darksidedog

39 minutes ago, webfact said:

They reported that there was heavy rain and the car aquaplaned after hitting flood waters by a T-junction and bend. 

Looking at the damage to the car he must have been going ridiculously faster than the conditions allowed for.

The monk should be charged with causing death by reckless driving, and jailed for it, rather than being allowed to sneak back to the temple.

While the behaviour is reprehensible, it is the cause that concerns me the most. There are very many people out there in serious financial difficulties, a fair few of whom are suffering from mental problems either existing, or brought on by recent events. This government has not been there for its people remotely as much as it should have. The only surprise really is that we are not seeing larger numbers of mental breakdowns. The only good news here is that no one was hurt, which could easily happen as we all know only too well.

23 minutes ago, greenmonkey said:

Unbelievable!

Very believable I would have said. It shows not only the corrupt nature of the cops, but that the only concern isn't the underlying corruption, but their image, even when their stupidity and brazenness lets most of them believe they can do it in the open.

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

Police have called in the van driver who made threats - named only as Jessada - who denied everything. 

What a huge surprise that is.

Taxis and others who are aggressive and try to overcharge tourists are seemingly too dumb to recognise the golden goose for what it is. The cops everywhere have had forever to fix this problem, but their apathy has only helped it continue. I stopped taking taxis a long time ago because it was too much drama to get somewhere without being fleeced.

Truly amazing, even for Thailand.

Were there a shred of decency at the hospital, they would be more concerned right now on operating on the leg, and worrying about who was going to pay the bill later. Utter disgrace that neither BTS, who you would think should be responsible, or the area districts can deny responsibility when clearly one of them is responsible for the station being safe.

The cops find it easier taking money off the public at routine checkpoints, rather than enforcing any traffic laws. Regularly get one 100-200m from a set of traffic lights, which gets red light runners at every change, but never seen the cops nicking people for it. Same goes for pedestrian crossings, where one takes ones life in ones hands every time.

I wouldn't object to seeing cops at the lights or the crossings, but I do object to their tea money habits, which I suspect will not change even if a few politicians blow off hot air, on a subject that never sees any action taken.

The loss of any life is tragic, especially when it is a child. All the time parents allow their kids to ride around on motorbikes with or without a helmet this sort of news will continue.  Kids have no idea about road sense, or understand their own mortality, a deadly combination. The roads here are challenging enough already, even for those of us with decades of driving experience.

RIP young man. Sadly nothing is likely to be learnt by those who should be taking heed from your tragedy.

Much as I would like to go home for a month or so to visit family and friends, there is no way I will be going anywhere while this pandemic is still controlling government actions. The hoops to jump through, the costs for tests and finding flights, all the while hoping you will be able to get back in again, but never really sure you actually can, combine to make it not viable.

They have a very poor reputation and are criticised for very obvious reasons. They are generally considered by most to be inept, corrupt and will fleece the public they are supposed to be serving at every opportunity.

Someone should tell this guy that in real life, you get a pat on the back when you deserve it, and bawled out when your performance is poor.

42 minutes ago, webfact said:

All this activity seems to have somehow escaped the notice of the normally vigilant local constabulary.

Normally vigilant? Hats off to the fella that wrote that line. Haven't laughed so much for a while.

6 out of 10 says not awful, but needs improvements. A good manager would apologise, rectify the problem and possibly offer a free or reduced stay in future.

Threatening unhappy customers is a sure fire way to generate a really bad reputation for yourself, and cost yourself way more customers in the long run, than one bad review could ever cause.

Face it seems is more important than logic and common sense, aided and abetted by the ludicrous defamation laws.

49 minutes ago, carbuyer said:

I see something about "power of attorney documents", where can those be found? What else is needed?

It is not easy for anyone outside of the country to transfer assets, presumably so they don't get fleeced by their family while overseas.

The seller will need to appoint a person to take on power of attorney to sign the vehicle documents transfer request on their behalf.

Getting that verified as legitimate here can be troublesome. It will need to be notarized at sellers current location and a verified Thai translation provided.

I would definitely suggest entering such a deal only on the basis that you actually hand over the funds when you have the blue book in your name in your hand, and not before.

If this picks up and spreads the way it has been doing elsewhere, I am looking forward to Anutins explanation of how he is still doing a brilliant job, as the country sinks around him.

A lot of them don't have emergency funds for three days, let alone three months.

By the look of it, the win driver didn't spend any of it on clothes. ????

That is a lot of money allegedly nicked and the goods would take up a serious amount of space, so wonder where the loot is?

Have to say giving someone your credit card with millions available on it, is a very obviously stupid thing to do.

25 minutes ago, webfact said:

He was commenting after 104 cases of Omicron were found in Thailand. 

 

Dr Suphakij Sirilak, director general of the Department of Medical Sciences said all of these were connected to people who had come back from or from abroad. 

It doesn't matter where they came from, the fact there are over 100 identified cases, despite the attempts at borders, suggests that those attempts are futile.

It is here and it is likely going to spread like wildfire, though I am sure Anutin will still tell us what a wonderful job he is doing.