Mr Meeseeks

Comparing Sat Divers to rec dive trainers on holiday islands is apples to oranges. I know several sat divers still working offshore including North Sea and not one of them has what I would consider to be a 'drink problem'.

Paramedics? You mean volunteer rescuers like Por Teck Tung or Soriwong Boriboon? ???? A diver medical is a requirement to work anywhere in the World as a diver. Maybe not here but this is the muppet show.

I extend that to the whole country, sorry to have to say that.

Depends how deep ya go but yeh.

Doesn't look too much different from many of the houses i have visited in Thailand. ???? The two worst of all belonged to farangs, before anybody starts.

Muslims who don't want it known they are out in Pattaya at 1:30am?

From how my friend described, it they are fully dressed as Police officers, on Police bikes and with their lights on through traffic.

None of which would pass modern safety standards.

At the same time the RTP were allegedly stealing the donated charity money.

If you bother to watch the video to conclusion it states that the RTP have found evidence there was an incident with the gang of youths before he crashed.

There was a UK Channel 4 documentary done several years ago after three English lads were killed on a VIP bus that showed the Thais making these buses from wood frames with no reference to any standards let alone any safety or crash testing. Made me think twice about getting on them again. I only ever have done in emergencies which is infrequent these days now I have my own vehicles.

I only hire foreign managers at my companies now because I found Thais to be lazy, untrustworthy and incompetent. They all have work permits and are fully legal and are doing jobs Thais cannot do from my experience. Stick that in yer pipe and smoke it.

I have to agree with this post. I have 33 years experience of driving here. If anything, it has gotten a lot worse now than it was in the 90's. Just yesterday, I was heading along Sukhumvit from Jomtien into Pattaya and someone in a new Civic RS tried to cut in at the Thepprasit lights from the right turn lane to skip waiting in the queue. I did not let them in and bipped the horn very briefly to indicate that I was not going to give way and not to pull out in front of me. This must have angered the cretin behind the wheel as they then drove erratically and agressively behind me, tailgating, weaving in and out of busy traffic in an attempt to pass me (I was in the outside lane and cruising at 70km/h). Ultimately they failed and lost face by trying to undetake four lanes of traffic and being stuck miles behind. I often ask myself, "what is wrong with these people?" This is anecdotal but I experience this stuff daily! Some of them lack maturity and are emotionally unstable. I'm sure a proper competence assessment programme for drivers and motorcycle riders here would disqualify at least half of those currently on the roads. Cognitive testing would surely eliminate many more. However, as we know, the Thais are completely unable and unwilling to do anything about this issue. RIP to those that lost their lives in this latest incident, and condolences to the families that will be left to pick up the pieces.

Correct me if I am wrong but weren't the RTP were advertising these VIP 'escort' services online not so long ago? I have a friend that has actually used this service from the airport to Pattaya. It seems they are more bothered about being this being discussed by the Chinese and the resultant loss of face than anything else.

Muppet.

Yep, a quick look at the video shows they are clearly being negligent. Trouble is this often costs lives in high risk industries as we are aware.

The people in charge are not accountable and did not get there on merit. These are the main problems.

I spent 20 years offshore, been working in oil and gas most of my life, many of those years spent in the Gulf of Thailand, and concur with most of what has been posted above. Unfortunately health and safety is very poor here, due to a number of factors.

I use coco peat plus and perlite as my medium, It's about 500thb a 80L bag on Lazada. No need to wash or buffer. I use Nutra Hydroponics nutrient range: https://nutrahydroponics.com/ Check on the Photos of my Grow thread for my results using this combination.

No wonder the local Malays want rid of them.

But safer than <insert name of Western country here> ????

Reciprocal laws needed. British people cannot own land or 100% of a normal business in Thailand? Thai people can't own land or businesses in UK. Simples.

DUI causing an accident high on meth and at that speed? Custodial sentence pretty much guaranteed.

I use synthetics from Nutra Hydroponics. https://nutrahydroponics.com/

Yup, it's widely known he's the one to see for a promotion.