kwilco

THis shows you are completely out of touch with what is road safery - you just think that it's down to "driver" - you can't even begin to understand.

Clearly you haven't - there are so many people who have resided in Thailand for a long time and even before moving here didn't know a thing about road safety - they think they are superb drivers and all Thai people are inferior - this is simply racism. If you think it's possible to change the situation in Thailand by cherry-picking a few issues then you don't even begin to understand. Like so many racists, you refer to "third person plurals" to make sweeping stereotypes that insult Thai people and re-inforce you own feelings of superiority.

You are saying you don't understand the first thing about road safety so you just pick up random issues because you think it makes it look like you do.

No - it's over your head....as usual.

Only 5% - that would suggest that safety standards are inadequate.

Not helpful.....just shows how you haven't acclimatised ti driving in Thailand.. The number of deaths in 4 wheeled vehicles per 200k is about the same or slightly less than in the US..

the media in Thailand reports on RTIs a lot - as it is an uncensored part of journalism.Afeter the tagedy a few weeks back it is all the more likely that bus fires will get more prominent column inches for the next few months.

I we sure it wasn't NPG???

you'd have to be specific about exactly how hot that surface is - to explode in an engine it has to be injected underpressure into a compression chamber.Petrol/Gasolene can hang around as a vapour in normal everyday temperatures and becomes a virtual bomb.

You miss the point - it isn't the "cause" of the fire that is so important as the buses ability to deal with it. Poorly deigned or put together with poor materials, than the fire will spread out of control.

THat's a facile assumption.

All public health and safety issues.

THat's official - is it at Phuket as well as Bangkok? What we are asking is if thae one peoplep are invited to for 300 baht is "official"?

It's all very well having lots of visitors, but are the parks being managed correctly? Thailand's tourist industry relies on the country's natural resources - the beaches have already had a checkered history and the national parks (apart from the marine ones) are largely ignored by foreign tourists - a lot of this is due to the ridiculous two tier pricing , but it is also poor management - there has to be a balance between visitor numbers and conservation. At present there is little sign of this and successive governments have done nothing. Unless the resource of National Parks is properly addressed they will just go the way of the beaches and islands - reduced to concrete lined holiday parks.

A few years ago, an acquaintance had a nice arrangement with an immigration officer who instead of doing visa runs stamped his passport for him. Turned out he was not allowed to use that stamp - so on a visit to immigration he was arrested and locked up for abo9uot 4 days told to stay in the country until it came to court - which took months -he was than fined and allowed to go home. If the stamps - even though correct are issued unofficially then they could be deemed invalid. THe stamp can be "real" but if the officer issuing it is not entitled to than all those stamps could be invalid.

If your entry stamp isn't valid, then it's a scam.

you really are gullible!

None of which appears to be happening at Phuket.

I think people should bear in mind that if this is not an official operation, there entry stamps my be invalid.

...and the con continues - you are a putz!

what an utterly facile comment.

A hallmark of someone with nothing to say is "I bet you're great fun at parties " - How are you now trying to connect my travelling (about which you know nothing) or my behaviour at parties with the topic in hand. You are just showing everyone how daft you are. I suspect you are the kind of drunk that goes to parties and doesn't understand what anyone is saying - so you just laugh in the wrong places and everyone stares -

A dozen or so gates at immigration - if you take an officer or 2 off that the queue are 10% longer. I think it's more likely they are doing during a break or off duty.

you are just posting jibberish and false assumptions - I think you are trying to cover your ignorance with cynicism and false assumptions,,,,but not very well

It's not out of character.... Recent corruption scandals involving the Thai police and immigration authorities have been making headlines, particularly regarding their involvement with Chinese criminal syndicates and other illegal activities. One case involves over 80 immigration police officers, including three generals, who were accused of facilitating the entry and stay of about 5,000 Chinese nationals,. It seems many were tied to criminal activities e.g. triad operations. The officers were allegedly issuing illegal visas in exchange for bribes, enabling the Chinese nationals to engage in illegal businesses in Thailand, particularly in the Northeast and North regions. The scheme has been linked to criminal kingpins like Chaiyanat "Tuhao" Kornchayanant, a Chinese businessman who became a Thai citizen and was later arrested Scandals have led to a major crisis of confidence in Police and Immigration. Investigations are continuing as ever,the involvement of senior officials suggests the scale of corruption and the challenge of reforming the authorites.