Bangkok: 2,500 cars wheel-clamped in one day on Tuesday

[Benmart]

Law and order can be profitable. What does it cost to get a clamp off?

Possibly enough to help pay for some essential police services such as clamping illegally parked cars and towing them.

Positive returns for positive actions with positive comments.

[ZAKY]

Bangkok is a big mess which needs to be cleaned and this cannot be acheived by little by little. A big coup !!! Then everybody will think twice !

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[Benmart]

Another strategy would be to stop the rampant expansion of 7-Elevens, they aim to eventually open 25,000 in Thailand are getting close to that. Outside every single one you will find a car double parked even though a free parking space, kerbside, exists 10m down the road. TIT.

As far as I know, the drivers of the cars make the decision to double park and not anyone associated with a commercial enterprise.

But then again, I don't double park, I'm not the police and I don't monitor who parks outside of every 7-Eleven.

[Bernard Flint]

Law and order can be profitable. What does it cost to get a clamp off?

Ask a company in uk,and half it

[Cuchulainn]

At least it's a start, but it should have been done YEARS and YEARS ago!!

[mojorison]

Stop producing cars, revamp public transportation, stop that car is FACE attitude,.... problem halfways solved,

but that's of course a wishful pipe dream

Stopped reading after "stop producing cars..."

[WitawatWatawit]

How many of these vehicles are Benzes, BMWs, etc? This is as much a test of their resolve as anything.

[ParadiseLost]

Here we have the idiots who leave their car double parked with the engine running while they sit in a restaurant...

In lieu of clamping, I highly recommend keying the barstuards...

[NoshowJones]

Another strategy would be to stop the rampant expansion of 7-Elevens, they aim to eventually open 25,000 in Thailand are getting close to that. Outside every single one you will find a car double parked even though a free parking space, kerbside, exists 10m down the road. TIT.

I saw just about the whole of Soi 23 at a standstill because some nutter parked his car to go into a 7-11.

[Larry001]

Good to see all the progress taking place since Military control. Now just need to read that a few of the past Politicians (both sides) are given a free extended holiday courtesy of the Thai Military Govt

[NoshowJones]

I wonder how the cop on the street is taking to this. They have been under pressure not to ruffle feathers of anyone above the poor person, but surely at least one of the 2500 cars belonged to a hi so person.

Seems like a real bind for street cops who are trained to pussyfoot around important people. Go Army !

Who says the army don't have connections with important people.

[Seastallion]

Law and order can be profitable. What does it cost to get a clamp off?

The ones I saw in Hat Yai last week were made of 8mm rebar; Bolt cutters?

[Seastallion]

Thai will learn to always have a saw in the trunk of the car

Why post a picture of someone committing an offence who is clearly not a Thai then suggest it was?

He didn't. Not at all. Not even nearly.Not even a sniff of a hint of an implication.

[Bluespunk]

Thai will learn to always have a saw in the trunk of the car

Why post a picture of someone committing an offence who is clearly not a Thai then suggest it was?

Where is it suggested it is a Thai in the picture?

[VocalNeal]

Yep 5 on our narrow Soi. there used to be no parking sign but "someone" took them down.

[gemini81]

Give it a year and see how many they are clamping then.

A year hell........ I give it a month.

you guys are very slow learners,

this is now a military dictatorship,

it is not going to get better,

the worst is coming

Sounds like you're on the slower end, or new arrival not to see the close relations the army have with some very high-up places. Not to mention all the progress in the last few weeks that wasn't done in decades, since the time of Jamlong ( real leader, but shafted by Thaksin). And in turn, their leadership prevents evil forces from returning to the scene to stir up instability and more graft and problems. Deeper than that, we're not at leisure to discuss. Speak for yourself before calling others retarded might be a good start..

Things are shaping up. Have a look around!

Edited June 11, 2014 by gemini81

[JeffreyWitty]

(In case it hasn't already been said in this thread.)

Sum-num-na!

[digibum]

Bangkok is a big mess which needs to be cleaned and this cannot be acheived by little by little. A big coup !!! Then everybody will think twice !

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I would disagree. Look at Times Square in NYC. The Broken Windows theory in criminology is that if you let the little things slide the big ones follow. You start with the little things and work your way up from the minor annoyances you can control and things improve upwards in the crime hierarchy as people get afraid that they're next.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory

There's a lot of criticism of the Broken Window theory but it also has had some successes. Maybe with a place like Thailand that has rampant corruption and total disregard for the law, actually enforcing basic laws like parking violations will send shockwaves through society. People will be a little more cautious about violating laws if this is part of a coordinated strategy and not some one-off fixit.

[digibum]

Thai will learn to always have a saw in the trunk of the car

Why post a picture of someone committing an offence who is clearly not a Thai then suggest it was?

Where is it suggested it is a Thai in the picture?

In the MMarlow's mind. It's what happens to people when they become too comfortable with knee jerk reactions.

[wabothai]

Way to go !!!! Lesson nr. 2 in non-selfie-ness.

[Basil B]

Give it a year and see how many they are clamping then.

Almost certainly not as many, but that would be either it was a one day wonder or there are only a few cars to clamp as most drivers will abide by the traffic laws.

Still think the next purge should be on un licenced drivers, take their vehicles (motor bikes/cars/trucks) of them.

[keemapoot]

Thai will learn to always have a saw in the trunk of the car

Why post a picture of someone committing an offence who is clearly not a Thai then suggest it was?

It doesn't much matter as the guy is committing two criminal misdemeanor offenses whether in Thailand or elsewhere: criminal trespass on government property, and destroying public property.

[digibum]

law and order comes to thailand

we'll see how happy all the Thai's are when they start abandoning their cars and stop paying on them with money they no longer have from jobs they no longer have

pain has come to thailand, but, it is like banging your foot,,

it doesnt hurt right away, but you know it is coming

sadly, too many dont believe it yet,

but wait

Horrible analogy.

It's more like a festering wound that has been slowly killing the patient and a doctor recommends immediate amputation. Thailand's problems didn't start with the coup and would have likely caused a lot more harm if the back and forth between yellows and reds had been allowed to continue. You can't keep bringing the government to its knees every 2 or 3 years without harming the economy. Sure, you can limp or buy a wheelchair but if your foot is rotting, those are stopgap measures. Eventually you're going to have to bite the bullet and cut that sucker off before it kills the patient.

And for anyone who argues that Thailand's economy isn't doing that poorly . . . imagine where the Thai economy would be right now if politicians over the last 20 or 40 years had been more focused on bettering the lives of Thais than lining their own pockets or holding onto power.

Scratch that . . . don't think about how Thailand could have prospered. Too many TV members wouldn't be able to afford living in Thailand if the quality of life was raised to Hong Kong or Singapore levels :-)

[Strangebrew]

I thought they were for farangs who don't like bar fine cover all holes. Now if there can get the bargirls to give better head there would be a sharp rise in tourism.

[oldsailor35]

Does anyone know if the man with the hacksaw managed to get away with it, or did he have to cop both the fine and pay for the damage to the clamp.

[keemapoot]

Does anyone know if the man with the hacksaw managed to get away with it, or did he have to cop both the fine and pay for the damage to the clamp.

If it was in London, they probably had 3 CCTV cameras recording the entire event. My guess is he had to pay a lot.

[NeilSA1]

Give it a year and see how many they are clamping then.

A year hell........ I give it a month.

you guys are very slow learners,

this is now a military dictatorship,

it is not going to get better,

the worst is coming

News for you. Things have already got 'better'.

Edited June 11, 2014 by NeilSA1

[NeilSA1]

law and order comes to thailand

we'll see how happy all the Thai's are when they start abandoning their cars and stop paying on them with money they no longer have from jobs they no longer have

pain has come to thailand, but, it is like banging your foot,,

it doesnt hurt right away, but you know it is coming

sadly, too many dont believe it yet,

but wait

Yep, at long last, law and order comes to Thailand.

[mercman24]

they want to have a stroll down soi 4, you cant move for bloody scooters parked between the no parking bollards, hundreds of them, and perhaps these dam street vendor blocking the roads and the pavements, it has got to epidemic proportions now, when one has to walk in the road, with the parked scooters it is getting like a one way street.

[mercman24]

forgot to say, and dont get me started on the taxis parking on the pavement and i mean "parking on the pavement" when no way can you even squeeze by, so having to walk on the road to get by