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2 hours ago, ukrules said:

Oh yes, they got him. Was on Thai TV news earlier....

 

Apparently he got into a taxi and told the driver to take him somewhere neat the Cambodia border, but the taxi driver was suspicious and spoke to the security.

 

The way I heard it was they started asking questions and perhaps wanted to go to the apartment - at that point he ran away and jumped into another taxi.

 

This prompted them to call the cops who found the body. To find where he was heading they asked the first taxi driver and despite telling this driver his destination he continued to the same destination - this guy is no 'Jason Bourne' - and he got caught so quickly due to being a little bit dim by the sounds of it.

 

 

Not the sharpest saw in the shed I'd gather. Then again, if he had any modicum of intelligence I guess this wouldn't have happened at all.

Can't see if his passenger was at the back? What was the driver driving - the USS Enterprise?

The driver probably tried to make a run for it, then realised he was easily trackable (by the hotel, by his vehicle etc), decided it wasn't worth the risk, and turned back.

Anyway, good that it ended well for the Norwegian.

I thought Anutin was the only dumb one. Now there's more. People can be sloshed right up to 0200 hrs and start driving after that. Or, people can get wasted without going to the pubs. Get that doc? Thailand is still going to get its usual quota of accidents regardless of pubs' opening/closing hours. Blame enforcement and discipline.

It really beggars belief, that this level of stupidity is possible. And Anutin has just become its poster boy.

2 hours ago, JeffersLos said:

What's the reason for this in Thai society?

 

Is it just a pure psychotic ego of being requested to yield for somebody doing something good, or the power of slowing down someone in need of medical assistance, or what is it? 

I guess that warm, welcoming and pleasant demeanour hides a fragile ego and the need to feel 'superior' to the next person in one way or another. Since they can't do that in real life, swallowing their pride and 'face' in front of bosses, customers and people who really are 'bigger' than them, they act this out when they feel they are secure behind the safety of the steel cage that is their vehicle. I guess.

I drive extensively in Malaysia and while Malaysian drivers are just as bad (for similar as well as other reasons), they do literally jump out of the way as soon as they see/hear sirens behind them. Even if the emergency vehicle is a few hundred metres behind. If this happens at the lights, EVERYONE WILL STOP regardless of whether it's red or green and allow the emergency vehicle to pass.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

He sent some flowers instead, not bothering to appear in person.

No amount of flowers or fine will undo this git's actions. One day, the roles may be reversed and his family or loved one - or maybe himself - may be the one in the ambulance. What a brain-dead ball sack. As an aside, the RTP really is a stinking gang of uniformed thieves, robbers and scammers - nothing else.

Just legalise it and earn some tax revenue. If you want to ban this, you might as well ban cigarettes. Oh you can't, I see. Big Tobacco already have you lot in their pockets. Ok, go on then. Woof woof.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

“The Asia Pacific is no one’s backyard and should not become an arena for big power contest.

Really. But China can claim that the entire South China Sea as belonging to them, lay claim to a bunch of rocky islands way away from their coast and constantly encroach into other countries' waters and airspace (ask the Malaysians and Filipinos, for a start).

I am sure the sentence would've been much harsher if the defendant did not drive a Porsche and does not have a 'Pol Capt' prefix to his name. Life is cheap here, and that's to their own kind! The dirty falangs and foreigners don't stand a chance! Be extra vigilant when out and about here, and pray that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a runaway freight train coming your way at full speed.

All these unnecessary deaths caused by drunk drivers, mobile devices-yielding motorists and gun-totting psychopaths should be stopped. But who can stop it? There is no will from any party to enforce the law, beyond the sporadic knee-jerk reactions and some empty vows in response to some random events. Otherwise it's just another day in Thailand. The RTP? They're capable of zilch. Nyet. Nada. The square-root of jack. Us foreigners can't do much beyond the usual ranting in Asean Now. But surely the Thais must be tired of all this happening to their countryfolks? Don't they want to see a stop to this? It could happen to any of their loved ones and when it does, it's already too late.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Criminals use nice looking profile images on platforms like Line, Facebook and Instagram to gain the trust of the unwary.

Oh do they? You mean like how the RTP are using a pretty-faced Lt-Col as a picture caption to front their news to gain the trust of the unwary?

Whatever happened to ban on travelling in back of pick-ups?

Exactly the same thing that happened to bans/rulings on helmets, seat belts, DUI, using mobile devices while driving, speeding, riding on pavements, driving/riding against flow, parking etc. etc. - you name it. What happened to all that? Basically nothing. The square-root of jack! Lest one forgets, TiT. When they vow to crackdown on this and enforce that, that's all they are doing - vowing. It's basically hot air. Nothing will happen. When something does happen, the knees will jerk a little, then 'mai bphen rai' and 'sabai sabai' will kick in and everything will be back to 'normal'.