Mr Meeseeks

A picture speaks a thousand words. The new Thai PM sitting next to a convicted heroin smuggler.

Surely they should be encouraging the public to report any person engaging in illegal activity, not just foreigners?

Serial killer?

Based on the old Jools Bar and its characters in Soi Nana from the late 90's. Few are still around, and if they are, and reading this, hi guys! 👋

Racial profiling helps.

And of the millions of trucks operating in Thailand as a whole, what percentage have in-cab cameras, operate breath-alcohol testing, adhere to strict timing for drivers etc? 1% ?

For context, you should know when I post stuff like this here, as a 33-year expat with permanent residence and having lived in Bangkok and Chonburi, working closely with Thai government bodies, that I kinda know what I am talking about, and I am not here just to troll or argue with random people on the internet. 🤣

They are told what to say, either by their company or by police at the scene. This is a truck related incident, and there is a reason so many truck drivers use the brake failure excuse. Of course accidents are often down to poor driving. I have just given you one such anecdotal example in the post above. The post-accident process as I have clearly described is no conspiracy, although I can see how some tourists and expats would believe it to be so, being out of touch and disconnected with the way things actually work in Thai society.

My most recent experience of the post accident process was the sister of a Thai friend was killed while undertaking a large trailer truck in Chonburi. A dangerous manoeuvre that ended up with her under the back wheels of the trailer and dead. Investigation showed that the truck was not at fault. CCTV footage showed her undertaking and the truck not doing anything wrong. Victim's family were obviously distraught and in their grief, had a tendency to blame the driver of the truck, insist there was a Police cover-up to protect the trucking company etc. They could not accept that the victim was at fault. As a motorcyclist, she did not have insurance either, and as it stood, they were not going to get compensated. However, in order to negotiate some compensation for the victim's family, the Police and lawyer suggested the driver accept that the accident was entirely his fault and the trucking company's insurance would then pay. The Police and lawyer were paid an agreed upon sum from the insurance payout, the driver got 400,000thb from the payout to change his statement, and the victim's family split the rest. It should be noted that in this particular case the trucking company was made to pay out a few hundred thousand compensation, as their driver had admitted responsibility. This trucking company is a well known 'brand' and thus fair game.

The driver is 100% told what to say if there is an incident. I know this as a good Thai friend of mine used to own a large trucking company. All drivers are briefed on what to say and do in case of an accident. During the investigation a lawyer will get involved early on to negotiate what is going to happen. The Police will require their 'fee' to produce the acceptable investigation outcome to ensure the insurance pays out, the lawyer gets a cut of the money, and the family of the victims will eventually get compensated. This could be from insurance and an agreed upon payment from whomever has accepted liability. In this case probably the trucking company will have to pay some agreed upon compensation. This will probably require an acceptance of responsibility somewhere on the food chain. It may be that the driver will change his statement later on to accept responsibility if required to do so. He will be paid for this. I have dealt with this process on a number of occasions, so I know first hand this is how it works. Your experience?

@richard_smith237 you sound as if you have just got off the plane. The Police don't want (nor care) to find out the real reason for the crash. If you know how this works in Thailand you will understand that they will determine a reason for the crash that ensures all parties get paid out money from the insurance and other liable parties. This is why the brake failure excuse is so common. It is nobody's direct responsibility. If they proved it was the driver being drunk or the vehicle was poorly maintained it becomes someones' responsibility and the insurance may not pay out! Police and the lawyer will take a cut, the driver will get paid for sticking to the story, and the victims' families and loved ones get some meagre compensation. This is the way it works.

Agreed. Thai males in pickups are a scourge.

The asylum scheme is not fit for purpose and is being abused on an industrial scale. It need scrapped immediately.

When Thailand does it, it is seen a positive, rounding up criminals, keeping people safe etc. When Trump does it, unfair, against human rights, racist etc. Can't have it both ways peeps.

Just arguing for arguing sake. He's lost all credibility now.

See my post above: International ban: The 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions prohibits their use, production, transfer, and stockpiling. Over 110 countries are parties, but some major military powers have not signed.

Loads of supercars stolen in the UK end up in Thailand on the second-hand market.

Need to get used to the hatred growing as colonisation of the UK by Third-World parasites replacing the indigenous population continues. A true hate crime and genocide is happening right under our noses. People are standing up to it and calling them racists to silence their views when they oppose and voice an opinion is not going to work anymore.

Higgott has been thrashed on this thread. What an embarrassment he is.

Cluster munitions are some of the nastiest weapons out there. They are highly indiscriminate. This means civilians are at risk if they are within the strike zone. It is impossible to use them "strictly against military targets".

Two weeks they will forget and nothing will be done.

Money is a great motivator.

Those cowards wouldn’t put themselves anywhere near danger. They would happily see Thai soldiers die on the border to cover up their own corruption and direct attention away from the myriad of criminal charges they face though. Of that you can be sure. There’s a reason squarehead and Hun Sen were best mates. Birds of a feather.

Allied with the Thais after the Vietnamese kicked them out in 1979. Fought a Guerrilla war from Thailand (Pol Pot protected by Thai SF at his house in Trat) and they laid thousands of mines along the Western border area (at one point the most densely mined area in the World). Bit ironic that. Thailand (and the US) backed the Khmer Rouge as the legitimate government of Cambodia at the UN even after the genocide was exposed.

And Thailand uses cluster munitions. Your point caller?