I got my first ticket on riding with my girlfriend on motorbike last week. There were some cones and we turned right and according to the traffic volunteer police that stopped us that was against the law. According to me it was not according to the law since there are no sign just a few cones that anybody can put up. He said we have to go to the police to complain since he did not know anything, only how to write number on a ticket.
Faire enough I asked my girlfriend to call the traffic police in Bangkok and they said you should follow what the police say? How can you do that since they are so corrupt and have no idea what a law is. But Thai people have been thought from the beginning to follow the Police and the only we can do is to try to ask them to questions them.
I would not objected to the ticket if we did something wrong but when there is no signs to follow and the police does not show but just hide to give you a ticket.
When my girlfriend went to pay the ticket the only answer she got from the police was that she was cute and they wanted her number. They also have no idea what law she had broken when she turned right, just that she should pay it.
