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Time for money laundering on steroids to return!!!

Impatience is normal here. And wondering where the deceased was going to that made him decide he just couldn't wait for the train to pass? A som tum meal? I am sure being a minute delayed would not have made any difference. Rushing to get somewhere where there is no urgency to get to is the norm here.

Chronic insomniac 3am to 5am daily. Only go out once a week, sometimes twice.

I live here too for years and it is not baseless. I have observed, have been a pedestrian as well as ride daily on the roads. I have stopped at pedestrian crossings as well and had aggressive Thai drivers abuse and sound horns and race around me. I have seen pedestrians nearly knocked over. This is not a generalization but a predominant trend. Any compliant drivers is in extreme minority. Crossings are dangerous as its causes a false sense of security and safety.

Thais DO NOT stop at pedestrian crossings. They don't stop at pedestrian traffic lights either. All it does is make clueless tourists who come here more susceptible to being maimed or killed by a Thai driver, the worst and most disobedient, aggressive drivers in the world. Best to not have any pedestrian crossings here. Overhead walkway bridges is the only safe option. Waste of money. Will only profiteer the contractors, the hospitals and the funeral companies.

Something quite disturbing and uncomfortable about this. They are over-the-top welcoming and literally rewarding Russian visitors where most other modern nations have imposed sanctions over the Ukraine invasion. It's as though they are condoning it and snubbing Ukraine and the rest of the world. If it was any other nation (UK, US, Germany, etc), where has been our grand welcoming?

Very sad. He came here for what seems like was a holiday, to be happy and enjoy life and ends up committing suicide. Really sad. Why he came here and didn't have enough funds and pre-planning? Who knows. Mental illness, financial desperation. RIP

Not sure where you live, but here in Pattaya they surely do plenty of breath tests. Been stopped a few times. Also, they ask for licenses (Thai or foreign/international permit combo), and check vehicle is registered. Lots of tickets issued and/or on-the-spot payments.

They were both admitted to hospital unconscious. They must have both suffered from some form of cardiac arrest during treatment and unable to be revived. Monitors would have shown cardiac output and staff would have followed revival attempt procedures. That's heart failure. An autopsy will determine the root cause of heart failure and therefore their death.

<deleted>? A rant over the guy's travel and laundry habits? And assumptions about the type of ticket class? The guy has reached out for help, not stupid critical remarks. Get off your high horse.

Let me guess, you are an insurance agent! A lot of people who 'should' spend time to thoroughly check conditions of their policy I am guessing don't. Okay, you are right about not literally 'hiding' in the fine print, but eyes glaze over for many after reading pages of this stuff. Yes, policy holders should check their policy. They are not all told. I haven't when I have taken out online policies. Maybe the advice is there somewhere on the screen. But I am savvy enough now to check anyway. Others are not. There is an obvious failing as people are still falling into the trap of being under insured, or uninsurable due to their actions/activities. Insurance companies could do a better job of highlighting the dangers IMO.

I dare say that she is not certified as 'fit to fly', being a requirement. She has spinal injuries as well. No airline would accept. Also liability and cost issues. She cannot sit on a regular seat so cannot accommodate her. A chartered jet for medivac would be needed once she is stable enough and as her insurance claim has been rejected the costs would be extreme. Only choice is to get her to reach a level of medical improvement in Thailand where she can safely travel on a regular airline seat back to her country, which is what the goal would of course be.

The woman made a terrible mistake not having appropriate insurance cover. I hope she recovers. The article reads as though she did have insurance. Lots of conditions can void cover even if she was covered for riding/being a passenger. People going on vacation are often prompted to take cover when booking flights by affiliated links and think all is good to go. Insurance companies are to blame in part by being more interested in taking money for policies but hiding a lot of details in large volumes of fine print. They could do a much better job highlighting problematic areas where policy holders often think they're properly covered but are not. Many inferior cover insurance policies out there just happy to take your money. Of course we should all spend an hour or two reading insurance terms and conditions and other information before paying for a policy. I used to download the documents and run word searches on 'motor bike', 'motorbike', 'motor cycle', 'motorcycle' which would bring up those relevant sections. Alcohol, drugs, speeding, no helmet, engine capacity limits (often no more than 125 or 150cc) are some main ones for voiding cover. Plenty of other conditions may void cover as well.

I am happy about the mention of foreign ownership of land being scrapped. Like many other parts of the world, predominantly Chinese easily outbid others in the property market and drive up local prices, forcing local citizens out and acquiring premium properties in prime locations. We then end up with gentrification full of foreigners forcing their own cultural and language preferences and disinterested in local ones. Having whole enclaves full of criminal scum, where dirty money has funded their lifestyles, who look down on local Thais, who get nothing from it. It's a slap and a spit in the face for regular working class Thai people. The regular Thais get more money from the lower income tourists (not talking about Chinese on closed-loop coach tours) and expats who spend into the local economy daily and interact with Thai people. Thailand is still a fairly homogeneous race, which is what attracts most people here. I wish it stayed like this.

555. All those poor sods sitting at home with their pants around their ankles in front of a laptop/phone, box of tissues, paying crazy money to these young women to arouse them. Bars are just lined with girls glued to their phones nowadays for booty calls and FaceTime sessions with desperate blokes. The bar experience is not the same anymore. Boring as hell and a ripoff. Lucky as we age our libido drops off.

Good stuff. Should be a lot more of it. Plenty of lowlifes living in Thailand off the back of significant crimes when they should be in prison and barred from traveling out of their countries. Unfortunately reality is many got away with whatever evil deeds they did in the past and have luxurious lives here, some even gloat about it. Only a few get caught like this Swedish man.

In Thailand the Police credo is to "Collect and Disserve"

Customers frequenting ganja cafes are adults. Who cares what they smoke, whether the leafs, buds, flowers, etc. As long as they don't drive. Kids using ganja are not going into the cafes. They are smoking it outside. People can grow their own plants now legally so cannot see how this is solving any issues. Flip flopping laws is causing confusion IMO.

I looked up Vorayuth Yoovidhya on INTERPOL red notice and cannot find him. There's still one warrant for reckless driving causing death exp. 2027. I alternated first and last name combination as well. No results found. Has he been removed from INTERPOL red notice? Wikipedia even has an article on Vorayuth Yoovidhya !!

Lots of speculation here throwing the murder word around and adding details not reported. Report summary - Abusive drunk partner threatening woman with knife to not leave. She calls/messages friend to help (not asking him to kill). He arrives with friends to help extract woman from premises out of harms way. Drunk was armed with knife when they arrive. Was murder on anyone's minds? Things escalate. No report of men arriving with knives (I haven't read in this article, is there another?). The sequence of events are determined by police via statements, separate interviews, crime scene analysis, DNA, prints, weapons, clothing, CCTV, phone records (calls, messages etc). Police charged persons with assault offences. With murder you need to prove intent. A fight that escalates and excessive actions in the heat of the moment could be manslaughter. But self defence of self/others and perhaps intial noble intent does mitigate things. Laws are not black and white. It's very complex with many intricacies. The decisons of the woman seeking friends help as opposed to police - why? What are the police like in that area? Are they reliable and responsive enough? How do they treat domestic violence? Why seek help of her friend/lover instead? The way things are preferably done in villages/towns? Or just a dumb decison? Taking matters into own hands is always a bad idea with criminal matters. Ended bad here and now three guys have their lives potentially ruined, one violent drunk is dead. White knight to the rescue ended bad here.

Never said 'terrible place', you misquoted me. I refer to 'terrible noise pollution control measures'. I am not sure about your English comprehension abilities, but you may wish to reread my comment. Thailand also has a lot of good qualities and I live in a quiet place with respectful neighbors. So yes, I enjoy living in Thailand. I feel sorry for Thai people who buy a place and live there but a new business opens nearby and is very noisy and disrespectful. That is why some people go crazy and use guns.

Few issues with these pedestrian crossings at lights. Firstly, non-light accompanied pedestrian crossings, Thai drivers do not consider it required to stop for pedestrians. On the road, their mentality is that vehicles are the Gods and the bigger the more important. Pedestrians are expected by Thais to yield to them. Second, light operated crossings - I don't know who implemented the design, but obviously a poor/non-existent working committee to see global designs. Visibility of these lights are woeful. The traffic lights are mounted way too high up, so for low level vehicles such as motorbikes and cars, the drivers often fail to see the high mounted lights. It is only the very observant and compliant drivers who notice. It's all well and good to state that they should be just more observant. Doesn't cut it. Design is a big component to improve visibility. The lights need to be mounted lower, or have low mounted lights plus high mounted. There are many examples as well of trees and other obstructions that block, restrict view of the lights. Warning signs on approach, especially for hard to notice areas, is an obvious addition to mitigate pedestrian strikes. Third, Thai drivers drive in a herd like mentality whereby they will punch through red lights if vehicles in front are. Stopping at pedestrian crossings, is often followed by angry motorists behind blasting their horns and abusing those compliant by stopping. You also risk being rear-ended by Thai motorists not expecting you stopping at a crossing whilst they text on their phones or in a daze. I have watched crossings and it is unbelievable what Thai drivers do. It's a sh*t show. Tourists coming to Thailand who assume stopping at pedestrian crossings, particularly at lights with 'green walk signs' is a rule abided by globally, will quite possibly be struck by vehicles here. Thai drivers are incredibly terrible and dangerous drivers. This flows onto reckless tourists and some expats as well who adopt the driving style of Thais. Failing to stop is a national sport in Thailand. Stopping means money and possible fines for licence, registration, no insurance, drunk, etc. Pedestrians are foolish as well to think that green means they can safely cross. You always check for vehicles on all approaches to see if they stop. Just because you have the right to cross, doesn't matter if you are dead or seriously disabled. What's the answer? Rip down the crossings maybe and just cross when you can. Education is unlikely, better designs is unlikely, compliance is highly unlikely. Avoid crossings. Too dangerous.

Terrible noise pollution control measures, lack of planning, approvals and appropriate zonage of locations, lacklustre/nil enforcement of noise control, inspires a lethal mix of excessive decibel limits, unreasonably long periods of excessive noise, disrespect to neighbours, frayed tempers, mental illness, access to firearms by people with mental health problems with lack of appropriate screening (if purchased legitimately). Add in potential corruption of officials for allowing certain businesses to operate in unsuitable areas too. Rinse and repeat.

Moral of the story, avoid beach chairs and speed boats if you don't want to get caught in a cross fire/massacre!

The truck driver claims it wasn't his truck that crushed the rider and it was another vehicle that left the scene. The report mentions police examining CCTV. As this is a serious fatal incident, I really do hope that there is a proper trained crash investigation unit that will conduct forensic examinations of the scene of the crash. Check for tyre impressions on deceased and equipment. The truck should be hoisted and taken to a secure yard to check the whole underneath, wheels, etc. The bike, helmet and body as well.