It was the same in Thailand ... at least they were friendly about it.
I was pulled over once for giving a girl a ride on my motorcycle with none of us wearing helmets ... obviously that was BS cause no one wear helmets, sure it's illegal but it's not like they would pull over Thai's for doing that.
Anyway, he asks me why we got no helmets on, I say we did not get any at the rental place. He asks me for my license, I say I don't have one so, he asks me for my passport. Again, I say I don't have one.
This is where I thought it would be an issue, not having a passport is always ground for them to fuck with you. So he says I'm going to have to go downtown to pay a fine but, he's not interested in taking me there he's just trying to explain how to get there.
I ask him how much it is and he tells me it's 400B ($10) ... so I'm like, "- You know officer, I really don't know how to get there, maybe I can give you the money and you'll take it there for me?".
I swear he shines up like the sun and asks "- You want to pay now?", I stick him 500B and he walks off but, this is where it gets funny, he comes back and without no one noticing passes me my CHANGE lol
Then we get to drive off with no helmets and the girl on the back of the motorcycle like nothing ever happen.
Gotta love it!
