"Songkhran splash sites to be strictly booze-free"

[maipenrai]

Well, I am amazed that nobody here has mentioned this yet - I saw it on another online source and thought they were trying to pull our legs:

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2757426/songkran-splash-sites-to-be-strictly-booze-free

One has to wonder what kind of drugs the powers that be are taking to even consider a draconian rule like this - getting boozed up and having fun is what Songkhran is all about to millions of Thais, never mind like-minded farang visitors - how in the hell do they even hope to enforce this in Pattaya, send in the bloody army?? The mind boggles - maybe April Fool's Day has been moved ahead this year.

[fforest]

So Sois 6,7,8 Soi Bukow and beach road are splash zones.....So they should all be alcohol free for all of Songkran....

[maipenrai]

14 minutes ago, fforest said:

So Sois 6,7,8 Soi Bukow and beach road are splash zones.....So they should all be alcohol free for all of Songkran....

Well, what street having more than a few bars isn't a "splash zone" during Songkhran?

[Pumpuynarak]

No chance of it ever being enforced imo but i agree G what in heavens name are the PTB thinking when they come up with these stupid rules/regs.

[latour82]

Maybe it will take out many of them, killed by trafic acidenents,so i think i could be a good move 

[Toy Boy]

On Wan Lai, it would mean the entire city becoming booze free, lol.

[DeuceSixs]

Just because they say it is supposed to be , doesn’t mean it will be enforced, many so called laws have never been enforced, the mighty dollar dictates that  

[Freee!!]

17 hours ago, DeuceSixs said:

Just because they say it is supposed to be , doesn’t mean it will be enforced, many so called laws have never been enforced, the mighty dollar dictates that  

I'd say the mighty Baht does.

[Derek Dangleberries]

18 hours ago, DeuceSixs said:

Just because they say it is supposed to be , doesn’t mean it will be enforced, many so called laws have never been enforced, the mighty dollar dictates that  

Just plane reality stopped the designated Baht Bus drop off/pick up points from going any further than a few signs... Rental Motorbikes being painted blue never really got beyond the suggestion..... and to go back decades the little "post boxes" on foot bridges in Bangkok to make the RTP check them all got "stolen" ...

Laws not being enforced are really down to indifference not the mighty dollar mate..

[Yesitisdakid]

[bob lt]

/\/\/\ I need a new umbrella 

[Phantom51red]

 Reading online songkran special events to kick off 3 weeks madness,pattaya only ? 

[Glasseye]

I think many of them had forced labatomies when young.

[maipenrai]

We also had dire warnings in several online sources of stiff penalties for those caught with "water cannons", yet on the last day I saw a vendor of same walk right by a cop who didn't even look at him - gotta love it. 

[Freee!!]

4 hours ago, maipenrai said:

We also had dire warnings in several online sources of stiff penalties for those caught with "water cannons", yet on the last day I saw a vendor of same walk right by a cop who didn't even look at him - gotta love it. 

But that vendor wasn't using them. You could even have bought one right next to that cop without any problems, those would have only come if/when you started to use it in that location. Buying one to use the next day at the beach was and is perfectly fine.

[maipenrai]

1 hour ago, Freee!! said:

But that vendor wasn't using them. You could even have bought one right next to that cop without any problems, those would have only come if/when you started to use it in that location. Buying one to use the next day at the beach was and is perfectly fine.

Nope - everywhere I went you could see them in use and the cops were not taking any notice of them; maybe if someone was really being an asshole with one it may have attracted the attention of the BIB but I never saw anybody get one taken away. 

[forcebwithu]

11 hours ago, maipenrai said:

Nope - everywhere I went you could see them in use and the cops were not taking any notice of them; maybe if someone was really being an asshole with one it may have attracted the attention of the BIB but I never saw anybody get one taken away. 

Same here. It did seem though that quite a few of them had larger openings, thus reducing the water pressure coming out.

[fforest]

I did not see one water cannon or anyone drinking alcohol from my room...So as far as I know no one broke any rules this year....