Moto maniac gently fined for waving ice pick at Phra Khanong couple

George has tried everything to slow the motosai cowboys who blast down the sidewalk where Rama IV Road bends into a sudden halt at Sukhumvit Road, including laying out pots of water to slow them down. 

So when one rider nearly bowled him over from behind as he stood in front of his motorbike rental shop, he got a little hot under the collar and yelled at the guy. In response, the rider put a very fine point on why escalation may not be a great idea.

“He almost hit me in the back,” George said this afternoon, asking that his full name be withheld for fear of retaliation. “I got angry, my wife went out, and the guy pulled out an ice pick. From there, my wife started to shout at him, I yelled at her to back off because there’s an ice pick.”

That was on Valentine’s Day, and to George’s great dismay, the police who apprehended his assailant gave him…