OttoPollmann

What will be the next step? 

Following Taksin's war on drugs and just shoot everyone caught with more then 2 pills?

Where is this electronic cigarette? They haven't confiscated the item? That sounds stupid to me, even I let you go for a bribe I would keep the evidence for a situation like this. 

But normally if a foreigner gets caught for viping, they'll make a big vinyl board. That's a nice photo opp with all the finest from the RTP in full gears behind the nasty culprit in shackles. 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

It was not a 2021 model but a 2020, not the one he wanted

Quite frankly, it's both a 992 model. 

I was looking for a Mercedes GLA in '21 model H247 with MBUX and they've tried to sell me the previous model X156 as new, which was only built until '20.

This is common practice in Thailand, they're advertising even older models as new until their stock is empty but with the full price of the next generation. 

Double standards in this Banana Republic. Thai walks scot free and this swiss guy sits in the monkey house for defend himself from an armed intruder in the middle of the night. 

3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

As you mentioned - its quite possible that the Lambo was approaching at speed, the pickup (with eggs) changed lanes without looking or simply thought the approaching Lambo was too for off... 

 

There is no mentioned of how the accident happened though. 

 

But, as fare as the article is concerned, its beside the point: the driver of the Lambo swapped, and both the driver and passenger could be facing serious charges. 

This concern is coming from the lawyer of the egg's lady. So far no statement from the police or if alcohol was involved. 

Questionable should also be the load of the pickup. With 2100kg of eggs the payload of the D-max is way too much exceeded.

Easy for a good lawyer to catch on that. 

Also they didn't make a runner and the driver's swap can be excused of fear of the two tier standard in Thailand. 

Consider the damage on the Lambo, it looks like a sideswipe to me. So the D-max has crossed into the path of the Lambo? No video footage for that? Furthermore, these racing tires on the pickup aren't original as well as the carry box. So, if the guy has the money for a Lambo it should be no problem to get a good lawyer and he comes out scot free and the egg's seller pays the bill.

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

those sneaky farang are at it again ....

Looks more like Sino Thai or Chinese to me in the news report on TV.

1 hour ago, Isaan sailor said:

So far, Isaan rice still OK.  Another big storm--and it's over.

Dependent where you are. So far, I'll have a good year, not dry as usual. I only hope that this year I'll get more than the usual 8.5 baht for dry rice.

Always the same! Because of an impatient driver a unfortunate soul had to die. He couldn't wait until the road was cleared and must squeeze his big a$$ lorry through the already narrowed bottleneck without any regards of any life. In the real world this would be clearly his fault. 

17 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

What steel grades are they using ?

 

Chinesium 

1 hour ago, Hallib said:

Ok good to stop the bribery which this country has a reputation for.....BUT give the police decent salary and then you can expect higher standards for a while anyway.

How much is a decent salary and how long will it last until it isn't enough anymore? 

According to the interweb 75% of the police force have a minimum of 42000B per month plus some other benefits, like housing benefit, special credits at the bank, etc.

The average salary in Thailand is around 25000B.

Now tell me, is a BiB working so much more than an average Thai? 

The last 20 years I haven't seen one.

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Where did it state that seatbelts weren't being used?

The first picture. You can see two impact marks on the windscreen folding the glass outwards.

3 hours ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

The most amusing/sad (take your pick) thing about this is that the lead story has no explanation of why the road is this way.

The explanation is, that they have resurfaced the old road which had the same kink in it. The building you see in the picture is the public toilets and those have a footpath in front. But anyways, this road is only leading to the temple and only get used to bypass the police checkpoint on the main road. You have to pass the temple area and leave it on the second entrance. So, this was a good decision not to straighten the short cut for drunken Somchai. Otherwise he would hit the temple with full speed in his Fortuner.