Fashion Police: Thai truck driver fined for wearing Crocs behind wheel

[arthurwait]

Oh come on. Truck drivers need to wear plastic shoes for when they wet themselves after several bottles of Laos Khao.

[HOOD Robin]

i have been brought from BKK to PTTY with a meter taxi which was driven by a barefoot driver....

[jpduggan]

And I suppose he thinks they should be allowed dress their trucks as they please too???[attachment=298202:Fancy truck1.jpg]

[MobileContent]

Someone in our village was fined 200 Baht for not having a shave.

[Thian]

ALL drivers, regardless of vehicle, must wear appropriate footwear when in charge of a lethal weapon.

I see he was fined for illegally tinted windows. When oh when oh when will they have the balls to stop a Fortuner or Merc with such windows?

Bloody rabble!

It's hard to judge without a pic but some of them have totally blinded the windows of their trucks. That's asking for accidents to happen.

[arthurwait]

i have been brought from BKK to PTTY with a meter taxi which was driven by a barefoot driver....

Look at the thinness of racing drivers boots that they wear for fire protection. Barefoot is better than shoes. Of course that's is if he had any grip left on his pedals.

[paddyjoe41]

100% correct its the only way that these people might take notice of right or wrong,the amount of accidents and deaths through bad driving,for more than one reason is enough to make us all sick.They should clamp down a lot harder,but its a start,hit them hard in the pocket,and put limiters on all commercial vehicles,especially buses,large and small.ban the use of remoulds especially on the front axels.Clamp down hard not just the drivers but the owners,park everyone of them up when stopped with defects,and do not allow back on the road without MOT clearance,and jail the ones who fail to comply AND revoke both the driver and company licences,ie,operators licence and drivers licence.Until this matter is taken seriously there will be continues untold deaths on the roads,the sad part of this is,most of the deaths are innocent passengers and other road users trying to do the right thing.The inside overtaker should be banned immediately,and the fast lane sleeper the same treatment for him,equally they are to blame for a large amount of death crashes,total disregard for life and other road users.As an x HGV heavy truck driver with 50+ years experience on many continents im sure Thailand is definately the most backward country regarding road rules and regulations and disregard for other users I have ever encountered.We all know it starts at the top,Money is the only rule here,greed breeds many things,right and wrong and vice a versa depending how much money you have,so we have to hope it changes for the future and the better.

[masuk]

Tinted windows !, what about the trucks that drive about

with a set of curtains in the front screen and sometimes on

on the side windows.is that illegal,they must have taken

exception against this driver as they threw the book at him,

maybe a slow day collecting bribes,so they hit him with a 2K fine.

regards worgeordie

Almost every car in Thailand has illegal tinting.

When I took delivery of my new car, I had to have the passenger and driver's window tinting removed and replace with something nearing legal.

Thai "safety boots", aka thongs or flip flops are also illegal when driving in Australia, as they get caught under the pedals.

Can't see anything wrong with crocs. The BiB must be getting desperate.

[expatoz]

and guess what they never found his driving tablets he did pretty good l think you guys should look at the big picture but l guess none of you know whats involved with long distant driving.

Best you all stick to riding shotgun with your hahaha "ex" bargirls.......cheers

[khundon]

The man is obviously a master criminal.

Well done to the BIB.

[Rumble]

Have you noticed the barefoot cowboys in the orange, and blue busses yet.

[chainarong]

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I had thought that it might be a safety issue. Until i read the rest of the post and realised that, yes indeed. It is a fashion issue.
Well they were ugly. Not my style. Maybe he should wear high heels next time.

Well it should be a safety /insurance issue , not the domain of the police, the trucking company's safety officer , or the place where the load was being transported their safety Department, I also notice the lack of safety glasses , reflector shirt and all the safety phra - na - failure ,and I haven't seen the truck yet quiet frankly it has F!!! all to do with the police, well maybe they are now safety officers.

[longway]

Crocs - The footwear of someone who has completely given up on life..

Finally the Thai police get something right!

As a wearer of croc shoes I can fully attest to what you have said.

[wgdanson]

I didn't realise that Crocs were around in 1979 when the Law was made, although that driver's looks like they were !

[Zumteufel]

Crocs - The footwear of someone who has completely given up on life..

What's wrong with Crocs? Comfortable,inexpensive, convenient, easy to clean and readily available in 45. Joan Rivers is dead.

They're just not very stylish, and signal a general lack of interest in one's appearance (in my own humble opinion). Ask any woman what they think about crocs, and I'm sure you'll get the same answer.

[The manic]

Thank god the cops are at doing something useful. What dreadful shoes, just awful. As bad as flip flops. What is the matter with people? Have they given up on life?

[expatoz]

flip flops stubbie shorts and a blue singlet is standard uniform for Aussie truckies and they dont come tougher than that afterall they do drive the longest and heaviest rigs in the world.I have learnt something from this forum today and that is " you don't have to have a long neck to be a turkey"

[Daffy D]

i always drive with crocs

Me too

I now only have Crocs and flip-flops.

Don't need anything else these days.

[raybal5]

The cop should have gone for the double. Not just the crocs.

The law also says "Top: a collar shirt (either long or short-sleeved). Shirt must be tucked in trousers or skirt."

Not only has his shirt not got a collar, it's not tucked into his jeans.

[Thian]

Last night we drove through Bangkok and suddenly there were grey concrete blocks on the rightside lane. They didn't have any reflectors or nothing and were put there by roadworkers.

Later there was an orange plastic roadblock laying on the middle of the road. I guess it wasn't filled with water and some car had hit it. It was waiting for another car to crash into it.

Roads here are so dangerous, not even to mention the drunk drivers, racing motorcyclegangs, not using indicators and so on.....

I hope mr Prayuth also know that and takes action, this doesn't even happen in the movies.

[The manic]

The last two posts are presumably from quality tourist. I have never worn singlets, except out of irony at a fancy dress party, a wife beater, and could not physically wear flip flops and would never wear crocks. Ban all such people from Thailand as well as cyclists and we have cured the poor pikey tourist problem.

[bapoboy]

100% correct its the only way that these people might take notice of right or wrong,the amount of accidents and deaths through bad driving,for more than one reason is enough to make us all sick.They should clamp down a lot harder,but its a start,hit them hard in the pocket,and put limiters on all commercial vehicles,especially buses,large and small.ban the use of remoulds especially on the front axels.Clamp down hard not just the drivers but the owners,park everyone of them up when stopped with defects,and do not allow back on the road without MOT clearance,and jail the ones who fail to comply AND revoke both the driver and company licences,ie,operators licence and drivers licence.Until this matter is taken seriously there will be continues untold deaths on the roads,the sad part of this is,most of the deaths are innocent passengers and other road users trying to do the right thing.The inside overtaker should be banned immediately,and the fast lane sleeper the same treatment for him,equally they are to blame for a large amount of death crashes,total disregard for life and other road users.As an x HGV heavy truck driver with 50+ years experience on many continents im sure Thailand is definately the most backward country regarding road rules and regulations and disregard for other users I have ever encountered.We all know it starts at the top,Money is the only rule here,greed breeds many things,right and wrong and vice a versa depending how much money you have,so we have to hope it changes for the future and the better.

oh my buddha...

[Gandtee]

Crocs - The footwear of someone who has completely given up on life..

Finally the Thai police get something right!

I wear Crocs around the garden and on the beach. What's wrong with that? I'm 80+ but I haven't given up on life. I have given up though on people who make idiotic statements. Unless of course I miss your sarcasm?

[bapoboy]

Thailand the new nanntstate? laws and rules, laws and rules and again again again... freedom in the future will be big...NOT

what is the next...

[Mudcrab]

Come on guys stop with stupid comments, any kind of shoes with open toe or high heel is dangerous no need to have a degree to understand this.

Please provide evidence to this outrageous claim.... I have been driving barefoot for decades.

Only put on the thongs (flip flops for you barbarians) when alighting the vehicle to conform to some, twisted in my opinion, social norms.

[gigman]

Where is the law that states proper footwear must be worn?

I often drive barefoot!

because bare foot is safer(except motorbike) then crock or similar type which can gets under brake or acceleration pedals in critical moments.

Rules comes very often from statistics....Some people must learn from paying fines ....

Still cheaper then unknown ..having accident

[Mudcrab]

If they saw me driving in my ''Daisy Dukes'' wonder what i would get fined ???

:Daisy Dukes"?...probably 300 baht...bar fine.

[balo]

Its better that a truck driver is being fined then he loses control of the vehicle and kill innocent people, Good job by the traffic cops!

[evil slabby]

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Crocs - The footwear of someone who has completely given up on life..

Finally the Thai police get something right!

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I wear Crocs around the garden and on the beach. What's wrong with that? I'm 80+ but I haven't given up on life. I have given up though on people who make idiotic statements. Unless of course I miss your sarcasm? alt=coffee1.gif>

Carry on old sock!! I respect your age, but i dont respect bitter old fuddy duddy's who cant handle a little joke...

[Mudcrab]

Someone in our village was fined 200 Baht for not having a shave.

Customer complaints??