Flashermac Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 The Metropolitan Police Bureau is looking into traffic law to see how they can punish taxi drivers who are reportedly hired by drunken people to drive their cars past police checkpoints, deputy bureau chief Pol Maj-General Adul Narongsak said. Adul, who is in charge of Bangkok traffic, said yesterday that he had learnt that some clever people paid taxi drivers Bt300 or so to drive through police checkpoints in order to evade arrest for drunk driving. He added that police would set up more checkpoints and keep an eye on taxis loitering near checkpoints. This move followed a report by Pol Major Mongkol Phrommet, who said some cab drivers made themselves available for Bt300 to drive club goers' cars through police checkpoints. These cabs are allegedly found parked some 100 to 200 metres from checkpoints, usually near nightclubs in Nawamin, Thong Lor and Rama IV areas. Once people have safely been ferried past the checkpoint, the temporary chauffeur gets out, walks back to his car to wait for another drunken driver in need of aid. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Police-seek-cab-drivers-helping-drunks-evade-arres-30229550.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Hardly illegal - drunken person's car, when checked by brilliant boys in brown, is not found to have a drunk at the wheel. All good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 The BiB is down on their tea money in having to deal with the protesters...time for another idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 I didn't really see anything illegal in this either. What the police need to do is make off duty cops available for hire as the drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 "is looking into traffic law to see how they can punish taxi drivers" rather than "is looking into getting the Brilliant Boys in Brown, off their arses and trying figure out how they can outwit taxi drivers" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 If the taxi drivers are only driving the drunks cars past the checkpoint and then the drunks are driving the rest of the way home or elsewhere then it should be illegal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzz Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 The taxi driver should drive the drunk all the way home, then catch a taxi back to his taxi. More money for the drunk to pay but it's safer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 If the taxi drivers are only driving the drunks cars past the checkpoint and then the drunks are driving the rest of the way home or elsewhere then it should be illegal! ergo - the cops should be catching them after the switch, not before, a cop down the road a bit would solve the issue. But maybe this is thinking to far ahead for the BBiB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 There are plenty of services in other countries where, having found oneself pithhed, you can call up and for a fee have them send a driver who will ferry you home. This is what the cops should be doing, reduces the risk of drunk driving and adds to their coffers in a way that I think would be agreeable to all. Doesn't stop people drinking but encourages a degree of social responsibility about it. Why all the time the cops have to be looking to make stuff illegal. What's with all the insecurity and negative waves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Why all the time the cops have to be looking to make stuff illegal. What's with all the insecurity and negative waves! Because if something is illegal then the police can extract tea money without having to do anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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