webfact Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Over 6,500 vehicles seized in drink driving operation By The Nation BANGKOK: -- The authorities have said 6,544 vehicles were seized in operations aimed at preventing road accidents from drink driving during the first five days of the so-called seven dangerous days of the Songkran holiday. Colonel Sirichan Ngathong, deputy spokeswoman of the National Council for Peace and Order, told a press conference on Monday that 4,982 motorcycles and 1,562 four-wheel vehicles were seized during April 12-16. She said 210,513 motorcyclists and pillion riders had had legal action taken against them for drink driving and/or riding without helmets as well as other traffic violations. She said 166,145 people had been arrested for violating traffic laws related to public and private vehicles with four wheels or more. On Sunday, which was the fifth day of the monitoring period, 1,013 motorcycles and 319 four-wheel vehicles were seized, Sirichan added. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30312450 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-04-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 This is a little confusing. Yesterday we were told there had been 300,000 drunk drivers caught. They have seized 6,500 Vehicles in relation to drink driving offences. What about the other 293,500? Why weren't they taken too? Were those people allowed to just pay a fine and drive off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGS1244 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 4 hours ago, darksidedog said: This is a little confusing. Yesterday we were told there had been 300,000 drunk drivers caught. They have seized 6,500 Vehicles in relation to drink driving offences. What about the other 293,500? Why weren't they taken too? Were those people allowed to just pay a fine and drive off? Yep, Know one person who was fined quite a lot for being over the 'limit' then allowed to continue on the journey driving the same car. Makes real sense??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 4 hours ago, darksidedog said: This is a little confusing. Yesterday we were told there had been 300,000 drunk drivers caught. They have seized 6,500 Vehicles in relation to drink driving offences. What about the other 293,500? Why weren't they taken too? Were those people allowed to just pay a fine and drive off? Thats the same question I asked myself but then I did not study math here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moti24 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 I'd really like to believe some of these bs headlines, but I don't remember coming down in the last shower of rain! The problem is, the more fabricated the reporting is, the more they believe it themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helloagain Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 All i want to say here in rawai or chalong phuket where a few thais just sit scratching their bits doing nothing. They only get up to take a leak. Young boys on motorbikes roar past them with not a care in the world. What a total waste of time. If thais or non thais wish to kill themselves let them if they kill others then kill them is what i say. Every year these tents come out got what.... they do nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 " Hey te luk , I have got the car back , lets go out to celebrate with a beer or six " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 6 hours ago, darksidedog said: This is a little confusing. Yesterday we were told there had been 300,000 drunk drivers caught. They have seized 6,500 Vehicles in relation to drink driving offences. What about the other 293,500? Why weren't they taken too? Were those people allowed to just pay a fine and drive off? Probably, but with much lighter wallets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 27 minutes ago, toofarnorth said: " Hey te luk , I have got the car back , lets go out to celebrate with a beer or six " My thoughts exactly... got the car back honey, stung me a bit but we got enough baht to go out and get hammered again tonight we can invite our friends to the bar, all stand around a table with a bottle or two of whiskey, drink till 3 am and drive home shit-faced Songkrans over so the BIB won't be around !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungnorm Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Where do they put them all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiamBeast Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 They seize them until you pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChakaKhan Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 WHERE are they---not ONE TV member can attest to seeing ONE car getting seized??? Ive never seen a impound lot in all my years here...are they in the "cloud"??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 That explains it then, the place is full of drunks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungbing Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Any Ferraris seized? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 1 hour ago, possum1931 said: Probably, but with much lighter wallets. Wife's son in law caught big time .drunk on a motorbike, no crash helmet, jumping a set of red lights, and no driving license, He got a 4000 baht on the spot fine ,with the help of the other son in law , who has been one of these guys who sits in a tent reading a newspaper all day , and a part time special constable? one of these guys who , directs traffic at funerals ect , fawn suit ,big black boots , he "helped them out", hence the small fine ,but ,from what I can gather ,as they where finishing off, one of the BIB ,said another 500 baht ,which according to the family, went towards some whiskey ...........welcomb to Thailand . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodney earl Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 It is my hope that they change this holiday from April to January, the same as most countries or at least cut this lunacy down to one day. I LIVE IN HOPE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keesters Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 On 4/17/2017 at 10:08 AM, webfact said: 6,500 vehicles seized How many got away with it? A much higher figure I'd bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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