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Police aren't trained to do this.When it comes to pedestrian crossings though there is a lot more to it than than. It would appear that in Thailand there is no such thing as a road traffic engineer. This means that the overall design and positioning of pedestrian crossings is highly questionable - the idea is that they should have good visibility and no parking in both directions clear signs approaching and a standard format of road markings. (v.The UK system)THis should then allow easy enforcement of the regulations and publicity by the government.none of this happens in Thailand .THe place whre this unfortunate woman was killed has a new design - which itself seems to vary form location to location - is hardly intuitive or self explanatory and it seems that the woman may not actually have been on the crossing part.

and you call that a crash report? Was she even one the pedestrian crossing?

I don't think you can say that - the problem is it is impossible to say what happened without a proper crash report which is a very rare breed in Thailand. Should also be noted that the black vehicle in the picture seems to stopped some 25 or so metres beyond the pedestrian crossing.

THis is such a fatuous comment - other countries? Why has that got to do with it? there are a load of factors involved here It is how the law in Thailand is enforced and how both drivers and pedestrians are educated it is also how pedestrian crossings are positioned and designed. Remember it was already described as a blacksopt.

Opinions are based on evidence and reason - his comment isn't so it's not an opinion it's just ....nothing

neither - it's guessing and presumption.

Perception is skewed - the numbers of western tourists have been pretty constant - visitors from India china and Russia have increased exponentially. Malaysia has always been one of the top visitors - a reason for this is border crossing in the South which are in the thousands every day.

How do you know all this?

so does that mean issuing of all 60 day visa exempts end in November?

I don't think I ever had a dish there I didn't like

THat comment is spo wrong on so many levels - are you trying to be satirical?

Sounds - dare I say it - sensible?

n 2021, the average number of factory closures per month stood at 57. The average increased to 83 per month in 2022 and surged to 159 per month in the second half of 2023. "From 2023 through the first quarter of 2024, about 1,700 factories closed, affecting roughly 42,000 workers,"

It was a massive open structure

It is an unfortunate result of Covid that the hardest hit were the smaller businesses, often family owned - big corporations with access to capital have been able to start up again or continue. The result of this is that the face of Thai tourism has become a lot blander and more uniform as corporate businesses take over. This is similar to what happened in Phuket post tsunami. THere doesn't seem to be much support for small individual businesses to help them recover.

THat catered for coach tours etc.

Traditional road accident investigations focus on assigning blame, which can be helpful in legal proceedings. However, "no blame" investigations take a different approach with the following goals. It involves a scientific understanding of “human error” as a constant in road safety The idea is safety improvement; by understanding all contributing factors to an accident, regardless of fault, it becomes possible to identify ways to prevent similar accidents in the future. This is basically the same approach applied in accident investigations for industries like aviation and rail. It requires participation of people involved as the fear of blame can discourage people involved in accidents from cooperating fully with investigations. A "no blame" approach fosters a more open environment where everyone involved feels comfortable sharing information. Trying to blame an accident entirely on one person of factor is barking up the wrong tree. The aim is to focus on systemic issues. Accidents are rarely caused by a single factor. "No blame" investigations can consider broader contributing elements, like road design, infrastructure issues, or even weather conditions. These are crucial as they lead to repeats of similar incidents. This approach is based on the idea that most accidents arise from a complex interplay of factors, and focusing solely on blame can hinder efforts to improve overall road safety.

THe ones on Second Rd and Noen Plubwan were the best....I think the location on walking street wasn't conclusive to their Laos-style menu

So your principle is just "avoiding" tax?

So you simply have no idea what I'm talking about?

Not sure you understand the question?How many do you get a day and how old are they?

I've just had a spate of reactions (mostly positive) to some of my old posts - I talking about a year or more old. Has anyone else experienced this or am I being "stalked"?

I've sent them an email.

Maybe the guy was getting old - but he/his family ran a really good restaurant - as said above, at many locations around Pattaya (I thought Walking Street was a mistake) - so you'd have thought something would have risen from the ashes.

I paid tax for 20 years - even got rebates in some years.