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No I don't - I point out how incredibly inept people are at watching videos and how little they know about road safety.

looks to me as if the road and lane signage was obscured. THe Songthaew moved into the wrong lane clearly believing it was the r/h turn lane. The vehicle with the rear cam would also have obscured his view of the bollards at first. THe result was he tried to go down the wrong side of the dual carriageway. However it must be noted that their was a man with a red flag stationed at the junction - this would indicate that this was happeming a lot for some reason - to the point that they had to station a chap there. It's a pity there is no dash cam looking at the signage BEFORE the junction.

THe northerly routes wind through the hills and along the laos border - the Southerly ones follow a flatter course - I'd go North, it's far more interesting.

As ever you really can't tell from the video. Firstly, it looks like a properly marked pedestrian crossing so the woman was totally within her rights and the law.What you can't tell from the video is whether or not the visibility of both m/c and pedestrian was obscured - which seems most likely.THis bring up the usual criticism of traffic engineering in Thailand - it is non-existent ....crossings should be designed so that there are large areas of clear visibility on approaching sides.THousands of deaths and injuries occur every year on THai roads due to bad marking and design.

Difficult to tell if this article is a criticism or an advert.

Always worrying when governments start promoting a religion.

Again full of those who think they have the solution - usually based on stereotyping Thai people or single issues - the problem is way more complex than they e=seem to comprehend. Someone even misquoted the WHO According to WHO road deaths of drivers and passengers on buses form 1% of the total - in 2018. Since then there may have ben a change but the perception is far from reality. - WHO - GLOBAL STATUS REPORT ON ROAD SAFETY 2018, p263. - however this was a precovid figure - but an increase of 465 doesn't necessarily indicate an increase in overall percent and it doesn't say from when - i.e. in post covid the first few years overall traffic was down considerably. We are now in the first complete years since Covid and the traffic stats are still not clear. However bus crashes normally get a lot of press as an individual incident can be a major tragedy involving multiple loss of life.There obviously are shortcomings in the bus and coach transport industry - pointed this out 10 years ago or so....but the increase isn't explained fully by a situation that hasn't changed for years. THe problems arise because like most of the posters on this thread, the authorities do not understand the basics of road safety, preferring knee-jeerk reactions to individual events. To really make a difference, it's not a matter of "making the police do their job" - it requires serious reform of all those involved in all aspects of road safety in Thailand, which may even require constitutional reform as it involves a radical change in how the police and courrts operate as well as the operation of government departments like the DLT.

don't know why, but that that's way it looks in your posts.

So you are afraid the situation might lead to violence? Is this judging by your own standards?

so you think the only people who support Ukraine are those on the front line?

are afraid of something or just talking nonsense? It sounds as if you won't oppose the russian invasion of Ukraine because your worried you might fall of a bike?

Western anchor?...or are you trying for homophonics?

please explain.

THey are Russians - they may or may not gree with the war - but they need tpo realise tat many people are deeply upset by their country's behaviour - having a nice holiday in Thailand sends the wrong message - employing North Koreans to o the fighting also looks bad. A few weeks ago some Russians asked m for directions, I politely refused and asked them if they got lost in Ukraine?

Nissan is looking to protect themselves against the Chinese manufacturers, and any potential duties by Trump.

THe Laem Chbangplant started around 2012 - they build both Mitsu and Navara - very nice ones too as they are export models - which is why they are a LC. ... Nissan's pickup truck production was relocated to Mitsubishi Motors' plant in Laem Chabang, Thailand, to make room for other models. Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors agreed to manufacture the Nissan Navara, a one-ton pickup truck, at Mitsubishi's plant in the Laem Chabang Industrial Estate. Nissan continues to produce the Navara for export only at the Mitsubishi plant.

mostly Navara

Nisan and Mitsu have shred that assembly line for over 10 years.

What law?????

Street lighting and reflection on Thai roads is b=very haphazard - a moment of human error and this could happen - the bus was stationary and in the wrong light may have not been obvious. Thailand has no properly trained road traffic engineers and street lighting is one of the0ir mega- failures.

So not only do you not have an argument, nothing new there - you're still totally uninformed about the history of road safety in Thailand - up to your usually standard again.

So what do you not agree with? Apparently you have no counter argument....but no surprise there. I have been writing on road safety in Thailand for about 20 years and have something to say...apparently you don't

the reporting around this incident seems excessively saccharine - Why?

-- 2024-11-20 with everything that's going on in the world, the best they can comw up with is criticism of the PM's shoes? - Pathetic is an understatement.

no understanding of human error - just smug