Certainly opening up a Pandora's box with your comments.
There are SOME members here who do help
Even keel once helped me not only escape from view talay 2B but helped me when I was stranded between Jomtien & Pattaya
Another member here forget the name but I'm sure you can find the thread , ,had the tourist police sent outside my condo building in Jomtien last October when middle eastern young people were going berserk on their motorbikes , and there was a lot of them so he /she certainly had some authority