Over 400 scooter boy street racers arrested in Bangkok

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Over 400 scooter boy street racers arrested in Bangkok

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Quite a catch and seems like that area (Ratchaphruek) has a big problem with this. Bet the residents around there are thinking "about time" and it's good to see the authorities doing something about these out-of-control kids.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... eet-racers

Like the bit in the report where they say the name of the operation was "Ratchaphruek model to weed out dek waen (street motorcycle racers) and sao sakoy (girls on pillion riders) troubling the city"........dek waen and sao sakoy :laugh:

If enforced, the Child Protection Act here is a good idea where it makes parents responsible for their offspring's actions until a certain age. I mean, what parent in their right mind lets their low teens (minors) children out on the streets of Bangkok at 1-2 am in the morning ......... :tsk:

Modern parenting huh :roll:

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impound their bikes and sell them. suspend all licenses for a year. 33,000 baht fine to the parents. 500 hours of community service in the form of picking up litter. next.
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JamesWest wrote:impound their bikes and sell them. suspend all licenses for a year. 33,000 baht fine to the parents. 500 hours of community service in the form of picking up litter. next.
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There was a time many years ago when the authorities would publish photos of road-rollers crushing illegal motorcycles..
..well to me that's the MiB's 1st move..one of those rollers with knobbles..then scrap them all.
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^ Why scrap them? Sell them and donate the money to charity - or donate the bikes themselves. I'm sure there's plenty in need!

Certainly punish the guilty if not by impounding the bike(s), with a hefty fine - a spell in one of the "Chinese-like boot camps" wouldn't be a bad idea IMHO.
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Hell if they can have street car races which people pay to see, why can't the same be said for street scooter races - run under controlled race conditions of course.
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