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2 hours ago, harrycallahan said:

In Philippines I use Grab and am driven by guilt to tip at least 20% more than meter price. It's ludicrously cheap. 

Chiang Mai : TAXI 400THB / UBER 247THB for the same distance...

3 hours ago, Bangkok expat said:

what you think? i dont think so they never learn

Learn ? 555
He will chose a better car that doesn't lose control when he drives drunk again.

On 25.3.2018 at 8:01 AM, hyku1147 said:

No. They have decreased in both frequency and severity.

Most of the time, a Farang makes a Thai lose face. Loudmouths get away with it in the Anglo West, but it dosn't go unanswered here. On the other hand, Farangs need to be very careful in certain night clubs because the staff can react with little provocation. That being said, I have had 5 loudmouth confrontations  in the last year, 2 in Cambodia, and three in Pattaya - and they were all with rude Farangs.

After your lesson they did behave much better !

1 hour ago, tingtongtourist said:

yes we here that crap all day every day on this site.

bent coppers, brown paper bags, ALL Thai officials are corrupt bla bla bla

 

but funny thing, the first time you actually know a REAL person who tell you a real story, you hear they are in big trouble for suggesting a bribe to a cop.

 

not saying it doesnt happen but you guys is like a broken record and if you keep spreading this you will get more people in trouble for bribery charges.

 

 

"broken records" or "washer women" ? 

My friend said that he knows it from another friend ...

19 hours ago, farcanell said:

???

so.... 

heros  divided by alcohol = cowards

or is it heros divided by cowards = alcohol?

Guess you just didn't get it...

21 hours ago, r136dg said:

Not just women assaulted by men. I've been groped several times by women during that insane holiday. Made me feel so helpless and violated.

OMG ! Did you have nightmares after that ?  555

21 hours ago, Archcan said:

After 7 years in Phuket, last year was my final Songkran on Bangla Rd.  Too many out of control drunks, most of them with not a clue about the true essence of Songkran and the gentle celebration that was intended.  The Thais are taught at an early age how to act but the tourists have no idea at all and will never know.  Add alcohol and it's a recipe for aggression and physical/sexual assault.  Unfortunate but so goes the evolution of tourism in Thailand with increased police control, an end to spraying water on the main roads and the gradual decline of a sacred and honoured celebration.

In Chiang Mai it's more like an uncontrolled backpacker-party with huge waterguns and booze and ...

7 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

This brake failure, or malfunction, seems to be used by most drivers who cause carnage on the roads, and we never seem to hear of any severity in punishments meted out.

If, which seems highly probable, his substance abuse is proved to be the cause of this horrendous tragedy, he should be given the absolute maximum time of incarceration. Any severe punishment should also be massively publicised for the whole nation to see, to, hopefully, act as a deterrent to other drivers with the same mentality as this <deleted>.  

As I said yesterday. Brake failure !
Or was it brain failure ???

8 hours ago, Ossy said:

What, like being held down, mouth wedged open, whilst booze was poured in? Being forced to drink is a lot different from being persuaded to drink. If you don't want to drink, don't drink and if that means choosing new friends, do that.

 

Right girls . . . let's try to be 100% honest and truthful. If your drinking contributed to your being groped, it has to be more your own fault than that of the boozy boys that you could, if you'd made the effort, have avoided. You don't have to walk within arms length of these cretins and most sensible folk would simply make sure they didn't. There's keeping out of trouble and there's asking for trouble . . . the choice is yours, more than Thailand's boozy New Year.

Some naughty girls forced me to drink alcohol ! 

10 hours ago, z42 said:

It's become a complete monster imo. Alcohol and the general chaotic nature of it makes a whole heap of already not very bright people do even more crazy / reckless things than they normally would.

A couple of hours of it around midday when i can take my little girl out is actually quite good fun for me and her because people are sober still and it has a more peaceful / happy feel.

In the late afternoon big groups are totally wasted and are quite menacing (like what is described in the OP).

It is what it is though, any measures that are effective in making it a little mord family friendly am all for

cowards + alcohol = heroes

35 minutes ago, Thian said:

Even when i wear a bright yellow shirt on my motocy they still won't stop for me...it's just thai mentality that a motocydriver MUST be a poor idiot and they have all the right to not wait/stop for him/her.

 

When there's a soidog sleeping on the road they will ALL drive around it, no problems at all but a motocy MUST be of a lower caste than themselves and they can just act like they didn't see him/her.

 

I should make helmetcam video's and put them online, almost every 5 minutes i'm in situations where they act like they didn't see the motocy...It just shows how selfish Thai drivers are..very small minded people.

 

Sorry mate. You seem to be a real friend of the locals...

1 minute ago, Mattd said:

Not possible for there not to be, somebody made an error of judgment, otherwise we would not be reading about it.

How many accidents happen without ANYBODY at fault ?

17 hours ago, ukrules said:

 

The accident investigation should reveal who was at fault, if anyone. I doubt it would take an expert very long to determine if anyone is at blame here.

 

They can argue about liability in the courts later.

 

If ANYONE is at fault ?
 

4 minutes ago, Airbagwill said:

why do people who don't like something always start yelling "ban it!"?

 

th truth is we need public transport on roads and statistically it is WAY< WAY safer than private passenger vehicles.

What is needed is regulation to improve the safety of these vehicles, construction, drivers hours etc etc - put a digital tacho in and test all the4 vehicles.

You may be right, but as long as they can buy the safety tests...

6 hours ago, Lungstib said:

Are Thai buses and trucks made to good standards of safety? Several after accident scenes show awful damage and scattered vehicle parts. They do seem to break apart rather easy.

What safety standards?
Some square pipes, a lot glass and fiberglass glued together by innocent "mechanics"...
Ohhh! And cool airbrush-design to cover it !!

6 hours ago, bluesofa said:

I know there has been a loss of life here, and that is genuinely sad.

 

However, I’m waiting for the all-too-often-made calls to begin about banning double-decker buses as they’re dangerous.

I’ll get in first: If only they would think, and look at accident rates involving double-decker buses in other countries. I’m sure it must be the UK where there are more (and taller) double-decker buses than anywhere else, yet accidents there are very, very, rare.

 

It’s the drivers here that need banning. They need to be responsible and concentrate on their driving, not trying to get down hills with sharp bends at break-neck speed (no pun intended), or perform dangerous overtaking manoeuvres.

 

As soon as this particular incident is out the news, it will be forgotten again until the next accident.

 

Brakes failed again! Clear reason...

51 minutes ago, ianf said:

Two evenings ago we noticed a number of fires burning around the mountains of Chiang Mai. The Ban is ignored. A few weeks ago there was extensive burning of the verges near Mae Tha. That's the local Government burning. Guess what? The posters that had been erected all along that stretch of road to warn people NOT to burn were being burnt. When approached the supervisor (?) of the workers said the law only applies to inside the forest and not the verges.

And off course when they burn the verges they burn all the plastics that send unscrubbed and dangerous toxins into the air.

The Government knows this but they do nothing.

At the sports stadium there is an incinerator that burns plastic all the year around + other rubbish. They use wood as the fuel. Wood cannot create the 1000 degree heat needed to destroy the toxic emissions from the plastic. So all this stuff gets thrown into the air through a chimney stack that has no scrubbers. This poisonous air goes right into a sports stadium and the local school where people need clean air.

Stupid? Ignorant? Careless? Don't Care? Money talks? Lies? Denial? We could go on .....Thailand! That's it!

And ever since I've been here they blame the Burmese, the Hill Tribes etc ....anyone but themselves.

Ride the Samoeng loop or road 1001 to Phrao.
Every year the strips left and right of the road get burnt down regularly instead of cutting the gras or bushes.
In my opinion just the easy, quick and careless way for a "clean up".
Then blame hilltribes, burmese aso. for burning their fields.

Myanmar ?  Bangladesh ?
Samoeng and west of it 2 days ago...

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samoeng 1.mp4

5 hours ago, manhood said:

Well for me as living now couple of years in Thailand i found out that thais always turns aggressive if you catch them by the wrongdoing...and they do it every day at every place at any time!

 

I hate this idea if smiling thailand. It is not excisting anymore because most of the are selfished : me always first"

So Thailand is not a great tourist place to go!

Really depends on where you live, how you show up.
Living here since 8 years now, have a quite different experience.

4 minutes ago, Spaniel said:

I think you will have better luck meeting normal Australians  if you don't hang around places where alcoholic beverages are sold.  As a group   I have always thought the Aussies a pretty decent bunch.

I've met plenty of "normal Aussies". Just don't live at the Quality Resort.

20 hours ago, Get Real said:

Why do we have to see theese moronic tourists coming here almost everyday? Can´t they just stay home and look Tv-series or something?

Another farang teacher doing his duty to develope the country ...

Who "earns" his money the way he does, can be beaten unconcious day by day and it doesn't bother me.
Pattaya, New York, Tokio, Nairobi, Berlin...
Doesn't matter where.

4 hours ago, Badbanker said:

I see sad problems happen almost every day with many westerners coming to Thailand  and starting to ride a motorcycle for their very first time.

 

We have all lost count of the number of times this has happened with regular tragic results.

 

Most people also don't have a legal driving license for a motorcycle in Thailand and as such void the mandatory 3rd party insurance that all cars must have, that would normally help them with medical expenses!

 

All foreigners that rent motorcycles in Thailand are not sufficiently proficient in riding and  even more not aware of the driving style and frantic habits of many Thai drivers.

 

Tourists who visit  Thailand think that because they don't speak the language or understand the law, there are no rules that apply to them and they can just do it!

 

This ends all too often in a body bag or worse, as in this case life long injuries and disabilities.

...and enjoy riding in shorts and sandals, no helmet needed coz only 400b fine.

18 hours ago, HLover said:

Wonder who was initially doing the life saving CPR before the hero arrived?

 

Probably a pesky farang, no need to mention him in the article.

Probably a Burmese...

3 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Those dastardly religious men, undermining the security of the country.

Were they praying without a work permit?

 

If they would just be praying...