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That's your quote for anyone who does anything that you consider off, even though it usually is you. It's also a teen aged style of answering. I would recommend you seeing a specialist, but there aren't any medications that help with impulse control disorder. That's usually something a person has to work on themselves, although I'm thinking it wouldn't in this case.

Doesn't take too many times in a lake or pond to teach children to respect and not fear water, so they don't panic, which causes most drownings. Children here are left with grandma's more than any other country, which means less supervision than a parent would offer. Usually left with grandma, meaning an older grandma that has less ability to care for young ones, means many things might happen which wouldn't with parents, like staying out too late, driving scooters too young, going swimming unattended, drinking or smoking, etc.

Every time I bring a cat to my house it is killed, either by dogs or disturbed locals who poison them. You and I both love animals, so we aren't going to hurt another even though the dogs killed our cats, because it isn't in us, even though I'm a hunter. Domestic animals can go wild when people let them loose after they are kittens and puppies, and they have to fend for themselves and eat. An animal that is raised around other animals of different species usually will not hurt them, as they only know love and play, especially if it comes from their owners. In this country, Little is done on a grand scale, meaning spay and neuter, which should be funded by the government but usually comes from donations, and with the amount of animals born ere, it's hard for them to keep up if not impossible. In a developing country, many things are adopted. To make money, provide entertainment and to help others.and then that provide entertainment. Some things have priority over others. Look at how children are cared for, with students riding on the tops of buses, to how they are taught in most schools, to how they are left with grandparents to be raised, to how they are allowed to drive scooters starting at age 8. The level of care here pales by comparison to the west. It will eventually get better when old school thinking is driven out and things are adopted that help others instead of scamming them for profit. This means enforcement of laws and extreme punishment for those who intentionally hurt others and use them for profit, such as human trafficking. The only thing you can do here to protect your pets is keep them inside, and allowing them to go out only to do their business and play with you monitoring it, then bringing them back inside. Roaming dogs will continue here for decades to come, as well as the deaths daily on roads.

The Dick Van Dyke Show, which was pretty funny and ran for 5 seasons, along with movies like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Night At The Museum, Mary Poppins and many more moves and series.

It does work, and especially if you're poor, but to a point. People get tickets and still drive like hell because that's their nature. When you have a population where absent dads are the norm, kids don't get the structure and teaching that happens when dads are around, at least the dads that care about their children's welfare. Generation after generation of children growing up with little guidance has them going into the world totally unprepared for what happens next.

This is what I mean about the attitudes here. This has been going on for decades and the accidents and deaths only stay the same. Every country has road problems, but some countries make the top of the list every year and there are reasons for this that data doesn't take into account. It's the drivers who don't care. Life itself isn't precious here as it is in the west and that attitude alone is why people go out into the world without caring. If I'm going to die, there is nothing I can do to prevent it. yes, but if you want to live, you take precautions and part of them is driving with awareness and care for yourself and others.

He seems to think we think all Thais are bad drivers and not that it's just more than any other place we've driven. He has his own agenda why he calls us racist and sticks up for a population that has more selfish, arrogant and incompetent drivers than most other countries, and the stats show this, but he blames the police, the infrastructure, bad roads and whatever else and not the ones responsible for the accidents, which is the drivers.

It's useless to argue with a child like yourself. You do what teens do. They ignore what others say and only hear themselves. Every post I've said I understand what makes accidents happen, as has others, yet you keep coming back and saying we don't. Are you that dense that you don't understand other people also research things? That what you know others know? You couldn't find 37 typos in all of what I've said, because I rarely make them. What makes a road safety expert? Observations, and collecting data on those observations. Do you think he gets them from people telling him on a barstool? . If you think I act like all Thai drivers are born bad it's you that's ignorant. You still assume you know me, or anyone else here. You don't. You see a few words typed and automatically judge, just as you think I see 5 bad drivers and automatically judge all of Thailand. It's time for you to stop babbling on and read ALL of what a person writes before you reply. Real solutions come from having drivers obey the laws already there. Data and stats have been there all along. Laws have always been on the books. Roads are repaired although it could happen faster. Police write tickets but nowhere near the amount they should. The first thing that will make accidents reduce is attitude. To stop driving recklessly and care about others on the road, which is selfish behavior. Thailand has a drivers test, but it needs to be harder. Thailand has bad roads, but so do other countries. Thailand needs better law enforcement, but the attitude is they don't really care, because if they did, this would have reduced the amount of accidents and deaths that happen here. Thailand still is up near the top and there's that reason again. Your words............."And spare me the ‘I see more bad drivers here than back home’ routine. That’s confirmation bias 101—you expect bad driving, so you notice it more. Your anecdotal experience is not scientific proof"...............It isn't my expecting it to happen. It's happening every time I drive, and others, many others here, can attest to that. We aren't making things up. It isn't racist, a comment only a dolt would make. I've been driving longer than you ever will and more mileage, and in more countries and states. I've seen more incidents of bad driving because I'm on the road more than twice as much as the average driver, which means I observe more that's happening. I'm not near alone in these observations. If you left your house you might also see more yourself, although you probably would blame the road, the police, the infrastructure, the weather or data when a driver cuts you off without looking while driving a scooter with no helmet on, drunk, speeding and without a license.

No, I said data comes from observation. learn to comprehend, because things go right over your head and you only believe what you think and can't fathom that others are smarter than you. That's a childhood problem. Look at what other say in this post, and look up all the others about accidents here...............

It's you that obviously doesn't comprehend what others are saying and only believe your own gibberish. Other people do have knowledge on the subject, as much and more then you, but other people understand the main thing that makes accidents happen. People.

Again, for too many times to count, I DO understand the difference between scientific evidence and personal observation. What you don't understand is that it's people that make the evidence and the data on accidents. People just like me and everyone on this forum. You're too dense to understand maybe we know as much as they do. You're thinking is that because someone goes to school,for a particular subject, they automatically know more than one who reads up and researches on the same subject as a passion. What you're still missing is the real reason accidents happen. Human error, period. A good driver can drive on a wet, potholed road in the dark and never have an accident. A bad driver can drive on a straight highway in clear dry weather, with no one around him, and get into an accident. Who do you think makes up the stats, data and makes them facts? People. Just like me, and others here on the forum, not including you because you're too close minded to understand this simple logic.

What makes others a drunk fortune teller and those who collect data right? What I, and others here have been saying, is that we haven't seen five bad drivers in a day but many. Do you remember when I said I counted 37 infractions in a 30 kilo drive, in the country, on the way to the nearest big city? 37 infractions that any cop in America would have pulled his ticket book out for. NO ONE'S said the whole population suffers from incompetency in driving. We have said many do, many more than we've seen in our own countries. This is what you seem to miss. Stats have shown this is a dangerous country to drive in, and we've known this for decades, and nothing's changed. You're calling others small minded when it's you that suffers from that malady. It is the driver first that is responsible for how they drive. Tests are given, roads are maintained, weather fluctuates, police don't enforce like they should. It still boils down to who's responsible first for accidents, and that's the driver. The attitude here, which you seem to dismiss, is that they think they can drive anyway they want because what will happen, will happen anyway. No thinking of taking precautions, just letting it fly. I think you need to leave your house once in awhile, because you can't see the forest for the trees.

You are reading what I post but seem to miss what I say. Either you lack comprehension skills or are such a narcissist that you can only argue with others because it's your nature. I know exactly how traffic accidents happen. I know all about data, as well as probably most others here, and we've known since we first took our tests in high school. I'm thinking you must come from a third world country that didn't have the data available for you, so you only learned this later in life. Those of us learned it as teenagers, with driving instruction from either our parents or professionals, and in classes that we took that were comprehensive, unlike here. AGAIN, and for the last time, we all know all about the data that encompasses accidents and why they happen, and also what could be done to prevent many. STOP REPEATING YOURSELF AND READ BEFORE YOU COMMENT! I DO comprehend all of what's said here. YOU don't. I know what makes a safe vehicle, so don't assume, again, that I don't. You are completely missing my points and I already understood yours before you left puberty. Stop replying because you're like a gnat that just won't go away, but remain annoying because it's what you are. If you don't understand what I'm saying, research what comprehension means and what it takes to achieve it, because skimming only lets you talk,and you're too dense to see there's another side.

I'm a lot smarter than you'll ever realize in your teenage thinking brain. You assume you know anything about me, which shows a lack of restraint, and someone who thinks they're smarter than someone from just a few posts online. But keep on coming back, because it continues to show just how close minded and ignorant a person can be.

Assuming you have more experience and knowledge than I is again, assuming, and it doesn't work here.

I don't assume, but you surely do.I ignore nothing, yet you again, assume what other know. It is the driver first, and especially if they have a license, which means they should know the laws about driving. Many in accidents here are in safe vehicles, but they're driving isn't safe. many are in accidents on straight highways, with safe vehicles, licenses, no one cutting them off, clear weather conditions. That means it's their fault first when they get into an accident, something you are still missing, and probably will never get, and you'll come back yet again, spouting things I knew long before you probably ever did.

You keep coming back with the same things, some of which I agreed with, but you seem to miss that. You can keep on quoting till the cows come home but still aren't realizing, whatever you know, most of us here, including myself, already know. You're still dismissing what observation means. People see things, it's data to them, no matter if they're a homeless man who watches traffic pass daily from one spot, or professionals who are paid to gather such data. It's still stats, facts, data, observations.I do know how much I do know, and It's a lot more than you'll ever realize, and from your replies, you're a person who assumes a lot, which is not a sign of intelligence.

People will have indiscriminate sex no matter what others say or do, but handing out condoms reduces the amount of children born into single parent families, families without father's involvement, children born into poverty, and children raised by grandparents because the "parents" felt the need to go elsewhere after the baby was born.

Why, are you short of cash?

Along with the cars, trucks, TV's, phones, tablets, computers,scooters, motorcycles, buses, road equipment, tractors and other farm vehicles, washing machines, dryers, food, music, clothing, military vehicles and planes, guns, and lawmaking. Technology on electronics, road repairs, building, medical sciences.

"Many foreign visitors, accustomed to strict pedestrian rights-of-way in their own countries, step into Pattaya traffic expecting vehicles to stop. However, in Pattaya, pedestrian priority is rarely acknowledged at crossing points, leading to potentially dangerous misunderstandings."............. Yes, do they actually think we can compete with vehicles? It's being strict that saves lives. It's letting vehicles have the right of way, especially in parking lots and pedestrian crossings, that kills others. How many more need to be mowed down before they realize life is precious?

Would you prefer this?.......

Usual satanic ritual?

Generally safe unless there is a neck or spinal injury, which takes some knowledge, or they aren't breathing and need immediate CPR from cardiac arrest. Also if something is lodged in their throat.

I'm sure everyone knows what the definition of milk is as expats.............Yes, almond, soy, and oat drinks can be called "milk", but they are not the same as cow's milk. The FDA allows these drinks to use the term "milk" in their names, but they should clearly indicate their nutritional differences from cow's milk.