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4 hours ago, colinneil said:

Amazing how they can suddenly find 200 officers.

So what were they all doing before? Sleeping/ playing on their phones maybe.

Probably brought out of "in-active" positions.... must be thousands in that category !!

Pheeraphan who then drove his Honda Civic into six motorbikes and a BMW.

But the charge of drink driving was not made !!!!!!

Ridiculous!

He said he would look for another "job" in the morning.

Damn I peed myself laughing !!

8 hours ago, canopus1969 said:

Apart from the odd illegal fishing boat what on earth are these things any good for 

Taking a "selfie" next to!!

Thai tourism has lost it's appeal, years ago you could boast paradise beaches, clean streets, good food, good entertainment  and pleasant service.

Now the beaches are appalling, side streets/back allies are dumping grounds for trash, food is somewhat a lottery outside of the 5-star hotels

service is questionable, sea quality is at an all time low, entertainment is low quality, loud in your face trash.

It doesn't matter how much you dress it up or try to re-brand it... modern media/blogs have spilled the truth on Thailand and laid it bare for the whole world to see the real truth.

It's an old tired brand that's worn out... Thailand just keeps flogging away with the same old thing and a coat of white wash

People will vote with their feet and go elsewhere!

All kids experiment with booze & get drunk at times.. however the culture of drinking here is not to be sociable but to get shit-faced!

Go to any bar/club stand at a table, a full bottle of whiskey is placed in front of you, a bucket of ice and a dozen bottles of soda!

Drink till you drop !!!!

6 hours ago, wirat69 said:

The result of no law or understanding of child restraints in vehicles!!!

Result of being born with no brain.

10 hours ago, Wiggy said:

Yes, a Thai wields a machete at a fellow motorist and gets a 500 baht fine!

Dual pricing again, nothing un-usual

500 baht for a machete waving Thai
50,000 baht for a farang

11 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

this is not good news for me. I live in Hua Hin and traffic is bad during rush hour, and it is really bad on weekends.

 

I wonder if the super rich Bangkok Thais will be happy with all these Farangs tourists getting in their way in Hua Hin?

 

 

 

I agree with you, infrastructure is a nightmare at the moment.

Every parcel of land being built on but with no improvement to the road system, as you say peak times are rally bad.

Ten years ago I loved Hua Hin almost relocating myself... now with the place expanding as it is it's just going to become another huge concrete jungle with very little in the way of beach front to support the growth of a new west coast resort.

Sea connections from the east, proposed high speed rail link, & now the airport, give it 10 years & you'll have the west coast Pattaya.

13 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Who's going to enforce this edict against the police??? The police???     

 

BTW, so does that mean that brothels, soapy massage parlors, gambling establishments etc. are OK for them to be involved in???

You forgot to mention drugs & people trafficking

6 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

i bet she would be wild in bed...

yeah.. call her by another name & see how long you could stay on !

They posed the question as to what influences there were in society and on social media that were causing this phenomenon to take root.
Why were teens taking this option and not doing regular jobs?

A) work all day for 300 baht
B) work online for 30 minutes for 1000 baht or more from the safety of your own bedroom

It doesn't take much working out!!

18 hours ago, swissie said:

Instead of launching useless "complaints" to Authorities, them not willing or able to do something about it, why not form some "neighborhood-anti-garbage-defense-leagues".

1 hour of Community-work per week per person would achieve more than launching complaints.

- Soon such efforts by citizens would hit Facebook, serving as a big wake-up call to "Authorities".

A case in point: Due to the lack of customers, the vendors of Jomtien-Beach have "packed it in". Never giving it any thought of cleaning up their own "place of business" to (re)-attract the Tourists.

Of course not, rather waiting for "government-action", or Farang-Tourists, forming voluntary Clean-up-Brigades (as has happened before).
Well, at the end of the day, it's a Mentality-Thing, unfortunately.
Cheers.

Keep up the social media photo barrage, in the end the authorities will be embarrassed enough to do something more permanent than a quick fix or a volunteer cleanup once a week

Thailand 2017... beggars belief!!!

Nice to see the bear kept in such natural surroundings.... 

typical Thailand

Would have had more effect if he recorded the cr@p and posted it on social media for others to see

even posting it to some of the booking agents.

When numbers start to drop & the word on the net is give Thailand a miss then local municipalities might get the message.

9 hours ago, lujanit said:

That's the way to go, flag flying at full mast

age 77 maybe half-mast unless the "blue pill" blew up his heart!

I've not been outside Thailand for the last 9 years.. I can't even do my 90 days online... 

I don't give it much hope.. 

Thai immigration like the hands on approach and mountains of paperwork,

it guarantees employment and a good revenue source.

Automation is a step away from that !

Prayut said he did not want the suffering of flood victims to be politicised in an effort to discredit the government, according to spokesman Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd. He said state agencies had frequently issued weather warnings but that the severe flooding stemmed from a natural disaster, not government mismanagement.

The Path of this storm had been widely shared on several overseas stations and it's predicted path, not only on Thai TV but other countries which had been previously affected.

State agencies did indeed broadcast warnings.. many times

But if nothing is done by way of preventative measures at local levels then the outcome is as we see every year, it is Gov mismanagement when local management do not full-fill their obligations to the public but remain in office to offend time and time again!

Obviously had trouble finding reverse gear!

Thankfully no-one tried to do a runner & mow  a policeman down in the street, they'd have to drop the charges !!

Yesterday the head of the local spa association Sitphasu Thongsuk was the latest high profile visitor giving Paul the opportunity to tell Daily News how much he loved the Thais.

And a cheap advertisement for the spa of course... why on earth would they otherwise be interested in a "burnt-out, broke"

ex wannabie?

He said they learned the trick by observing a previous theft by a senior worker who was then fired for the crime. 

In which case he didn't learn that crime doesn't pay!!

5 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Another clear reminder that those with plenty of money and social position are afforded an entirely different version of law and justice. It seems only when these peoples utterly appalling behaviour hits social media and an outcry is raised that the police do anything in such cases. I do hope that with this vile beating of a pregnant woman that the cops and justice finally catch up with him. He is definitely in need of some time behind bars to teach him what is and isn't socially acceptable.

And there lays the problem... this type of behaviour is socially acceptable by some "hi-so's" here in Thailand... 

as played out in drama's every night of the week on TV..

they actually think this is normal life in reality!

12 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

The last sentence in the report says it all. The police prefer not to enforce the law. Nothing unusual there.

Why does Thailand have a police force? Anyone got any ideas?

They collect taxes & tea money.