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What’s the golden rule ??? …… “never be under a suspended load” So many avoidable incidents if only the obvious basics are followed.

A pickup truck not driving over him may have saved him. Arguably a combo of the both, or either… But let’s spend the next 5 pages arguing over whether a helmet would have saved him or if the pickup might not or might have been the actual cause of fatality…. Lets delve right into the pedantic details with a degree of neuroticism some example with such finesse…. 😴

Pretty much - Yes... Because Tourists are the 'low hanging fruit'.... They get caught for vaping, smoking and dropping their butts, and smoking weed.... ... The do so blazenly, but in area's of high footfall which are highly policed in areas where the police have already paid a premium to secure their positions - they have to make their money back somehow... But.... Yes, this is double standards... but its not surprising for anyone who lives here.... Know the rules, know the area.

Which is often true, at least when we see it so commonly reported here. Then we have the subset of foreigners, many of whom are vocal on this forum, who a highly vocal against foreigners - yet accuse anyone else of being racist and Thai bashers when they make exactly the same criticism of Thai's doing the same thing. This bunch of ridiculously hypocritical puritans are a comical... they think they are more Thai than the Thai's who's simply just laugh in their face for being idiots.

OK... So crane carrying out work without safety protocols (watchman). Motorcyclist doing nothing wrong - just riding, no helmet though. Maybe smaking his head on the ground is what killed him, before being hit by 2 tonnes of pickup ! Pick-driver following so closely he doesn't even have time to stop. ------------- All of this is a perfect example of thailands haphazard attidues towards safety Work being carried out on electrics - rushed, without correct safety measures in place. Motorcyclists - no helmet. Pickup too close too fast behind the bike.

It's more like they think it is cursed by bad spirits. At least that is what my relatives say. They go out of their way to avoid it. Does that mean 'we' (Thailand) needs another road, so everyone can avoid this road... a new construction which of course will be plagued by further incidents !!! There is another reality here - recently Thailand was struck by the amplification to approximately ~6.0 MW (Richter equivalent) from the 7-9 to 8.1 Richter-scale earthquake in Myanmar - The road structure in general, and new recently constructed overpass on Rama II held up remarkably well. It could be argued that this is a strong testament to the building standards in place. It seems that every failure in this this projected is not one of poor construction, but someone circumnavigating some safety regulation or doing something dumb with machinery through poor training.

Rubbish. C-Section is more common in Thailand by at least 10-20% than it is in the West, i.e. UK and Europe, USA. As of 2022, the cesarean section (C-section) rate in Thailand was reported at 43.2%. Projections indicate that if current trends persist, the rate could rise to 59.1% by 2030 https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-023-05576-8?utm_source=chatgpt.com Thailand- 43.2% United Kingdom- 34% France- 20% Germany- 30% Spain- 24% United States- 32% I know you like to argue Malcy - but you are better off researching your comments before responding or just sticking to the booze and lurking.

More daft regulations which 'could' be kept sensible, yet they go so far as to become completely impractical. 1) How does anyone know by looking at it if a dog is chipped ??? Make it simple / stupid. 1) All Dogs & Cats by Law have to have a Collar stating Owners Name and Address. 2) Any Dog & Cat found on the street without a collar will be removed by authorities. 3) And Dog found on the Street with a collar - the dog will be impounded and the owner fined. 4) Dangerous Dogs (on established lists as the west) found on the street (with or without a collar) will be removed by authorities and owners fined. There is no need for 'chipping' - this brings in extra cost for owners, extra difficulty for authorities identifying animals (they'll need a reader). In short - This policy, like many, is meant well, but trips over itself with complexity when simplicity is so much easier. ------------------ Anyway - thats the opinion, no the reality - just like every other announcement, this is nothing other than hot air. Like every other announcement over the past 20 years or so, not one thing will change.

I'm not so sure... I'm looking at this news from a different perspective. In many countries - particularly across Europe - a road beneath such a project would typically be closed entirely for the duration of the work. In other words, full traffic disruption would be the norm. As a result, any such 'drops' or incidents in those scenarios would have no real effect on the public and would likely go unreported. Construction, manufacturing, and the oil and gas industries all operate with rigorous safety and incident-reporting procedures. Serious events do happen - most often due to human error rather than mechanical failure - but they rarely make the headlines unless there's a fatality or severe injury. In the case of the Rama II road construction, previous incidents have led to a kind of media feeding frenzy, a pile-on. It’s a classic case of the 'contagion effect': once the media has latched on, even the slightest mishap, they're all over it like GottFrid nursing wood over a Brit-bashing thread. The truth is, while these incidents should rightly be scrutinised; particularly if patterns emerge - they wouldn’t attract media coverage in the West unless they had a tangible impact on the general public. Here, however, we’re seeing the 'Streisand effect' in action: the more one tries to carry on quietly, the more attention even the most minor issue receives. That said, Spidermike, you're absolutely right - there are clear shortcomings in this project. But I’d wager they’re no worse than those found in many other developments across Thailand. It’s just that, at this point, even someone tripping over on Rama II has become headline material.

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The child will be born in Thailasnd so therefore has a right to dual citizenship. Doh A completely false assumption. Because of dual nationalituy Doh. Dual nationality from where ? the Mother is a Foreigner - thats very clear in the Op.

If married to a Thai, they might, but as stated, where does it suggest she is not Thai. Why should foreigner be treated for free in TH ? No... A baby born to foreign parents in thailand does not 'assume' Thai nationality. Ops indication is that the Mother is a Foreigner, unless men are now giving birth.

Is that MalcolmB before he's has his 14 beers and tears up the roads ????

six months advance rent payment........of course the landlord would keep it.......its not a deposit is it......its rent. & 3 month deposit - you get the point.

The damage is clearly deliberate - its criminal damage under the Thai Criminal Code, Section 358,

The planned Casino's are unlikely to attract Western Tourists and have no impact whatsoever Western Tourism to Thailand... ... However, I can see that they will have a huge impact attracting the Chinese and many from neighbouring countries who will be all over these casions like GottFrid and Malcy on a Brit-bashing thread...

The 'Mother' will be able to use a Government hospital - but will have to pay. Ensure costs are checked upfront, because some hospitals employ two tier pricing. Its very common here for hospitals not to go though the natural birthing process, but to seem to prefer to rely on caesarian section - which to be honest, is quicker and efficient (less painful etc) - so if you want natural, you'll have to push for it (no pun intended) - Hospitals usually use a fixed package - something along the lines of 4 days 3 nights. Siriraj Hospital (Bangkok) Natural Birth: THB 15,000–20,000 (shared room, limited privacy) Cesarean Section: THB 50,000–55,000 (includes 4-day stay in a studio room) Synphaet Lumlukka Hospital Natural Birth: THB 32,000 (includes 2-night stay) Cesarean Section: THB 44,000 (includes 3-night stay) One additional facet if you can: Take out insurance against any congenital defects as once the child is born then its too late if there are complications and the child is not covered. Sometimes the child may be covered on a parents insurance - but that might be only up to the first 30 or 90 days etc... Not to worry you - but I had a friend who's child was born with a congenital defect (unknown prior to birth) as soon as the initial 30 days insurance (overlap from mothers insurance was up) the costs were colossal.

I think thats perfectly reasonable - If I were renting, I would not have any objections to that other than... .. 6 months rent in advance... There are too many cheating landlords who'd keep it. So... If there were an 'escrow' system, where the money could be help in lieu of damages then that would be fine... But otherwise there are too many horror stories of bad landlords holding the deposit for nothing.

You're a 🍆 He is right, everyone has a right to an opinion - he said it !!!... ... Its also very likely that your opinion [2long] will be met with unanimous agreement...

... that ever-reliable scientific metric - your "gut feeling"... .... Unfortunately, the only statistically significant conclusion one can draw from your comment is a distinct absence of balanced, rational, and intelligent thought processing.

That`s what zip ties are for Who applies the Zip ties ??? An individual exhibiting such erratic behaviour clearly requires close supervision. Ideally, he should be formally charged and extradited rather than merely deported. This would ensure that a law enforcement agency assumes responsibility for both his actions and the safety of other passengers. Were I in a position of authority within an airline, I would insist on blacklisting individuals who display this kind of disruptive conduct for the safety and peace of mind of everyone on board.

Because you live in India or China? He's just making rubbish up... No city in Thailand has 2 Million people... Bangkok has way more and no other city is close to 2 million. The next largest 'city' is Samut Prakan with ~400,000 / Chiang Mai has ~200,000... As for Thai restaurants being empty - thats the biggest load of hogwash I've read on this forum since the Anti-Vax and Flat earth threads.

Unless paying in cash... All businesses have your name and can theoretically 'track you down'... .. whats the issue ?

I see what you mean - its odd if thats just 'one camera pointing down at that table' with a narrow field of view. I just assumed it was a crop from an image with a wider field of view.... which seems the most logical explanation. i.e. Our security camera at home faces directly down at the bottom of the frame, and also out towards the car at the top of the frame... I suspect restaurants such as this might have a couple at different sides of the restaurant to ensure full coverage.