Suvarnabhumi Airport vows to take theft of disabled parking seriously
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- Suvarnabhumi Airport announced it will take action against misuse of disabled parking spaces after several photos of luxury cars parked in the privileged spots circulated on Facebook.

Prapon Patim, Director of Suvarnabhumi International Airport, today responded to a popular message online to the Traffic Police showing luxury cars from a Lamborghini and BMW to a Mercedes parked in spaces reserved for drivers with disabilities last week.

User Ratchaon, who submitted the photos, suggested the drivers may suffer from “disabled brains.”

From now on, the airport will instruct security guards to keep an eye on the disabled parking spaces and put up signs to publicize that they will “remove the cars of violators from the spaces,” according to the statement. [read more...]

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co//2015/01/12/suvarnabhumi-airport-vows-take-theft-disabled-parking-seriously


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-01-13

Yeah ok. A 500 baht fine will stop .......... NO ONE. How about clamping the wheels and a 50,000 baht fine? That's their weekend money.

tell tow truck drivers they get to keep the cars that break the laws and watch this thing get clean up real quick

Thwow them to the gwound.

The fine does little to stop these Hi So people. However, posting of picture of the Hi So in every Thai newspaper showing them for what they really are, along with a hefty fine of 50,000 baht would hurt more.

Theft !

The BIB are searching for several suspects seen running from the area carrying parking bays for disabled drivers. Should be easy to spot and all known fences of such items are being checked.

how can you tell if the car is used by a disabled person?

So if the little parking pass which looks like purplish or grey paper (with the '500' or '1,000' on it) isn't shown or handed over to the parking attendant, they should be reprimanded. I believe that's the current system for disabled parking.

Be aware of people with this kind of attitude,

They don't respect nada !

They have to destroy the cars, zero tolerance, but let the army do it so these sad 'hi-sos' have no-one to target.

No agency in Thailand, government or ngo takes disabled matters /parking etc seriously.

They only pay lip service to it, disabled people are THIRD class citizens, not important, because they dont have BIG money.

Money talks here nothing else.

High value cars, i have money can do what i like.

Simple want to solve problem tow cars parked in disabled parking spots to seedy side of town leave doors unlocked with sign saying free parts.

No agency in Thailand, government or ngo takes disabled matters /parking etc seriously.

They only pay lip service to it, disabled people are THIRD class citizens, not important, because they dont have BIG money.

Money talks here nothing else.

High value cars, i have money can do what i like.

Central Festival in Phuket has a special parking zone for super cars but none for the disabled. Yes they believe they can do what they like including out on the roads. I asked my daughter one day why she thought Fortuner drivers were so rude & she said because they think they are hi so.

These parking spots should be in a specific zone and barricaded. The (disabled) driver/passengers then needs to get permission to park there. It's very simple.

No agency in Thailand, government or ngo takes disabled matters /parking etc seriously.

They only pay lip service to it, disabled people are THIRD class citizens, not important, because they dont have BIG money.

Money talks here nothing else.

High value cars, i have money can do what i like.

Central Festival in Phuket has a special parking zone for super cars but none for the disabled. Yes they believe they can do what they like including out on the roads. I asked my daughter one day why she thought Fortuner drivers were so rude & she said because they think they are hi so.

Fortuner drivers? wannabees lol

In general disabled people are not respected in Thailand. Why they announce now they will take hard measurements against parking violations? Why not yesterday, last week, last month? They for sure knew about this but they just don't care. The fact that people start to react on facebook, line etc.. gives me hope.

Just to let everyone know....they only park there after tipping the security guys standing there by the elevators on each floor. I gave the guy 50 to park between the pillars on the other side......while his buddy was parking a super car in the handicap spot, but I don't know what he got paid.

Slap the driver side windshield with one of those dreaded stickum posters that take all day to scrape off one centimeter at a time.

Slap the driver side windshield with one of those dreaded stickum posters that take all day to scrape off one centimeter at a time.

This is the answer. In UK that's how we controlled illegal parking much more effective than a fine.

Until we see these tin cans being shipped out on trucks and the owners named and shamed then this is just BS / hot air. The contempt for the disabled in this country is outrageous be it from idiotic / selfish motorists or those in positions of authority who turn a blind eye and let them get an ever rougher deal than they get already.
Shocking and appalling. End of

how can you tell if the car is used by a disabled person?

Use your head Tom, if a person has really restricted physical mobility or relies on a wheelchair then a Lamborghini is hardly a practical vehicle is it? The majority of genuinely disabled people i've seen in Thailand have, for want of a better expression been thrown to the wolves and get by on almost no support from the state & generally live incredibly arduous lives.

For those who are mentally impaired then maybe yes I guess they could be supercar owners, but I very much doubt they'd have the funds or the inclination to go and buy one. Supercars are a status symbol only in this country.

Anything is possible in this country, but how about just apply some common sense before thinking out loud. We've seen those who do use supercars here be a law unto themselves more than enough to get a feel for their psyche..

Think red bull heir, the guy who killed the laotian girl with his Porsche yet continued driving with her severed torso in the passenger seat, or even the super hi so who got his car smashed up in the red shirt rally at Asok by driving through a group of red shirt hardliners. More stupidity, ignorance and negligence than you could shake a shitey stick at.

No smoke without fire Tom.

No agency in Thailand, government or ngo takes disabled matters /parking etc seriously.

They only pay lip service to it, disabled people are THIRD class citizens, not important, because they dont have BIG money.

Money talks here nothing else.

High value cars, i have money can do what i like.

Central Festival in Phuket has a special parking zone for super cars but none for the disabled. Yes they believe they can do what they like including out on the roads. I asked my daughter one day why she thought Fortuner drivers were so rude & she said because they think they are hi so.

No actually you are incorrect. They do have them and they actually have a security guard that will not let people without the proper pass park in them. True story.

Nothing will get done. They really don't care about this; they are only responding because it has been publicized. The power of rich and connected will continue.

5555.

Thanks TV, it should be a good day, I have had a good laugh already.

Just joking but it looks like the next time I fly in to BKK I will have the wife park the Benz in a handicap spot and I will walk out like I am blind.

how can you tell if the car is used by a disabled person?

In Belgium it takes a license delivered by some official instance and when you park your car in a handicapped spot you need to stick the license on the inside of your windscreen, simple no?

tell tow truck drivers they get to keep the cars that break the laws and watch this thing get clean up real quick

glad to hear that the security people will keep an "eye" on it! what will they be doing with the other eye? also keep their hands in their pockets! and if they try to do something some rich ass hole will probably have them punched out!

1) Why not tow the cars away...impound them....no real punishment...???

2) They can easily find the owners from the licence plates...duh....saving face......???

Hate to put it like this, but security guards come from the lowest strata of Thai society. From the day they are born they are taught obeisance to the rich and influential, just like serfs. I doubt there's a single guard anywhere in this country with the balls to stand up to a self-entitled little big man, the world's most repulsive creature.

Thwow them to the gwound.

Got English, Fudd? <deleted>?