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Nobody is going to send reports because he/she would have to name themselves at the bottom.

That sets up a huge loss of face possibility. So, nothing happens.

In this case though, sometime soon the excrement will hit the fan, big time!

Maybe when a plane falls out of the sky - I hope not.

Seems a little 'out of kilter'.

4 years improsonment, maximum for these crimes.

15 years for a few words about you know who.

TIT !!

C'mon now, a woman died, that's the ultimate bad outcome. Give her a break, maybe she wasn't stealing them. And even if she was, then death is not punishment. It's the end of her life. What about the kids she left? And Mum? They will be heart brioken. Don't joke about it guys. R.I.P.

My assumption is that the arrest has nothing to do with the number of people in the vehicle (whatever type it was), but that the people in it were suspected of being 'illegal'.

My experience is that in Thailand, overloading a vehicle is a thing to be admired, as it saves money - you don't have to make as many trips. I have been told by more than one Thai person that people who do it are sensible.

So there!.

Welcome to Thailand.

I have heard many stories of a similar nature to yours.

If you have hair ,be ready to tear it out, but don't worry too much, it will all work out in the end.

Good luck

Good luck indeed.

"it will all work out in the end".

No it won't - it didn't for him did it?

Each of those episodes chips away at a marriage.

60 tonnes before you need a VMS tracking device?

Is this some sort of international standard, or a Thai 'interpretation' to allow some boats go where ever they like and be untraceable?

After all, they need 'wriggle room'.

The owner must be more than a little stupid, going ahead with construction in the present climate of seizing public lands back and demolishing buildings.

Weird really.

I have no such problem. I rely on The Weather Channel! Super accurate forecast.

The Weather Channel, using data from . . . The Thai meteorological dept?

These problems, along with the alleged slavery on fishing boats, have been known for years. Boats are owned by untouchable rich folks. New plan and new laws? Right! Thailand's problem is not an inability to write laws, it's an inability and lack of political will to enforce them. Until that changes... samo, samo! Oh, they'll straighten up for a few months until the EU investigators go home.

Yup, they've got laws galore. but enforcing them is a different matter.

If it will take only 3 months to clean it up, why did it not happened as soon as the laws were enacted? Thainess.

Yep, many of these bus drivers have no concept of responsibility for their passengers.

For that reason I make sure I'm nowhere near the front of the bus these days - at least I can't see just how bad the driiving is! And definitely travel in broad daylight!

Poor Thais, they don't have a clue about wearing seat belts either. Most buses have 'em, but Thai passengers look at me stupid as I'm belting up.

Many of the people in this crash would probably have been better off if belted.

I really don't like seeing those Brio's on the road. They look like little dinky cars, I often think of how poor they must be when rearended, as there is no boot or rear at all, just the rear passenger seats and the window and bumper directly behind.

Looking at the picture I now k. If you were in your Hilux or Ranger, you'd still be dead if a truck squashes you between it and a bus.

Get real. If you were in a Hilux or Ranger you'd still be dead meat if a truck travelling at speed squashes you against a bus!

She was out of line with the hijab.

If they want to wear burkas, send 'em home pronto.

It is commendable to see the extent of solar power installations springing up around the country. Shows that at least someone is looking to the future.

Next step for Thailand: come up with and enforce a building code for houses which includes insulation in walls and ceilings.

So that all those airconditioners have something to work with.

Pink is the new red? Luv it!

So sad. Very very sad.

Terrible way for her to have her dream ended.

Who or what is it that is qualified to determine just when that instant happens where the durian changes from unripe to ripe? Jail term or free to walk.

Is there a 'sniffer' technology that does this? I can picture the dial now, with an analogue needle that points on the left to a baby fruit, and on the right to a mature smelly fruit (indicated as such with little squiggly lines rising from it).

Or perhaps a probe that beeps once for unripe, twice for ripe (3 times for overripe even)?

Or maybe just some old biddy who happens to be passing by?

It all seems to be very subjective, and to have a jail term riding on that judgement is, well, laughable!

Only in Thailand!

"in the push for education reform and greater efficiency."

I'd reckon he's more than a little too ambitious, given that all he did was shuffle the deck chairs . . .

Those bastards!!! I get a ticket per month on average, sometimes it me and sometimes my wife is driving and we normally go with the flow...

Slow learners?

So far, 300 of the rescued dogs have been adopted, 80 per cent by foreigners, he added.

I truly hope that these foreigners were NOT from Vietnam......

Brilliant! what great scam that would be (or is already?). Please please let it be . . .

Can't wait for the re-enactment!

And where are you going to build this reservior to stop the floods and save all the water to drought proof Thailand ???

That's easy, just build a humungous dam in the Mekong like other people are doing.

"Look guys, when I say all that stupid stuff, when I sound like a teenager, when I'm sounding wet behind the ears, just don't report it, OK?"

We all know which group gave the orders to plant this bomb just waiting for them to be arrested.

Why not buy them plane tickets as well so they can casually leave the country. It gives them time to update their passports as well.

If they had not already left the country they sure as hell have now. "Thank you Boss for telegraphing to us in code, giving us the chance to get out, we'll pay you back in greng jai".

For god's sake, why do they always mouth off in this way??

During the period officials also inspected the working condition of a total of 85,484 public buses.

And who said that Thais work inefficient, if they are able to check eighty five thousand buses in just 6 days.

Awesome eh. Give 'em a big hand. klap . . . klap . . . klap. . . .

When we had a burglary at our house the first two police officers to arrive came red faced and reeking of alcohol. They couldn't give a shit about drink driving.

Oh dear, not encouraging.

No chance of fixing the road toll till there is a total brain transplant in the society.

Starts with parents, but how can it start when the parent takes the 3 or 4 young'uns for a trip to 7-11 on the motosi?