POLICE

[rufusredtail]

PROCEDURE IN THAILAND
JUST OUT OF CURIOSTY, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS EXCEPTED IN THAILAND WHERE THE POLICE ARE CONCERED, MY EXPERIENCE SO FAR IS AS FOLLOWS , DRIVING IN BKK , MADE A U TURN AGAINST A RED LIGHT , WAS HAULED OVER BY POLICE , I CANNOT SPEAK THAI , SO MY GF DID ALL THE HAGGLING, STARTED OFF AT 500 THB THEN GOT DOWN TO 350 THB WHICH I PAID , BUT TO MY SURPRISE HE STUFFED IT INTO HIS POCKET, NO 2 WAS TRAVELLING TO BURIRAM AND 6 CARS HAULED OVER , COP CAME TO THE WINDOW , SPOKE ENGLISH , SAID I WAS RECOREDED ON GPS DOING 125 KLMS AN HOUR IN A 90 ZONE , I SAID MY FIRST TIME IN THAILAND DRIVING , CANT YOU LET ME OFF , SMILED AND WALKED AWAY , 3RD TIME WAS FOR A CHECK , HAD AN INTERNATIONAL DRIVING LICENSE , OUT OF DATE, BUT HE COULD NOT READ ENGLISH , MY GF HAD PUT 40 THB IN LICENSE , WHICH HE TOOK , 4TH TIME SAME THING CHECK , I SAID TO GF BE ASLEEP , THIS TIME  NO MONEY GOES INTO THE LICENSE, AND YOU DONT TALK , HE LOOKED , SAID SOMETHING IN THAI , I SPOKE IN ENGLISH ,  GAVE MY LICENSE BACK, AND CONTINUED ON, IF THIS WAS IN AUSTRALIA, WOULD BE REPORTED, AND HIS NUMBER TAKEN , MY QUESTION IS WHAT HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE BEEN , HOW DID YOU HANDLE IT , WHAT ARE THE DOS AND DONTS WHERE THE POLICE ARE CONCERNED , I TEND TO ARGUE IF I THINK I AM RIGHT , BUT THIS IS A NO NO NO, PRAY TELL 

[Admin]

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[rufusredtail]

OK point taken

[manupete]

I've found over the years some are good and some are bad. I've been caught speeding and let off,I've been fined 200 baht  when I have driven to fast. They once tried to fine me 1500 for speeding in Bangkok that went down to 1000,then 500,then 300 and then nothing when I told them I saw the speed camera and was not going over 80-kph.The best thing is to stay cool,smile and plead your case.( never ,never lose it  ].I once got stopped for speeding in Udon Thani when I wasn't speeding.He said pointing to a note book" Toyota Tiger 123kph ...I told him mine was a Hi_lux ......I still had to pay 200 baht or go to the Police Station and plead my case there. I paid as it's not worth the hassle.He tried to shake my hand as I left but I refused ...he looked at the ground......enough said !!!!

Here's an article from the Bangkok Post......
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/25640/corrupt-police-are-major-problem

[Vombatus]

So for speeding in Australia what would the penalty be ?


In England it is £60 and 3 points on your licence.

[John the Traveller]

In Australia spiritual home of the speed camera Nazi one may expect $150 AUD( 4,800 Baht )  per 10 kph above the limit ( in my state) and loss of 3 demerit points ( of 12 issued). If you exceed the limit by 30 kph you will have your license removed for 6 months. This is an automatic ruling. I am not sure of the automatic fine....but I expect it's draconian !
I blame an English bloke by the name of Gatsonides for all this.......
Yours in a haze of gasoline and tyre smoke,
John

[Dave the Dude]

I have heard from some that if you have GPS, say you have evidence of not speeding on your little box of tricks. Ask to see their evidence (which is usually non-existant) and they wave you on. I have not experienced this first hand and it might just be a Thai urban legend.

[TBWG]

In Australia spiritual home of the speed camera Nazi one may expect $150 AUD( 4,800 Baht )  per 10 kph above the limit ( in my state) and loss of 3 demerit points ( of 12 issued). If you exceed the limit by 30 kph you will have your license removed for 6 months. This is an automatic ruling. I am not sure of the automatic fine....but I expect it's draconian !
I blame an English bloke by the name of Gatsonides for all this.......
Yours in a haze of gasoline and tyre smoke,
John

Brits not guilty this time see~~~~~

Maurice ("Maus") Gatsonides (Gombong, Kebumen Regency, February 14, 1911 — Heemstede, November 29, 1998) was a Dutch rally driver and inventor. Gatsonides was born in Central Java in the former Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). He founded the company "Gatsometer BV" in the Netherlands in 1958.

Today, Gatsonides' fame largely results from inventing the Gatso speed camera, a speed measuring device used today by many police forces to catch speeding drivers. He originally invented the Gatso speed camera to measure his cornering speed in an attempt to improve his driving.

TBWG 

[John the Traveller]

Ok you win TBWG 
Cheers
John