Classic Ray

I think you mean lam. Lamb is more appropriate for Welsh and Kiwi villains!

M Pass and Easy Pass (not called Easy Flow) have joint lanes on highways with yellow lights above the booths. You have a card which is read automatically at the booth and the toll fee deducted from the balance.

M Flow is a new scheme with its own lanes where you have to register your vehicle number, as ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) cameras read that number. Every month ( I think) you receive a bill for the tolls you owe. The system eliminates queues at toll booths.

5 minutes ago, Almer said:

So yesterday it was reported that a lady went to the police because of blackmail regarding explicit pictures whilst she was in a rest room, the report gave her name the fact she sold Durian and the place she sold them in fact chapter and verse. 

But today all we have is a big Hotel opposite a mall

Rich hotels can sue for defamation, poor stallholders and shopkeepers cannot.

In Bangkok since COVID this ghost riding has become the rule rather than the exception, especially by Grab, win etc riders. 
 

Never seen any police activity to stop them, or for anything else.

its just laziness and selfishness, common characteristics. 
 

I am sure I will wipe one out, not intentionally, one day, and they will come crying to

me for help with hospital bills and damage - no chance.

27 minutes ago, Regyai said:

A brave French man

 

Well I suppose there had to be one somewhere

 

(the exception that proves the rule and all that)

You’ve obviously never met or had dealings with the French Foreign Legion, many of whose members are French.

Or heard of the brave acts of French police and public in the face of terrorist acts.

Maybe it was a wallaby, so pending formal identification it was described as a ‘kangaroo’?

Why brave? She was in no danger.

She was undoubtedly praiseworthy and competent but reserve commendations for bravery for those who perform brave acts.

This is why developed countries have restrictions on drivers hours, tachographs and rigid training for HGV and PSV drivers, with regular inspections and enforcement. 
 

Police here too busy with second jobs and sitting at useless checkpoints to do any of this. 

This mirrors actions by the IRA during the Troubles, when they attacked many targets outside Northern Ireland as well as inside to emphasize and publicise their cause. 
 

Nothing works as effectively as terrorizing communities and politicians in their own back yards.

Not accident, but a collision caused by the reckless driving of one of the drivers.

Accidents happen when there is no conscious action, eg a previously unknown vehicle defect or road surface collapse.

One punch deaths are more common than you think. Striking heads on pavements or roads can easily kill you as happens to helmetless motorcycle riders every day here. 
 

in the UK he would probably be charged with manslaughter and sentenced to less than the mandatory life sentence for murder.

Why don’t people read referenced articles before jumping into print?

They will see he is married, has an 18 year old daughter here, so has grounds for a visa.

Being a mercenary is not the same as Special Forces, so he could have done that from a young age.

I’m more concerned that no action was  taken in respect of his admitted drink driving, which he used as his excuse for the assault. His cooperation with Immigration must have been very strong.

13 minutes ago, Dogmatix said:

 

Somporn co-owns the house with her 74-year-old Australian husband.

 

The article doesn't explain how this is possible.  He is unlikely to be a naturalised Thai citizen, since they spend most of their time in Australia.  Therefore it is more likely that she owns the home outright and he owns nothing.

As a foreigner he is allowed to own the house, but not the land on which it stands. Some couple take this route to avoid the Thai spouse being able to take both the house and the land should there be marital discord.