kwilco

OK - enough pigeon chess. You've started to use words you don't understand.

Your responses give me the impression you have no idea what this is about.

Silly man you don't realise it's not what you do, it's what HUMANS do - or are you not human?

Well - you're exceeding the limit and you would probably fail the compulsory eye test when you renew your licence - you do have one??

I've said before Thailand doesn't appear to have any traine road traffic engineers - sign is inconsistent in THailand to the [oint of being random - this is a major contributor to Thailand's huge road death toll

no you haven't you just think you have - people simply don't realise what's happening. In the moment, most drivers don’t have time to consciously think about road safety. ethics or weigh their options when faced with an unexpected obstacle like a suddenly swerving m/c or a dog. Their response is often instinctive and driven by emotion rather than deliberate thought. The emotion is one of self-preservation. So - when drivers see a vehicle or animal suddenly on the road, their brains trigger an automatic, split-second response based on shock or fear and preservation. They may subconsciously think of avoiding damage to their vehicle or even protecting themselves The instinct to avoid a collision kicks in almost immediately, like any other sudden danger. The attack ode you describe takes a few more nano-seconds by which time the crash has usually happened. If it hasn’t then you are considering where to drive and this could be construed as deliberate and therefore dangerous driving.

Except you won't have that opportunity for the reasons I explained above - or if you have time to make that decision, you'll just look like bad driving. People just don't understand what happens during the split second course of a collision.

Strange position - the car is pointing at the carriageway it came from or was in the U-trn lane coming towards us?

What people don't realise is when that happens you don't hav the opportunity to make a choice - human instinctive reaction kicks in and you SWERVE whether you like it or not.THere is a driving choice that sometimes can be made - that is to apply the brakes and turn - unfortunately with antilock brakes it's hard to tell if the vehicle in the photo had it's brakes on or not.

Highly suspicious - they are most likely bending the law - 2 look as if they are built in a "quarry" - A 19 degree incline is more 1in 3 in terms of road signs - more than extremely steep roads.

I have written a synopsis of the various land scandals on Samui (did in fact work for some of them) - if I digit out, I'll post it here

20 years ago Samui was not properly surveyed - and still that situation lingers on Samui and many other parts of Thailand - this means that both real ownership and boundaries are not set in stone. THis means the land is ripe for corrupt deals.

Where???? I'm not saying that there aren't but you cannot come up with any examples....this is 35% incline....I think you haven't actually cindidered this but are just making a nape of the neck assumption. And Samui HAS got away with it before...just do some research there has been more than one scandal associated with this in the past.

"I can think of many structures on steeper land" - I don't think you could actually name them. the rule is that a gradient / slope more than 19 degrees or 35%: Building (or modification of existing) is not permitted! As I said there may be exceptions granted on behalf of the crown - temples being the main example. On Samui this has long been a problem though down to corruption. I think there was some retro dispensation given to some building as well.....but I'd like to hear your examples. THailand is one country where I've seen a lot of buildings knocked down after planning law breaches - specifically jungle encroachment seems an example. THere is also the problem with long-term derelict buildings where construction has stopped for one reason or another.

THis is not new it started at least 20 years ago. THere are some very high-ranking national officials involved. I believe the basic law in Thailand is that any land that has an incline of over 19% is automatically property of the crown - so any building on land like that either has special permission (e.g. Temples) or is illegal. I seem to remember a scandal involving a Danish biker gang and local government officials

doesn't surprise me that you don't know......and the fact that you continue to promulgate such rubbish says more about you than the snake.

still an idiotic thing to say - compounded by the fact you don't realise it.

duh! It's a constrictor!

there's always an "expert"

There is stoopid stoopider and racist...... you are now stupidly trying to move your own goalposts. Are you now claiming that all people driving trucks are stupid

Utter stuff and nonsense = total racist bigotry!

that's not UK!

"Stuck?" "No, I"m delivering an effing bridge!"

Really, and what science do you base that on? It seems to be largely on racist principles.

the flood cycle has been there for millennia - the problem is untrammelled development.