FunkyDunky58

I see kids a lot younger than 14 riding motorbikes. No helmet, riding way too fast, almost always with a similarly aged passenger. The blame lies with the parents that are too lazy and let their kids on a killing machine, and the police that do nothing about it (can't collect money off a young kid). Will never change. I also see kids in school uniform on their way home from school, with passengers, pulling wheelies on busy streets. Again no helmets. More accidents looking for a place to happen.

It will flop. Thai people move around a lot so what address will the fine be sent to? Only Falang who is monitored constantly will get tickets.

Sounding a bit like a lemming. There is a lot of evidence of high percentages of false positives, evidence of labs being incentivised to return positive results, evidence of hospitals being incentivised to diagnose cover even when its something totally different, and evidence of death and permanent ill effects from these vaccines. Always follow the money. Before you start calling other people ignorant please go and do some research and present FACTS. And that does not mean quoting CNN or MSNBC.

Says the man that had 6 (SIX!) vaccinations and still tested positive. Minister Of Ridiculously Obvious Nonsense

He's had six vaccinations so yes I think he is on drugs....

Does this bozo ever shut up? He just cannot resist opening his mouth to get himself in the news.

It beggars belief that anyone would stand up and proudly take an award related to road safety when the record for this country is truly abysmal. And what do they focus on? The money - people not paying fines. Yes that will save lives for sure. Dismal. pathetic.

Here we go again. Dirty Farang going around infecting everything. Isn't it enough that the Govt has convinced most Thais that we are all walking infestations of Covid?

Great. Now perhaps they can do a better job at dealing with armed, drunk and aggressive Thai boys (can't really say men).

New laws, more severe penalties, all a load of hot air if the BIB are not enforcing them.

Visited Bangkok a few days back. Went on a river cruise. It was packed. The streets were packed. Apart from mask wearing there is no significant evidence that there is a pandemic. Looks a lot like life as usual.

Vietnam is cheaper too.

And there will be sombre reporting all through the period, then nothing will be done until they announce the next useless crackdown next year.

So what? Omnicron is relatively harmless. Stop talking about infection rates and start talking about hospitalisations (I mean real ones not people that were already sick with something else). This is irresponsible scaremongering by someone that just wants his picture in the papers.

Could this narcissistic ego maniac be any more up his own <deleted>? Imagine him as PM!

Could this government possibly get more asinine? It appears the answer is yes. The unbelievable arrogance to suggest that someone is going to cough up this kind of money for the privilege of working for a living in this country. First if you have 32 million baht you don't need to work. Not in Thailand. Second, You cannot own a business (well, maybe 49% of one) which anybody that has amassed this kind of money probably wants to do, not get a job in Texas Chicken! If you do get a work permit it is not a permit to work, it is a permit to do a specific job and nothing else. Dumb does not begin to describe this.

When the Thai lady tells you she wants a house/car/motorbike/motorbike for her parents/etc and you say yes, you are a "good man". When you say no you are "Cheap Charlie". When she's used up all the money you are "Stupid Falang". It has always been my experience that the first question thai women ask of a girlfriend is "did he buy you a house, did he buy you a car, and why not? if the answer to either is no, and how much does he give you every month. Never, not once did any of them ask her if she is happy. Falang are walking ATM and the majority of Thai women target us not because we are so handsome but because they know they have a good chance of being taken care of for life, will never have to work again, and can high nose it over their friends. Scratch a cynic and underneath you will find a disappointed idealist, or an informed realist.

If you remove the word "justice" from this headline and replace it with "Farang Money" then the article would be spot on.

I have only been in Thailand 10 years but my limited experience and observations suggest that: - Half of Thai motorcycle drivers have no licence and no knowledge of the rules of the road - of the remaining half, half of those could not care less about the rules which clearly do not apply to them - Thai drivers seem to believe that turning on the hazard lights entitles them to do just about anything in their vehicle - Most are in such a hurry that they will endanger the lives of other drivers to gain an extra 10 seconds - there is little to no enforcement of road rules by the RTP, and when there is it is little more than tea money collection. Focusing on one aspect of driving is not going to fix the underlying problem that the government simply does not care about road fatalities and only talks up measures like this when something bad has happened and they need to save face. Its the good old 'crackdown' that is rolled out periodically to make it look like they are doing something.

1. In Britain they are black and white 2. The article uses the term so what is wrong with comments doing the same?

Why? You appear to be acknowledging that this place is not safe from <deleted> Thai "men".

And so Thailand sinks ever closer to a fascist state.

From what I understand from articles from other countries, Omnicorn is not much worse than a common cold, so if it spreads rapidly perhaps it is actually the saviour of us all. Everybody gets a cold for a few days, develops natural immunity and we can all go back to a normal life? The media and some governments however seem to be acting as if this is another deadly killer that we should all be terrified of.

Perhaps you are right. Wasn't it "Filthy Farang"?

In a poll conducted amongst the PM's family and his direct cabinet.........