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1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Wrong... a micron is a micron where ever you live.
What differs is the level at which a country deems is a "safe limit" 

WHO has the internationally recognised standard.

Yes, that's what I meant. Obviously something that is 2.5 microns in size is the same everywhere. 

3 hours ago, YetAnother said:

not some big accomplishment ; and thailand , obviously a world leader in air pollution expertise , just decided to overlook the WHO standard of 25 ( who A R E world leaders in expertise ) and set their own standard at 2 X (50); brilliant

I think there are different ways of measuring it depending on where you are. What is 25 in one country might be 50 in another. 

Unless these new EVs can prevent microsleeps I can't seeing them having much effect in Thailand.

I'm surprised they could afford a knife.

6 hours ago, Huckenfell said:

The worlds top scientists do not know much about it yet, so how can the Thai tourism minister outguess them.

Is he guessing, or has he been reading some of the articles posted on hear saying that the virus is less likely to flourish so much in colder weather? Try reading some of them. I'm not saying he's right, and he is a jerk, but there may be some truth in what he's trying to say.

30 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Not just the farm smoke!

 

Bangkok has 9.7 million automobiles and motorbikes, a number the government says is eight times more than can be properly accommodated on existing roads. And those numbers are increasing by 700 additional cars and 400 motorbikes every day.

So when the wind is from the south (from over the Gulf) as it was last week, why is the air perfectly clean? Surely if the smog was due to traffic it would be permanent. 

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

This ain't the FLU

No, but it's symptoms and behaviour are similar. 

Flu does spread quicker in colder temperatures (there's never usually a 'flu season' in summer, for example), so he may have a point, albeit not entirely substantiated.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080330203401.htm

19 hours ago, tlandtday said:

Don't jumpt to conclusions it is entirely possible poor thais avoid the checkpoints because they may not have money for a helmet or they simply may not have a helmet and 500 baht is a lot of money to many of them.  How long have you lived here?

They don’t have the money for a helmet? How did they get the money for a motorcycle? It’s no excuse. The law states you must wear a helmet. If you can’t afford a helmet, or the fine, then get a bicycle. 

15 hours ago, Moonlover said:

One of the families I've made 'suggestions' to has one. and when the mother travels alone with the child, she uses it. But when traveling with family it's back to the usual habit. Like I said 'deaf ears'.

True. You can't teach stupid.

37 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

I have been present at 2 incidents of this nature. The first was about 5 years ago when my wife's niece's daughter was very young and traveled on granny's lap in the the front. One day the kid decided that she wanted to sit on mummies lap and granny tried to stop her. She threw an almighty tantrum and fought her way across the centre consul to be with mum. I suggested that maybe I should sit in front with granny and kid behind, but that was vetoed.

 

Just recently we were out with wife's son and family. this time it was agreed that I sit up front with DIL and and grandchild behind. Less than a hour into the journey, the kid decided that she wanted to be with daddy and fought off both mum and grandma (my wife) and began climbing between the fronts seats. I managed to keep her away from the driver, but once again it was a very fraught few minutes.

 

From those two experiences I can well imagine how this accident took place. I've tried several times to persuade the families about the dangers of this practice, but to no avail. It falls on deaf ears and I've given up trying. I've adopted that well known Thai attitude of: 'It's up to them'.

 

I also refuse to travel in a car if kids are involved, preferring the relative safety of my motorcycle where I'm in charge and control.

Get a child car seat. 

1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

Yes, I used to own one. And there's no way a four year-old's arm could reach the wheel unless sat near the middle of the car

Is that better? The point being she was negligent by letting the kid be near enough to the wheel to grab it. 

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

So in all other countries women don't call the police to complain about noise, are you for real?

Read the last sentence.