Yellowtail

Somchai? You sound like a racist. Is a cheap helmet better than no helmet or not? I am not arguing that riding with a helmet is not safer than riding without a helmet, nor am I arguing that an expensive helmet is (generally) not better than a cheap helmet, so I'm not clear what you're about. I've had six motorcycles, a mini-bike and a go-kart. Sold the last one in '88, so I know little of modern equipment. I also had access to a company bike (typically Waves) for the over twenty years I worked in Thailand, but only rode it occasionally around the plant. I've had a number of accidents on bikes, one of which was serious. I quit riding because after my last accident it was not fun anymore. I wish everyone would wear a helmet, but I never liked wearing a helmet and I have no interest in compelling others to wear one.

or buy a cheap donut spare.

I saw the engine on a hydraulic crane catch fire when some moron gassed it up, spilled some and then started it....

I've been here since 2000 and I have been to turn the engine off asked (I think) twice. I think they only put the signs on older cars.

Once you have a kid, everything else is just stuff! I get see a podiatrist every other month and have a hand/foot-spa in the off month.

I was responding to someone moaning the helmets people wear are too cheap. Please try to follow along.

More gas-passing. I was asking a question that you have avoided answering. That you are up in arms about people not wearing helmets you (apparently) don't give a whit about the law when you're speeding on the motorway is telling albeit not surprising. Again, what business it is of yours whether other people choose to wear a helmet? What negative affect does it have on you?

Well, now you're changing your story, before in was Thais don't wear helmets, now it's most Thais out in the county. I have not been to Korat in a few years, but I was in Kabinburi for years and I would say most Thails in wear helmets there. In any event, I do not understand what business it is of mine or yours whether people want to wear a helmet or not.

I own the comment, and I stand by my statement that it is not racial profiling.

So you rail against others breaking the law, but you apparently see yourself above it. I've driven in Bangkok traffic daily for quite a long time, and while I see people without helmets, far and away most are wearing helmets. Why does fear of punishment (apparently) not work for other crimes? City of London Crime and Safety Statistics | CrimeRate There are many not rich people than rich people. The why are other crimes not rampant? How does someone else not wearing a helmet have a significant impact on you? I lot of people see the law as silly much like you see driving 140 on the motorway. The taxis I see generally drive pretty well.

So everyone not wearing a helmet one night in jail and bike confiscated until the rider shows with a helmet to pick it up. Perfect!

I fished that El Nino in '97, it was epic!

I think it worth noting that people sitting inside the vehicle is being fueled, is not fueling the vehicle. The person outside the vehicle operating the pump is the one fueling the vehicle. Why would laws (if any) regarding not using a phone while fueling would not apply to people sitting inside the vehicle.

Yet that's what you are suggesting when you claim you want the fine to hurt. To make it hurt, you have to have a bigger fine for the rich than the poor, yes? If a rich guy doesn't want to wear a helmet, does he really care that he has to pay a thousand Baht now and then?

Nice, now every new car will have to have a $1,000 interlock of the cap

How do blind people read the fire button, wouldn't it be too hot?

I can't speak to Phuket, but in and around Bangkok, but far and away most wear helmets. And no doubt you think a guy making 15K a month should pay 20K for a helmet? All things the same, is it your position that a guy wearing a helmet is safe, and not likely to be seriously injured when hit by a truck?

So make it okay for the rich, but not for the poor? Which is a bigger disincentive, a thousand Baht fine, or bleeding out in the street?

Don't be ridiculous, of couse it isn't ... but if you think it is, fine.

It's not racial profiling.

When I was in my twenties I traveled with a carnival in the US. We were always stoked to help handicapped people on and off the rides, and it was considered "bad-luck" to charge handicapped kids... I find most people are kind and want to be helpful everywhere.

That has not been my experience.

I see far and away most Thais wearing helmets. When you earn 300 Baht a day, a 50-100 Baht fine is significant. For a guy like you, not so much. That's why I think the fine should be 10,000 baht for non-Thais.

Most accident happen close to home. Well, that and the car starts beeping...