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I got collared by the "Chalong" police in Karon on my way back to Patong a couple of weeks ago. No license AND no helmut. Total fine was 500 baht for the two infractions. I knew from the past that no helmut was 300 baht, so I inferred that no license was the other 200 baht. Maybe I got a discount for two??
Anyway, they had set up a booth back a ways from the road right there so you could pay the fine on the spot, get a receipt, and get back on your bike (with helmut this time). The line to pay was 20 deep.... Let's see, as a quick calc, 300 baht, 3 minutes to write out the receipt... that's 6,000 baht per hour. Nice business...
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