Almer

12 hours ago, kimamey said:

You don't need expensive equipment either.

You need a new dept called Highway Police 2,

2 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

The road into Chiang Rai from where I live runs along the top of the levée, in fact there are parallel roads on both sides of the river. Both have fairly stringent weight restrictions.

 

It forms a shortcut for traffic from Phaya Mengrai and beyond heading up towards Mae Sai. The weight restrictions are completely ignored.

 

The roads are regularly resurfaced (every couple of years) only to be smashed up by overladen trucks traveling at speed.

 

They deployed some sort of mat gadget to weigh trucks - chaos, dozens of trucks trying to turn around in the road. Only did so a couple of times.

 

Overloading, speeding and reckless driving by these trucks is endemic.

 

Add the restricted visibility from those lateral curtains, impenetrably tinted windows and legions of Michelin Men bolted on the front and they are lethal.

There was a police check some weeks ago on the Khonkaen bypass, there must of been 50 trucks parked on the side of the road short of the check point, no food stall just waiting for the police to go before they proceed, only a suggestion on my part but a police car at the back and work they way down the Q I guess they all got a reason to stop before the police line, no joined up thinking and lorry drivers don't carry to much cash on them. 

Perhaps as ps the truck driver c oils explAin the reason for parking on the carriageway in the hours of darkness and whether he had lights on it not, then through the kitchen sink at the tool. 

Just now, Almer said:

They can see it, but it will impact the peasants not them. 

It's a shame the peasants can't see it, and of course when as I exspect I will be paying tax on funds transfered here there will be even less to go round, then x it by many many. 

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Agreed, and any high speed rail line will speed that up to. It's just a shame the powers that be cannot see it

They can see it, but it will impact the peasants not them. 

5 hours ago, steven100 said:

 

so the correct cause being the bus was speeding on a wet road.   

How can any driver be so stupid

How often do bus operators here check there drivers licences or carry out a drug or alcho test? 

Poor driving skills, look at his licence and see how it was obtained!! 

Looks lovely and sunny

Could it have been speed that caused it to overturn or is it easier for the BIB to say he fell asleep

Jokers now go to Issan and do a survey. 

He should of braked  hard and sat her on her ass

My experience,, if you have a Thai wife and meet a few requirements a UK visa is a given, if you have a girlfriend with little or no money other than a big deposit the week before the application, if the girl friend has no job or employment history and has 3 children she is supporting, save your money it won't happen, however if your girl friend has  stable job like a nurse or bank official with regular monthly income and a letter from her employer that her job remains for her whilst she is on holiday tick a few more boxes and your in, it is for the consular  official to get a view from the application that it is a holiday and she will come back at the end of the stay, if the UK make it visa free,. Look out. 

15 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Because obviously all Russians are the same. Or maybe not? 

All the ones in Pattaya.ive seen, yes. 

Plenty of work about, but people don't want it at 350 baht for a hard slig, easier to steal and sell on Facebook, but stealing and taking it back to your home when you are a known thief is not a good career move

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I don't think he deserved to be beaten up.

But he should have expected that to happen.

If he is Russian he deserved it, flipping off 10 Thai,s a typical Rusky response, it is no coincidence since they ran away when there leader started his special military operation Pattaya is suffering , with the tourists returning home saying avoid Thailand to many Russians. They are  magnet for trouble

The only age limit should apply to the idiots driving, with there big wheels bald tyres and no exhaust and that applies to the local Ambulance ffs. 

It will be 400 baht and have a safe journey

3 hours ago, goldenbrwn1 said:

The “look at me” generation

Well he lives in the right place if he is a "look at me moron"

No legal action taken, you never know who owns what

22 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

Off the topic a little bit, whatever happens at foreign guy who kicked that female doctor in the back or something because she was sitting on his steps of a rental villa that he had haven’t heard anything about that lately or for that matter I haven’t heard anything about the Red Bull kid in ages 

The reporting here is aweful never any follow up due to we all know the outcome of these cases, ker ching. 

1 hour ago, HalAndLois said:

Is it really only 600 baht?  I went to Pattaya Memorial Hospital 2 days ago for an eye infection and the doctor fee (not a specialist) was 800 baht plus 350 baht in other charges.

   I had an eye infection, diagnosed possibly due to crap government water, 50 baht plus a tube of ointment, why do you all wish to spend your money as fast as you can

2 minutes ago, n00dle said:

They dont get a lot of tourist traffic

Ha ha they will now

37 minutes ago, digger70 said:

This says it All ,One can't fix stupid .

She said, people be careful you can't trust anybody then she leaves her possessions on the bar and goes out for food, bless her.