WhizBang

The day that all the LEGAL taxis abide by the law (use their meter, drive safely, etc.) and there are no more rogue taxi drivers trying to scam passengers, or worse, rob, rape or kill them, is the day that the Land Department can harp on about how 'illegal' Uber and Grab are.

Until then, shut up and do something about reigning in the so called 'legal' taxis.  If the 'legal' taxis were safe and trustworthy, the public would not need to turn to the likes of Uber or Grab.

I am shocked.  Surprised even.

Well...   No, not really.

Seriously?  What a hypocrite.

Why not name this idiot politician?

Remind me to avoid Pattaya the week of July 16.

How can carrying PROTECTIVE gear (vest/gas mask) be considered a war WEAPON?

Thai stupidity at it's finest. 

It would be best if they just let this 4 questions thing fade from everyone's memory.   Stop mentioning it.  It was a stupid idea to begin with and no one believes in the PM's sincerity anyway.  Just drop it and move on to the next debacle out of the PM's mouth.

I hope he had no passengers in the taxi.  Either way, dumbass, serves him right.

Thais aren't the only ones tired of waiting.   Last I heard we were told it was supposed to be open by the end of May.  So that gives them just under 36 hours to get it open.

I won't be holding my breath.

I understand that this must have some drooling.  A 20 BILLION baht project will fill a lot of pockets.  So I would think approval is a sure thing.  Completion, on the other hand, well you pays your money and you takes your chances.

The taxi/baht bus maffioso will surely have something to say about this, and there is the disruption that will occur on the roads involved - think MASSIVE traffic congestion, possibly even worse than the Sukhumvit tunnel. 

Time frame for completion?  Maybe 20 years, and with massive budget overruns, of course.

This would actually be great, if it were ever to be completed AND operational.  I wonder if they have figured out how they will keep the tracks free of cars?  And what about maintenance?   Do they have a maintenance budget?

But at least it's a good idea, and practical too.  I wonder how much the fares will be? 

And here I thought they were referring to money gained from illegal activities.  In other words, money laundering.  Who knew legal money could be 'Hot'.

17 hours ago, oneiron said:

Sorry to say but this has ruined the last bit of faith I had in the current military Thai government.

It has taken you this long to lose your faith in Prayut?   I lost mine way back during the Koh Tao fiasco when he failed to act in the face of blatant police incompetence.

Images that change every 3 seconds (or less) adversely effect my brain too.   That is why I use adblockers and flash stoppers.

In their DREAMS.  

I wonder if any of these guys have ever been to Singapore?

15 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Strange numbers.

99% of the people up our way think it's self inflicted.

A firecracker in a flowerpot...

Designed for publicity not to kill or injure.

Obvious my missus says - the men in green.

 Yes, I think that is the general consensus amongst those with the ability to think.

22 hours ago, robblok said:

Seems the Thais are far more sensible then the farangs on here who are thinking about false flag operations and so on. Like they would target a room named after one of the highest in the junta and make him lose face. 

 

Can you explain to me, how bombing a ROOM named after humpty dumpty, could, in any way, make HD lose face?

17 hours ago, otherstuff1957 said:

The only way to end the image of sex tourism is to end sex tourism.  They only way to do that would be a massive crackdown in Pattaya, Phuket and parts of Bangkok.

 

So, how would they do the crackdown? 

 

Shutting down the bars would just drive the girls (and boys) out into the streets.  Mass arrests of the girls who provide the services would be ineffective if it just resulted in a lecture and a 500฿ fine.  Sending the girls off to re-education camps wouldn't go down too well, so there seems to be no good way to cut off the supply. 

 

Demand, however, could to reduced to a trickle, by arresting a couple of thousand foreign sex tourists!  This action, however would have a very negative effect on the tourist numbers and income! 

They cannot limit their crackdown to ONLY foreigners who want to pay for play.  They need to go after the Thais who pay for play too.  The Thai market dwarfs the tourist/foreigner market.  And like everything else in this country, the Thais pay much less than the tourists/foreigners.

To shut down all forms of prostitution in this country would hit the economy hard.  Better they should legalize it and make sure everyone involved does so of their own free will and is also free to quite any time they want without coercion or penalty and make sure there are no under age persons employed.

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17 hours ago, mogo51 said:

And so say all of us, Good bye Thailand, hello Philippines.

The Philippines?  Now?  With that madman in control.  You really ought to rethink that.

When I leave it will be to go back to Canada.  Probably cheaper to live there now, and at least I get government health care.

16 hours ago, SABloke said:

 

Absolute Monarchy? (Pretty much is already

Definitely headed that way.  Just waiting for the other shoe to drop. 

Even I would do whatever I could to avoid a 300% import duty.  That's just ludicrous.

Third world, and always will be.

Reconciliation at the point of a gun.  Yup, that'll work.  

Wow, that was certainly a mouthful.

Now that we have had our weekly TAT laugh, next....

Why are the priorities of Thai officials always so f....d up?

They always seem to do these fluff crackdowns with such glee, but never lift a finger to go after the real criminals.   I know, it's all just a dog and pony show for the press, to be seen to be doing something, regardless of how ineffective it is.

There he goes, asking  rhetorical  questions again.