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Obviously OP is not a good rider. Following the motorcycle taxi instead of looking at what's coming ahead. And that's a lot of acceleration given that people like to shoot out from left and right. I don't buy it.

There is nothing that bothers me about Thailand anymore. I also don't complain about my home country any longer. I just realized that Thailand is a place I feel more at home in. You don't choose where you are born but you can choose where you die. I don't want to change Thailand in any way, nor do I want to change any other country. Just let people be.

Being trapped in an elevator is only as traumatic and terrifying as you make it!!! And it was only 45 minutes. I've been trapped in elevators TWICE. First time 1 hour plus, no panic. Second time I got the door open myself. No need for crying and panicking. Hysteria won't get you out quicker, just driving you insane.

How can I remove myself from Google?

- Stop using the Internet.

Can someone explain how the protesters are able to cut electricity to buildings so easily?

Poor Yingluck, she does it for brother rather than country. I wonder who she would would have been without her evil sibling. A lovely house wife?

I hope everyone realizes that the victim is the one who said the two boys offered him a ride. Given that he was drinking with a 15 and 16 year old boy that might not be true. We will know when they catch them.

Well, I suggest watching some documentaries about tribes and observe how they live. No one is demanding anything from anyone, shit happens, be at peace. Now apply that to Thailand and realize they have more of this mentality than us customer-ass-kissers in the west. Next time you tee off and a pack of soi dogs interrupt your game at the 7th hole a shrug of your shoulders might spare you a headache. Shit happens.

Why the hell did Yingluck sacrifice her freedom and chose to become Thaksins puppet PM? And why is it the government's main effort to bring him back?

What about using their position as ruling party to make Thailand better? I can't believe people let this farce go on. Thaksin: one <deleted> to rule them all.

Why is everybody cutting the farang slack after he killed a guy, injured 14 others and damaged countless cars and bikes? Oh I know, because this is ThaiVisa! You would be furious if it happened in your home countries. Poor guy.

Keep pretending to be a student and everything will be fine. This is not my advice

The pair hailed the officers to stop, and asked the officers to give them a ride to their hideout.

They hailed the wrong police officers. They were probably waiting for their paid-off BIBs but the ones looking for them got there first!

Planes, buses, taxis wielding samurai swords and chloroform, minivans, trains and boats. I guess it's time to buy hiking boots.

I'd like to add that the bus driver might have also been undertrained in bus driving. There are safe ways of averting sudden obstacles without flipping a bus over. If it flipped it might have been going too fast and reducing reaction times.

Let me give a farang scooter driving analogy: By looking at the amount of farangs injured in scooter accidents and crashes, one might think scooter driving is inherently dangerous. The truth however is that the farangs don't know what the <deleted> they are doing and have never been on a motorcycle before or own a license or know how to operate one safely for that matter. Locking the front brakes in a sand covered turn seem especially popular.

Back on topic: I think the issue is the low standard for obtaining driver's licenses for various vehicles that are the culprit for the many accidents. There are safe ways of operating a vehicle in any country where you can reduce the risk to extreme outside factors and mitigate the rest of them. One way of being safe when approaching intersections where you risk being crosscut is obviously to slow down.

Why the hell is she green? Is this a joke?

What is a pen gun? Where can I get one?

Never been groped and had countless massages. I'm starting to think your definition of grope is quite broad.

Should you wai tresses?

Arguing about Thaksin is like arguing about Obamacare - no one understands it. I've met an equal share of intelligent Thais who either like/dislile Thaksin. Both have equally good/strong arguments. Most farangs with an opinion in here simply says what their wife thinks.

A few examples below:

That looks like the Lumpini apartment complex. Coming from Sukhumvit and driving up soi 77 (soi on nut) this will be on the left side after about 1 km. Lots of farang and flight attendants live there.

"The team then approached cab drivers on the streets and asked them to abide by the law."

Is this true? I feel like NNT might not get their facts straight because they always have these quirky weird plot twists in their stories.

I left Thailand after 1.5 years and didn't expect to think much of it. I went to Sweden. Now I realize how much I miss Thailand. There is more to do in Bangkok than stockholm and the fact that Thai's do have a culture is nice. I'm giving the rest of Europe a try but the idea of returning or spending 6 months or more every year in Thailand and a few in Europe seem great now. I like the laid back life and greater happiness of the average Joe in LOS. I'm okay with cold weather, I just prefer the carefree mentality of Thai's. Even if you don't live a carefree life and have responsibilities you can enjoy your spare time better. At least in northern Europe, we have so much wealth but no one seems happier because of it. Here the concern is how to squeeze more work out of people, not how to have a fulfilling lifestyle.

If you can't break in time you are going too fast. UUsually the case with big bikes. They also like to overshoot corners, again because of speed.

"So why do Thais have to deal with a problem of a western culture?"

That is a pretty ignorant question. The world is round, we share it. Thai's don't have a divine right to be protected from foreigners, borders are a man-made thing. If anything I encourage more cultural exchange so we can all learn what works and what doesn't from each other.