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1 minute ago, Stocky said:

He and god knows how many million others! This is a normal day in the office for THAILAND,  this ain't Switzerland!

 

The dashcam footage is totally unremarkable.

 

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Would it have been remarkable if he had plowed into the back of another vehicle ?...  Because with this driving such a disaster with potentially tragic consequences is only a moment away. 

Yes, this is a normal day on the Thai roads... but it 'shouldn't' be and with more attention we will hopefully see some improvement. 

1 hour ago, billy54 said:

Have i lived here too long ? as i couldn't find much wrong with it ,only a moron with a camera 

Thats called "Social Stockholm Syndrome"... you have become so desensitized by stupidity it has become your norm.

How is the guy who videoed this a moron? With more actions like this he (along with others) will make the roads safer for you, I and many others to travel on. 

6 hours ago, Stocky said:

It seemed like a normal day at the office to me. He was driving no more recklessly than this moron with a dashcam following him.

The stopping distance of a lorry+trailer in the dry is estimated at about 360 ft at 60mph / 96kmh

A car at the same speed = 220 ft. 

That is an extra 140 ft in which the lorry can crush another vehicle. 

The pickup truck is driving well within the limits of the vehicle and road. The Articulated lorry is driving well beyond them. 

This driver needs to be taken off the road before he kills someone. And he will kill someone, he will blame the rain, he will blame break failure, he will blame anything except the real reason which is his potentially fatal disregard for road safety. 

55 minutes ago, MekkOne said:

 

I don't know in your country, but in my country a parking lot (where she was stopped) is a private property and it's not as a open public road so no crime was committed as the article says, nobody yet report of an accident except the pub staff (apparently she must have hit an abandoned car). In another video there is a guy of the staff that says that she arrived at 10PM or 11PM... An actress is in your pub and you don't even notice at what time she has arrived? I doubt she was actually drunk or under the effect of some drugs, she was just probably pissed because of all the people that were taking pictures and video of her...


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Why would you attempt to defend her ?... She's already killed someone driving under the influence. 

She kicked off in a Pub while allegedly drunk. She drove in the Pub Car park and collided with another car, while allegedly drunk. Police arrested her in her car 500m down the road and breathalysed her, proving she was over the limit by an undisclosed amount. 

MekkoOne: You're also attempting to pick holes in the story. If staff reported she'd arrived at around 10pm-11pm thats a fairly reasonable estimation. There are 100's of actresses in Thailand, 1000's of famous people, they frequently socialize and its quite normal to be in a pub with someone 'locally famous' nearby. This will not be a special occasion for the staff and certainly not a sufficient reason to make a mental note of the time of someones arrival. 

This lady has proven herself to be a danger to society, she's now been arrested twice. I'd hazard a guess and suggest drink driving is a weekly event for this lady, perhaps more. Were lucky no one else was killed -

I have no idea how anyone, yourself included MekkoOne could defend these actions and at the same time maintain a moral compass befitting a reasonable person. 

32 minutes ago, MekkOne said:

 

36 minutes ago, HooHaa said:

cant condone her actions, but seems to me the misogyny here is strong.

are you lot angry she was let off the first time or just dislike her because she has money or a vagina?

 

be interesting to find out when many of the upstanding citizens of thai visa last drove home shitfaced. 

im guessing plenty of hypocrisy  would be revealed.  

You're right, it's unbelievable how many 'haters' you can find here, people that probably never tasted a beer in their life and never drove a car after a beer...


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Perhaps there are a number of 'hypocrites' on thaivisa.com who drive under the influence - but they too would face similar comments from many of us. Particularly after killing someone, then a follow up second infraction showing a fragrant disregard from the law and safety of anyone else around them.

As others have pointed out, this lady has issues, but it isn't an alcohol issue, first and foremost its a 'couldn't give a <deleted> about anyone else' issue... it is this with which most posters object, money or being a female doesn't really come in to it until she uses these to escape legal recourse. 

She's been caught making a social nuisance of herself and drunk driving again. 

I wonder how many times she has been driving under the influence of alcohol and well over the limit. 

I wonder how many others times the lives of numerous others have been placed at risk, even placed in grave danger as a direct result of the ineffectiveness of the legal systems agains those who can afford to 'pay out'.

Had she been treated appropriately according the law after her first event, she may have learnt a lesson. 

I hope this second offence sees her death with more seriously just so the rest of us on the roads are protected. 

26 minutes ago, TheLobster said:

You are not a Thai traveller or smuggler, at least this topic gave you a chance to show off or so it would seem....................

You know this is an anonymous forum?....

Anyway, you have nothing to be concerned about if have nothing worth 20,000 baht or more on your possession when you travel...  perhaps you'd think you would be showing off if you did.

10 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

50-50...

 

She is obviously on the wrong side of the road plus no lights.

 

Crossy has been here long enough to know that you should always expect the unexpected.. Look left, right, up and down when making a turn :)

Yup... I've been here 20 years, I've avoided many accidents when pulling out of Soi's and driveways by being extra vigilant in observations of the silly things other do. 

What can be frustrating here is that its almost the social norm that we are expected to accept partial blame for the stupidity and carelessness of others. Almost as if we are being brainwashed into the acceptance of daft and careless behavior, sort of like a 'social stockholm syndrome' whereby we start to believe this silly stuff ourselves. 

IMO: 100% the old dears fault. She's cycling down the wrong side of the road, no lights. 

She didn't anticipate that you were obviously pulling out. 

That said, you could have avoided the accident by double checking to your left... But, that said, you could have avoided the accident by not moving at all, or not even being there in the first place !!!... no really, its her fault, she should not be riding down the wrong side of the road against traffic. 

You handled it well though.. 

Come on, we all know it wasn't his fault...  He'd been drinking, it was the Alcohol's fault.... 

IMO: With absolute evidence such as this there is only one resolution here: Death Penalty. 

This specimen simply needs to be removed from existence, by carrying out such a heinous crime he has proven he does not deserve to interact with humanity, he has proven that he should not be a burden on humanity and tax payers by keeping him fed, clothed and housed in a prison. Dispose of him. 

I'm 95kgs on 30mm tires I run 80-85psi... for regular use. This offers a slight softer ride around the parks etc (Lumpini, Benjakitti or over on Bang Krachao). 

When on the skyline I would increase this to 100psi on a much smoother surface. 

That said. I haven't actually checked my tyre pressures in over a month !... I'm too lazy to inflate then deflate my tires after every ride. 

6 hours ago, oldhippy said:

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Everything we buy has marketing now. Why do you consider JW "clever"? Do you consider the price difference between red and black labels to great for the increase in quality?

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Unfortunately you are right, the cost price  of many products now mainly comes from their marketing (and taxes).

 

I am old school - I buy a product for what is in it, not for what some slick marketing manager has enhanced it with.

 

The difference between red and black JW? No idea, I seldom drink whisky, and if I do, I prefer the better stuff. Unless I want to get drunk - happens occasionally, in that case the cheapest available will do.

The difference between Red and Black Label ?.... in my younger years here in Bangkok when my friends and I went out on the sauce we used to drink Suntory Red... we suffered hangovers, after a while we switched to Johnny Red and suffered less extreme hangovers...  Switching to Johnny Black or Chivas the hangers were much reduced... 

Thus: When partying and mixing whisky with whatever the difference is very little, but the difference was noticed the next day... 

But mixing Beer, then Wine, then Whisky on an evening is a recipe for a tender morning after... No 4am noodles and a pint of water before bed can resolve that potential 'let me just stay in bed all day' moment !

1 minute ago, berybert said:

I'm glad I don't go to the same optician as you lot do.

The car is overtaking the bike then slows and turns, I.E. he cut the bike rider up

Please quote to place your response in context...  I (we) are not sure who's post you are referring to. 

If it was mine, please read again, we are in agreement. 

9 hours ago, loong said:

100% the fault of the pick-up driver.

Undertaking is allowed in this situation. In fact motorcyclists can be fined for travelling in the right hand lane.

I suggest that you pause the video as soon as the vehicles come into view.

The pick-up is clearly coming from the far right lane and cutting in front of the bike. It doesn't matter whether he had his indicators on or not, it doesn't make it ok to cut in front of another vehicle.

Most fuel stations have a very high sign and can be seen from a long way off. The pick up should have maneuvered into the left lane long before this.

At first I figured 100% the motorcycles fault for attempting to undertake. However, after watching the video again and after reading your comments I can see my mistake in observation. I'm doing an about turn and am now of the opinion that the Pickup driver is 100% to blame for the accident. 

I too see that the pickup driver started in the 2nd lane and cut across into the 1st (left most) lane to turn left. It seems the pickup drivers decision to make the turn was a late one, he did not show his intention to turn at least 30m in advance (as per land traffic act) and failed to position his vehicle correctly. 

I do believe the pick up driver may not have noticed the incident, but this is Thailand who can tell with the numbers of hit and runs we see. 

The motorcyclist could also have avoided this incident. 

I think both the pickup driver and the motorcyclists were hardly paying attention, which IMO is the route cause of this accident (2 people driving / riding carelessly). That said, IMO: Pickup driver is at fault. 

15 minutes ago, fruitman said:

Exactly. Would be better at 200.000 baht.

 

So NOBODY should come to Thailand bringing designer clothes/purses/shoes without the receipts..No Macbooks , Ultrabooks or Nikon camera's. No musicinstruments, protheses or golden teeth, maybe pacemakers have to be declared as well?

 

Quality tourists like Thailand is begging for will go elsewhere i guess.  Is it the same in Singapore with 20.000 baht maximum?

I think many countries have similar limits on the value of items brought in. 

The issue for me is that these regulations involve so much ambiguity there exists a possibility whereby many of us could fall foul of an overzealous customs officer. 

That said, common sense does appear to apply here and while this story has inflamed opinions, only one story has been presented whereby customs have behaved quite unreasonably (*earlier post regarding a 2 year old handbag). 

The legality of UBER has been questioned numerous times on this thread. 

If I'm not mistaken, the answer, UBER are both legal and illegal....  the legality is dependent on the type of registration the vehicle holds.

UBERx for the most part are illegal (White number plate background, with black script / numbers), these are private vehicles and not registered to take fare paying passengers. 

UBER Black on the other hand are for the majority, legal (White number plate background, with green script / numbers), these are vehicles which are registered to take fare paying passengers. There are also a number of UBER Black vehicles for which it is not legal to take fare paying passengers (White number plate background, with black script / numbers).

As I understand it, the legality also considers the insurance coverage of the vehicle to carry fare paying passengers. 

Thus: Its not quite 'black and white' or... 'black and green' in this case. That said, in comparison, many of the taxi's are not correctly insured (I've had an accident with an uninsured Taxi and assume many are not insured), also many of the drivers are not the same person indicated on the interior license plate. 

If Taxi's were all fully legal and followed professional practices I would be in full support of them. Experience has taught me that this is most definitely not the case.

The Taxi drivers have made their bed, the public are becoming exasperated with the behavior and attitudes of taxi drivers in Thailand (and it seems a number of other countries too, which is where UBER have stepped in). The pubic have become exasperated with the taxi drivers sense of entitlement, their petulance and in many cases criminal (or at the least illegal) behavior,  the public in growing numbers are showing support towards an alternative... UBER in Thailand are simply providing this alternative, as are All Thai Taxi (in Bkk) but their numbers are not many and they fail to provide sufficient competition, their 'app booking systems' remain flawed for they are rarely available to the point many forget all about All Thai Taxi.

GRABTaxi could be an excellent alternative, I have positive feelings regarding duel accountability (both driver and passenger are registered in the app which offers some form of accountability), however, the many times I have used GRAB Taxi a regular taxi turns up, which often means its in a poor state of repair, no seat-belts in the back and a driver with an attitude that he is entitled to my custom and I should be privileged to sit in his car rather than one of mutual respect in the meeting of a double coincidence of want (the driver respectfully provides a service which I respectfully pay for according to metered rates).

I think all of the issues with Taxi's in Thailand comes down to the attitudes of the drivers and their sense of entitlement which may stem in some part from a desperation to make ends meet. But in aggregate their attitudes do little to garner support of the general public. All they need to do is turn over a new leaf and take pride in and value their service, however, the re-education of a whole industry seems a little too much to ask.

2 minutes ago, trogers said:

That 2-year old Gucci bag answers your question...

Indeed, that story is particularly worrisome...  it opens up a potential can of worms for any traveller entering Thailand.

Fortunately, as things stand the Customs officials are fairly flaccid in their enforcement.... with the exception of the 'Gucci handbag' story above. 

1 minute ago, sanukjim said:

All over the world people are in error about the names of alcohols. You would have to be a cheapo to chose Samson over Johnny Walker or just don't have a taste for good whiskey.Of course if you use anything other then water as a mixture in a whiskey you diffidently do not have a taste for whiskey so just drink the cheap stuff as it suits you.

Just love this kind of snobbery when talking about Black Label... 

Its a good enough drink neat, or mixed with whatever you like... its hardly top shelf. 

I drink it instead of Sang Som because Sang Son would give me a ruinous hangover.

I drink Black Label mixed with Soda and a dash of coke when out in a club with friends (bottle on the table), or sometimes neat on ice if I'm feeling too full...  I strengthen up to get my sparkle on, and weaken down if I'm feeling 'wobbly' !!!

Very rarely a headachy hangover on just Black label alone... 

If sat at home, then perhaps something a little nicer to sip....  

Muncher...

3 hours ago, Xaos said:

 

Boy was taking photos of girls in toilet then going through them. One girl spotted it and came back with farang to confront him. He hide phone and the rest is on Cctv.

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Is that actually fact... because already on this thread one person has alluded the the fact that he gave the very same theory, which was then picked up by coconuts news, the poster in question was then approached by coconuts who never let facts get in the way of a good story..... 

So... Is this something you know, from a reliable source (not coconuts) or just hearsay from this forum ????

35 minutes ago, trogers said:

That's your opinion. Lecture that to the one who points a gun or knife at you sometime in the future.

You go to weddings, meetings, decent restaurants and bars with people who have guns and knives ?

I admit, I would feel slightly more vulnerable walking down beach-road in Pattaya with a Rolex watch. I'm assuming you are of the opinion that should I ever walk down beach road in Pattaya with a Rolex I would deserve it if I were the victim of any robbery.... 

Note: I do actually chose where to wear items which may be perceived as valuable by those in my surroundings potentially placing myself in a vulnerable situation. 

But, by your comments troggers, can I assume you never wear anything decent or of considered value? 

Now, I place very high value on my passport, and so could criminals who could sell it on. We are advised to carry our passports with us at all times. Thus, would I deserve it if my passport were stollen ?

You see, your arguments, while understood are so fundamentally flawed on every level of decency. I'm just relieved we are discussing belongings and not an attack on an attractive young lady dressed for a night out. 

1 minute ago, smccolley said:

In the video I can see the indicator. 

 

To be fair though, he could have thought it was a pothole in the road.

 

There was a time I thought I hit a pothole in my 4x4 but my wife insisted it was a car. No damage to my truck but we went back to the scene and found a tire sized dent in my friend's yaris's hood...

Were you diving a Humvee or monster-truck ?

I've nearly been involved in very similar accidents in Bangkok. 

Turning left in to a the Soi where I live....  not only did I have to position my car to prevent motorcyclists from undertaking, but I also had to stop more often than not to give way to the motorcyclists riding down the pavement. 

This never happened, because I was well aware of the carelessness of many road users, especially those motorcyclists trying to undertake and riding down the pavement. 

That said: All the pickup did was indicate and turn left. He could have avoided the accident by being more observant, but I still consider the accident 100% the motorcyclists fault for attempting to undertake. 

28 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

You obviously never tried to take a taxi to Auckland airport. The taxi drivers are just a bunch of extorting crooks.

Pattaya "taxi" prices have always been a rip off if not on the fixed route which is the best priced in Thailand.

Same everywhere though. Try taking a tuk tuk in Phuket!

Never had an issue with Taxi's in Aukland... in and around the city, and from and to the airport...

Tuk Tuks in Phuket... I agree... A-holes !