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Horrific for the poor woman.  Hope she recovers as best she can and gets a good lawyer. 

First I've read of an incident like this on a travelator.   I am sure its happened somewhere before.

I have read of similar happening on escalators where people have been caught and mangled.  

I just read full story.  This was a lack of maintenance issue.  Loose bolts not clamping down the section where the walkway disappears, so a gap big enough to grab a foot and then drag it under.  

Maintenance engineers liability as well?  Was there cost cutting and scheduled maintenance lacking? Or negligence by signing off on a faulty walkway? Was it reported before? Is it also a design fault from the manufacturer?  And were they aware of it?  If so did they publish warnings? 

How liable is the airport boss? Was he negligent, complicit in having knowledge of the fault, was he hoodwinked by engineer staff? Did he over rely on them without personal visual oversight? Or a delegate also negligent?

Would be interesting to see what the full reasons were.  

19 hours ago, ujayujay said:

I hope you are not a road user

Why?  I take due care when driving.  Been driving and riding for nearly 40 years.  But there is a severe lacking of appropriate warnings, signs, barriers and other safety measures, with a lot of road works in Thailand. Yes, better driving standards for sure are needed. Key word is prevention.  

Your silly comment holds no substance and is just frivolous. 

I see it as possibly a dual negligence matter.  She failed to take due care when driving.  The construction company perhaps failed to follow roadwork requirements to set up visible signs, reflective barriers, etc.  

Not to worry, she just needs to find one of the 'dime a dozen' SIMPS that will throw money at any young lady with looks.  

I am hoping the police have been making extensive enquiries regarding the man's acquisition of the Bentley to determine if it has been legitimately obtained.  And also determining the man's business here in Thailand.  What is he possibly hiding?  Fake plates could be used for many reasons.  Evading tolls I doubt for someone legitimately owning a Bentley.  Evading speeding fines from speed camera detection -.perhaps.  

Scratching my head ..... isn't it supposed to be the other way round ..... Chinese scamming Aussies and others in crypto related scams!!!  

Hope the Aussie crooks get a nice stint in prison. 

The type of scam these Chinese were running is called the "Pig Butchering Scam" known as  'sha zhu pan', (杀猪盘). Chinese mafia syndicates operate it and it rakes in billions of dollars globally.  Obviously a huge problem that has ruined many lives and not enough is being done about it.  Needs more international collaboration to get more results.

He deserves to be fined.  Okay.  Is stupid behaviour. But why the big song and dance over a traffic infringement?

Millions of young Thai boys, teenagers and men commit all sorts of dangerous acts on their bikes all day every day.  Add the millions of crazy 4-wheeled drivers too. 

Ok, the show-off Russian disrespected Thailand.  But Thais thumb their nose at the law all the time.  How about leading by example.  Practice what you preach? 

With Thailand on the fence regarding its allegiance towards China or USA, it's no wonder the US has backed off supplying Thailand with F35A jets.  

Imagine a conflict where Thailand are in dog fights with other F35A jets flown by US fighter pilots! 

On 5/22/2023 at 3:14 PM, JayClay said:

That's quite a lot of assumptions you're making there.

 

My guess is that most people who speed do it because they enjoy the sensation of riding fast.

 

That's not to justify the practice, just to give an alternative theory on why it happens.

My guess is that most people who speed do it because they enjoy the sensation of riding fast"

An assumption too!!  ????

Would be great if beer prices dropped to same prices you can get in neighbouring countries and more variety.  More cheaper priced beer on tap would be ideal.  Craft beers as well.  The beer monopolies here are very obvious with humongous tarrifs. At least local production would help. 

Aussie dollar still on the slow decline, now at it's lowest since Dec 2020.  

Spending power reduced by about 5% every Baht increase (based on a rough historical average of AUD dollar ranging between 20 - 25 Baht.)   Sux having Aussie dollars.  

10 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Two tier system again.

I don't like the two tiered (and triple tiered) systems in Thailand.  But, I'm not against charging foreigners for this one.  Most of us don't pay taxes and not Thai citizens.  COVID has been downgraded from being a pandemic by WHO.  Vaccines are optional now and fair enough government foot the bill for Thai citizens, but a relatively small fee of 380 Baht I think is okay.  During the lockdowns, and high deaths sure, it should have been free (it was) but time to wrap this up. Foreigners pay for influenza vaccines, and COVID death rates (with new strains being far less deadly, coupled with higher immunity) have dropped down to getting closer to flu viruses. 

Just my opinion. 

Incredibly sad.  Poor family with their country under attack from Russia, with massive death and devastation, perhaps they came to Thailand for respite, to recover maybe from trauma and to give their son positive memories in his youth. 

Now destroyed. Ten minutes is a very long time for a drowning incident and even if he could at all regain consciousness, it will be with severe brain damage.  Just tragic.  

The owner’s post expressed surprise at the character of the woman who had outer beauty and appeared to be well-dressed, but had chosen to behave in such a manner.

Beauty is merely skin deep. A physically beautiful person does not mean her character is also beautiful. As demonstrated here.  Pity if Thai culture actually correlates beauty to being a good person.  Ugly therefore may equate to an undesirable character if this was the case. 

A very flawed and unfortunate assumption. 

Beautiful women (Thai pretties) in Thailand (like other countries) do get a lot of excessive attention, causing narcissism, self-entitlement, spoilt, greedy, lazy types.  Why try hard when men are throwing money at you and cleaning up after you?  The new age uber SIMP, woke culture. 

Could take the matter to a civil court, but of course there's the usual hefty legal costs involved to fight for justice and most times, when seeking relatively small amounts, it just isn't worth it.  Life isn't fair.  At least the repairs are covered.  Out of pocket costs for a budget end car rental for the inconvenience should be obvious but alas not in this case. 

1 hour ago, ubonr1971 said:

why kill the animals. so cruel

Agreed, she was a dog breeder who sold them.  She could have offered discounted or free to people before she killed herself.  Taking other loves with you is selfish.  They didn't choose to die.  Same as when parents kill their kids in murder suicides.  Obviously deluded thought processes going on that prevent logical, humane alternatives.  I don't see humor in it like some posters do.  

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Why demonize foreign shop owners?

I understand promoting local production though.

Aren't most Thai shop owners simply profit seeking opportunists the same as the foreign?

Your POV comes off as toxic hyper nationalism, kind of like if xenophobic  Trump was Thai. 

Foreigners here have made Thailand their new home. Where is the respect for fellow human beings?

"Call out to all those foreign owned cannabis stores who didn't contribution to the fight, and are just free-loading on the backs of those who are, those who are bad actors importing in illegal cannabis, buy and sell illegal imports."

From her words, she has addressed the alleged illegal importation of foreign sourced cannabis strains. 

This would be facilitated by organised criminal gangs and individual criminals.  There are plenty of illegally grown cannabis crops around the world whereby organised syndicates are chafing at the bit to get into the Thai market (if they haven't already - I even overheard an Aussie tourist recently talking of exporting to Thailand from his clandestine cannabis crop in regional NSW). 

If foreigners who own cannabis shops are selling illegally imported strains, then it's a valid point.  Foreigners are not citizens of Thailand and don't have an instant right to stay and run a business, particularly if breaking the law.  Of course this would be frowned on and seen as a slap in the face of Thai people, by foreigners disrespecting their laws when only visitors of their country. Remember we are only ever deemed as visitors (except for the very rare few who are granted citizenship).

Are Thai owned shops doing the same? For sure.  Both are profiteering off illegal imports.  Nothing new there. But it is a point that the whole idea with the new Thai cannabis decriminalization, was to help provide new ways for Thai farmers to get involved and make money from locally grown produce. 

Illegal imports is shutting down a lot of that opportunity. Just like so many other produce made in Thailand, they have bans or significant tarrifs to help support that which is domestically grown.  

Is she xenophobic?  I don't feel she is. She's obviously frustrated at the uneven playing field and those who she believes don't care and just come to Thailand to profiteer without respecting laws.

11 hours ago, phetphet said:

Surely deliberately shooting at someone with a gun should incur a stronger charge than bodily harm.

The critically ill innocent 13 year old might agree.

He was hit with a stray bullet round.  So not the intended target, hence the issue of 'intent' versus recklessness comes into play.  One would have to study and understand the nuances of the Thai legal system and what charges are possible.  I am hoping the bodily harm charge can potentially incur a significant maximum jail term.  Often, additional charges are added when further evidence is gathered/clarified.  

5 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

In a land where so many children are routinely abandoned by one, or both, parents, it may be BPD.

 

Oversimplification:

 

It starts with early childhood abandonment/trauma, manifests in late teens/early adulthood with desperation for attachment/terror of abandonment, very poor emotional regulation (rapid onset extreme anger), and has a high rate of suicide (10%) among those diagnosed with it.

 

It does not go away with age.  Without attention it gets worse as time passes. It requires very careful management throughout the life of the sufferer.

 

I recently had cause to investigate it and it seems, to me, to have a remarkable "fit"for many of the "explosive" incidents that take place in Thailand.

 

I would be surprised to find that any attention has been given to its possible prevalence in Thailand.

 

 

 

 

Yeah, there seems to be a definite disturbing trend of disproportionatly high male jealousy/rage killings, that perhaps leans toward a causal link with inappropriate, dysfunctional upbringing, rampant drug & alcohol abuse, the lack of mental health access, diagnosis and treatment for such conditions like BPD, etc.  Add a culture of 'losing face' retaliations and it's no surprise that Thailand has some really serious issues it should be grappling with.  

How do you fix it?