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I was the one who mentioned roundabout in answer to the following comment :- "In fact, I'm pretty sure when they're in school they must indoctrinate the kids in a Thai 'aggressive driving' course, lol." I didn't mention at any time that there was a roundabout involved in the accident that is the subject of the post.

Funny that - I always thought that you have to give way to traffic coming from the right? Ah well - live and learn!

I remember hearing that when questioned who has the right of way on a roundabout, frequent answers given by Thais were " whoever is on the roundabout first has right of way" or " whoever has the largest vehicle has right of way"!

The person who made the post that I was replying to assumed that it was! Along with a few other assumptions!

And what would a couple of local kids be doing out at 1 am in the morning in the vicinity of the local prison? Not exactly visiting hours! And when the foreigners usually aren't drunk or partying, drunk or drugged" when they actually rent the motor bikes, how is the renter supposed to know that they will be "partying, drunk or drugged" later? (Of course, young Thais don't party, get drunk or drugged and drive their motor bikes at high speed on the roads in the early hours of the morning - do they?) However, you have solved the problem by doing away with the motor bike rental business altogether ("curtailing") Maybe you mean adapting the rental business to rent only escooters to foreigners? Is that not a bit racist? Why not charge them up to 5 times what you would charge a Thai - they do that in public attractions don't they? Your post has more holes in it than a honeycomb!

It says at the entrance to the prison, but maybe it means on the ring road at the entrance road to the prison? And is the island garbage dump not in that vicinity?

Did they find any booze inside the garbage truck?

I know it's a typo, but "no more "brides"? The girls from Esan will be up in arms about this!

"Other orders on Prawit's "watch".................." Nice! He is now looking after the post of PM for a friend, I suppose?

Yes, I've been following your "career" for a while now, but why the secrecy? "Clue"? Is this a "Whodunit" post? I rather tend to think it's more of a "Whodidn'tdoit" !

"A public health volunteer said this showed the danger of looking at phones while on motorcycles." I wouldn't have thought that it needed a public health volunteer to point this out. It's like saying that it is a good idea to look at the road when you are driving or riding a motorbike! However, it does sound like something that Anutin would say to make it sound like a "pearl of wisdom" in order to justify his position. If anything good can come out of this tragedy it could be that it serves as a warning that EVERYBODY should be aware that this foolish behaviour is not "cool" - it can have fatal consequences - even more so than drunk driving, and the RTP should treat it as such. R.I.P young lady.

Ha ha! You seem to do an awfully good job about talking about nothing!

However, you do at least talk about it - you don't think it's pointless because you can't do anything about it! And I also think this lot would be better off employed by Bertram Mills!

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But you can still have an opinion about something knowing that it has little chance of directly altering anything - nobody is suggesting you join a rally, but by voicing an opinion, you let people know which side of the fence you sit on!

So if something doesn't affect you, you don't have an opinion on it? And surely, a change in leadership/government in the country you are (presumably) living in could affect you - in numerous ways?

But we still can have an opinion - which is partly what this forum is all for.

"So, head for Helsinki near the Arctic if you want clean air!" But forget the flip flops and tee shirts!

You're kidding - right?

"Coupe"? He obviously won't be taking Anutin AND the other Deputy PM Prawit with him!

"let him that is without sin cast the first stone"!!!

Who said "Pigs can't ***?"

"The wealthy salon owner who murdered a couple outside his shop ................." There is one word in there that should give you a clue as to how the Judicial service here works!

Ah - thank you for the explanation - it's a bit clearer now!

"I used to pop into Tesco on the way home at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning and before that walking back to my hotel on Beach Road at 5 .30." I am confused!