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Home » News from Thailand » Police during the turn of the year: No helmet, then hand in the motorbike
The police announced the plans for road safety around the turn of the year yesterday. one of the measures is that drivers of a motorbike who ride without a helmet must park the motorbike at the side of the road. They will only get the vehicle back if they can prove that they own a helmet.
The measure applies from December 28. Police spokesman Srivara also announced that the police will strictly check road users for compliance with traffic rules during the New Year holidays. Drunk drivers will be dealt with.
There will be more checkpoints where vehicles and drivers will be checked.
In addition, the police say that in the run-up to and during the New Year holidays, traveling in the back of a pick-up is permitted, as long as this does not endanger road safety.
Source: Bangkok Post
According to Bangkok Coconuts, the measure will take effect from next Monday, December 25. No helmet? Then a thousand baht fine and the police can confiscate your motorcycle until you can show a helmet. About time.
https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/holiday-helmets-new-law-slaps-1000-baht-fine-motorcyclists-without-headgear/
Apart from that 1000 baht, they will borrow that helmet from someone else.
Nothing changes.
This week I read that traveling in the cargo bed would not be allowed….today I will read again.
See first then believe.
When I look at the traffic controls in our area, I sometimes laugh my ass off.
Checking them for wrong parking, any other offender can just drive on, even 3 men on a scooter without a helmet driving against the direction of travel.
Probably the same as in April, no people in the back of the pickup. 🙂
This is now typically a measure that should be checked ALL year round and ACTUALLY implemented.
Unfortunately, this is another storm in a teacup.
Thailand is now far too happy that they have finally knocked Nigeria out of first place and can now officially call themselves the country with the most road traffic fatalities per capita.
Also in Pattaya? First see and then believe, and then 1 week and then back to business as usual. I think they also apply this to the motorbike taxi, because half of the customers have a motorbike without a helmet! They will be allowed to race without helmets again, it is not about the rider but about the passenger on the back! We are looking forward to!
I can still remember that a souped-up moped was confiscated in the Netherlands and that you got it back as a square package after it had gone through a press. Did that help? No, only the dealers in second-hand mopeds and boost sets do. At that time, there were 13 deaths per year in our country with 3500 million inhabitants. We also got on two-wheelers without any exam that easily reached 80 km/h. 80 was the minimum, otherwise you couldn't find that Beetle of the municipal police.
We were just as stupid, irresponsible, incorrigible and stubborn as the Thai.
What do they mean by a helmet? Such a flower pot of 59 baht?
My thought:
1. Phone on the motorbike : 500 bht. to be paid immediately.
2. Riding without a helmet: 1.000 bht.
3. No tail light at night: 500 bht. To be paid immediately.
4. Only original exhaust, if not: surrender your driver's license; no driver's license? : confiscate motorbike!
Result ? NOTHING, because together with the sun, the pack men also set around 18.30 pm
Dear,
And yet, reading the comments like this, I find it a bit strange.
In the beginning and still now I find it exciting that this is still possible.
I myself prefer to ride without a helmet (because it is allowed or overlooked).
In this way it is starting to look like the Netherlands with all these rules.
It is true that I love Thailand because it is so different qwa rules (sometimes good and sometimes not).
I feel like a little boy again riding a souped-up moped (see above).
Most will really think of ′′ leave it like that ′′ me too.
We're all human after all.
At the beginning of January I will go to Thailand again to arrange some things.
I leave the car and go on the motorbike (with a jacket on)…
If the visa soon becomes 5000 baht more expensive, you will hear many people complain but pay a voucher
for a violation with a car is easy.
It remains Thailand and we are guests .. so don't complain so much.
Yours faithfully,
Erwin
It's up to them to know that people ride without helmets. But there must be consequences: do you have an accident and brain injury because you are not wearing a helmet…. you have to bear the costs yourself.
Driving with a helmet does not make traffic safer. Whether someone knocks me over with or without a helmet makes little difference to my well-being. Either way I could be injured. Ok, I do know a situation where you are a potential danger without a helmet. And that is precisely why I am always happy with my helmet:
Flying insects! Or stones… Last week I had another big bang against my helmet from a large insect. I don't know what it was, but if that had hit my head… I don't think that would be a fun experience. You could be thrown off balance. It only has to hit your eyes…
Drunk driving is another case: there you can be a danger to someone else because of your drunkenness… so that needs to be addressed, just like talking on the phone behind the wheel, driving recklessly, driving too fast, driving too SLOW, without stopping the road driving, hindering fellow road users… there is a long list.
But what is being paid attention to? If you have a piss pot on your head. And whether you have your seatbelt on. Things that concern your own, but only your own well-being, are fined?
Also riding with three people on a moped… I don't really believe that this increases the danger for others. And how can a group of people in a truck become a danger to others? Are they going to throw stones?
Punishment alone does not help. This is proven by the successful road safety in the Netherlands, Sweden, England and other European countries.
Great action, how safe it will be on the street………
This policy change, which is not just for New Year's, is a step in the right direction. 1000 baht fine, motorcycle can be confiscated. If there are also better driving tests and driving lessons, campaigns that point out the dangers/risks, etc., this can save the necessary victims. Little by little a cultural change as happened in the Netherlands. It will indeed be a bit safer. Among my friends (Thai) this is often received with enthusiasm (for what that's worth).
I can only laugh at this, the pot calling the kettle black!!!!!
Have you ever paid attention to the police, most of them drive themselves without a helmet on their head, sometimes only with a cap on.
And the higher the cap stands, the less they feel it necessary to put one on. (I hope that pride will fall literally and figuratively)
The police just drive the cars and the motorcycles through the red pedestrian light while the pedestrians walk over. Just like the taxi and motorcycle taxi, they do not need to stop for this either.
Recently I'm watching a police officer stop a Farang who drives against traffic to park his motorcycle, like a fine. In the time he writes out the fine, 4 motorcycle taxis pass against the traffic, and they don't even get a warning.
I'm getting more and more sick of the police happening, who dare to say to road users; you should not think you are above the law. First take a look at yourself.