Thread: Helmets for motorcycle riders

Riding without a helmet or eye protection is dumb.

I saw an old farang guy in pattaya a few times tootling about with a hard hat on, looked like a fat old bob the builder1!

Damn, I hate those dumbass "amazingthaicartoons" cartoons. Every time I go for a piss in a farang pub they're all over the walls. I wish they'd hang them a little lower down so I could properly express my opinion of them.

Originally Posted by Happyman

All Farangs without helmets are stopped and receive the standard 500 baht fine. Fair enough - that is the law.

The standard fine in Thailand for no helmet is 50 Baht- that is the law

Originally Posted by longtom

I would never stop shake my head and ride on they will not chase you.

As long as you stop and turn around, before you get to the cop with the receipt book, they will not chase you.

Originally Posted by obsidian

Elite Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,891 i have been waived through many a checkpoint (or briefly stopped and allowerd to continue) while my fellow helmetless thais motorcyclists were stopped and fined. though do i keep a helmet on my passenger seat but rarly wear it.

Perhaps that day they'd only been instructed to check for licences. Helmets were incidential.

Originally Posted by Ivor Biggun

Originally Posted by Happyman

All Farangs without helmets are stopped and receive the standard 500 baht fine. Fair enough - that is the law.

The standard fine in Thailand for no helmet is 50 Baht- that is the law

The standard fine in Phuket is 500 baht!!
Must be a local variation !!

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Doesn't that make it hard to sleep, doesn't your GF find it a little strange?

No stranger than some of the other shit I do.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Damn, I hate those dumbass "amazingthaicartoons" cartoons. Every time I go for a piss in a farang pub they're all over the walls. I wish they'd hang them a little lower down so I could properly express my opinion of them.

That makes 2 of us then. Thank God - I thought I was all alone.

Originally Posted by dogblower

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Damn, I hate those dumbass "amazingthaicartoons" cartoons. Every time I go for a piss in a farang pub they're all over the walls. I wish they'd hang them a little lower down so I could properly express my opinion of them.

That makes 2 of us then. Thank God - I thought I was all alone.

Make that 3 of us!