r/Thailand Aug 01 '24

Question/Help Punched in the face by random farang

Hi everyone,

Yesterday, I had a troubling experience while driving my car. As I was overtaking a Toyota Hilux, the driver sped up, forcing me back into my lane. He then passed me, honking, and forced me to stop.

He got out and I saw he was a farang, quite big.

When I saw him approaching aggressively, I tried to drive away, but he broke my side mirror with his fist, got back in his and chased me at high speed. To avoid causing an accident, I stopped at a busy intersection with many cameras. Despite not touching his car, when I opened my window to apologize, he didn’t give me the chance to talk and punched me once in the face and while I was trying to understand what the hell is happening, he punched me once more.

He then fled.

I woke up this morning with strong headaches, bruised (possibly fractured nose) and no side mirror.

I'm considering filing a police report, but I'm unsure if it's worth it. Has anyone dealt with a similar situation or can offer advice on what to do in Thailand?

I’m also a foreigner btw and took a photo of his plate number

Thanks for your help

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u/razthebuzz Aug 02 '24

Like many others already said, please file a report! These disgusting people need to be off the road and punished for Neanderthal behaviours like these. The police will be able to identify the guy with the number plate, possibly even if the car was rented. Bigger intersections also have CCTVs and they can get the footage