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Police said the pickup was apparently speeding and the driver lost control at the curve, as the road was slippery due to rain.

Ah, so it was the road's fault. Again.

It's a disgrace that something like that should be allowed to wear the badge.

14 hours ago, moe666 said:

jeez you have a chip on your shoulder about 90 day reporting. I guess you were unaware of that little requirement when you moved to Thailand

If it actually served a purpose I wouldn't care about it, but it doesn't so, yes, I do have a chip on my shoulder about it, as I don't like being treated like I'm on probation. And, yes, I was unaware of it when I moved here, as  it wasn't a requirement 25 years ago.

15 hours ago, speckio said:

If was here on vacation he wouldn't require a visa. Americans can come and go as they please as long as they don't overstay 30 days.

 

I mean its possible he is an Ex-pat but I didn't see anything about him actually making his home in Thailand.

 

 

True. I was posting on the assumption he had obtained a visa as implied in an earlier post.

On 5/4/2015 at 9:03 AM, Eneukman said:

My Garmin GPS gives me the speed limit on some roads. Driving along Sukhumwit in Pattaya, it is 80 km / hr whilst once outside Pattaya it becomes 110 km / hr. If I turn off Sukhumwit (either direction) no limit is shown so I assume the limit is therefore 60 km / hr? I've been driving along Route 3 at around 100 km / hr when I notice that my Garmin is showing my speed in red as the speed limit has become 80 km / hr yet no sign to warn me that the limit has become lower.

Thailand really needs to adapt the system in the UK and put up proper speed limit signs on all roads so that everyone knows how fast they can drive legally.

Alan

Yes, but then the police wouldn't get any money. Lol.

1 hour ago, Pattaya46 said:

Nothing? And who served them alcohol?

It's responsibility of a bar to stop serving alcohol to too-drunk customers !

Maybe that's what started the melee.

Stupid is as stupid does. 

What gets me is that someone has to be told that riding against the flow of traffic is wrong. I think it just highlights the careless/stupid attitude toward one's own well being, but more importantly the disregard for another person's safety/life. Ho hum.

27 minutes ago, Happy enough said:

i'll put a word in your mouth "nothing"

Classic. 

1 hour ago, Happy enough said:

you were merely highlighting the fact that it was the most expensive plate, which it wasn't. but nevermind

Stop putting words in my mouth. I never said it was the most expensive. I said It was a fancy plate and wondered how much it cost the taxpayer. 

37 minutes ago, Happy enough said:

one more thing. prove to me that 9's are more expensive than 5's because i don't believe that. but i will stand corrected if you show that

Look at the item I attached. The single 9 is priced at 230,000, whereas the single 5 is 195,000. 

20 hours ago, Happy enough said:

no it isn't. please point to me that it is

7999? nothing as far as i can see

I was merely highlighting the fact that 9s are more expensive than 5s. But never mind. 

3 hours ago, Happy enough said:

what's fancy about that plate? 999 means nothing here. 555 are usually expensive

Means nothing here? Is that why it’s the most expensive one in the attached image?

Fancy number plate on the mayor’s van. How much of taxpayers’ money was wasted on that?

I must say I got tired of telling cashiers in Big C etc., that I didn't mind if they put more than one item in each bag. I've started taking re-usable bags now.

There’s no such thing as Thainess. It’s all in their minds. 

Police said the accident happened at 7:45am on the outbound Ploenchit expressway between the Din Daeng and Klong Toei exits.

If your going outbound then it's between the Klong Toei and Din Daeng exits as that's the order they are in, surely.

10 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

watch the video. not a single person does anything. no one is calling the police. watch the woman at the table go back to drinking and talking with her friends at the end.

 

multiple kicks to the head.  attempted murder.

 

10 years in Thai prison.

 

next case.

 

 

 

The police probably wouldn't show up, hence the lethargy. I'm not condoning it, just saying.

26 minutes ago, crazykopite said:

I would have thought that when you purchase a watch of such expense the company you purchase it off would hold a record of the buyer along with the serial number of the watch.

Expect the reply of, "no have" if the vendor were asked.