NorthernRyland

Police are worse than useless, won't help. The populace would rather speed and risk killing people. 100% chance this happens again.

Mother Russia is not amused. H

This is how all crime should be reported in the US. A person with a legal document such as citizenship and then state their race/ethnicity. You can't just say "American" anymore because basically the entire world resides in the USA now and they all behave differently and have different cultures.

He's being very clever in trying to manipulate the system. This is why I'm curious how this holds up in court.

The Thai Raht video has some actual English of what she's saying. Should post that one too.

Why do I need an excuse to rationalize my bigotry?

I think he explains the price at 2:21. He says assembled in Thailand for 11.2 mil and has a custom paint job I think.

I haven't seen any crops burning in months. The forest are however being lit on fire every week for months.

Nice try it's the Lanna people to blame in the first place. If you don't like smoke maybe make stop people from burning.

The woman has a history of violence. She should be easy to bring to justice.

well it made national Thai news for some reason. Not sure how you could follow up on this story though.

I'll try to summarize this but if you click on the link and go to the 32 second mark you can see the relevant evidence. The channel blurs everything so it's hard to make out but there's English at least so you get the idea. Sorry mods, this is the best I can do but I'm posting because it's relevant to expats in Thailand. Basically what happens is this English guy has a child with this Thai woman and is working abroad while sending her money to support the kid. They have disputes about her allowance and how much she's asking for so the woman abuses the child on video calls as a form of blackmail. Final straw is when she pulls out a gun and points it at the kid on video (still frame below with text saying "gun"). At this point the man calls the police in Thailand but it's not clear what will happen next and how it gets resolved.

Speaking of braking hard and veering he's another video I saw recently. The stupid taxi decides to cross the entire road at slow speed and the pickup (probably going way too fast as usual) veers and gets destroyed, kills 2. The taxi is unscathed.

he's making a totally fair point. Drivers here will absolutely run you down at zebra crossings if you don't watch out. Maybe you live in some rural area and you never saw it but I assure you it's' real. Go to any large city and watch how Thai's handle crossing roads at zebra crossing. It's pathetic to see them put their hands up and then rush across the road really fast because they have a credible fear of getting hit. This is what I've seen with my own eyes for years.

Fair enough it's hard to tell from the choppy videos frames but I suspect (like the newscaster) the cars are going pretty fast because that's the norm and they didn't stop in time. There's a timer at the top and you can probably tell how many feet they were going per second if you really wanted to.

If you ask them about these problems the answer always seems to be "that's just how it is". It's a kind of slave mentality they the world happens to them and they can only respond. A good example is what happens when a traffic light stops working. They have no plan-B or ability to communicate with other each other. It's a free for all every man for himself situation. That's how thin the veneer of civility is in Thailand.

Well Americans have decided anyone with government ID is an American so the sky's the limit. Literally everyone in the world is an American, they just haven't got their papers yet.

You mean the American boxing icon Muhammed "Thank God my granddaddy got on that boat" Ali?

Not according to the original Americans. This seems to be some idea that came about after WWII with the Boomer generation but it has no historical precedence.

Fo sho yo.

I'm seeing black Americans are making YouTube videos and promoting Thailand as the best place to come pickup girls. Welcome to Thailand guys.

Riding motorcycles is one of the best things about Thailand but they make it oh so hard by allowing literally anything on the roads going any speed.

Oh so "Issan-style" is a thing? In other words it's a really crap well that only poor people would make. Why are you asking the question then if you know what a proper well is? Of course you need to get rid of your well and make something better. If you're living in a bamboo house with metal roof you should replace that too.

Then why in the 70s were they warning of a new ice age? Maybe we're just coming out of a cool period and it was this hot previously before records started?

I have a house in Mae jo too and it's roasting now. The city heat blanket envelops us here. It's noticeably cooler on the west side of the valley in Mae rim near the mountain. Not a great location to be honest.