Telecom Association vice president jailed for reckless driving

By The Nation

 

 

Telecommunications Association of Thailand vice president Prasong Reungsirikulchai was found guilty of reckless driving yesterday and jailed for 15 days and fined Bt5,000.

 

A source at the Udomsuk Police Station, which is responsible to the case, said 49-year-old was sentenced at Prasong Phra Khanong Provincial Court on Friday.

 

The court also ordered that Prasong’s car should be impounded and suspended his driver’s licence for six months. Prasong was released on Bt30,000 bail.

 

Prasong’s reckless driving, where the court heard he cut in front of other vehicles and stopped in the middle of road in the Prawet area on Thursday morning, was captured on video footage that went viral in Thai social media.

 

 

Prasong tested negative for alcohol or other substance abuse. He told police, when he surrendered on Thursday afternoon, that his action was meant to teach other drivers a lesson for driving too slowly.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30311686

 

 

 

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Hey , Good Job judge.

 

It's a start   

3 minutes ago, onemorechang said:

Hey , Good Job judge.

 

It's a start   

Red Bull gives you wings!

22 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Prasong tested negative for alcohol or other substance abuse.

I would suggest giving the testing machine a good look over.

"Prasong was released on Bt30,000 bail."

 

Why is that absolutely 0% of a surprise.

 

Jailed ,but given  bail,impound his car for 6 months,until he gets his license back,

 

regards worgeordie

They need to quit with this jail nonsense. He was given bail. It's all meaningless. 

 

It should have been jailed for 5,000 days and 15 baht fine..... that would have taught him a lesson.....

 

Why no psychiatric evaluation? 

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

He told police, when he surrendered on Thursday afternoon, that his action was meant to teach other drivers a lesson for driving too slowly.

Really?

The sentence was reduced to 7 days (as he admitted guilt) from the 15 days and he was not jailed as he paid bail.

I think we are all agreed the fella is an idiot. A 6 month driving ban and a fine is a good start, regardless of whether it deserves jail time.

Now, if we can see the same thing, with a proportional increase in penalty for the nature of the bad driving, accidents, injuries and death caused, nationwide, daily, the road fatality rate will start to drop very quickly. Every journey starts with a single step. I hope this is the first of many.

the next one "Boss"

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Som nam na !! 

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2 hours ago, alantheembalmer said:

Really?

 

The LOS urgently needs a professional RTP,  but what no country needs is vigilante 'cops'.

Ok, he guy was being an ass, but why did he get 15 days and Jenpop got...well, did he ever get back to court?

...still working at the place?

 

....who is he related to now....

A Thai teaching other Thais a lesson in driving ? ......The blind leading the blind !!

He clearly makes a big fool of him self!

8 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

I would suggest giving the testing machine a good look over.

" when he surrendered on Thursday afternoon "

 

that should be time enough for an negative testing, at least for alc.

6 hours ago, ezzra said:

 

It should have been jailed for 5,000 days and 15 baht fine..... that would have taught him a lesson.....

 

Only you ezzra would come up with that one 

Does the fact that he was bailed for 30000 baht, presumably NOT because of an impending appeal (because he admitted guilt) mean that his sentence was in fact a 30000 baht fine plus the 5000 already paid?  Or does it simply mean that if he decides to call in at his convenience and actually serve his jail time, he will get his 30000 baht back?  The law here does not seem to make much sense!

Perhaps that last comment is the understatement of the year?

Yes, he did look as though he was p_____d in the video ... though not half as p_____d as the drivers he was cutting up.

 

Pity for him that he is the boss, rather than being misnamed Boss.

...the TV news bulletin shows he clearly demonstrates that he is the chosen one of entitlement....

On 08/04/2017 at 7:37 AM, rooster59 said:

Telecommunications Association of Thailand vice president Prasong Reungsirikulchai was found guilty of reckless driving yesterday and jailed for 15 days and fined Bt5,000

 

On 08/04/2017 at 7:37 AM, rooster59 said:

The court also ordered that Prasong’s car should be impounded and suspended his driver’s licence for six months. Prasong was released on Bt30,000 bail.

How confused am I 

No brown envelopes to pass around so he is in jailed!

The big thing here is not the fine but the loss of face amongst his peers.

 

The sniggering behind hands will cause him more grief than any punishment. it's all about the embarrassment factor.

On 4/8/2017 at 4:37 AM, rooster59 said:

Telecommunications Association of Thailand vice president Prasong Reungsirikulchai was found guilty of reckless driving yesterday and jailed for 15 days and fined Bt5,000

The man is *clearly* a dangerous <deleted>, and any Judge who doesn't put him in jail immediately is *also* a d.....  And if I had been driving behind him, his insurance-company would be having a chat with my insurance-company, after their expert reviewed the damage on my car and the video from my dashboard camera.