MESmith Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I hate driving at night, due to all the idiots with their fog lights on. Most probably don't even know they're on. And those those that do don't realize how much they blind other drivers. Probably just showing off their's is the model that has them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quandow Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Top this - got fined for driving a car that was "too dirty!" Clean car day, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeyrobot Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 What if your driving a convertible? say a red Ferrari with a black roof and red bull number plates. I am thinking too much, time to go and drink beer, I will ask Noy at the beer bar , she will agree to anything I say if I keep buying her drinks . Remember no booze TM . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 They fine you in Oz, the UK, and the US for showing any sign of happiness or fulfillment, or for having too much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 They fine you in Oz, the UK, and the US for showing any sign of happiness or fulfillment, or for having too much fun. I think in the USa they shoot you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 This is actually a law, all loads must be covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 The fine was for being farang, not the roof. Consider it farang tax. Next. And all the Thais that got stopped and fined on the same night, were their fines for being Thai, a Thai Tax ? Correct. You're starting to understand Thailand. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique355 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Perhaps we can have a competition as to which poster had to pay a driving fine for the most stupid reason given by the cop. I'll start off with a good one. In 2002, when I first cam to Thailand, I was fined 1,000 baht by a traffic cop close to Dorn Meung airport in BKK, because he said the tollway there was only for Thai drivers, not foreigners Now who can do better than that? How about they motorcycle driver who was fined for not wearing setbelts? (True story) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernphil Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 When I lived in Hua-Hin I knew a chap who was pulled over on his scoot at a check point, he took his lid off then got fined for not wearing a crash hat while sitting in a motorsai on the highway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilymat Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 They will find any way to fine you, I got fined for having my fog lights on at night driving along a dark stretch of road. Was there any fog on the night in question? If not then you deserved to be fined. If there was then they were wrong to fine you. They are called fog lights for a reason. I'm not trying to be a barrack room lawyer but I believe it is illegal in the UK to have fog lights on, without the ordinary headlights. If you have ever driven behind someone with rear fog lights on in the rain (but no fog) it is quite dangerous as they can easily be confused with brake lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Perhaps we can have a competition as to which poster had to pay a driving fine for the most stupid reason given by the cop. I'll start off with a good one. In 2002, when I first cam to Thailand, I was fined 1,000 baht by a traffic cop close to Dorn Meung airport in BKK, because he said the tollway there was only for Thai drivers, not foreigners Now who can do better than that? How about they motorcycle driver who was fined for not wearing seatbelts? Tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 They will find any way to fine you, I got fined for having my fog lights on at night driving along a dark stretch of road. Was there any fog on the night in question? If not then you deserved to be fined. If there was then they were wrong to fine you. They are called fog lights for a reason. I'm not trying to be a barrack room lawyer but I believe it is illegal in the UK to have fog lights on, without the ordinary headlights. If you have ever driven behind someone with rear fog lights on in the rain (but no fog) it is quite dangerous as they can easily be confused with brake lights. Kind of like when Thais paint the headlight on their scooter red and drive towards you on your side of the road. Luckily the nasal stick stops their braincell from falling out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbbooboo Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Stupid IS what stupid DOES ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 (edited) We were stopped at night on the highway from the Highway police in Patuab Kirikan. 3 am and no other cars around.We drove on the right lane, because the asphalt surface on the left lane was broken from the heavy, overload trucks.My thai brother in law brought them down from 400 Bht to 60 Bht for right lane driving.We explained to them why we drove right and that there are huge, dangerous holes, butthey were not interested to putt up some risk signs, guess that night there are some motorcyclists crashed into the holes.TiT. Edited May 31, 2015 by tomacht8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 They were not interested to putt up some risk signs, You didn't see the leafy twigs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 They were not interested to putt up some risk signs, You didn't see the leafy twigs? Normaly placed 3 Meters before a trap. Love them. And the little CD as reflective security feature on the oxcarts when they sneaking around at night on the highway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailandforumaddict Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Get a Benz and you do not need to open the window anymore :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejcb Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I was driving in the middle of the day from Korat to Khon Kaen, not a bad stretch of road (for the Oven). I was waved through a checkpoint, only to be hastily stopped when he saw I was caucasian. He was very polite... "you diving fast". "no I wasn't" "yes I saw you fast". Truthfully repling "No I NEVER drive fast and I am a very good driver, I NEVER drive fast" He just waved me though. It really does p**s me off and just one more reason why I don't live in the Oven anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Some people are just too uptight and angry for living in Thailand. Not good, like Buddhist people. Good for you you buggered back off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony5 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 (edited) They were not interested to putt up some risk signs, You didn't see the leafy twigs? Normaly placed 3 Meters before a trap. Love them. And the little CD as reflective security feature on the oxcarts when they sneaking around at night on the highway. And normally placed in the middle of the driving lane, however the stationary object is beside the road, to make it all a bit more exiting. Edited May 31, 2015 by Anthony5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Is this really reason to fine anybody? The point is...you are a farang...you have plenty of money in the view of the police...therefore they will attempt to find any reason they can to extract money from you...happens all too often... I have come to reluctantly accept this veiled extortion as the price for living in the Land of Police Smiles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 They were not interested to putt up some risk signs, You didn't see the leafy twigs? Normaly placed 3 Meters before a trap. Love them. And the little CD as reflective security feature on the oxcarts when they sneaking around at night on the highway. And normally placed in the middle of the driving lane, however the stationary object is beside the road, to make it all a bit more exiting. Not always. What an endlessly entertaining country and people. Living here is like watching 60 million people trying to eat spaghetti with a spoon, while racing each other to finish first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDBUGGY Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Perhaps we can have a competition as to which poster had to pay a driving fine for the most stupid reason given by the cop. I'll start off with a good one. In 2002, when I first cam to Thailand, I was fined 1,000 baht by a traffic cop close to Dorn Meung airport in BKK, because he said the tollway there was only for Thai drivers, not foreigners Now who can do better than that? My Thai Wife almost got Fined for having a dirty motorbike. Lucky for us her sister was with her and she is a Lawyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawan Chan 7 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I have had to twice change the blue book because of changing the roof color and bumper. Simple process takes a couple of hours but can't get fined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I have had to twice change the blue book because of changing the roof color and bumper. Simple process takes a couple of hours but can't get fined. I'd rather risk the massive, few hundred baht fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 My wife is in Thailand right now having some property changed to her name, and doing some work to the house while out with friends the husband of our friend was polled over and charged with drunk driving, the cop demanded 10,000 bht to settle the case there and now, the friend said he only had 2,000 bhr, cop said OK. TIT My wife told me, police get paid by the month, at the end of the month they are out on money and......... I think this is a bit of what happened to the OP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I have had to twice change the blue book because of changing the roof color and bumper. Simple process takes a couple of hours but can't get fined. I'd rather risk the massive, few hundred baht fine. I too prefer to just pay a "fine" on the spot for minor infringements but in the case of an RTA that resulted in a death. how does it all work if the vehicle was not legal (book does not match vehicle) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I hear these diligent cops are headed down to the zoo. Problem with zebras. Seems registered as "white with black stripes" but cops are sure they are "black with white stripes" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAS21 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Meanwhile most of the rest of the world realises that it is far safer to drive with your lights on,than off,in some countrys this is mandatory,yet Thailand goes the other way,who would have thought it?Agree and one of the rules I don't care about. When I find its time to switch on the light I do. Traffic law has not been reworked since 1979 !! (as far as I know). http://thailaws.com/law/t_laws/tlaw0140_5.pdf I remember a few years ago on this site someone mentioned where to get a copy of some Traffic Laws and in that document it stated that it is illegal for a motorbike to pass between the kerb and a car driving in the innermost lane. I can't find any reference to that now anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 (edited) I have had to twice change the blue book because of changing the roof color and bumper. Simple process takes a couple of hours but can't get fined. I'd rather risk the massive, few hundred baht fine. It's not the baht. It's the constant, low level nervousness of anticipating what's going to happen when I get pulled over. It's the inconvenience of sitting on the side of the road for the time it takes to write up the ticket (assuming they won't settle "on the spot", ie, a legal fine). It's hoping I'm not the 14th person he's got pulled over to write a ticket for, before I can get back on my way. It's then not having a driver's license to check into a hotel when I arrive, because I don't generally carry my passport. It's having to now carry my passport if I want get on a flight or check into a hotel- until I get the license back. It's the time it takes to get the license back from the cop shop. And it's the fact that it can all be repeated the very next time I go out again with faulty paperwork. vs getting the paperwork done right. Once. Edited May 31, 2015 by impulse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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