Unfazed by police lock, farang tourists pull bike away in Phuket
Thai netizens unhappy about foreigners not respecting Thai law
Two western tourists were seen on a video clip pulling away a rented motorcycle locked by police for violating a parking ban on a road in the island province of Phuket.
The clip was posted on Wednesday by a Phuket resident identified by his Facebook account as Somsak Lechai. It has drawn some 120 reactions so far and received over 40 comments.
The clip showed the two western men moving a motorcycle, whose front wheel was locked, along Thawee Wong Road in Tambon Patong of Krathu district while a taxi driver shouted at them, warning the two not to move the bike as it had been locked by the police.
Somsak said in the post that “a police chain was ineffective with Grade A tourists”.
The clip showed that the front wheel of the motorcycle was locked by one end of a chain. The clip showed one tourist pulling the other end of the chain while another tourist sat on the bike and steered it and pushed it forward with his legs.
Most of the comments criticised the tourists for not respecting Thai traffic law.
Some comments said Thai law was ineffective with foreign tourists.
Others said the free visa policy had allowed lawless tourists to enter the country more easily.
