Police want to arrest passengers of drunk drivers as well

[butterflyblonde]

BANGKOK: -- Bangkok's police are calling for passengers of drunk drivers to be punished as well, while seeking jail terms for drivers who are repeat offenders.

"Such measures should reduce the number of road accidents," Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lt-General Viroj Jantarangsi said Friday.

He said the passengers should face arrest for condoning drunk driving because they had agreed to let the drunk driver give them a ride.

Viroj said police would also ask the courts to send repeat drunk drivers to jail, especially if they were caught while still under probation from a previous drink driving offence.

Police stations across the capital had been instructed to set up 112 more checkpoints for drink driving, he said.

"We will take comprehensive details of drunk drivers upon their arrest. If they repeat the offence, we will propose that they are given a jail term," he said.

He said the Don't Drive Drunk Foundation would recruit media members into a mobile team that will be dispatched to cover drunk-driving arrests.

"Some drivers refuse to take the alcohol test when intercepted by police. In most cases they have been arrested before and hardly cooperate with police, so the media presence should help us a lot. These drivers are afraid of getting themselves in the news," Viroj said.

--The Nation 2005-11-05

[LivinLOS]

So you get busted for getting in a Tuk Tuk or MB taxi then ???

Another un enforcable badly planned and un thought out rule that will do nothing more than allow for MiB to collect some extra lunch money..

[stevem]

Originally Posted by LivinLOS

So you get busted for getting in a Tuk Tuk or MB taxi then ???

Another un enforcable badly planned and un thought out rule that will do nothing more than allow for MiB to collect some extra lunch money..

No, it will be your fault that the tuk tuk driver is over the limit. He then gets to drive you to the station for charging. Only in Thailand. fun fun fun

[seven]

Hi

Do MIB take alcohol tests for motorbike drivers in Patong?
Or do they only take visual tests...like walking on a line or something like that.
It will be crazy if we have to start testing every driver we take
7

[LivinLOS]

Off the record there is no problem drink driving without accident..

Drink driving with an accident it depends on which driver is the most over the limit (really so often both drivers are drunk) or if one is a farang..

Out here it seems after 9PM at night almost everyone is drunk on the road.. I have seen a full HGV lorry full of boulders weaving accross both lanes of the high way at about 10 or 11 am !!! As I managed to get past it (quickly) you could see the driver could barely hold his head up !!!