phuketrichard wrote:you will NOT be arrested; (jamie they will not follow you back to your room) LOL
you MIGHT be detained until someone can bring your passport to the police station, ( as what happened to the people in the article) and than will be let go, no charge, no fine
If you cant produce your passport than u will be arrested

Thailand is not Kansas

what about if i just start running back to my room, they will have to follow me then?
or i'll offer them tea and biscuits, they wont be able to resist haha

phuketrichard wrote:you will NOT be arrested; (jamie they will not follow you back to your room) LOL
you MIGHT be detained until someone can bring your passport to the police station, ( as what happened to the people in the article) and than will be let go, no charge, no fine
If you cant produce your passport than u will be arrested

Thailand is not Kansas

So if it's not the LAW to carry your passport, as you state, what is the reason for them to detain you?

as far as i understand
1. to prove who you are
2. prove your on a valid visa

Jamie_Lambo wrote:

phuketrichard wrote:you will NOT be arrested; (jamie they will not follow you back to your room) LOL
you MIGHT be detained until someone can bring your passport to the police station, ( as what happened to the people in the article) and than will be let go, no charge, no fine
If you cant produce your passport than u will be arrested

Thailand is not Kansas

what about if i just start running back to my room, they will have to follow me then?
or i'll offer them tea and biscuits, they wont be able to resist haha

rich tea or bourbon ?

SinnSisamouth wrote:

Jamie_Lambo wrote:

phuketrichard wrote:you will NOT be arrested; (jamie they will not follow you back to your room) LOL
you MIGHT be detained until someone can bring your passport to the police station, ( as what happened to the people in the article) and than will be let go, no charge, no fine
If you cant produce your passport than u will be arrested

Thailand is not Kansas

what about if i just start running back to my room, they will have to follow me then?
or i'll offer them tea and biscuits, they wont be able to resist haha

rich tea or bourbon ?

chocolate digestives buddy

one thing;

ur saying its the law to carry ur passport, (OR)
BUT why when u don't have it,
they don't arrest you or write you a ticket or fine you or make you go to court
all they do is detain you till you produce it so they can verify who you are and your on a valid visa. Seems perfectly reasonable to me, what with so many they arrest for overstays

If ur caught driving with out a drivers license but tell them its at home
do they give you a ticket or allow someone to bring it to show them an all is well

Just saying

phuketrichard wrote:one thing;

ur saying its the law to carry ur passport, (OR)

I'm not saying it's the law, the law says it's the law. Whether or not individual police enforce that law or any law all the time or punish violators to the full extent of the law is irrelevant to that fact. Growing up when marijuana in the US was 100% illegal, some cops could catch you with small amounts and make you dump it down the sewer grate and let you off with a stern warning and other cops would haul you in and charge you with criminal possession for even lesser amounts. The same for teens getting caught graffiti-ing buildings. That doesn't mean those infractions weren't against the law.

Rutiger wrote:

phuketrichard wrote:one thing;

ur saying its the law to carry ur passport, (OR)

I'm not saying it's the law, the law says it's the law. Whether or not individual police enforce that law or any law all the time or punish violators to the full extent of the law is irrelevant to that fact. Growing up when marijuana in the US was 100% illegal, some cops could catch you with small amounts and make you dump it down the sewer grate and let you off with a stern warning and other cops would haul you in and charge you with criminal possession for even lesser amounts. The same for teens getting caught graffiti-ing buildings. That doesn't mean those infractions weren't against the law.

agreed .
Its who you get and how you deal with em.

the police in thailand are cheaper and better quality