[quote=BobR;1821905]
Quote Originally Posted by Tom Sawyer View Post

Granted the wealthy definitely receive preferential treatment here in Thailand, but the idea that he should be immediately incarcerated and held without bail is not followed in some of our home countries, where the suspect would be entitled to immediate bail even if he was arrested.

If the event is truly an accident, the driver who caused the accident is not drunk and was not doing something so reckless that an accident was inevitable, and he had ID and a local job or school, an immediate arrest serves no purpose. At least in California,he would more likely to be released at the scene, at the hospital or police station after telling his version of the events on his own recognizance.
However, in California the victim's family would sue, sue, sue. Sometimes the best punishment is not to take away the perps freedom, its to take his money (if he's got any...)

Any way, TIT and answering a cell phone is a sacred duty