Classic Ray

I am concerned about the social and political effect of this disruption to the tourist industry and consequent job losses. Social unrest and rising crime rates caused by unemployment could destabilise the government and reduce their support base to zero as even their hi so supporters see their income streams diminish, let alone the military and police business owners. That could lead to a call for a new government based on running Thailand like a business, as was seen on a previous occasion. Great care needs to be taken to prevent civil unrest which could result, and the only way to do that is to urgently improve the economy and job opportunities for the mostly young people who are suffering.

Pride and face “If I can’t have her, no one can”.

When you’ve got one eye on your phone and other on the DVD playing it’s difficult to concentrate on driving as well.

There are 11 Red Notices currently on the Interpol website when filtered by Thai and male. Our subject is not among them. This means either that no Notice has been applied for, or the amount of evidence submitted by the RTP is insufficient to authorise the Notice.

I think the man already has a history of poor health so will be probably allowed to serve his sentence in hospital as previously happened with another prominent prisoner.

No mention of any use of seatbelts that I inevitably find folded away and have to untangle before I can fasten much to the amusement of Thai passengers who never bother.

Please remember that the fines are shared out among all the officers at each station according to rank, it’s part of the RTP funding model. With the decrease in tourism, opportunities to impose fines have dropped and pro activity is now mandated.

The rationale behind wearing masks is to stop you spreading infection, rather than being infected. Since every tourist entering the country has already been tested/quarantined etc, maybe multiple times, they will not be an infection source. That could be their attitude.I appreciate they may be infected whilst here, and should wear masks. I wear one to ensure I have a quiet life and don’t get any more disapproving looks than I already suffer.

No more medical rationale to this decision than there was with the original restriction. Obviously business owners applying pressure as they watch their profit margins disappear down the plug hole.

If Thai people are such devout Buddhists and opposed to the seamier side of life, who are all the customers of the short time hotels, karaoke bars, soapy massage parlours, go go bars etc etc? There are many more of these than can be supported by tourists or foreigner business and they can be found in every town in Thailand, not just tourist areas.

No mention of any fines for riders/parents, or payments made to return the motorcycles to their owners. Hitting offenders in their pockets and permanently removing their means to race are the only options if nowhere is provided for them to race legally.

Thanks I deleted my comment after checking the border closure date, which I thought had been earlier.

They need to set up a website (not Immigration programmers) where people can submit dashcam footage of offending vehicles, with cash rewards of 50% of the fine for the informants and 10% for the courts/police who process them. Make the fines large enough to encourage owners to fix the vehicles and informants to send the videos. Start with bus and trucking companies and move on to the tuned pickups.

In UK and US law an essential difference between murder and manslaughter is murder must be carried out “with malice aforethought, either express or implied” which translates as an intention to kill or cause really serious bodily harm. If the prosecution can prove that the acts committed were intended at minimum to cause really serious bodily harm, then it will be murder. Otherwise it can only be manslaughter at most. So putting one bag on a victim’s head for short periods resulting in death might be manslaughter, whereas several bags and tape being used is good evidence of intent from the point of view that such actions showed at least recklessness for the welfare of the victim. It is difficult to prove what is in the mind of the killers, called mens rea, and depends on skillful interview and evidence gathered before and after the fact. i also don’t know to what extent Thai law follows these principles.

When temples appear to be more places of business than of worship, zoos, crocodile farms and snake farms care little for the welfare of the animals they display and schools seem to exist to enrich their owners rather than the minds of their students, I wonder what part of Thai culture the Minister thinks is worthy of protection?

I’m waiting for the bail application followed by taxi to the nearest land border, worked for Yingluck.

Knee jerk announcement without any evidence, par for the course here.

“The stepped-up security followed an incident which we reported here, earlier in the week, in which a young man discharged a firearm on Pattaya Beach Road in a fit of anger after a reportedly woman asked him to stop recording a video on the beach.” What’s a reportedly woman?

Once the slots have been returned, the released aircraft will be reassigned to other destinations with easier access for all the passengers who want a holiday without hassle. this means that even if Thailand removes all restrictions, there may not be enough aircraft available to fill that demand. Checkmate.

Little room for income generation for maintenance services, too easy to check prices. Better to wait until the defences fail and have to be rebuilt, much more room for inflation. Seems to be the practice for roads as well.

I would like the Immigration Police to tell me one occasion where the 90 day reporting or TM30 systems have resulted in an arrest or fine for an offence that is not to do with the reporting systems. its just job and income generation, nothing to do with detecting undesirables or making the country safer.

Too many snouts of free and reduced tickets as well as military officers on the board will be removed if it is privatised. Can’t see that happening this century.

I have just been sent an invitation to apply for M Pass the barrier less tolling system for Thai motorways relying on the latest ANPR technology. But there are no instructions in Thai or English on registration just a list of documents in mixed Thai and English which it looks like you have to download, fill in and print and send by snail mail. Probably written by the same elite programming team who can’t debug the 90 day reporting system or Thailand Pass and have to rely on printing and photocopying to collect information that either has been previously recorded or could easily be collected online.

Having failed yet again with online system sent 90 day by post on 24 Sep 2021 to Chaeng Wattana/Muang Ton Thani. Positive reply received 4 November 2021, so don’t give up hope if it takes a long time to process, grit your teeth and keep your EMS Receipt.

To check I had to look at all my transactions and cross refer to my Lazada orders etc. Quite difficult as Bangkok Bank do not record the vendors name/ID on the statement, just say “ Terminal”. Luckily all mine were legit.