Shock horror tactics employed to stop under fifteens driving to school on motorcycles

[jesimps]

On 6/23/2017 at 9:29 AM, jak2002003 said:

What is the need for this?  The answer is easy... any children driving a motorbike to school should have their bike confiscated... school report the child parents to police... police fine parents and give warning more serious punishment if happens again. 

 

Why won't they do this?!!!

 

In my village I have seem really young kids about 10 years old.. driving motorbikes.. and of course NEVER any helmets! 

 

On 6/23/2017 at 9:29 AM, jak2002003 said:

 

 

Yes and the fines should cause real hardship for the parents so as to provide a big enough deterent for them to act.

 

I think lack of dererent is the reason why so many of us farang drink and drive out here but wouldn't dream of doing it in our own country. Back home we'd probably spend a night in the cells, be banned for a substantial period and cop a heavy fine to boot. Here, make a contribution to the police benevolent fund and you're on your way to doing the same again.

 

[Happyman58]

Went to do my walk today I drove to the park to do so Stopped at red light ( That is what red lights are for right You have to stop) Sad the Thais dont think that way 2 cars in front of me went through the red light and 4 bikes  And the Thai driver behind ( I will call him Roco the clown) was tooting his horn at me to go through the red light 

 

All i can say these drivers have no patience so how can there kids have? So they can do all the shock horror tactics but it wont work They have no patience have no idea and dont care and a police force which is a lame duck. Shock horror tactics will go in one ear and out the other The only language these people know is being booked but we all know and they know that wont happen. Smile Thailand soon you have that Gold medal for coming first in road deaths

[impulse]

1 hour ago, balo said:

I always believed this could work in Thailand. I own an electric bicycle myself , but the cost of the bike and battery is almost the same as a motobike. 

 

If you can get electric bikes for under 10000 baht then maybe. 

 

Many cities in China banned scooters inside city limits.  They enforce it by setting up occasionally checkpoints and confiscating any illegal scooters.  Forever.

 

The cost of a legal e-bike looks pretty good around the 2nd illegal scooter they lose.  Perhaps there's a lesson in there.

 

But I do agree about the ridiculous price.  I can (and have) bought e-bikes in China for about the cost of the battery in Thailand.  

 

[edwinchester]

On 23/06/2017 at 2:26 PM, spidermike007 said:

I think it is a good idea. Many Thais simply do not consider the consequences of their actions, and the way I see some driving here makes me think there is no thought as to the potential hazards they are creating for themselves, or others.

 

When I was growing up, we took drivers education classes. They showed us these horrendous films, of semi trucks crashing into cars, and literally obliterating them, and everything inside. Also, they showed very graphic images of head on collisions. Even as a young kid, it left a lasting impression, and I realized driving was no joking matter. Especially when you have your friends, or loved ones in the car with you. I am constantly astonished at the kinds of chances people take here, with their entire family in the car with them. Why? What is the logic? What is the reason? Why take those risks? Often, when someone cuts onto the highway in front of me, as I am doing 100kpm or more on the highway, I look in my rearview mirror, and there is nobody behind me for quite some distance. Which means, had they paused, and waited 2 or 3 seconds, there would have been zero risk to them, their family, or me and my family. What can one even say? All of this matters even more when driving a motorbike, where there is no protection. 

 

The only way to survive here on the road, is to be patient, have eyes in the back of your head, drive with caution, and always, and I mean always watch out of the other guy. Chances are, he does not have much driving skill, nor patience, nor reason, nor common sense. You cannot be too careful on the road here. Especially considering that the toy police offer no traffic safety, nor enforcement of the law. Many of us drive motorcycles or scooters here, and it is dangerous getting on the roads with some of these other drivers. Getting on a scooter, or a motorcycle anywhere in Thailand, much less Phuket, Phangan, Dark Tao, or Samui without a very good helmet, is like playing Russian Roulette with three or four bullets in the chamber. It is absolutely asking for problems. The degree of recklessness here is astounding. And many foreigners come here thinking "how much trouble could I get in on a little scooter, on a tropical island"? Well, the answer is alot. The amount of foreigners who are killed on the Southern islands is staggering. Most are not reported in the media. I had a friend who worked for Samui rescue for many years, and said the numbers were about 30-60 a month, on Samui, Phangan and Koh Tao. The official number is about 3 a month. Rider beware. Use as good a helmet as you can afford, and do not use these eggshells pieces of crap. They crack at the first impact, and what lies underneath them? Your skull, which is very delicate. 
 
Just ask yourself- do I have enough problems already, without a broken skull, or smashed head, or face injury, or lost eye? I have two friends who have been in motorbike accidents on Samui within the last two years. One still cannot walk, or talk or function on her own, from a motorbike accident, where she hit her head on the pavement going only 20 kph. The other one has lost alot of his mental capacity after hitting his head. He insisted for years he would never wear a helmet. Now, he seems 15 years older. 

 

I was told by a very reliable source. He did not have an agenda. He rescued alot of the survivors. He attended to alot of the ones who did not make it. The press here is highly censored. The report only what the so called leaders want them to report. Nothing else. Social media? Why would social media report these statistics? They report individual accidents, but not overall statistics. Anything you read about accidents on Samui in the media would be false. 

 

Between 360 and 720 foreigners are killed in scooter accidents every year just on these three islands? Really?

[Ron19]

There are two in our family, one daughter of a niece and another a son of another niece.
Both ten years old, one had her parents buy her a full sized Fino. (they had bought her a
smaller sized MC 18 months ago)
The other one rides his grandmothers 6 km each way to school and back every day.
Both with no helmets all the time and with passengers most of the time.
The nieces rides quite sensibly but the nephew although he handles with skill is heading 
for a fall being a smart arse with speed and showing off.
What can I say ? I've spoken to my wife about it and all she can say is that it's not our
problem and we can't interfere.

Just to add, I have known both of the mothers,one since she was seven and the other five.

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[spidermike007]

16 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Between 360 and 720 foreigners are killed in scooter accidents every year just on these three islands? Really?

No. Just on Samui alone. And the government chooses to hide this information. I heard it from a friend who worked with Samui Rescue for 7 years, and is a volunteer policeman. He said they averaged two deaths per day, on the roads. I believe he was including all vehicles. Highest on planet earth. That figure does not include Koh Phangan, or Dark Tao. It is a fact, hard as it is to believe. He had no agenda. He dealt directly with many of those that died. I think the authorities admit to three of four per month. They do not include the people who do not die on the scene, and the rest of their official numbers, are a complete fabrication.