Cops helpless as illegal street-racers invade city

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Cops helpless as illegal street-racers invade city

By The Nation

 

 

A swarm of over 100 motorbikes modified to produce ear-splitting noise shattered the peace in Prachin Buri on Thursday, as riders used the city streets as their personal racetrack.

 

Alerted to the illegal racing by locals, police scrambled to put up checkpoints along the racers’ route in the city, 150 kilometres east of Bangkok. However, they only managed to nab 14 of the bikers after most of the gang melted into traffic.

 

The detained bikers were carted off to the police station where all were identified as minors below the age of 16. Officers notified their parents and let them go.

 

However, their motorcycles have been seized and are parked at the station, after police found that their mufflers had been modified so that noise from the exhaust pipes exceeded the legal limit.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30388729

 

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[Tarteso 1,750]

Dreamers

 

[Calach 1,353]

Boys will be boys. 

[andre47 831]

Confiscate their bikes and hopefully they will learn.

[EVENKEEL 3,558]

These kids are awesome. Glad to see some things never change.

[BTB1977 1,220]

Trained police officers are helpless against teenagers on motorcycles.  If I read this right they set up check points waiting for the street racers to come to them.  I guess going out to catch them would be too bothersome.    

[trainman34014 13,910]

Crush all the Bikes...they won't be in a hurry to do it again !

[Matzzon 10,163]

3 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

These kids are awesome. Glad to see some things never change.

Yep, And I am sad to read this.

[CNXexpat 3,402]

The kids are under 16, so it´s impossible that they have a driver license. I hope there will come a hefty fine for the parents that they allow the kids driving. But I guess nothing will happen. 

 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

after most of the gang melted into traffic

6 hours ago, webfact said:

their mufflers had been modified so that noise from the exhaust pipes exceeded the legal limit.

It can´t be so difficult to find them when the bikes are so loud.

[VBF 1,685]

4 hours ago, BTB1977 said:

Trained police officers are helpless against teenagers on motorcycles.  If I read this right they set up check points waiting for the street racers to come to them.  I guess going out to catch them would be too bothersome.    

I thought Thai Police had guns?

Bikes have tyres........see where I'm going with this?

[KhaoNiaw 891]

3 minutes ago, VBF said:

I thought Thai Police had guns?

Bikes have tyres........see where I'm going with this?

A few years ago, in the area I was living they just blasted a couple of the kids off the bikes. Don't think it would be that easy to hit the tyres - much easier to hit the kids. 

[impulse 19,186]

4 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Crush all the Bikes...they won't be in a hurry to do it again !

 

Better yet, auction them off and use the proceeds to feed hungry people.

 

[EVENKEEL 3,558]

I don't see the problem with boys being boys with fast and loud motorbikes. JHC didn't any of you old gits have a youth.

 

[CorpusChristie 1,872]

15 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

I don't see the problem with boys being boys with fast and loud motorbikes. JHC didn't any of you old gits have a youth.

 

They drive recklessly and are a danger to themselves and other road users and pedestrians and they are also annoying , annoying people with the noise from their modified bikes  

[bodga 2,800]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Cops helpless as illegal street-racers invade city

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