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What's up with Nigerians,man? I know many folks from Africa from several different countries and all of them think Nigerians are scumbag. 

I doubt they'll spend much time in a Thai jail. Israel will swing a deal and bring them back. My guess money will be the motivating factor. Major General Soandsoapong needs a new mansion.

When I was working in Korea with my Lao wife, the Korean people  automatically assumed she was Thai with the obligatory "look at the white guy with a Thai <deleted> for a wife" sniff. As soon as they found out she's Lao the change in their demeanor was instant and dramatic.

I feel sorry that the image of Thai women has been besmirched by this situation, which admittedly is likely full of girls forced into it as a means of family support. 

There, but for the grace of luck, could be any SE Asian girl.

20 students in a pickup. Hmmmmmmm.......not quite overcrowded but certainly tending towards it. As well, one would think (hope) the ambulance driver would have been more spatially aware.

Yeah man, I know, wishful thinking.

17 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

should have done the country a favor and put it down!

Seriously?????

So, what's that in Thailand? In Laos it's the death sentence. My neighbour's 2 sons - 18 and 16yrs - got busted 1.5 years ago with less than a gram of yaba. They each got 10 years! In Laos, that's gotta suck, man. Clearly it would be terrible anywhere, but Laos prisons don't even feed ya from what I understand.

The key to the article for me was mentioning a Mercedes in the title and describing what type (350e = $50K+ in the West) and the personalized license plate in the article's body.

This equals $$$

$$$ talks and ? walks

It's a sad fact of life the world over but more-so in SE Asia.

Sad for the little girl's family. Happy New Year eh.

By the looks of that grocery shop, $100 should cover the damage.

He must have been moving pretty fast.

It's not so much the drinking and driving that kills; it's the drinking and driving like a flaming idiot that kills. In fact, you can eliminate the drinking part. It's the driving like a flaming idiot that kills.

Seriously, what can one possibly expect of a people with such a strong external locus of control?

I've mentioned this before as the main factor that must be changed before any serious reversal of road carnage can be envisioned.

On 27/12/2017 at 4:11 PM, sklmeeera said:

At least he kept to the left at the beginning ,. The crossroads just too much for him . To be honest Id have left it if I was that bad , crashing into trees at the side is a sure sign its time to walk . I drink and drive every day and have done so for years , but not shitface hammered like the Thais do ( since my teens anyway ). This is ridiculous .

"I drink and drive every day and have done so for years,..."

The quote of the year.

Wouldn't his family have known he was working on a fishing boat and contacted the company to ask if dude was working? This scenario is totally whacked.

What was the guy doing? Swimming? Snorkeling? I was a flight attendant for many years and I could see being not entirely acclimatized after a long flight in a pressurized tube to hop into water and be swimming an hour later. It's terribly dangerous to do it the other way if you've been scuba diving.

Nonetheless, I've lived in Laos, Korea and China. It's shocking to see how many locals can't swim and/or are afraid of the water. I lived beside a beautiful beach in Korea and I never met a Korean who could swim. They'd sit on the beach 10 meters from the water with life-jackets on.

Sad.....what a freaking tragedy to start a Christmas holiday.

Fully 1/3 of Thais have a strong external locus of control. Changing that mindset is the first priority.

Lucky this didn't happen in Korea. Korean men are such phenomenal wimps and cowards that if you even touch one,literally just put your hand on them, they'll run straight to the cops and have you arrested for assault. 

So, having a tattoo of the Olympic Rings logically leads to assuming she's an Olympic gymnast?

Interesting.

Think I'll get a $$$ tattoo so people will automatically think I'm rich.

The easiest way to go would be to fly to Luang Prabang. It's about $200 return. Fly in and return the next day. You'll be back in your comfy bed in Chiang Mai before you'd even get to Laos taking all that bus crap. Flying to Vientiane is about $240 return.

There's no way in hell I'd spend dozens of hours on buses in Thailand. It's got the deadliest roads in the world. Be safe, don't be cheap.

I wonder if this accident will fall into the "bad luck" or "fate" category as 1/3 of Thais believe.

I lived beside a Hells Angels chapter back in Canada for a few years. Decent blokes for the most part. They never screwed with civilians and if you showed them respect they showed it to you.

However, screw them and you're screwed.

The poop has hit the proverbial fan. War with the DPRK has just become the second likeliest hot zone.

13 hours ago, champers said:

2 cars siezed but no motorbikes. What sort of Hells Angels are these?

And how about those badass BB guns?

So what was the ambulance driver saying?

"You stupid strawberry! I'm gonna kick your kiwi and beat you into apple sauce."

As well, what does undertake mean?

21 hours ago, malcoml said:

There is a lot of damage to that pick up.

 

If he had a fit you would expect he would take his foot off the accelerator.

 

How fast was he going....

You don't have a fit, you have a seizure which is either grand mal or petit mal. The former causes violent uncontrolled spasms and could easily have pounded the gas pedal hard to the floor. 

Not much of a bed.