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1 minute ago, robblok said:

I did this.. had a translated copy of the road act.. and its there just a few sections further.. there is a lot to be debated about and in the end they will win or waste your time for hours.

do you have video? I always have video recording and they know it.

They don't waste your time for hours, they tell you to move one so they can extort money from someone that won't give an argument. Make sure it's only in English and not Thai.

Extortion is not legal, therefore you don't let them get away with it.

Just now, robblok said:

Correct its that stupid law they have and the police love to catch motorcycles who don't obey that law..dammed if you do dammed if you dont. 

not unless you call the police out on it and ask them to show you the law in the book, carry the book. They balk every time they know. Also make sure you ask for their ID first!

37 minutes ago, seahorse said:

In my opinion the two motorcyclists are at fault for travelling too fast and overtaking on the wrong side.

this is not unexpected as  they say it is the law that motorcycles must ride on the left side of the road which is the most dangerous. To have motorcycles be required to ride in the other driver's blind spot all the time is just stupid!

Where does the "annoying backseat driver" part fit in?

Great little ditty about "back seat driver" wives and what men do about it.

This sounds like mindless chatter from a bar or something.

Who approved this article and why? How about just showing a funny video rather

than soiling it with chauvinistic assumptions.

13 terrified passengers and only one, a soldier had the good sense to call the police?

Seems like better to risk dying rather than risk being embarrassed or holding people up.

Why not do as the best school system in the world does? The problem here is that  change is very difficult if not impossible and will remain that way until they can change their mindset that change may be a good thing.

Take it from the best school system in the world: http://www.smithsonianmag.com

Voter fraud is rare. seriously???

It's more serious than anyone really imagined. Hear it for yourself!

https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/10/undercover-video-shows-democrat-operatives-admitting-they-incited-violence-at-trump-rallies

I wonder what they are going to do with it, turn it into medicine or make a public spectacle by burning it in front of an audience of children.

6 hours ago, trogers said:

Injuries to patients? Unlikely.

 

Injuries to nursing staff? Very likely.

How is it injurious to the staff? Every dentist I've ever been to in Thailand, the switch to operate the x-ray is outside the room where the x-ray is being taken.

these guys did more than exercise free speech. If you remember they called for the people to each get a liter of gasoline. A million liters of gasoline to burn down Bangkok including Siriraj Hospital. They belong in jail as far as I'm concerned.

maybe the charging the families issue is really about what should happen, making the parents responsible for their under aged children's behavior. Wouldn't that make sense?

Drunk driving is not the main cause of motor vehicle deaths in Thailand in my opinion. Here's a quick fact: 14,059 reported road-deaths per year, 24,237 actual deaths says WHO, 70% on motorbikes, lack of traffic law enforcement.

The real killer and reason for so many deaths are the laws. These are laws that kill. For some reason, opposite of what those of us that were raised in western cultures, is defensive driving and to stay out of other vehicle's blind spot. The law in Thailand for motorcycles is that we are required to ride in the blind spot. Us riders are to stay to the left of the road, the blind spot for all other drivers, and compete with the taxis, buses, vendors, cars entering and exiting businesses and pedestrians. Not to mention buses on busy roads stop, load and unload blocking the 2nd and 3rd lanes rather than pull over to the left. But then again they may take out a motorcycle in doing that.

For what reason would it make sense to have motorcycle riders having to drive in the most dangerous section of the road, the far left? Another thing that slows down traffic and causes accidents is motorcycles are prohibited from using the flyovers. Wouldn't it make sense to encourage motorcyclists to stay out of the intersections if possible? What is the point of having dozens and dozens of motorcycles filtering to the front of the line at a traffic light when all the other cars have to wait while the motorcycles are all jockeying and cutting in front of other cars? It just slows things down as well as knock people off their bikes, its just crazy.

The expressway would be the safest place for motorcycles if they have the speed, and really all of them do. No stopping, no cars pulling out in front of you, very few buses, no songtaews and no taxis picking up customer and definitely no vendors. When I talk to the Thai people about laws that kill and what is the reason for them, the majority reply it's so the police can stop motorcycles and extort money. Safety is not the real issue in regards to Thai roads and their laws, it's about extorting money firstly.

Change the laws! Treat motorcycles like any other vehicle and let us ride in the safest parts of the roads here, usually the far right lane. Let us use the flyovers for our own safety. Most of all let's stop these dangerous road blocking police stops. There is nothing more frustrating than coming over a hill only to find cars illegally parked on the left, a truck that has been stopped by the police in the second lane, and a cop in the 3rd lane waving you over to stop. This is very intentional and highly resembles entrapment. Change the laws, stop the bloody deaths.

16 hours ago, Sphere said:

 

Could it really be possible that Somchai from Chonburi has been reading Homer?

I guess anything is possible

Seems like they got what they wanted, 150,000 baht and they don't have to incarcerate him.

Now he's free to leave which is what they probably really want.

It's too bad I'm considered "too old" to donate blood. I know how rare AB is.

At 56 and  being considered too old is nothing more than cutting off your nose to spite your face, or even shooting yourself in the foot. Sorry, I have what you need,  just not allowed to help.

incarcerated because of a debt accrued because he was incarcerated?

22 hours ago, robblok said:

Never did i Imagine that so many on this site were so liberal. I am shocked that only 2 voted against it. 

Maybe we are conservatives and don't want the government in our private lives. Being dependent on the government and having them tell you what to do is a liberal leftist ideology and stupid for that matter.

Is he entitled to use the Thai legal system for his personal gain?

He's got a lot of nerve if you ask me.

I've often wondered why these people are allowed to work. Obviously they are working illegally because any Thai person can sell nuts.

Interesting that they are offended by the term Kaek when I myself have been turned down for an apartment even after knowing they had ones available with "no farang".

The Thai don't consider themselves racist, for them this is normal.

If you can give the death penalty to two foreigners without definitive evidence proving guilt,

then surely you can give the death penalty to a Thai that admitted his guilt. Admission shouldn't be

that that makes you a great guy therefore we'll reduced your sentence. The man is a murderer and a rapist!

Since we upgraded your status, you should reciprocate by signing theTPP. Then we own you!

I wonder if the teacher threatened the girl to say he was just doing his job and doing it well

I don't think he said legalize it, just take it off the list of narcotics.

Amphetamines are not narcotics by definition.

just grow hemp. solve the oil problem, healthy, fabric, plastics, textiles and cures cancer and just about everything else.

How could they not grow hemp???