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Police are taking a new approach to tackling teen street racing gangs.
Rather than attempting to round up the hundreds of teenagers who take to city streets late at night on weekends, police are now confronting the problem at its source.
They are targeting motorbike modification stores, which they believe are a major contributor to the motorbike mischief.
“Operators of motorcycle modification shops encourage teen racers,” said Pol Maj Gen Panu Kerdlarppol, deputy chief of city police.
“They load up their modified bikes on pickup trucks and hold races to showcase their modified bikes as a way of promoting their stores,” said Pol Maj Gen Panu.
The motorcyclists are mostly spectators who want to hang around with people with a common interest.
Chasing teen racers can also be dangerous, he says. The youths feel an adrenaline rush when police give pursuit, which can lead to accidents.
“They told me they feel tense and excited when they see police coming. They rev up their engines when we get close, then take off. It makes the adrenaline flow,” Pol Maj Gen Panu said.
On some nights, hundreds may gather in the same spot. They scatter in all directions, which can trigger traffic chaos.
Teens usually get wind of police crackdowns. Some of them are the children of police, or they know rescue workers who give them a heads-up.
Pol Maj Gen Panu said police will check on the 20-30 small motorbike modification stores in Thon Buri and Bang Na and discourage them from working on teenagers’ motorbikes.
Police could also set up road check-points to deter the activity.
And as always, they are urging parents to keep closer watch on their children.
Pol Maj Gen Panu said enforcing the child protection law against the parents of errant teens seldom works. The law says police can act only when parents actively support or assist in wrongdoing.
“They are all acquitted when the cases reach court. No one would ever encourage their children to take part in such an activity,” he said.
Pol Maj Panu said Bangkok has 2.47 million registered motorcycles with 1,100 new motorcycles joining city streets every day.
The racing hot spots are Pradit Manutham road, Western Kanchanapisek Road, Kalapapruek Road, Ratchapruek Road, Rama IV Road and Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road.
A motorist recently caught in traffic as teens raced on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road said he was disgusted by their behaviour.
He said the racers stopped the traffic on the main highway late at night and not a single policeman was in sight. He was tired of being made an involuntary spectator of the unlawful races.
In the latest incident, which he witnessed three weeks ago, about 100 mostly high school-age motorcyclists took part in a racing convoy.
Some gang members also turned up in cars and pickup trucks.
“I think I speak for all motorists when I say we were at the mercy of these hooligans,” he said.
“What if an ambulance carrying a patient was trying to get through?” he said.
He dialled the 191 police emergency hotline but no one answered.
Sirichai Hongsanguansri, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Ramathibodi Hospital, said many of these young racers have low self-esteem, are doing poorly at school and come from broken families.
Being part of a motorbike group meant something for them as they were accepted by their peers.
These teenagers would end up involved with drugs, crime, sex and underage pregnancy.
Some also suffered from depression and needed medication.
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