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Running to fast with no imagination whatsoever.

Totally incapable to anticipate any type of disturbance in their driving routine.

A lack of processing power.

cameras and computers will  not only do their job.

they will not take bribes , nor do they need salary

25K tickets / day

its a brutal figure

6 hours ago, mok199 said:

I watched a thai soap with the wife last night...explicitly in slow motion showing the beat down of 2 thai woman as he punched and slapped them to the floor..,then the hero stormed in to save the day....absolutely primitive ...

yes

and guns guns guns all over the place in the soap-operas, setting the standard for "normal" behavior.
Its just crazy.

1 hour ago, Issanman said:

The Honda Monkey Bike is back as a 125. It's also a bigger frame size than the original. About ฿85000.

Nice to see a Honda made monkey for change, and with USD forks also.

no, or orange water water

The thing is that the face and profile of tourism in Thailand has been constantly changing and that's been true since I first started living here in 2004. I remember when western tourist numbers were first down in Pattaya and all the bar owners were screaming that the place would never be the same again, that was early 2000! Chinese and other Asian countries that make up the majority of the tourist numbers into Thailand don't sit in Pattaya or Phuket bars all day and don't spend their nights chasing bar girls so it's no wonder the average western tourist doesn't see them and thinks the world is coming to an end. Try looking at any one of the (non-bar/non-sex) tourist-related businesses in the North which are packed out daily, not with westerners but with Asians, or try talking to one of the tour operators in the North, that'll give you a better idea of what's happening on the tourist front, it is doing very very well.

I doubt I'll ever have a problem finding a tube if I want one.

Heat build up in the tube and explosions.
 
Seriously? I've driven hundreds of thousands of miles on tubeless tyres with tubes fitted, and never had one explode.

Sorry, but I have to call you out on that as it's just not true.
I had so much trouble with tubeless that I put tubes in all my tyres, and they never deflate, let alone "quickly" unless punctured.

15 hours ago, gerritkaew said:

people in the back, driving in the middle lane, som nom nah.

for sure no driver license.

1: A quick change into the left lane ignoring any traffic in that lane.  (happens all the time)

2: Truck on its way to overtake  at a speed where he is incapable of dealing with object doing lane change (happens all the time)
 

2 bad drivers at the same place = crash.

<Thai language removed as this is the English language side of the forum>

Som-nam-hna

No difference in pressure loss rapidity between tubeless and tubed.

3 minutes ago, Kaoboi Bebobp said:

For those of you belly-aching about tire shops not inflating tires to their correct pressure, do something about it. Buy a proper pressure gauge and a hand pump like I did from HomePro. I had to pump up my scooter tires every 7-10 days. Most tires lose air over a short period but the small scooter tires deflate even faster. 

yes, they have tubes inside, and they deflate quickly compared to tubeless versions.

18 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

The video shows one receiving CPR - incredible if they saved her life. 

 

This definitely brings back to the forefront the issues and recent news regarding the 'lifted' bans on people riding in the backs of pick-up trucks. 

 

Its often those who's opportunity for choice is removed based on their financial and social status who are placed in harms way. 

 

 

always choosing the cheapest is not the same thing as not being able to upgrade if needed.

not always about ability, its the culture, cheapest is always first choice regardless other options.

Pushie people who disregard a queue.  

The Chinese are making very few people mega rich (likely more mega rich than they already are) as the tours only go to selected places to shop, eat & visit. The man on the street does not benefit the same as they used to when they were able to attract walk by customers.

17 hours ago, Cereal said:

I lived beside a Hells Angels chapter back in Canada for a few years. Decent blokes for the most part. They never screwed with civilians and if you showed them respect they showed it to you.

 

However, screw them and you're screwed.

 

 

so they dont <deleted> over the neighbors, which goes to prove ...... that they probably dont want to move to much

Criminals on one scene, happy dudes on another.

they fouled you obviously.

thank you BIB

not harder than that to stop the masquerading clowns

13 minutes ago, manarak said:

what was he doing on completely the wrong side of the road behind the bus ?

he  is speeding like a maniac

sees the bus to late

has to avoid it at to high speed and starts oscillating , then trying to recover control of the car.

its just the breaking distance from the high speed until it comes at a  stop.

He is just speeding like crazy, that is not unusual.

can be seen om thousands of compilations on youtube.

same same

I see advertising now here in Thailand for the cars with sensors that will automatically break the car when you are about to run something over.

I assume it will not sell to the male Thai  population here.

They will not break for anything, ever never.

Such a system is just unacceptable and utterly confusing for them.

A system that will automatically flash your headlight moments before you run something over will become a success tough.

Lum is a word you hear all the time at the Issan Rocket festivals where it is used to mean parachute. 

สำออย sampoi

so the "th r v ng"  part becomes suang instead of thruang

every language has it tricks, just a paint to learn them

as do big haulers full of petrol 

none of them does anything to avoid the accident

The common denominator for Thailand, the inability to react fast.

It was plenty of time to avoid that one.