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Speeding kills.

Thailand roads are dangerous to drive at night especially on the poorly lit roads and mountainous regions. Double carriage trucks are a menace to other drivers on twisting mountain roads ( chiangmai to lampang) because the rear carriage would swerve to the centre of the road when taking the corners.

In asean countries, trucks and buses would stop at certain designated place in mountainous region for the brakes to cool down sufficiently . Sometimes they install water jets near the wheels to spray water directly onto the brake disc as they descend downhill.

There is no structural engineering beams between the roof and bottom of bus. Only the thin body panels and glass panes holding the structure. Fabrications done locally so surface looking good is better than inherent safety . Life is cheap in Thailand and it reflects upon the buses too.

Learning on the job ..using real life experiences and people for his training.

Double decker bus as in the accident has no place on trips with sharp twisting turns and steep downhill as the bus is not built for them. It is built for straight level highways mainly. Given the lack of strong safety structure in the middle level of the bus, it can be fatal if the bus overturns or goes down the embankment.

Hospital can inform immigration you willingly jump bill and blacklisted you at the border control.

Let’s be civil and not judgemental of other posts. This is a forum so anybody can post their opinions without prejudices . Variety is what this website is about.

Maybe be related to ACCERX scam in Malaysia where 49 individuals were indicted.

First timer Japanese tourist had a rude surprise of the integrity of pattaya police and the false sense of financial safety their politicians kept harping about.

A really good starting spot to facilitate online shopping collection. IKEA quality is better than those from Thai chain stores… modern and contemporary unlike those heavy and clunky hardwood furniture from Thailand .

Maybe he thought the coast is clear. Maybe he has a low appreciation of Thai intelligence and computer software. Maybe Thailand is a bountiful harvest for him whereas other countries are not. Criminals had a habit of coming back full circle to the place where his crimes were committed.

If smoking a real cigarette and not vaping, she is a boor. All indoor malls worldwide enforced a no smoking ban since a long time ago. I cannot imagine Russia not up to date on this. This Russian is just being a pain in the arse to the local public. Thailand need not welcome such boorish behavior.

Never come between a gunman and his fight regardless the good intention. Thais are well known to lose their cool and face saving upon being disrupted from their altercations . They would strike out savagely at the interloper with drastic consequences as seen in this incident.

Talking to bargirls is not their thing. They prefer the raunchy karaoke scene or soapy massage. Moreover English is not their forte.

You often read about road accidents from micro sleep, intoxication or simply reckless driving. Thais can go to events far away , celebrate and then drive back home regardless of sleep deprivation. This is dangerously stupid. They rarely do designate a driver among themselves to look after their safety.

Suddenly the cow became prize winning cow or something. In Malaysia, if you were to be unlucky to kill one of those free range chicken when driving in rural area, suddenly the price of the chicken shot up because it was now a prize winning fighting cockerel.

I have been to bangsaphan and vicinity a few times and found the expats there rather mild and easy going. None of the in your face attitude you get in phuket or pattaya. The area is generally a close knit elderly expat community so I cannot understand why this relatively young Swiss guy would want to spend his life there in the sticks.

The altercation seemed to be at the popular bangsaphan cuisine home restaurant where many expats gathered at night for a meal. The Swiss guy is just bullying the others as many there are ex teachers and not some ex-mafia enforcers. Soon you may read about some guy’s house being burnt down or dogs poisoned if somebody decide to hit back .

Let Thais show them true Thai ‘hospitality’ for non payments.

That is the irony of democracy. The person you may vote against gets into office and you reap the result of his policies regardless. Tarring every American with the same brush is a universal act.

In Thailand, it is easy to make people disappear. The fee is cheap and plenty of opportunities to kidnap and murder people. Taxis can be fake and authorities bribed to turn the other way. People had been kidnapped by fake taxis in front of their hotel or kidnapped at the meeting place and nobody would be wiser. life is cheap here and many foreigners found that out to their detriment.

I have a true story to tell. My Singaporean friend who worked for a German firm in Singapore once told me a story of his German superior coming to Indonesia via Singapore to collect an unpaid debt of US$200,000 that was owed for more than a year. The Singapore office side was unable to collect on the debt thus the German was sent from head office instead. The German met up with the customer in Indonesia and after a couple of meeting at the customer’s office, the customer relented and paid the whole debt in Indonesia rupiah in front of the German guy .The debt was paid in full with photo and documents as evidence. However the Indonesian customer informed the German guy that he would not be responsible for the German guy’s money once he stepped outside his office. Given the state of security in Indonesia capital Jakarta at that time where people kill for less money, the German guy was reluctant to hold onto the cash. The customer then came up with a solution to wire the money instead to the Singapore office . The German ,being not wanting to be responsible for the safe keeping of the cash, immediately agreed to the proposal. When told to the Singaporean manager later on about the proposal, my friend laughed at the German stating that the debt will never be paid and no money will be wired. He was right on the button there.

Thailand is a pragmatic country as the law of justice is slanted towards the rich. Lawyers, judges ,politicians , you can influence them if money changed hands. So if disputes can settle amiably unofficially without going to courts, what is wrong with that. Mafia and Traids had been doing that in society before there were any meaningful law enforcement around.

The Chinese are up to no good . It is just an underworld business that gone wrong.