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Correct. Dismissive behavior in front of police even when he is in violation of traffic rules. Thailand can do better with deportation of such visitors. Don’t need them, don’t desire them too.

Nothing good ever come out of interaction with total strangers especially so called ladies.

In Thailand and also elsewhere, it is always prudent to give your vehicle a thorough service especially brake fluids and pads. Engine problem is not fatal but a failing brake upon descending can be. Even a failing clutch plate can screw up your traveling plan.

Once the suv loses power to ascend, the driver may have panicked not knowing what else to do or the suv may not be able to ascend even if engaged in low gear. Braking would just hold the car stationary for a moment but the next move is crucial for survival. If overloaded, maybe the driver should ask the occupants to go outside and walked a distance until the ‘problematic’ stretch of road is over. Thais ,being face conscious ,would definitely try to resolve any problems on their own not knowing that other lives can be at stake here as in this case.

A search on google map did not turn up the location.

Some drivers are not used to driving an automatic suv up steep incline using lower gear. I remembered once driving up a really steep incline using toyota fortuner loaded with 5 people inside. I used ‘D’ gear but after driving up about 30 meters, the car struggle to move upwards and just slid down a couple of meters. Luckily I braked hard and the transmission uses a lower gear to engage the job. I did not use an ‘L’ gear because I only use it for steep downhill not uphill. I thought the ‘D’ gear is enough to do the job going uphill in lower gear since I am at low speed but it seemed that is not the case. Maybe the driver is also in such a situation.

There are always gullible men in any country. Moreover the ladies knew how to get their hooks into them and play up to their egos.

I have heard that Thais are good in charms . Maybe he had been placed under a charm ?

Karma determines your destiny

Problem is Thailand’s masses are dumb down regarding their own safety with everybody pursuing their own selfish interest and not cooperating among users to protect lives. They should take a leaf from Vietnam’s traffic ‘etiquette ‘ whereby most if not all riders wear helmets and do not ride against the traffic. Moreover motorcycle speed limit is only 40 Km/hr near towns and 60km/hr on highway which help greatly in protecting lives. The rider above definitely knew he was riding towards oncoming traffic but I guess he had been doing the same for countless times until the fatal outcome. This is one trait of rural thai stubbornness at play. Poor lady rider who was utterly innocent in deciding the route taken had to bear the consequences of the rider’s stupidity too.

2 million baht not $.

As a Buddhist, I believe in karma . Karma inflicts everybody regardless their religious beliefs. So even if you are a good parent, your kid may turn out bad simply because in this reincarnation, his purpose is to exact his/ her pound of flesh from you due to past actions. If they are bad and left in an early death, it only meant that they had exacted their pound of flesh and it is time to go as debt settled including the anguish it caused their parents. My take.

My guess is that this Swiss guy parallel park or park his car blocking others from exiting. Moreover if he did that, he did not place a note on his windscreen with his mobile number in case of emergency. These actions would piss off any guy let alone a group of Thais. Being beaten down for self entitlement is the result.

Some people wore their gold necklaces their whole adult life without taking them off even during bathtime. Especially if it holds the amulets. ok , the only time I saw my Thai friend took off his necklace was during his soapy massage.

Another bad PR on Airasia side was the recent action a couple of months ago at departure side in KLIA2 where their workers were stationed at the departure entrance weighing each and every piece of luggage for every flyer resulting in a very long queue . The cabin bag or backpack were weighted together with the laptops or carry on with maximum 7kgs total. Many flyers were caught and redirected to the counters to pay for the carryon fees ( 14 kgs total) paying for the full 14 kgs regardless if you exceeded by only1 kg(8 kgs total). This is showing Airasia’s pettiness for all to see and the blowback in malaysia online is substantial. The workers should only eye those with bulky carry ons that are really overweight. However on my next flight a week later, there was no more such shenanigan going on. Perhaps Airasia management did take heed of the blowback resulting from their action.