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ezzra states we need a better trained and honest police farce force indeed correct.

However a properly defined learner driver course and educated drivers in all vehicles with a strong emphasis concerning both the operators and drivers of P.S.V. along with H.G.V.vehicles might well go a long way to actually improving the standard of the way that the average Thai aims his or her vehicle.

Interesting to note that in the majority of cases of foreign managed logistic operators both vehicle drivers and maintenance is much higher than the home grown bred of the same beast. A lot to be said for driver and mate and engineers education and ongoing training schemes operated by foreign managed entities and also a few Thai owned entities too..

Reckon to date I have been lucky. 10 Years of motorcycle (Kawasaki 400C.C.) riding and 13 years of car and pick up driving plus the family toy (150cc Honda Click) and no serious mishaps.

Lot to be said for those old ''blues and two's'' courses.

The criteria for passing Thai driving test is about to be raised. Effective June 4th, so some positive news.

A lot of people out there without a licence unfortunately so raised criteria won't do much to solve that issue. The police need to get them and the rust buckets and smoke blowers off the road and enforce the law then they might have a shot at it

Just having some kind of reshuffle to become a ministry is not really major reform. Changing the structure is one thing but changing the mindset of the police actually do the job they are paid for is another thing altogether. However, it is positive they are talking about reform although the cynic in me suggests this proposal has come out before something else is forced upon them. We should wait & see the exact nature of the proposal.

But aren't the police partly funded by the fines they collect?

If so, stopping that practice, issuing receipts for fines and tracking where the money goes might help.

Friend of mine was stopped in Hua Hin today to check the car rego. It was the old rego but he had not put the new one on the screen. When he pulled it out and put it on the policeman said he must pay 300 baht but he didn't have any money on him. He asked him to give him a ticket but he refused and wouldn't let him leave until his wife brought the money. Reforms, doubt it, it's ingrained and I think it will take generations to clean it up and even then I think it's wishful thinking

My tot wi fi was working great for about 18 months until about 2 weeks ago went bad called tot to complain and they sent out engineers, same guy that fitted it. He did a few tests and agreed it was rubbish and said they would go and check equipment down the road. Never seen again, getting really pissed now. Local speed test was showing 6-7 mb down and 0.4 up but that was using a server in Bangkok as soon as I use one outside Thailand it drops to 1-2 mb down and 0.4 mb or less up. Ok for email but as soon as you try video, forget it. A 30 second video clip took over 40 minutes. University near me had their own fibre optic cable run in, anyone know how much that cost? Incidentally i am 5 k's by road from tower perhaps 2-3 as the crow fly's. I hope they can sort it out but they don't seem interested unfortunately no other provider here

Do you love Thailand? Pol Lt Gen Pharnu said he asked the complaining operators. I told them that if you love our country, you must understand that these types of tourists are destroying our country by stealing jobs from Thais.

Thai people can't do this in other countries. Why would we let people from other countries do this to us? We have been kind to these people for so long. Now it's time to be stricter about the law."

I see and feel your kindness everyday, how could I have been so blind. Thank you for showing me the light, I didn't realise that by bringing my entire salary into this country and using it all to support my Thai wife and daughter and Thailand without any chance of ownership or rights in return, that I was being so thoughtless and selfish, sorry

can a Thai do the same in your country?

Don't know really as I've been here for 10 years, legally I might add and I still can't get a telephone line. My point is that officials in this country always seem to be blaming everyone but them selves for poorly managing their country. You don't see them getting too concerned about the large death toll on the roads but they are worried about cheap labourors taking jobs that they don't want themselves. I think they need to reassess what their priority's are, but if they can fix my road or at least fill in the pot holes and give me a phone line I'll be happy

Do you love Thailand? Pol Lt Gen Pharnu said he asked the complaining operators. I told them that if you love our country, you must understand that these types of tourists are destroying our country by stealing jobs from Thais.

Thai people can't do this in other countries. Why would we let people from other countries do this to us? We have been kind to these people for so long. Now it's time to be stricter about the law."

I see and feel your kindness everyday, how could I have been so blind. Thank you for showing me the light, I didn't realise that by bringing my entire salary into this country and using it all to support my Thai wife and daughter and Thailand without any chance of ownership or rights in return, that I was being so thoughtless and selfish, sorry

We bought our land about 3 years ago for 1.3mil a rai. We are 10 k's from Market village (by road) and that's fine with me. Since the Bangkok floods Hua Hin traffic has gone over the top and that is probably my biggest gripe as I need to get through it twice a day taking and picking up my daughter from school. Infrastructure is something Thailand is not too good at either. I live about 3k's from the ToT office and they won't provide me a land line for the internet. If they can sort that mess out I'll be happy but I don't see it happening any time soon. Mai Pen Rai :)

The position of PM was way above her abilities and she shouldn't have been there in the first place. Her brother has basically thrown her under a bus but more the fool her for letting him do it. Hopefully the rest of the politicians will see that good governance is needed with complete transperancy, or the law will ping you. Wishful thinking maybe but would be good for the country

I have a non O marriage visa and the consulate in Perth told me I could renew here in Thailand each year instead of returning to Perth. So is it legal or not, or have I missed something

Might put a dampener on all those good Muslims who go over to Labuan for the week end for, how should I put it, .......good times, and I'm not talking about the shopping

Is it any wonder why this country has so many problems

Fool

The Thai driver fled the scene

Nothing more to say really

What a load of Bullshit

I think a cull of all the maingy and diseased dogs is a good idea, get rid of them and their turds as well. Then enforce responsible dog ownership. Oh sorry forgot where I was for a second, carry on.

Thai infrastructure and attitude to garbage management is piss poor. The whole country needs to take a good look at itself and start acting more responsible with their garbage.

I haven't looked but I presume there is a definition of slope in a dictionary? Does it refer to Asians as a derogatory term or does it refer to to an incline?

Did they think he would put his hands in the air and say, yep I did it. Stupid story

Isn't this a waste of money ? this flight takes only 15-20 min....

I drove Hat Yai to Hua Hin regularly for 2 years and I can say I would take a 1 hour flight over 10+ hours of driving any day. Not much difference in the price when you factor in fuel and food and you don't have to deal with all F1 wanna be drivers, hope they have the passengers to warrant the service

I bet she's building up to not appearing in court next week in her negligence of duty in the rice pledging scheme.

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Maybe she has her flight booked to Singapore, where she will be too sick to travel to make a court appearance?

A Thai with a sense of humour, best gut buster I've heard in a long time

They have no pride in their home, possesions and surroundings. They wouldnt give a rats arse. Pity something wasnt done about it. Like in Singapore many years ago... And now people take pride and grow flowers in and around their abodes, a fine for dropping litter alongs with ciggies. I just dont know hiw the thais can live like this attracting rats and god only knows what else......... YET they look so pristine and are so into theiir self image. Find a window let slone a mirror and they stand there primming themselves, go to their home and its puke city.

O goody another newbie bashing the Thais because they can't live up to their idea's. I hope you at least try to give their different culture a chance before you discover all that is wrong with it.

the Thais may not live up to your expectations in many things but the one thing where ever you have come from is they will surpass your culture in taking care of their families. Sadly as the western culture based on materialism pushes it's way in the old is going out.

I don't agree with your last paragraph after reading about the abduction and murder of a seven year old girl recently after her Thai father left her in his pickup so he could watch the rest of a music concert. I would not or could not even contemplate leaving my daughter alone at that age, no matter what country I was in, and in my home country of Australia may even have her taken away from me by child protection services. I know of many Thai children who live with their grand parents because both parents have run off because they don't want to face up to their responsibilities of raising children but lacked the education that may have prevented unwanted pregnancies in the first place. Education needs to start sometime.

its nothing compared to what you might experience in Indonesia. Go for a holiday there and you might not be whinging here

Thing is we are talking about Thailand, but I'd have the same feeling in Indonesia. A pig sty is a pig sty what ever country your in

I can't see Thailand getting it's act together for generations to come, maybe never, on this or most other issues they face. They seem to feel they are owed something, much like Australian Aborigines, Black South Africans and a host of others. Sometimes I think I care about Thailand more than Thais do

My daughter damaged the screen on her iPad so last week while in Market Village Hua Hin I asked how much to replace the screen to which the girl replied 3900 baht. Although I thought it was a bit high I figured my daughter gets plenty of benefit from it with all her education apps and a few games. Fortunately I didn't go ahead with it. A few days later I told my Thai wife to take it into the same shop and ask them what was wrong with it and how much to fix. Her price was 2500 baht so we had them fix it and I saved 1400 baht. They do think we are loaded and that's partly our own fault with the way some throw their money around but I always remind my wife how insulting it is and she always come out with Mai pen rai this is Thailand until we are shopping for something for her then I get instructed to keep a low profile so they don't charge her the farang price.

I'd walk by their stall with the coffee from another stall and make sure they see you and hope they don't own that stall as well, childish yes but sometimes you just have to get one back