Cops helpless as illegal street-racers invade city

[webfact]

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]

Dreamers

 

[Calach]

Boys will be boys. 

[andre47]

Confiscate their bikes and hopefully they will learn.

[EVENKEEL]

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

[BTB1977]

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]

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

[Matzzon]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Cops helpless as illegal street-racers invade city

More  like 

Cops USELESS as  illegal street racers invade  city

[bodga]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

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

Crush them, pretty  simple.

[Geoffggi]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Cops helpless as illegal street-racers invade city

Surely must be a misprint, should read "Cops useless as illegal street-racers invade city" .....LOL

[yellowboat]

17 hours ago, andre47 said:

Confiscate their bikes and hopefully they will learn.

Better yet, give them a place to race next to a night market and a hospital.  The night market provides adoring female fans and the hospital deals with bad judgement.

 

Thai police are underpaid and not good at policing.  It is better not to ask too much from them.  In fact, asking for help from the government is a bad idea too.  

[Venom]

The noise boys on their little girly scooters are a part of the cultural. TIT

[kingstonkid]

Not only confiscate their bikes but have the parents and the  kids stand and watch as they are crushed and made to scrap metal.  

 

This is the problem with a country that allows 12-13 year olds to drive ride motorcycles.  

Anyone under the age of 16 should have the bike taken away and the parents charged.

It is soo easy to do just have plan clothes cops at the high schools every morning lol

 

 

 

[Benmart]

9 hours ago, VBF said:

I thought Thai Police had guns?

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

Have you ever fired a handgun? Have ever fired a handgun at a moving target? Have you ever been a police officer?  Do you know that you may loose control as to what or who the bullet may hit after being fired? Your comments reveals much. See where I am going with this?

[KMartinHandyman]

6 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

Not only confiscate their bikes but have the parents and the  kids stand and watch as they are crushed and made to scrap metal.  

 

This is the problem with a country that allows 12-13 year olds to drive ride motorcycles.  

Anyone under the age of 16 should have the bike taken away and the parents charged.

It is soo easy to do just have plan clothes cops at the high schools every morning lol

 

 

 

 “Cops at the high schools” sounds like more teenage pregnancies.

[newatthis]

4 hours 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.

 

Yep, after I got a licence.

[finnsk]

Let boys be boys. We all have been boys havent we ?

 

Make a safe place for the races, away from the public traffic. Here could the police help and do a good job, even there is not many tea money in that.

[kevden]

12 hours ago, CNXexpat said:

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. 

 

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

As I understand it, a motorcycle licence can be obtained at 15 years of age here. Includes legally. ????

[overherebc]

32 minutes ago, Benmart said:

Have you ever fired a handgun? Have ever fired a handgun at a moving target? Have you ever been a police officer?  Do you know that you may loose control as to what or who the bullet may hit after being fired? Your comments reveals much. See where I am going with this?

But, but it's so easy to hit a 2" wide moving tyre with a 9mm. I've seen it done in the movies so many times. Or they could try the Indiana Jones umbrella in the front wheel of the bike trick.

????

[Emdog]

10 hours ago, VBF said:

I thought Thai Police had guns?

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

Spike strips, that's the ticket!

[robbioff]

5 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

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  

Stop bleating gramps. If you don’t like it, move!

[Grumpy one]

19 hours ago, Tarteso said:

Dreamers

 

This one is closer to the mark 

[colinneil]

6 minutes ago, robbioff said:

Stop bleating gramps. If you don’t like it, move!

What a pathetic comment, someday you may be old, with your attitude on here, highly unlikely.