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2 hours ago, transam said:

Yep, even where I am I rarely see a traffic cop, and there are zillions of them...So, where are they, why isn't there commanding officers giving out tasks daily to the troops...

 

Any idiot can see folk will do what they like if there is no officialdom loitering out there to nab 'em.....

Because they're all out collecting bribes from all their business connections...

Lanes.... what are lanes??
In Thailand the whole road width is a free-for-all !!!

Same as traffic lights.. just there for guidance, not to be taken seriously...
Railway crossing barriers, just duck under or go around them... I could go on but Xmas is coming!!!!

This is Thailand, don't expect too much !!

Can anyone tell me if the van station/ticket booths directly below Victory Monument BTS adjacent to Century plaza is still in operation or if that has been relocated as well.

Where there's rice there's a scam!!!

Rotten from top to bottom.

23 hours ago, johng said:

My thoughts go towards the  many hundreds of Thais who have suddenly been deprived of their lively hoods and now wont be able to provide for their families.

Please don't you're gonna make me cry...

they'll do just fine, and set-up illegally somewhere else in a few days!!!

8 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Beer bars open at 6am?

Customers still in the beer bar at 6am means it never closed from the night before maybe??
I'm surprised the BIB didn't ask the manager a few questions...

unless of course it was a private party & the morning cleaner accidentally left the door open??

7 hours ago, Cuchulainn said:

 

In 1,000 notes, well yes!!! 

Yep just another angry Thai venting their anger in the only way they know how... fists & feet
By the way I noticed something lost in translation.. 1minute 20 seconds into the video

check-out the translation on the door.. what's an "Inwuiry officer"?

the kid can't count but his excuse is he was only 5.. what's the grown up officers excuse for not being able to spell?

8 hours ago, colinneil said:

Enforce the law vigorously, must have cost somebody a lot of money, as the laws in Thailand are only vigorously enforced when somebody parts with money.

Makes a pleasant change from the normal routine: laws in Thailand are vigorously evaded when somebody parts with money!!

Ok from watching the video, yes the boy was totally to blame for running out into the road, alas most kids do at some point in time

some don't live to tell the tale.

The driver had virtually no time to react due to being blinded by the parked car, but should have stopped to give assistance, but as we all know in Thailand it's better to flea the scene rather than risk being a victim of instant karma by witnesses or family.

What is a mystery is why she initially stopped, became a bystander and then gave a false vehicle description, why didn't she just keep going, possibly she did stop but then saw the extent of the injuries & panicked?

Not to detract from the main post which is an all too familiar occurrence:

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The boy - Khanat Piakaew - is recovering in hospital in Nakorn Pathom east of Bangkok.

Unless Nakhon Pathom has been secretly relocated overnight without anyone's knowledge it is actually west of BKK

I understand Thai's have problems with geography on a global scale but this is inside Thailand!

4 hours ago, fruitman said:

How can he steer a big bus like that if he's also on the phone? He should loose his license forever but i see many idiot busdrivers every day in BKK, also on the phone while driving. I never see police on patrol though so this is their fault.

I was once in a similar bus to this one in central BKK, the driver was as erratic as this one which go my attention.

As I looked forward to see what the problem was, he was texting with both hands & steering with his knee under the wheel...
I managed to walk to the front & told him to stop so I could get off, as I glanced back about half the passengers followed me, the rest must have had a death wish or been immune to Thai drivers.

The monk walks by without a glance, the lady vendor continues to serve her customers from her curb-side stall without even bothering to look up, just another day in paradise!!

4 hours ago, harrycallahan said:

I don't care how many people they put on it - still gonna be safer than minivans.

Only marginally !!

I'm a keen hobbyist looking for any redundant tobacco pipes that may be laying around here in Thailand,

I have an interest in refurbishing, repairing or using as spare parts.

Any manufacturer, British, Irish, American, European, Asian, any design style, condition or age considered.
 

One word springs to mind... CASTRATION!

If it goes ahead god help Hua Hin, Pranburi etc... does Thailand really need another Sex city?

The six hour road trip was the only thing keeping the scum of the east out of the west!!!!

Ladyboy caught pick-pocketing, surely not !!!

She/he was just checking the gentleman's credentials, the wallet must have accidentally slipped out during the tricky maneuver.

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Celebrants of the festival will also be advised to refrain from drinking alcoholic beverages while driving, even as passengers, avoid gatherings in large numbers and to leave their valuables at home.

Loy Krathong... large gatherings.. am I missing something here?

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Sanit said that he had set up a committee to get to the truth of the matter but it was his opinion that the injuries of the dead man were superficial and did not result in his death. If it can be shown that he died from heart failure then police would be in the clear, he said.

News flash... news just in from the coroner's office, autopsy proves heart failure... BiB nothing to worry about here!

6 hours ago, JoePai said:

Proves you can make a silk purse out of a sows ear

Photoshop is so advanced these days...

Watching the video it's looks like a case of "mines bigger than yours syndrome" so I'll do what the <deleted> I want !!!!

Just another daily dose of Thai road etiquette !!!

P.S. Roads don't usually kill you, idiots on them frequently do....

Just another fallen angel !! 

4 hours ago, Kiwiken said:

Perhaps time to move away from small rice planting holding to larger scale operations with more mechanisation. That is where the treat comes form and it is a one way system. The old ways are fading and if you do not adopt the new. You will go the same way and fail

The problem is much of the rice is grown by families on small family plots.

If you go to large scale operations ie one farmer one tractor 10 Thai families go out of business with no other options

catch 22 due to generations of "lack-of-fore-thought"

Due to lack of education Thai farmers are caught & stuck in the past.

6 hours ago, Wilsonandson said:

Let's hope the father of the young boy novice monk beats the evil monk with a stick. This is the 21st century, not the 19th century. Brutal.

You are of course presuming the young child has a father!!

Think before you write...

5 hours ago, nottocus said:

Mother doesn't understand Thainess. It was only a farang. 

She will probably be even more upset when his 5 year jail term will be cut in half again for good behaviour & making merit!
He'll probably be out in 3 years or less.

A "joint" operation was mounted ... to bust a ganja party... made me laugh!