I think the throwing of water at motor bikes on high speed roads should be banned in all of Thailand.

As for throwing it from the back of pick ups what is the point if riding back there just allows you to be a victim to streets lined with people throwing buckets of water at you such as we get here in Chiang Mai.

Why dont we just "BAN" Songkran alltogether. we are becomming a police state slowly but surely.

Some politictions are paid to cover up the truth. Some are

paid to confuse the public. Some are paid to sell new ideas and theories!

Whatever the case, the bottom line is crowd controle.

Yes because thinking of safety makes it a police state.

Its quite ok to outlaw dangerous stuff like throwing water at bikes from pickup-trucks or just from the street.

But hey don't worry it will never be enforced.

Yes I agree water is very dangerous and should be banned during Songkran because it causes a lot of dirty people to become clean people.

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I think those not so happy with Songkran are concerned about things other than dirt. And I trust you realize under certain circumstances, water can be very dangerous.

Just how are they going to enforce this without getting wet themselves???

Lets hold the police responsible for what goes on in their "manor".

Punish the police station, the superiors and everyone down if laws are not enforced.

That would see the police get off their <deleted>, away from the TV's in their nice little beachside huts etc and for once do the work they are paid to do!

It's like a country full of children. Lord of the Flies? Kinda.

The only punishment ever seen for Thailand's police or military is being moved to an(other) 'inactive position'.

Has anyone here ever seen or heard of a motorbike having an accident while getting water dumped on them from a pickup? All the ones i know of were drunks on bikes running off the road at night...

Correct, its the booze not the water. Amazes me that some on here would ban the fun that only happens once a year. People travel from all over the world to visit Chiang Mai just for this event and there is far more people that enjoy it than moan about it. Long live the water fight in my opinion.

I have nothing against Songkran and against getting wet and splashed...it is the way it is.

Yes, traditionally it started out differently, but the first person to tell me, what Easter has to with bunnies and chocolate eggs or what Christmas has to do with trees and Santa (I know the MEANING of these symbols, but where is the connection to the birth and death of Christ???), gets a beer!

We also have festivals in the old country (Germany in my case) where people go nuts and drink way too much (Carnival or the October- Fest, to name just two) and road accidents go up during that time, because there are always idiots...

But if you just educate people, if you teach them the simple "what...if..."- logic and if you just even half- hearted enforce the laws that are there, you don't have to come up with crap announcements, crap bans and crap articles every time.

Sawasdee pee mai, everybody!

Eureka!

Let's try to ban iced water at the same time. 2 Hopes, Bob and No

It's like a country full of children. Lord of the Flies? Kinda.

Let me guess you came for the sex scene and not the culture or festivals

Yeah sure. And in Germany, drinking of beer will be banned.

For sure! And Loy Krathong will see a ban on shooting fireworks into the sky!! The Thai Police will have seen this bulletin on their board and will be itching to (put down their beer/ whisky and..) get out there and enforce it!!!

Yeah sure. And in Germany, drinking of beer will be banned.

Yeah sure. And in Germany, drinking of beer will be banned.

More chance of a ban on sex, working...

11-17th so the annual mayhem on the 19th in Pattaya still a go'er...

Just means Pattaya going to be even worse this year

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Just realized, it's an early April Fools joke.....

Totally agree with this well thought-out, carefully planned and extremely viable and obviously enforceable idea.

+1

> Has anyone here ever seen or heard of a motorbike having an accident while getting water dumped on them from a pickup?

I guess you don't live in Thailand.

I have seen many accidents caused by idiots throwing a bucket of water at a passing motocycle.

Iced water is the latest stupid idea, and has an even worse effect.

Last year I saw some idiot farangs throughing water with ICE CUBES.

Complete and utter idiots.

It's not just throwing water at moving motorcycles. I nearly had a very bad accident driving a car down a straight highway at about 90 kph, when all of a sudden a couple of kids darted out and threw two buckets of water that hit my windscreen. The force of water against my windscreen moving at 90 kph cause a huge noise and caused me to momentarily be unable to see do to the water.

This sort of thing is very, very dangerous and could cause one to lose control, whilst killing themselves and perhaps other who may me standing along the side of the road. Throwing buckets of water at passing vehicles has nothing to do with the real meaning of Songkran, and of course I would be dreaming to think anything would ever been done to stop it.

can we have a sticky for "Ban of the week" so we can keep up with all of them and see how well they have worked

I am sure that it is close to 100%...............

And how and who is going to enforce this one

Maybe they're thinking of importing Michael Bloomberg. He's banned just about everything in NYC.

splashing water in thailand apart to be dangerous for those who are on the road...i dont see the fun.also because they dont respect the people who dont like to participate getting wet like stupid.

it's like the tomatina in spain ...another ridiculous thing to do.i am sorry but it is not for me.

Why don't they just ban having fun and be done with it!

Not only motorbikes - last year I was driving my Toyota Vigo down 108 about 80 KPH and some guy jumps out from behind cover and blasts a full bucket right on the driver side of the windshield from about 10-15 feet straight blast from the bucket - no arc. He was not on a truck.

I have seen people in trucks on the same road blasting motor bike riders while both are going down the road - to me that's a dangerous practice.

Controlling won't happen any time soon........

3 words:

Not gonna happen!

Not gonna happen in Pattaya

Songkran?

I call it "Songkram naam" since long time ago.

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I witnessed a motorbike at speed with a pillion passenger trying to avoid the water onslaught from rowdy youths in pickups near Tung Son (Nakhon Si Thammarat) some years ago. In trying to avoid the dousing, the copped the water full frontal which caused them to crash. No helmets, head first into the road and left their brains all spattered over the asphalt. Two lives wasted on a thoughtless gesture. A water pistol I can agree with, a bucket or larger at a moving vehicles is insanity. But there is no way this can be policed.

Hahahahaha....will there be a cop in each truck...just another inept "law" in Thailand!

What the word "Ban" mean in Thailand?

I see countless bans, we live in the hub of bans but never see anyone enforcing the law.

The effort is good to promote safe driving, but with the lack of law enforcement its another useless thing. Those people who making this laws live in a wonderland when they think this going to happened.

Yeah sure. And in Germany, drinking of beer will be banned.

And ..... farting too?

start with banning people riding in the pickup truck bed unless it has installed seats and a roof year round, then next year ban splashing water from moving vehicles of any sort. human cargo in pickup truck beds is a hazard magnified by the songkhran drink driving splashing blasting season.

Ohhh dear.... Back to the nanny state for you.... do not go outside without your PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) and be home before 10pm.

Seen last year in Mae Sariang during Songkran - Fire truck blasting water at everyone - Pick-ups with huge barrels on water on, with pumps and hoses absolutely soaking anyone walking or riding bikes - Older woman on motor bike shouting at group " NO WATER, " she was covered and very nearly came off the bike - Young woman leaving hair dresser on motor bike headed off in one direction, spotted the same group with hoses and buckets of water, started to turn around to go in the other direction, she didn't make it and was swamped from head to toe, she eventually headed off crying. The water abusers were not kids but adults ranging from around 20 to 50. - All in good fun, I don't think so no one cares.

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On what kind of drugs are they, when making such decisions and coming up with this kind of regulations!?