley]

Talk about openly advertising the new bribery system!! How can anyone honestly take Thailand seriously as a country when it so puts it in your face that parts of its supposedly clean cut image is so dirty.

Notthenation

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[Tafia]

Talk about openly advertising the new bribery system!! How can anyone honestly take Thailand seriously as a country when it so puts it in your face that parts of its supposedly clean cut image is so dirty.

Think about it!!

SATIRE -- notthenation 2012-08-09

[RKASA]

I heard if you get your card at Bangkok Bank and have an auto deduction linked to your checking account you get a 5% discount - did anyone get this? My branch seems to be in the dark about the whole program.

[coma]

Gotta love the name of the card. The EZ Bribe card. Classic Thai style.

[givenall]

Talk about openly advertising the new bribery system!! How can anyone honestly take Thailand seriously as a country when it so puts it in your face that parts of its supposedly clean cut image is so dirty.

They never took Thailand Seriously any ways.

Thailand another HOB, HOB for bribery

[phosphorescent]

[LennyW]

Talk about openly advertising the new bribery system!! How can anyone honestly take Thailand seriously as a country when it so puts it in your face that parts of its supposedly clean cut image is so dirty.

They never took Thailand Seriously any ways.

Thailand another HOB, HOB for bribery

A hob is what you cook on. It appears there is more than one then!!!!!

Edited August 9, 2012 by LennyW

[TomTao]

Classic, how many will think this is genuine and not satire?

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[Mosha]

EZ-T would have been better, If you pay in advance do they give discount?

[Lingba]

is this serious???....is it

April Fools Day?

[Mosha]

is this serious???....is it

April Fools Day?

Note the word Satire in red in the OP