Pattaya Police stopping sober drivers will certainly drive foreigners from Thailand.
Pattaya Police are now stopping drunk drivers . But they are also stopping moderate drinkers. They are doing this in the interest of public safety. But In my opinion public safety is of no importance whatsoever to the police. Money is their Holy Grail.
In 14 years, I’ve never seen the police stop a driver for running a red light or driving the wrong way.
And I mean, not once. Small wonder that Thailand tops every country but 1 number out of 200 countries for having the world’s most lethal roads. The reason is enforcing traffic laws to make the streets safe doesn’t make money in a country where money is number one.
If you don’t believe me just come to Pattaya during Songkran and watch all the motorbike drivers getting assaulted by high powered water guns while the police watch.
But Pattaya Police stopping sober drivers? Or even moderate drinkers? This is going to kill the goose that has laid the golden egg. Pattaya is Fun City. It is a place to get hammered and to party all night long. People do not come here for the cleanliness of its beaches. And they don’t come here for the quality of its sidewalks. Because there are hardly any to be found.
Nothing will change here. Pedestrians wanting to cross the streets will still be scurrying across like a bunch of scared rats. Visitors will still be walking down the streets dodging cars because there’s hardly any sidewalks in the entire city. Thailand’s road’s will still be the 2nd most dangerous in the entire world. Because the police care only about money. While refusing to enforce the traffic laws or to punish bad drivers.
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