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Nothing subjective about the turnaround in monsoons
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And this is not substantiated by any significant evidence
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Minivan passengers pass out from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
kwilco replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
Carbon monoxide gas is colourless and does not smell, so you cannot tell if it is around you. Another thing is that te van was probably a diesel - diesel engines produce much less Co than a gasolene engine -
I find it a repeated source of puzzlement when people who claim to have lived for any length of time seem so unaware of many of the basic facets of Thai life and culture Almost all of Thailand’s islands were sparsely inhabited until the tourists came along. The inhabitants were largely fishermen and farming families – the land wasn’t surveyed it was basically squatted. Within the space of a few years many of these people found that they were occupying very valuable land – hotel resorts bars anything to do with tourism. Some also managed to take over a lot of extra land. Thailand’s tourist areas were largely subject to untrammelled development and it was all pretty lawless – see the lack of infrastructure. As there was no real official law, the families used their own “influence to protect their newfound wealth – some legitimate and some not so. Nowadays, they usually have legal businesses as their front. The model for this exists in most Thai provinces – it’s “Chao Pho” – it translates as “godfather” and also refers to the organisation under them. It’s a characteristic of the Thai “mafia” that it is very fractured and localised. Its estimated that over half of Thailand’s provinces still have these “local mafias” operating in them. Often in plain sight. Many have connections with the “Red Wa” especially in the South In their own area they exercise control of all aspects of life. Immigrant workers (in particular Burma) are a source of income ,local businesses pay dues and will need their blessing to start up in the first place. Local police are often either family or in their pay. They can often control prostitution, drug trafficking, illegal gambling and other legal enterprises. Their influence extends into local politics often being represented on local authorities and even can affect elections in the area. Obviously they will use violence to protect their position especially if they feel they have lost face and they will also protect their own interests and members.. If they feel they have to protect the reputation of a family member then they are in a good position to do so as they care quite capable of influencing any official investigation. Most of the heads of these families are outwardly very popular people with high visibility, but they are not to be crossed. Paradise has a dark side
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Chiang Mai battles extensive forest fires and severe air pollution
kwilco replied to webfact's topic in Chiang Mai News
How do you think forrest fires get started?? -
63 killed, 550 injured on roads during first two days of Songkran break
kwilco replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It is unfortunate that the only set of statisitcs used by most when talking of road safety in Thailand is deaths per 100 k of Pop. Other Statistics may include · Serious Injuries per 1 million inhabitants Minor injuries per 1 million inhabitants Deaths per 10 billion vehicle-KM Deaths per 100,000 registered vehicles Registered vehicles per 1000 inhabitants [WHO] -
63 killed, 550 injured on roads during first two days of Songkran break
kwilco replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
If you are to believe the figures so far, it is a massive reduction on pre-Covid years. However I suspect there is more to it than that. -
25 killed, 248 injured in road accidents on first day of Songkran travel
kwilco replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
What hunch? Where do you get that? I'm talking about your inability to have an intelligent discussion. You are impossible to discuss with you now resort to clueless false dichotomies but you have no idea you are doing it. - so out of touch. You don't even understand my OP. -
25 killed, 248 injured in road accidents on first day of Songkran travel
kwilco replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
No we don't, it just seems you are too far down the intellectual food chain to understand that or even you own cognitive biases .. and now saddwst of all you are trying to change your goalposts "Please post your link disproving the figures" is what ouyu said and that is what I'm saying is so pointless. -
25 killed, 248 injured in road accidents on first day of Songkran travel
kwilco replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
No you''re not your just trying to disagree in a very non-intellectual way because for one reason or another you don't believe that person. THis is a chat forum. the evidence to back this shirt of stuff up is available online to everyone. If you just take the time to educate yourself there is no need to ask silly questions or sea lion people. (BTW not my [post - I'm just fed up with people who can't reasonably take part in a discussion.. .. due to lack of basic knowledge. THe Stats for Thai road safety stretch back over 20 years - I would have thought you'd be able to see for yourself how these things are recorded. -
25 killed, 248 injured in road accidents on first day of Songkran travel
kwilco replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
A "near accident" is by definitionn not an accident. Personal a scooter is subject to confirmation bias and the lowest form of evidence. -
25 killed, 248 injured in road accidents on first day of Songkran travel
kwilco replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Road safety is a public health problem. Just looking at road deaths over the last decade will show that around 50 to 60 die every day on day roads. This figure doesn't change significantly over Songkhran or New Year holiday periods. The publicity by the authorities every year are more or less the same The only conclusion you can draw is that they have got it wrong yet every year without fail they do the same thing again. A common definition of insanity has been "doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result." The Thsi authorities should bare this in mind. -
25 killed, 248 injured in road accidents on first day of Songkran travel
kwilco replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
The stats given by RTP are pretty vague at best and don't follow standard RTI reporting practice on any level. -
25 killed, 248 injured in road accidents on first day of Songkran travel
kwilco replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
This this a pathetic non-argument by someone who doesn't have an argument themselves...its called sea-lioning. If you are going to make a counter argument, back it up with evidence of your own. -
25 killed, 248 injured in road accidents on first day of Songkran travel
kwilco replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Yes we will up to a point....you don't seem to be aware of how RTI stats are compiled or which organisations are involved. Most people on this thread fixate only on just one rather misleading statistic and that is DEATHS per 100 k of population. This is only one of many stats. The ones released on the day are simply not accurate. I believe they are released by the police The police are not trained to do this or even analyse crashes. It takes time to properlt compile RTI stats they usually come out a few months after the beginning on the next year.BBContray to popular belief, there is no "statute of limitations" on recording of road deaths.... they continue to be registered regardless of time span. Road injury stats are internationally compiled on various aspects of road safety. Injuries per 100k is just one aspect. ...and Thailand even fails to do this effectively. Injuries are classified as minor, serious and fatal. There have been recently some feeble attempts to do this. The problem is without scientific and statistical analysis of RTIs it is impossible to get a true picture of what is happening on Thai roads and therefore impossible to form effective policies and plans to deal with this. This situation has continued for decades. In the mean time Thailands roads continue to be built and more and more traffic pours onto them. It's a perfect storm. -
25 killed, 248 injured in road accidents on first day of Songkran travel
kwilco replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Pre-Covid the death tolls were normally estimated at 50 to 60 pr day - so that is a big reduction. THe first and last days of Songkhran are theones with th highest levels of traffic. however the collection and publication of RTI stats at such short notice has to has to raise questions aout thir accuracy and validity without scientific analysis. All this is symptomatic of Thailand's hit or miss attitude (excuse the pun) to road safety.