Mr Meeseeks

This was exactly what happened to me when I bought my Seal Performance. I had to redo the finance agreement because the price of the car dropped by 100,000thb from when I initially went to purchase it.

And one that wouldn’t happen if the rider was properly trained and competent.

They managed to squeeze in a bad foreigner at the end of the article though, even if it was in another part of Thailand and completely unrelated to the original incident.

Not all of us are potless two week tourists like you bub.

Indeed. I was on one of the last flights out, and was stuck in Phnom Penh for several days, until I decided to overland it back. Lucky that I did, as the airports were closed for about three weeks iirc.

Just... wow!

The monorails in Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook, all had issues when they started operating too.

Tell that to Swissman David.

It hasn’t seemed to work so far…

A couple of years ago, we sent a couple of our very experienced offshore crane ops to a well known training centre in Songkhla for the local crane operator refresher training. The training was done in a run down old simulator and the guys were assessed by someone who didn’t have a clue what they were doing and wasn’t even a qualified offshore crane op. This is offshore, which has a fairly high level of crane and lifting safety (normally they follow UK LOLER offshore), so I’d hate to see the level of training crane ops and inspectors are receiving for construction sites. I know it is regulated by the Dept. of Labour at this level. They are all over the place when it comes to lifting safety in Thailand, as the regular crane collapses, lifting incidents and fatalities prove.

The Chinese-Thai gangsters are back in control so no surprise they will try to open casinos. No money is enough for these people, it is their God.

Yes and no. The Occupational Safety, Health, and Environmental Act of 2011 (OSH) is the overarching law for occupational safety and health regulations in Thailand. Arguably; implementation, management, and enforcement of this Act are the main problems here. Thailand could do with stricter regulations that focus on specific activities, such as lifting. In the UK, lifting comes under LOLER, and it is strictly enforced. But without enforcement, any new regulations are ultimately pointless.

No morals or ethics.

In Thailand, the Occupational Safety, Health, and Environmental Act of 2011 (OSH Act) serves as the cornerstone of occupational safety and health regulations. This legislation places the responsibility on employers to establish safety officers, safety committees, and safety departments to oversee workplace safety. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/enhancing-workplace-safety-thailands-revised-osh-act-michael-j--3ucgc/ Pretty much the same as under HASAWA in the UK, on which it is based on, in that employers absolutely have a legal responsibility for the safety of their employees at the workplace. Failure to meet their responsibilities results in harsh punishment. Enforcement is where it all falls down in Thailand yet again. In the UK, the HSE would be all over this. Shocking to see an employer coming out with statements like that though, that's pre-industrial revolution thinking. Just shows how far behind they are culturally and in education.

No reason why Cambodia won't let him in. I know several people that live there that cannot come back to Thailand, for crimes much more serious than overstay.

I find the Thai people whom I deal with at govt. and upper-corporate management level infinitely more divisive, emotionally unstable, greedy, corrupt, and dangerous than any of those in the lowly 'service industry' that I have met over the last 33 years of living here. 🙏

Where are all the posters that were telling us that he really could be seriously ill, and it was not all staged? Looking like absolute mugs now. 🫣

From Wikipedia: The GT200 was used extensively in Thailand.Reportedly, over 800 GT200 units were procured by Thai public bodies since 2004; these include the Royal Thai Army's purchase of 535 units for combating the South Thailand insurgency and another 222 units for use in other areas, the Royal Thai Police's purchase of 50 units for use in Police Region 4 (Khon Kaen), 6 units acquired by the Central Institute of Forensic Science and an equal number acquired by the Customs Department, the Royal Thai Air Force's purchase of 4 units, and the single unit acquired by the Chai Nat police. According to Lt Gen Daopong Rattansuwan, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Royal Thai Army, each GT200 bought by the army cost 900,000 baht (£17,000), rising to 1.2 million baht (£22,000) if 21 "sensor cards" were included with it. In total, Thailand's government and security forces have spent between 800 and 900 million baht (US$21 million) on the devices. Figures updated in 2016 claim that the Thai government spent 1.4 billion baht on the purchase of 1,358 devices between 2006 and 2010. Even after the efficacy of the device was debunked by Thai and foreign scientists, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, then army chief, declared, "I affirm that the device is still effective." The Bangkok Post commented that, "The GT200 case was a unique scandal because the devices...seemed to fool only the people closely connected to their sale and purchase." 🤣🤣🤣

And the money already divided up and spent.

Thailand bought millions of Pounds worth of these novelty golf ball finders. The guy that sold them, Jim McCormack, was sent to jail in the UK. You will see no similar justice here as pockets were lined. Another "remote substance detector" device, the Global Technical GT200, has come under scrutiny in Thailand in the wake of the controversy over the ADE 651. The ******* **** reports that the GT200 is virtually identical to the ADE 651 and has been described by critics as a "divining rod" which uses "controller cards", like the ADE 651, to find explosives. The **** attributes the death of several Royal Thai Police officers to its repeated failures to detect explosives. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651#Iraq It could be viewed that she is partly responsible for those deaths. Useless muppet.

Another thai boondoggle that has failed and been Resurrected more times than the Dalai Lama.

Yet more immigration embarrassment for Thailand, while both Singapore and Malaysia show the way by introducing automated gates for foreign visitors. Thailand is so far behind in the race, they probably think they are in the lead. Still, they can always put up yet more signs warning people not to take photos of the immigration areas, in an attempt to frighten them from exposing how bad the problem has become and to cover up their inability and incompetence in managing it.

Indeed. The recent high-profile cases of foreign criminals serve as a convenient distraction for the criminal circus going on at the highest levels within the Thai Police.

Advice: don't trust any of them.

Double post.