So I'm edging past the moat in rush hour traffic minding my own business when I hear massive thud. Look behind me and there's this blimp of a woman on a Scoopy who's just driven into the back of the rollerskate. Obviously didn't take her weight into account judging braking. Her and her passenger are having a good laugh.
Anyway, I'm about to pull over and call the insurance company and the bitch flies past me and fucks off into the distance.
You can imagine my anger.
There was nowhere to stop anyway, so I drove home, called the insurance and pulled the Dashcam video. Sadly it wasn't clear enough to make out her plate number.
The insurance guy comes and looks at the dent (complete with pink paint from her Barbie mudguard) and says it will probably cost Bt10k to fix and I'd have to pay the excess PLUS Bt1,000 for it being a Hit and Run!
So I asked what other choices I had and he said "Make a police report and maybe they find her".
So I thought WTF and went down to the cop shop with him and filed a report. The sarge in charge looked at the dashcam video and said "Can't see number" so I said "Don't you have your own cameras?" to which he replied, "No, we'll ask Tessaban".
So I go home thinking I'm lumped with the bill, and blow me down if less than 24 hours later they call me to the cop shop.
There is said blimp with a face like a smacked arse and two of her mates. "Not fucking laughing now are you" I thought.
I was trying to decide whether to fix her with a steely glare or a cheeky grin, but in the end I opted for a dismissive glance.
So I sit down with the insurance guy and the copper comes over and says "What do you want?".
I said "For her to pay to repair my car".
He looked a bit stunned. "Nothing else?".
"Naaah".
Anyway at the point the insurance guy takes over and starts filling in the forms, then he says to me "Do you want compensation while the car is being repaired?".
"No, that's OK" I said generously.
After that he said "OK, take this to the garage and they will repair the car. We will recover the money from her. You can go now".
Obviously I shook hands with him and the dedicated gumshoes who hunted her down.
I left with a gleeful memory of the fat bitch with a face like a smacked arse. I don't know if they fined her for the hit and run, but I hope so.
Moral of the story:
All this bollocks about the police not doing any work for farang or favouring the Thai is not as clear cut as people make it out to be.
* Also shout out to Roojai insurance. Not only are they much cheaper than the others being solely online, but their man was on the scene in half and hour and kept on the case until it was resolved. Top notch service I thought.