Thread: The Cops are out!!

A Warning to all:

A friend of mine left Soi Nana [at] 10.30Hrs last night and turned on to the expressway. Just after the tollgate there were 6 cops with Breath Testers waiting to pounce, he was slightly over and it cost him 2000B. Moral of the story "if you can afford to drink on Sukhumvit, you can AFFORD A TAXI" !!!

Originally Posted by Thai Pom

Moral of the story "if you can afford to drink on Sukhumvit, you can AFFORD A TAXI" !!!

Never had that problem, because I drank on Sukhumvit I couldn't afford a car.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by Thai Pom

Moral of the story "if you can afford to drink on Sukhumvit, you can AFFORD A TAXI" !!!

Never had that problem, because I drank on Sukhumvit I couldn't afford a car.

You lived on Sukh, too. Perfect.

Good.

It's just a shame they don't do this on a more consistent basis. If they did then we wouldn't have this silly ban on selling alcohol over Songkran!

Originally Posted by filch

It's just a shame they don't do this on a more consistent basis

I'm with you on this, it is just a warning, I am not condoning it!!!

Originally Posted by Thai Pom

Originally Posted by filch

It's just a shame they don't do this on a more consistent basis

I'm with you on this, it is just a warning, I am not condoning it!!!

Please. The authorities don't give a rat's arse about public safety and well being. They're looking for a easy pay day.....

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Fair play.

But who drives out for a night on the pish?

Originally Posted by filch

But who drives out for a night on the pish?

You would be suprised!

Did you bollock your friend for drink driving??

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Not really. There's plenty of plonkers out there!

Shock! Horror! Thai police enforce the law!

Originally Posted by benbaaa

Shock! Horror! Thai police enforce the law!

Yeah - but it would be interesting to know what happened to the 2K baht. Were they really "enforcing the law" or just topping up their coffee fund?

Originally Posted by benbaaa

Shock! Horror! Thai police enforce the law!

That's the real story here!

Originally Posted by Travelmate

Did you bollock your friend for drink driving??

Yes Sir!!

Originally Posted by benbaaa

Shock! Horror! Thai police enforce the law!

They are not, 2K in the pocket is not the law. A visit to Lumpini Station is the law!!

Originally Posted by benbaaa

Shock! Horror! Thai police enforce the law!

Not really, they probably pocketed the cash.

Beat me to it!

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Even if they do pocket the money, which is fine by me as they get paid a pittance and it's necessary to feed the family.

At least it may deter a few from getting pished and driving home. This place has shocking enough driving abilities without alcohol, pished = injury/death to driver or others!

I'm up for giving the BIB a decent salary to stop the pocketing and tea money and allowing them to enforce laws.

We can all dream!

Originally Posted by filch

I'm up for giving the BIB a decent salary to stop the pocketing and tea money and allowing them to enforce laws.

If I could change just one thing in Thailand, I think it would be this.



.....although the sad part of me says that paying them well would not stop the corrupt actions......

Originally Posted by filch

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Even if they do pocket the money, which is fine by me as they get paid a pittance and it's necessary to feed the family.

At least it may deter a few from getting pished and driving home. This place has shocking enough driving abilities without alcohol, pished = injury/death to driver or others!

I'm up for giving the BIB a decent salary to stop the pocketing and tea money and allowing them to enforce laws.

We can all dream!

Do you really think this will stop the thieving? not a show, there are several children of higher ranking cops attend my daughters private school, they are all way richer than I. Two drive new model Camrys and one a new Honda accord. You can pay them whatever, they still won't change.
Does being well off stop the politicians from thieving? of Course not, it endemic to the culture.

Originally Posted by peterpan

Do you really think this will stop the thieving? not a show, there are several children of higher ranking cops attend my daughters private school, they are all way richer than I. Two drive new model Camrys and one a new Honda accord. You can pay them whatever, they still won't change.
Does being well off stop the politicians from thieving? of Course not, it endemic to the culture.

Good points. They'd need to fire all the current BIB and start over.

Originally Posted by Begbie

Originally Posted by peterpan

Do you really think this will stop the thieving? not a show, there are several children of higher ranking cops attend my daughters private school, they are all way richer than I. Two drive new model Camrys and one a new Honda accord. You can pay them whatever, they still won't change.
Does being well off stop the politicians from thieving? of Course not, it endemic to the culture.

Good points. They'd need to fire all the current BIB and start over.

Exactly!

I wasn't really saying that by simply paying them a 'proper' salary would stop them taking tea money, as you say, this is ingrained already.

Only a full flush out and start over could possibly stop the corruption.

My original point was though, drink driving is not policed enough here in LOS. Banning alcohol sales frankly is ridiculous! Can anybody tell me why you can't buy alcohol between 2-5pm? But I can if I'm buying a large quantity? I still don't understand the logic behind this one?!

Originally Posted by filch

I wasn't really saying that by simply paying them a 'proper' salary would stop them taking tea money, as you say, this is ingrained already.

Only a full flush out and start over could possibly stop the corruption.

When Singapore became independent, one of the major efforts they made was to stamp out corruption - from business, and from the police force. They took the position that even anonymous complains of corruption HAD to be investigated (that did change a couple of years back though). The fact that Singapore has one of the strongest economies in the area is probably not unconnected.

Originally Posted by filch

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At least it may deter a few from getting pished and driving home.

by the sound of things, your partner paid the 2000TB fine and was then still allowed to continue on and drive home. go figure.

Originally Posted by Thai Pom

Just after the tollgate there were 6 cops with Breath Testers waiting to pounce, he was slightly over and it cost him 2000B. Moral of the story "if you can afford to drink on Sukhumvit, you can AFFORD A TAXI" !!!

or more to the point, dont drink n drive anyway.

they should do this more often.