richard_smith237

Has anyone ever had a 'traffic fine' that has not been 'collected' in this manner ???? The only issue here is the is that it was caught on video... ... whoever published the video might now expect to be charged with brining Thailand into disrepute and some made up crime of filming and official and that being a breach of the computer crimes act or some such similar face saving measure...

Or it was an auto and it failed... could be many reason. But, I'm wondering why the brakes didn't hold... is this one of those times there was brake failure but its not been used as an excuse ? Its so very tragic that they lost their child... but again, Thai authorities persist on taking such a slack approach to road safety and these are the consequences.

Stick a knife in it... wiggle it about a bit...

I'm going out on a limb here... because the auto-pop-up function didn't work ????

I did the same a number of years back (selling to a non-Thai) I Just signed proof of sale, POA and signed over the green book - left the rest with him. I was contacted a year later, he wanted another POA as he'd not bothered to put the bike in his name for a year. I sold another bike a couple of years ago this time to a guy in a different province (a non-Thai), I never even met him, he transfered a deposit, I sent photos of the bike being loaded onto transport, he transfered the balance, I then posted the GreenBook, POA, Letter of Sale etc separately. From the sellers point of view, its exactly the same as a Car (I've sold on a few Cars to foreigners and Thai's). The transfer process is quite simple and there is a lot of info out there - but its a moving target and reliant on a few factors such as location / Nationality of seller and buyer etc... Note: Based on comments on this forum, some DLT's want proof of address from the Seller, but I've never encountered that (and its also reported that some won't accept a Yellow Book, but again, when buying in Bangkok, I've never encountered that).

& as above… help people to help you… Provide details. Buyer / Seller Nationality Visa status / location (all necessary info to assist you with answers)

Run a google search for “aseannow motorcycle transfer”… … that should bring up loads of info (the forum search engine is weak)…

Why would they test him???… he’s 16 & drinking is illegal 🫣

Clearly he didn’t use N2 in the tyres & the air pressure was off due to the cooler evenings at this time of year…. 🤔🤕

It’s not if the brakes are correctly applied !! 🫣

Using brakes when ascending (going uphill) is not usually neccessary.😀 It could be argued that applying the brakes to prevent the vehicle from rolling backwards at speed was quite necessary....

You don’t seem to have an opinion of your own, you simply critique everyone else’s. That’s the point. Now, regarding the car, what do you think it might have been? Do you believe its make or value holds any significance in this context? While the type of car could symbolise affluence, it’s worth noting that this particular vehicle, likely an early 2000s W211 E-Class, doesn't carry substantial value today. However, this detail may be irrelevant if, as suggested by Thai social media, the boy was spared a DUI test due to an influential family name (though that is a rumour and the name has been withheld from the media).

Does it really matter what model it was? It's worth a few hundred thousand baht. What's your point in arguing? That you think it's worth more? ... Pointless pedantry.

Why not ? Halloween, Valentines Day etc is also celebrated.... In the Malls etc commercialism has nudged the awareness of these 'festivities' on their way and its been taken on in the fun spirit of the holidays. How many of us can say we are religious at all ?... We celebrate Christmas because its fun to do so, and its still fun to do so without any religious ties to the origins (which can also be debated).

What she did is not quiet quitting at all. Read the definition of it. Quiet Quitting: doing the minimum requirements of one's job and putting in no more time, effort, or enthusiasm than absolutely necessary... the definition and the Ops explanation is fairly clear: The Ops Wife basically forced them to make her redundant or accept that she wasn't going to be doing certain duties and wasn't going to kow-tow to the bosses... Its up to you if you want to interpret something different....

I think that is one of the primary issues with driving / riding here and one of the primary causes of accidents... ... the inbuilt reluctance to brake or slow down, which is only undertaken [braking] as a last resort and hence often it is too late... .... then we have stories of brake failure or anything else blamed... anything at all except the glaringly obvious reason of failing to anticipate and brake...

I don't think it is (the same flight)... What we have is the usual media pile on, where a story strikes gold with a and attract a lot of attention (i.e. the Air Asia story above), then another story is found hoping that the recipe for attention remains the same... We have the same with other stores, it will be a spate of 'dog attacks' or 'Swiss misbehaving'... Wait for a Brit or an Aussie to do something wrong, then we'll load of bad-Brit / bad-Aussie stories that fuel the confirmation bias of unintelligent readers.... Now Indian's area clearly flavour of the month, so expect a few more stories about them before the media moves on to its next flavour... i.e. had the Air-Asia non-event of guys talking on a flight not drawn attention, this would never reach the media - its not the first flight to run out of food or booze etc - but after the Air-Asia story this story can now pile on the 'Indians are drunk annoying travellers rhetoric'....

Are you looking for a cooking course ??... or missing the Ops point that there are options out there for those willing.

That video is horrific, the woman screaming. I don't know if she's trapped and it is her they are trying to cut out or if she's beside herself with grief as they try to cut her child out of the wreckage. Tragic - but other vehicles manage... ascending too fast, allowing the vehicle to reach an unsafe speed, not braking early enough or engaging a lower gear etc... led to the accident. Having too many people for the seated occupancy and not using restraints most likely led to the accident being fatal. IF only the governments did a lot more to educate the masses on seatbelt wearing, car seats for children, not overloading vehicles, helmets.... etc etc... society has been 'numbed' to such incidents which due to their frequency have been normalised - deaths such as this seem to have been accepted as a normal part of life, rather than avoidable tragedies.

Its not the wheelie - its the flaunting it on social media !!... which may cause some embarrassment if the BiB just sit and do nothing...

Is he videoing his antics and putting it on social media for a Police Captain to see ? Only then will the non-commissioned BiB be bothered to put in some leg work and follow up.

& Hopefully doesn't take any innocent victims with him... The level of stupidity is highlighed by the quote below: IF this lad has learned anything from this, then the BiB have potentially saved this lads life, and potentially that of innocents.. .

You're welcome, I know some people such as yourself struggle with basic concepts and variables of driving over here.... There's plenty of input of many more posters who can help you familiarise yourself with local conditions making yourself less of a danger to those around you.

Not quite: If you remove motorcyclists from the road stats - the road fatalities per 100,000 of population is actually less than the USA - there are other factors such as mileage covered etc... but the raw stat suggests that for vehicles other than motorcyclist the 'danger' is not as high as you suggest. For motorcyclists - the stats are horrific, but when you unwrap why and who most of these accidents happen to, we see that those extreme stats are not representative of the risks careful and experienced riders would face as an individual. i.e. by removing the following (Below) from the aggregate statistic the level of high danger you suggest is somewhat softened. - those riding while drunk. - those riding without helmets - those riding at night - those speeding - the night time street racers - hose riding while high (Yabba etc) To explain that further - a young kid who'll ride without a helmet, drunk while speeding at night is clearly in a far higher risk category than I, who rides only in the day time, never while drunk, never speeding, riding defensively, full helmet & jacket etc... we are in a far lower risk profile. Thats not to say there is no risk or that the risk is the same as our home countries - just that the statistics are not truly representative of the risk careful riders face because the 'bell curve' has been shifted so significantly by those who are reckless.

Yep... Almost everywhere... Particularly HomePro etc... Its easy to spot them in person with the '4-way-movement' - its less simple to tell from the online photos.