Classic Ray

So nothing to do with raising money by extension fee between 30-60 days rather than 60 days free?

Let’s hope craft breweries are also included in the ability to be listed and raise investment funds in the same way.

Any insurance cost should be applied to the operators, not the passengers. Otherwise there is no incentive for them to increase safety. The increase in fares should be zero or minimal as the risk of an incident is very low.

It just happens that Sino Thai is owned by Khun Anutin’s family and are Italian Thai’s main competitor in Thailand.

There are several well respected and independent collision investigations bodies in other countries who would be available to review the evidence and provide an untainted opinion regarding likely speed. But just because they determine he was not exceeding a speed limit does not mean his speed was not reckless under the circumstances. Speed limits are maximums, not recommended levels in all circumstances.

If they examined the statistics from previous years they would see that the measures they take are ineffective. Someone in RTP needs to use their brain cell to realise that only proper stop checks both by mobile patrols and static checkpoints can do anything to reduce the toll. In Western countries it is the fear of arrest and consequences of harsh penalties that reduces offending, not the actual number arrested.

Never a mention of increased mobile patrols to catch offenders. There is very little effective prevention or detection of road offenders here. Just static checkpoints for tea money, or escorting VIP convoys of coaches. Most patrol vehicles are pickups for placing cones and scooters for manning traffic points in rush hours. it’s pathetic really.

Even strait laced and restrictive Singapore has legalised sex shops where toys can be bought, and the country has not collapsed from immoral behaviour. Time to legalise and regulate. Laughable that girlie bars and cannabis shops are allowed to operate but dildoes are verboten!

I previously had SS cover, but when I started a new contract after the age of 60, I was not allowed to be a member of the SS scheme. When I was knocked off my motorbike in Chiang Mai some years ago I was not allowed to leave the private hospital until the offending driver’s insurance company had coughed up the money for the treatment, including operation and ICU stay. Fortunately now my wife has a Govt job so I get almost free (50 baht) treatment at Govt hospitals.

UK recently started cracking down on nail salons and barber shops used for money laundering. Shopping mall near me in Bangkok, many units vacant, but several barber shops and nail salons (with few customers) remain open. Could they also be used for laundering?

If he was so lilywhite, why did he not report the original attempt at bribery and the request to split the bribe from the other police officer to the NACC for investigation? Maybe frightened of more bullet holes appearing in his car?

Another vote for Omeprazole as a Protein Pump Inhibitor that reduces the production of stomach acid. But see a doctor first as it can mask the symptoms of stomach cancer. I also use a couple of chalk tablets to settle it down quickly as Omeprazole takes an hour or two to take effect. When I first saw a doctor about GERD thirty years ago he said most middle aged men got it as the valve at the top of the stomach weakened in middle age, he had a stack of photocopies on his desk explaining it. mine is exacerbated by type 2 diabetes, so get checked for that as well. I only have to take Omeprazole every three days or so, my doctor prescribes it for me.

Agreed. Experience in the UK where 24/7 sales were allowed a few years ago led to a rash of late opening that soon diminished when customers, who only had the same amount of money to spend as before, started leaving early and landlords did not want to pay staff in empty pubs. Very few now open after midnight, only entertainment venues where there is demand. Early diners and shoppers like me will appreciate removal of the afternoon restrictions preventing a drink with a meal. Will the removal of zoning affect the ban on sales near educational establishments? The onus should really be on the sellers to prevent sales to children whilst allowing adults to buy conveniently.

The headline and first paragraph are misleading, it is clarified further down. Officers SUSPECTED of misconduct will be suspended, then investigated. If found guilty, they will be disciplined or prosecuted. This follows practice in other jurisdictions. What appears to have changed is suspension during investigation rather than transfer to an inactive post.

Time to invest in more less lethal options such as Tasers. In China and Japan they use a blunt pitchfork device called a riot suppression device to pin and shock rioters etc, maybe better than shooting people.

I have a similar feeling about car dealerships as I have about casinos. They have grandiose buildings that look impressive but ultimately are paid for by customers. Tesla have shown you can sell cars without dealerships. I was recently quoted around 20000 baht at the dealership to fix the a/c on my Toyota for a new compressor and many other parts, not evaporator. Local mechanics diagnosed leak in evaporator behind dashboard, replaced same day 6000 baht.

Education includes attention to detail and checking what you write in your work. Very important for those in leadership positions to show a good example, they are being paid to improve the nation’s systems. I had time to check this post, as she should have done with hers.

In Taiwan you can hire wailing mourners to lead your funeral procession, also dancers to ride on the funeral vehicles. They know how to do a send off there!

The substandard materials are one thing, but designing the lift shaft on the edge instead of at the centre was a really stupid act.

Any zero -dollar Chinese steel reinforcement factories operating here? Serm to remember a massive explosion and fire in a chemical factory outside Bangkok a couple of years ago, wasn’t that Chinese-owned as well?

Without bothering to publish the actual website address. i can foresee many scam agents diverting potential applicants to their sites to traffic and cheat them.

And yet many Thai restaurants rarely offer sugar-free drinks and 3 in 1 coffee remains ubiquitous. Of course hiso sugar producers don’t want to see consumption reduced as it hits profits. The tax just diverts some of the profit to the Government.

Not a mention of increasing police mobile patrols to detect speeders and drunk drivers. Just providing (probably unpaid) vocational students to perform repair services on EVs. When will the first one be killed by the high voltages involved, or the first unquenchable fire happens? At least it keeps the police overtime bill low and makes up for those enjoying Songkran rather than doing their duty. The situation will not change until the Government and Thai people accept they have a problem and really want to reduce road collisions. But I won’t hold my breath on that one due to the fatalism and apathy shown so far.

When you have dealt with as many collisions as I did in my former career and watched non-seat belt wearers die , you don’t need any convincing to make you and your passengers wear seat belts. for all the know-alls whinging about fire, drowning etc, these sort of incidents are very rare and account in most countries for less than 5% of collisions. You stand a much better chance of survival and escape if you are wearing your belt when it collides and catches fire or enters the water.

Even the rich cannot control their greed.