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Originally Posted by Michael O
Well in any police car.
Went out for breakfast during rush hour on my motobike, someone cut me off and I had to break hard 1-2 secs after I stopped another motobike hit me from behind.
20 year old girl she went down and hurt her leg.
She took out her phone called home and a police officer on a motobike happened to pass by within a couple of minutes.
He talked to her and from what I could understand she said what happened someone cut me off and I braked and she hit me, he asked for my passport but I never carry it but he accepted my driving license.
I usually always carry my phone but didn't have it with me so no way to contact anyone.
He called an ambulance.
A couple of relatives of her showed up, a crowd started to gather and I started to be uncomfortable with all the stories of Farang always do wrong. Then the ambulance went off with her to the hospital.
2 more officers shows up in their pick up truck took mine and her motobike on the back of their car saying we had first to go to the hospital to check on her and then to the police station and I am thinking "fuck this is going to cost me they will somehow pin it on me."
Off to the hospital in the back seat of the pick up, officer speaking limited English and I speak limited Thai, went to check on her ask me if I had a friend that could translate and I said take me home I will get my phone and we can call my wife (seperated long story) which I wasn't sure would answer my call haven't lately.
Took me home my neighbour is an ex cop and speaks good English, we shared a few beers and have a good relationship, had him translate for me, called my wife, no answer, police called my wife no answer.
Neighbour exchanged a few words and I were told have my wife call the cop, then we would have to go to the police station and we could pick up the motobike, police left with my motobike, helmet and breakfast I forgot to grab.
Just got a call from my wife, girl is OK and my wife can come by tomorrow to pick up my motobike and license, I am not going there to pick it up.
I have had only good experiences with police here been stopped 3 times on my motobike and once in the car and never had any Farang fines (knock on wood) but this time were the first time in an accident and I were scared, I have a friend that have spend a night in a Thai jail and thats something you don't want to try and I were thinking shit this is somehow going to cost me a butt load of money.
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Good to hear you are OK and escaped Farang tax or serious accident. Did you know there are so many fatalities from scooters in Thailand that most of them don't even get reported to the media? Thailand is the #1 country in the world for foreigners dying on the roads. The roads are kill zones. Be careful. You've probably just acquired your first "Thai tattoo" with some nice road rash.
My last accident landed me with two broken feet and serious road rash on one side of my body after being hit by a speeding car.
Be thankful you live in a normal area, or you'd probably have plenty of bad run-ins with the police by now. After I was hit by the car, weeks later when I could walk I had to go deal with the police to get what was left of my bike back. Even though the driver was at fault, the police called him and was trying to get them to come to the station so they could all get money from me. He didn't know I understood what he was saying. He was practically begging them to come down so they could work me for as much as possible. They car owner declined. After he hung up I told him in Thai that it was a nice try but he's not collecting from this Farang. The policeman was salty as hell and took his time finishing the paperwork while I played games on my phone and chuckled out loud from time to time just to let him know he lost that one. Cock sucker.