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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. 

I’m curious as to how they’re going to turn this one around and blame the foreigners. 

16 hours ago, Tounge Thaied said:

Thailand has an incredible moment in this crisis to show how responsible it is, how deserved it is to be a premier tourist destination. Should Thailand continue to show competence in handling this virus, it will come out in the end of all this able to command an even higher level of respect as a world class travel destination. IMO the numbers look good right now. 19 infected, 5 successfully treated and released, the remainder being successfully treated and no deaths. Well done Thailand, considering Thailand is one of the primary and closest destination for the affected (Chinese). 

If you believe the numbers, fine. What about 20+ airlines suspending flights to mainland China, except, yes you’ve guessed it, Thai Airways. It’s not really the action of a responsible country. 

I wish the WHO would outline what those efforts are, because I haven’t seen any. 

4 hours ago, LeoCesar said:

50 million to 100 million died from the spanish flu.

I went by this:

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic

Trawler captain fled the scene?  No, he evaporated.????

Nothing. When told it was Thai culture I said in my culture the father of the bride pays for the wedding. That evened it out. Nothing paid by anyone.

20 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said:

What advances. Best prediction is that it'll take a year to develop a vaccine, otherwise, no known cure.

There was no vaccine at all for the Spanish flu. Now we'll have one within a year. That seems like an advance to me.

13 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Makes some of the ‘double-baggers’ look more approachable ????

I just spilled my coffee laughing at that! ????????

Days? Weeks more like.