webfact Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Police investigate motorbike hoons in Patong By The Thaiger PHOTOS: Patong Police Patong Police are investigating alleged foreign motorbike racing gangs in Patong after a viral video clip in local social media. The Patong Police report that the clip of tourists who have been driving their motorbikes at high speed around the streets of Patong has been very popular and provided them with a lot of information about the locations, the bikes and the riders. Police are now investigating the incident to find the people on the bikes so they can charge them and take legal action. Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/police-investigate-motorbike-hoons-in-patong -- © Copyright The Thaiger 2019-02-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beechbum Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 "Patong Traffic Police say they are strictly enforcing traffic rules to prevent road accidents and protect tourists"... Comedy gold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjhall Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Hoons?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, wjhall said: Hoons?? If Thai police were to have mobile police units that could catch these idiot bikers, which includes Thai as well a non-Thai, they just might advance into modern policing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proboscis Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 25 minutes ago, wjhall said: Hoons?? yea, is it a typo or it is some sort of Thai jargon that i don't know about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemos Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 34 minutes ago, Benmart said: If Thai police were to have mobile police units that could catch these idiot bikers, which includes Thai as well a non-Thai, they just might advance into modern policing. A hoon, in Australia and New Zealand, is a person who deliberately drives a vehicle in a reckless or dangerous manner, generally i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
300sd Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 The roads are full of them "hoons". The sad part is they don't even know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetStickyRice Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I hope when they get caught we'll get to see some finger points. Hoons (plural), means there are a few of them, which means there might be a lot of finger pointing. I'm excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjhall Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 2 hours ago, davemos said: A hoon, in Australia and New Zealand, is a person who deliberately drives a vehicle in a reckless or dangerous manner, generally i Thanks. That's a new word for my vocabulary. I certainly shall use it often as where I live it probably applies to 50% of motorcycle riders and 25% of car drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psimbo Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I thought someone who is actually in Phuket and affected by this should comment so I have. ???? My bet it that its the young 'French Arab' types who have ghettoised the south end of Nanai. They frequently use the traffic lights in Kamala as start points for drag racing as well. They don't like being laughed at (allegedly ????) when they screw up their starts and stall their bikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oobar Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Psimbo said: I thought someone who is actually in Phuket and affected by this should comment so I have. ???? My bet it that its the young 'French Arab' types who have ghettoised the south end of Nanai. They frequently use the traffic lights in Kamala as start points for drag racing as well. They don't like being laughed at (allegedly ????) when they screw up their starts and stall their bikes. I'd put money on that bet too...........they are bloody idiots and endanger other folks lives. If one crashed his bike and was hurt, I would simply drive by and say, "som nam na''. Having said that there are a few idiot Italians here riding in a similar manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokie Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 +1 used to mainly see them flying about on Yam T-Max's now seems they're preferred bikes are X-Max's, as said South End of Nanai is getting like a Ghetto with them, all with their little man-bags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Loons looking for hoons catch them before the blue moon???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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