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There are always exceptions - Switzerland is a community of over 8 Million citizens, who have a say in all proposals of the federal as well as provincial government. Via the instruments of Referendums they have the power of amending government proposal subject to the result of a vote on the matter and can even themselves propose laws and measures via Initiative which is then put to a vote by the citizens.

In 2022, the people were asked to cast their vote on 3 different occasions regarding a total of 11 bills proposed by the federal government.

Data compiled by DDPM (publishing the 21 deaths) has been used in a major study analysing traffic accidents by the Asian Transportation Research Society. Under Chapter 2.5 the study highlighted some issues relating to thelimitations and accuracy of crash data, such as

● under-reporting

● systematic reporting bias

● random and subjective bias

● reporting errors 

● responding delays

and more.

Project2018-004(Dr.Paramet) (1).pdf

7 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

26 accidents? Quite unbelievable.....they are talking Phuket??

What about the 200 that weren't reported:)

You find the true numbers at thairsc.com (Thai Accident Information Centre). Multiply the 26 accidents by a factor of between 8 and 10 to get to the true numbers.

I live in beachside Rawai and hear every day at least 3 Ambulances sirens blaring at different times. Rawai/Naiharn Beach area covers around 5% of Phuket.

Nuff said

On 12/26/2023 at 2:23 PM, BangkokHank said:

Evidence that he is the WEF candidate? He spoke at one of the WEF conferences some time back, so he's definitely known to them - and part of the club.

 

Anyway, there is really nothing to debate. Either he will eventually become Prime Minister, or he won't. If he doesn't, I was wrong. If he does (and I think he will), AND he starts implementing the tyrannical plans of the WEF (as certain other WEF candidates like Trudeau, etc., are doing), then you'll know that I was right. I would be happy to be wrong about this.

Care to provide some evidence, links, to support your thesis?

And please enlighten us mere mortals about "the tyrannical plans of the WEF".

I recall another speaker featuring prominently at the WEF 2020 as well as 2022. Her name is Greta Thurnberg - according to your twisted logic now part of the club. Seriously?

Negotiations between debtors and illegal money lenders (loan sharks) with government officials acting as mediators take place.

There is a law, in effect since 2017 (The Act prohibiting the collection of interest at an excessive rate).

A rate in eccess of 15% per annum is illegal and results in the offender facing criminal sanctions - jail up to 2 years and/or fine up to 200'000 baht.

 Why mediating - unless these loan sharks charge !less than 15% interest

19 hours ago, prakhonchai nick said:

Is the stepfather, who admitted murdering the child, still alive?   He should not live a day longer!

He has apparently been charged with committing "premeditated murder".

Which carries a 3 to 15 year prison sentence according to the criminal code 290.

I'm lost for words

From the article: "Srettha pointed out the danger to World Trade and the safety of 60000 Thai Nationals on the island" (Taiwan).

Let me get this straight - in the event of a major regional military conflict erupting - presumably starting with an  invasion of Taiwan - Srettha's main concern is related to $$$$$ followed by safety concerns of Thais living in Taiwan. Never mind the 25 Million Taiwanese living there and general loss of life in the region due to warfare.

This statement might be somewhat understandable in the context of addressing a domestic audience.

Certainly way of the mark on the international stage in front of his peers at the ASEAN Japan summit.

13 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"Difficult to work out what interest rate the woman has agreed too".

Loan sharks don't quote an APR!   They front the cash and tell the borrower how much they have to pay per day/week/whatever.   The interest rate is irrelevant to the "informal" borrower who has no other source of funds.

Interesting - you seem to know it all - from personal experience??

Anyway, keep up the good work teaching others - so far 22 posts/comments and counting.

He forgot to add - vote for me and the American Nightmare comes alive!

A first step to address the problem of reigning in aggressive and sometimes violent "loansharks" - cap the maximum interest rate for unsecured loans, applying to all financial institutions as well as non-registered private lenders. 25% per annum would be a good start. It goes without saying - Enforcement and stiff penalties for offenders is the key to success - and everybody who points out .... TIT .... is of course right, unfortunately.

The 7 rogue lenders demanded a DAILY interest of 3'000 baht. A total amount of 1'095'000 baht per annum. The interest based on this would most likely exceed 100% p.a.

9 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

1) So, the victim and her boyfriend victim and her parents and her aunt and her grandmother are in Phuket...

 

And they can't afford a rental car?!?!  Cheapskates all riding deathcycles?

 

2) Her grandmother and her parents let a 19 year old teenager drive a motorcycle in PHUKET LATE AT NIGHT instead of a car.

 

C'mon.  This isn't rocket science.

 

The family is clearly to blame here. ❌

 

If they were in a rental car they would have survived. ✅

BS on Steroids - get your brain checked

40 minutes ago, likerdup1 said:

 

Does that make them any less dead? What kind of comment is this? AGAIN. If you don't want to die in a motorbike accident DON'T DRIVE ONE! .. So what if the car driver is to blame? What do you propose to improve driving safety in Thailand? Stop people from driving? The fact remains, very little will change. Driving any motor vehicle in Thailand is very dangerous. Car, Van, Motorbike. Road safety is terrible here. And driving skill is even worse.

Can only speak for Phuket regarding "to improve driving safety". Live here since 2017 and drive a 530cc Scooter on a daily basis - 55'000km to be exact accident free.

As a novel idea I propose the RTP actually be present on the road and enforcing traffic rules. Apart from the very few Checkpoints known to everybody, collecting money from tourists, the whole force is nowhere to be seen, neither day or night. Result: Wild West, mayhem and carnage 24/7. Culminating in cement trucks occupying both lanes in my rear mirror and closing in on the same road (Viset Rd Rawai) where the accident happened while I drive at 100km/h.

TIT

It would also be interesting how much you actually receive, if you satisfy the various rules and requirements.

I can only speak for Australia and Switzerland, comparing the two countries.

Maximum pension p.a. (in US$)

Australia        single       married/partner

                      18'000           27'300

Switzerland  33'000          49'500

Primary eligibility criteria:

Should your net assets (excl. your home) exceed US$192'000 (single),

US$286'000 (married/partner), your pension starts reducing with every $ above those values. It is called the "asset test".

Switzerland's  requires one's contribution to the pension scheme for a consecutive 44 years. Note: you can contribute a stated minimum amount while living abroad to fulfill this requirement.

Switzerland's pension is paid to wherever you live and indexed.

No asset test applies, everybody gets it.

Australia does not pay a pension for people living abroad

4 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Not disputing that....but how does Thaiger know?

 

I wonder if they would have said anything if he were known to be a work-shy waster who spent his spare time collecting tea-money?

Just a guess based on the fact he drove a run-of-the-mill scooter. No or not enough Tea-money for the ubiquitous pick-up truck.

2 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

The only way to "eradicate" Hamas is to eradicate the Palestinian population, IMO.

2 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Thank you for injecting some common sense into the thread.

 

The only way to "eradicate" Hamas is to eradicate the Palestinian population, IMO.

Meanwhile, israel has created millions of new Hamas supporters, and every day more are vowing revenge against israel.

 

The world is watching and will not forget.

So be it. 

You seem to be comfortable with the notion of eradicating the whole population in order to achieve the goal of eradicating Hamas.

It's called Genocide, the most serious war crime.

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I'd love to see you try to point out the "gobbledigook" in any of my comments relating to this thread.   With your explanation of why you think it was "gobbledigook", of course.

Let me sum it up - plain common sense or in your case a complete lack thereof.