I Just wanted to let you my experience with the alcohol checkpoint. Last night pulled up to traffic light on 3 rd road and Pattaya Thai just after 2AM They were 7 Motorbikes besides my self I was the only foreigner there were 3 Thai persons at light with no helmets . The police officer at the red light pulled only me in to check for alcohol and all the other Thai people drive on . I blew into his hand help device and he did not like the results so he made me test again . Once again he did not like the results and the other police officer told him in Thai that this man is ok already, he passed but the police officer still persisted and pulled me into a separate room to get tested my another machine. Once again passed but it was the most hellish frightening experience .

Trying having one shot and blowing into the device after 2 minutes you will fail even though you only had one drink and then what would happen I would be sitting in a Thai prison or extorted for huge sums of money ruining my life over what nothing . I am a very good person but this alcohol trap where they target more exclusively foreigners and then retested me 3 times even though I passed the first time is prejudiced and will ruin peoples lives for nothing .

The punishment does not fit the crime . The alcohol level is so low they make everyone a criminal basically. I weigh over 100 kilos and only had one beer an hour barely passed how do i know the machine even works correctly

My advice don't spend your money here, pack up is even worse than back home for me where ridiculous low alcohol level that will ruin lives for nothing but money extortion and jail time that can cause severe stress and can ruin a persons life. Thailand meaning free land is not free and possibly you won't be either .

The police officer that stopped me had the balls to say Merry Christmas like he had done me a favor. This guy should be reprimanded . Take your money away from Thailand don't spend money at bars don't shop don't buy there visa's . This is already the worst high season I have seen in 22 years . Place becoming very lame and mundane .You are there target . I'm outta here . Whats the new law next everyone goes to jail not sure but someone said 3 month's is that true ?

Easy solution, next time if you are going to drive don't drink anything, then you are sure that you will pass their test when you get stopped.

Your the guy in an other post that admitted to drinking and driving and now your complaining you got tested. You got off no problems at all and you still moan like a little girl. Just don't drink and drive and you will be ok.

If you are drinking and driving the amount is irrelevant. Your ability to have 100% control of your vehicle is impaired. You are endangering not only my life but that of others. Harsh punishments are well deserved.

If you are that poor you can't shell out a few baht for a moto during the festive season but can buy booze, try drinking close to home, namely in your garden.

"Been drinking and driving for 30 years no problem here."

Hypocrite

Why don't you have a few more drinks ... and play with a wood saw machine in your garage.

That should ensure a certain delay before your next post ...

Bit early for a troll to be posting!

Don't drink and drive. No problem then, with the added bonus that you might avoid killing anyone.

Go out in Thailand's bar areas till the early hours, sooner or later you will encounter things you don't like.

Thanks for the report.

Interesting reading.

Ex-Kaaskop just don't take steroids and you will be allright

going to by my own alcohol meter let me know if you want one .

dont drink and drive. what is difficult to understand about that?

sorry, but i have absolutely no sympathy with what happens to anyone who drinks alcohol and takes to the road.

I am amazed at the personal responsibility of the replies from people living in Pattaya really got to hand it to you but I'm just wondering how many of the people replying drink and drive that means even one beer do you do it ?

If i do as you folks suggest you will have done me a huge favor will save me some 50,000 baht a month will cost nothing to live here then not thats a smart idea !! Everyone should do it so all the bars close down.

I am amazed at the personal responsibility of the replies from people living in Pattaya really got to hand it to you but I'm just wondering how many of the people replying drink and drive that means even one beer do you do it ?

No, I'm not that broke. I can afford a moto taxi.......if you are so broke or so dependent on booze that you can't stump up 100B for a ride home, I'd suggest a change of location.

If you can't scrape the 100B for a moto, your problems are probably far greater than the booze I'd say, even with your 'German DNA' and three beers before breakfast.....

Edited December 29, 201510 yr by Youaredoomed

If i do as you folks suggest you will have done me a huge favor will save me some 50,000 baht a month will cost nothing to live here then not thats a smart idea !! Everyone should do it so all the bars close down.

You spend 50000b a month on beer and yet you think you're safe to drive home?

I hope the OP is going to take his own advice and leave Thailand.

If i do as you folks suggest you will have done me a huge favor will save me some 50,000 baht a month will cost nothing to live here then not thats a smart idea !! Everyone should do it so all the bars close down.

You spend 50000b a month on beer and yet you think you're safe to drive home?

Worse still, he spends 50K a month on beer and still can't afford a taxi home??? 'Tee Rak' must be really controlling the pension of at least one idiot this year.......

going to by my own alcohol meter let me know if you want one .

Quite a few on lazada. Just got one. Went to lunch with a few friends, had 2 beers the first hour, water the only the next 90 minutes along with a massive lunch. Tested just before I left and it showed .03. I'm keeping it in my car. Cost about 800B, but I got one of the better ones. Just tested it again, another hour later and it's .022. Wifey hasn't had a drink and it showed .00.

Sorry but little girlie hissy fit springs to mind

If i do as you folks suggest you will have done me a huge favor will save me some 50,000 baht a month will cost nothing to live here then not thats a smart idea !! Everyone should do it so all the bars close down.

Is that 1000 beers a month?

Or 100 bottles of vodka? Or a DUI twice monthly? Anybody been able to make sense of that post yet?

Ah yes, LOS racial profiling. At least the local cops aren't all nervous around you with one hand on their service weapon.

the 100B for a moto

do you guys live in Rayong or what 50 to 60 baht should get you anywhere around Pattaya at late hours when the motosai taxi are not busy

You say you only had one beer an hour. How many hours were you drinking - given it was 2am.

I share the view that you should not drink and drive at all, anywhere. Sorry if that sounds 'holier than thou' as another poster indicated, but this Pattaya is so dangerous for driving in daylight, let alone 2am, that it is unwise to touch any alcohol.

OP, just about the title on your post, white people? Get a live.

And yes, follow your own advise, get the heck out of Thailand.

The streets will be safer.

Have a nice day.

Edited December 29, 201510 yr by dutchisaan

going to by my own alcohol meter let me know if you want one .

Quite a few on lazada. Just got one. Went to lunch with a few friends, had 2 beers the first hour, water the only the next 90 minutes along with a massive lunch. Tested just before I left and it showed .03. I'm keeping it in my car. Cost about 800B, but I got one of the better ones. Just tested it again, another hour later and it's .022. Wifey hasn't had a drink and it showed .00.

you're posting under the influence,,,,,,,?

going to by my own alcohol meter let me know if you want one .

And then people are complaining on here that the breathalyzers from the BIB are not properly calibrated, but without doubt yours is. NOT

Easy solution, next time if you are going to drive don't drink anything, then you are sure that you will pass their test when you get stopped.

What a stupid reply, the bloke passed 3 times yet the police officer wasn't happy with the result.

Obviously he didn't do anything wrong, yet still gets treated like a criminal.

If you are drinking and driving the amount is irrelevant. Your ability to have 100% control of your vehicle is impaired. You are endangering not only my life but that of others. Harsh punishments are well deserved.

If you are that poor you can't shell out a few baht for a moto during the festive season but can buy booze, try drinking close to home, namely in your garden.

Do gooders like you are the problem with the over sensitive society we live in today.

I feel it is more than safe to drive after one or two beers. Or after a couple of drinks with a meal.

There is a big difference in being drunk and just having a few beers.