AhFarangJa

Agree, but I may please add one proviso. Withdraw the funds from one account, and deposit in another, otherwise they will charge you a hefty sum sometimes for a transfer. I appreciate that it may be the same bank, but all banks here operate on a fiefdom system, much like immigration.

Where He will be given an intensive 14 day training course on how not to be filmed collecting the tea money, as this affects the income of everyone from the top down.

Shift any and all responsibility from the central Government to the provinces, thereby making politicians unnacountable.

These speakers should be on mastermind, specialist subject 'The Bleedin' obvious', It will never change due to the Thai mindset of me,me,me. Drove from Surin to Hua Hin, and back. 1240 km. Never saw an active policeman, yet was constantly in contact with overloaded pick ups hogging the right lane, Trucks & buses pulling out directly in front of me, kamikaze motorbikers everywhere you turn, the list is endless. Condescending platitudes from numerous committee's, symposiums, etc will do nothing. You would need to set the clock to zero, and start again from the first born for any difference to be made. All you can do is be aware, and do what I was taught when learning in the early 70's............Treat every other driver on the road as an idiot who may do the unthinkable without warning.

May I suggest they fix what they already have first. The Air Conditioning for one.

A large number of the Electricians here also do not meet any standards.

Lottery numbers please...(asking for the Wife)...

Agreed Ralf, I can only assume they fall into the lack of enforcement trap, the same as I see so many tourists riding without helmets, with flip flops, with sleeveless shirts, or no shirts. They seem to lose to reasoning of consequences, or they leave that thought at the airport on arrival.

Being a tourist He did not know that driving the wrong way while drunk is a reserved occupation for locals only. He lacked the neccesary skills to get away with it.

Slightly off topic, but has anyone else noticed that the Thai news are not saying Thaksin is a de facto prime minister any more, they have changed His title to Father of the prime minister.......I wonder why......

I believe that the Royal pardon reduced His sentence from 8 years to 1. The main complaint is that He did not serve 1 day of that 1 year sentence.

No mention of the police charging Him with riding with 3 on a bike then..........sarcasm alert on.....

I am in no way condoning the actions of this plonker, however................... Should they not be doing this to the thousands, upon thousands of Thai drivers who commit the same offence day in & day out. They would rake in millions of Baht a day.

Baffled me too Smedley, let us hope it goes the other way very soon.

Now that is funny.