richard_smith237

Can we please have the 'obligatory comment'.... .... "A Mercedes its not a luxury car, its a taxi in my country !!!"....

Please no... One of the good things about driving here is the relative absense of 'horn use'... In other countries the use of the horn is exhausting unnecessary noise (think Indonesia - where even being a passenger is exhausting because of all the horns - its as dumb as the overuse of the whistle)... So.. from my perspective - Hats off to the Thai's who do not get involved in this incessant horn-smashing.... Seems that you behaved like an erratic nutcase... Remember, you can't re-educate all those around you so its better to chill than to get irate.... Additionally, even when you do get angry and become unhinged, here is always someone angrier, more unhinged and more likely to be weaponised than you. I used my horn very sparingly and when I have, I try to make it a shorter 'pap' rather than an abusive 'blast' and even then I've seen other drivers being visibly angry, just by the shift in their driving style from 'oblivious and careless' to 'highly erratic and completely nutty' (as if they are completely unable to control their anger at being 'told off' by a stranger in another car (such is the fragile nature of some characters on the roads).

What is commented on the Facebook page of the Phuket Times: https://www.facebook.com/PhuketTimeNews/posts/844182321165945?ref=embed_post So, is the Thai woman blocking the path of the American because he has already damaged the car in an incident that was not caught on any earlier video... Or, is this the incident caught on video where the American hits the car and causes a dent ? - but that is in response to her blocking the road ?

It's in 3 posts above yours by lordgrinz Yup - he'd added it after I'd posted asking if there was a link. This doesn't exactly exonerate the American... Neither does it paint the Thai lady in a favourable light... She was deliberately blocking him... He still has space to go around her, but instead chose escalation instead of getting on with his emergency journey. In short - both appear to be juvenile triggered tools.... ... and, as someone else mentioned, it was red light ahead, so he wasn't getting very far, but that little stop 'cost him' a few positions when the cars on the inside (left) were still moving... His anger became a greater priority than the emergency. Her anger became a greater priority than being a reasonable human being. BUT - the American was charged for damage - What damage ???? Why wasn't she charged with deliberately blocking traffic ???

I wonder if this was a foreign 'Seacretor' would they be under charges by the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment for dropping torpedoes and risking marine life etc ??

These issues are often just cultural differences that have been exaggerated due to the inability to communicate... this combined by those in many area's of high tourist footfall becoming jaded by the 'hand that feeds them'... ... Without all the tourists many in the area would be poor rubber famers etc - it can be quickly forgotten once familiarity has bred contempt. Many find some other nationalities abrasive and rude, especially en masse and ones the frustration slips in, redeeming qualities are no longer observed having been displaced by confirmation bias. ------------ I recall being at a beach restaurant, lots of Chinese tourist around. One of the Chinese girls at the next table (casual beach seating on mats), gets up, comes to our table and takes the tissue-roll, goes back to her table and puts it down there. So, I get up, with a smile, go to their table, take the tissue-roll back and put it back on my table - and thats that. - I thought it extremely rude that they would do so a thing, but also figured, no big deal, its just another culture and they behave differently.... ... a while later, the same group of women have my Son in their lap and are playing nicely with him (he was about three years old at the time)... They couldn't speak a word of English, the language barrier is sometimes the cause of many of these issues usually borne of an innocuous but innocent misunderstanding. Similarly - I'm having a snooze on the beach... and a Chinese lady stands right next to me and decides to shout for her friend 30m away at the waters edge - Startled, I sit up, turn around and look at the woman stood 1m from me and tell her to 'shut up' !!! (which obviously she doesn't understand, but I'm irritated)... I do the 'shush - finger to lips thing, and then the 'hands together - sleeping thing'... She does the 'hands up - apology thing'.... ... Yes, the Chinese (and other nationals) can be gruff, uncouth, loud and inconsiderate - but none of it is intentionally rude, its just naïve and innocent ignorance most of the time and thats about it.

Have you thought that they may feel the same about you What do you think Thai's and Indian's think about Swahili speakers ??? ... or Timon (the Meerkat) and Pumbaa (the Warthog) from the Lion King... whose catchphrase is...

Any link to the vid ?

Thanks - that significantly changes things... He's trying to get his wife to hospital and another person 'insulted' (angry) by his forceful driving blocks the whole road... ... I think it would take a great deal or resolve not to 'get out of the car' and tell the other person to get out of the way... In that case one would be tempted to 'drive and push the other car out of the way (if the emergency was severe and potentially life and death). And, in that case, the woman should also be charged with 'dangerous driving' blocking the road etc.

I used my Passport last week - and I still couldn't state with absolute certainty that my passport is in perfect condition and has no tears in it... I can't state that for my Second Passport, nor my Sons Passport, or my Wife's Passport... going through the passport looking for slight damage is not something I've ever done (but perhaps should). You manipulated the situation to suit a bias... The Passport was not 'tampered with'... it had a small tear that had previously gone unnoticed. In the past, I have travelled with a tear in my Passport (ID page) and it went unnoticed or unbothered by everyone, I only noticed when renewing my passport. This was a 'non-issue' turned into a major event by a jobs worth.

Where did you get that information from ? Because, IF the the Thai Driver [Ms Sand] pulled the car across and deliberately blocked the road, that significantly changes the optics - but I don't ready anywhere (in the Op or linked article) that this is the case... It does appear that she was irritated by the American Driver [Mr Sunny] forcing his way through traffic (in an emergency) and it appears she fought for position in a 'tit-for-tat' manner that some juvenile drivers attempt when they are pasted or someone has nudged / pushed out in front of them in heavy traffic.

So... 1) American Man (Mr Sunny) driving his wife to hospital in a huge hurry due to a medical emergency. 2) Overtakes vehicles (he's in a hurry, its medical emergency). 3) Thai Lady (Ms Sand) doesn't like being overtaken (abruptly) and tries to take back 'her place' 4) This forced Mr Sunny to brake hard and his unwell wife 'bumped' inside their vehicle. 5) Enraged, the medical emergency suddenly became less important than teaching another driver a lesson and Mr Sunny attempted to confront Ms Sand. Now: Where is the property damage ? Did Mr Sunny get out and hit and damage the car physically ? **on this, I've been in a situation whereby I had to rush my Wife to Hospital in Bangkok traffic... 'Hazard lights on'... flashing main lights repeatedly, I pushed through traffic, went through red-lights (cautiously - slow moving traffic anyway)... arrived at the ER.... grabbed the porter, bundled my wife into a wheel chair... took my son out of his car seat and followed my Wife into ER.. Forgetting about the car, my keys were brought to me about 10mins later (the staff had parked it for me).... - In this situation the last thing on my mind was getting out and confronting someone and wasting valuable time... This guy [Mr Sunny] may be quite a loose cannon - but it would also appear that Ms Sand is a clearly terrible driver and seemed to deliberately impede someone who was clearly in a hurry - did she see him hustling to get through traffic an 'brake test' him ? thus angering him ? Either way, getting out of a car and attempting to confront or attack another driver is a toolish thing to do.... but so is deliberately impeding someone (if thats what she was doing... its also possible she was simply oblivious to the world around and driving as if she were the only person in the world, which can also be infuriating for nearby road users).

How many more times do you imagine needing to do that ? is it worth the hassle of getting the Yellow House Book ? Another point to consider - IF your DLT accepts the Yellow House Book as proof of address or not, as its been reported on here: Some DLT's do not accept the Yellow House Book. Regarding obtaining Certificate of Residence from Immigration - is that something someone could do on your behalf ?

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Every couple of weeks,.... But people get bitten by dogs here daily... but Pit Bulls do attract the attention and thus attract more media comments etc its about views and a Golden Retriever biting an adult on the leg doesn't attract a great deal of media attention... ... that said, a Golden Retriever mauling its owner would, but... that doesn't happen, its the Pitties, bull terriers and cross breeds that do this and hence the media 'contagion effect' - where once a story becomes common enough similar stories draw more attention... And yes, I agree... within weeks will be another story of a 'dangerous' breed of dog of the Bull Terrier family will have chewed someone to death....

A Transgender is just that - Someone who's gender identity differs from their gender at birth. It could be a female who identifies as a male, or male who identifies as female. However, once stepping beyond the technical accuracies of language more terms have been added to what maybe considered a social dictionary as the some pick apart and dissect terminology to suit their narative and we end up with a multitude of overlapping, conflicting and confusing terms...

Irrelevant whether 'it' is male, female, trans or anything else... ... What is relevant is the crime - and that needs to be punished with the same degree of prejudice and consistency exercised towards gender and nationality.

That would be labradors actually. No it wouldn't... (2021 US Stats) https://topdogtips.com/statistics-on-dog-bites/

How about all the dogs out there that have no owner and bite people? Put them down... along with posters who make outrageously dumb comments.

c'mon... Jack Reacher is fictional... ... Now Yellowtail seems like the real deal... he has a Jet Ranger, a safe house and was secretive enough not to tell us what is in his go bag !!... natural secretiveness of the job... goes with the territory !!!! ... Chris Daley though - he's posted this topic twice so clearly wants everyone to think he's operating on the edge of subterfuge !!!.... I reckon he has a BB Gun and defo a paracord bracelet !!

Cleaning the 'bed sheets' is the most odd of those comments... Whenever staying at a place that provides bed-sheets - Hotels, Serviced Apartments, or Air-BnB's I've never had to clean the the bedsheets after departing. And.. .If a long term apartment / Condo etc - bed sheets are our own, unless its a serviced apartment, in which case, they provide the cleaning anyway (just like a long term hotel). IF the Apartment is a longer term contract - the Cleaning of the AC is either written into the contract or the responsibility of the owner. Thus: The A/C cleaning is a questionable point. That said: There are loads of companies to clean the A/C (it usually costs around 500 baht per AC to clean - though some charge more). This seems to me to be the 'beginnings of the Agent looking for ways to hold back the deposit' What is the Apartment and who is the agent ? Perhaps people have past experience of dealing with the chancers.

Things happen during an accident, the final resting place of vehicles has no real bearing on where it started. Agreed - this one is difficult to call... Quite likely booze and speeding of both parties is a cause, but who knows... no mention of BAC tests or blowing through red lights (if any etc). The ending position of both vehicles in these photos does not leave much of an indication of how this indication too place.

People who call them motorcycle bars. People who think they are perfectly able to drive while drunk, but may need to nudge an errant motorcyclist out of their way...

Our team of AN now 'wisea$$es' on the case to comment on the comments that would naturally be discussed on a forum designed specifically for discussion !!!

Its for those who've watched to many CIA movies, where someone has been 'blacklisted'...