This joke from www.amuzingthaicartoons.com will be understood very well by everybody who stays in the land of smile for a longer period.
One of the reasons why I don't have a motorbike in Thailand, like many other farangs (strangers), is very simple: If you don't have a helmit, you'll have to pay the first policeman you encounter as displayed in this cartoon, farang fines are a lot higher, and if you don't want to spoil one of your days waiting in a police office, I recommend to pay cash, and just forget about it.
Those relative small fines are still okay, but you don't want to think about accidents, as it will be always your fault, true or not, 'cause you're the farang.
We would call this corruption or discrimination in the West, in Thailand they call it logic. Just try to avoid these situations, and keep smiling... :-)
