jaywalker

6 hours ago, wgdanson said:

What a load of rubbish. It's in the middle of the town. I think the phrase 63 yr old Buddhish teacher explains it all. And as for the cars with rear end damage....the ones at the back are to blame.

Could be the BOZO that pulled out in the traffic off a soi.

If the guy that hit him couldn't see him, then he couldn't see oncoming traffic (asumming he even LOOKED for oncoming traffic). He tossed a coin and lost.

Agreed for the folk that rear-ended others. 

But then again, TIT. The folks who GOT rear-ended will probably get a ticket for "Stopping too suddenly".

1 hour ago, Russell17au said:

The ones that I have seen in operation don't seem to require much maintenance except to put them on a charger to recharge the battery, much like you do with a mobile phone and to put another roll of paper in them. I know of some police forces using them and even some councils using the same type of thing for issuing parking infringements quite successfully, so I don't really think there is much in the actual way of maintenance of the machine themselves but maybe more in the communication system they are connected to.

Yes, I was referring to the infrastructure as a whole.

1 hour ago, Russell17au said:

The police have applied for an increase in their budget for the purchase of new E-Ticket machines. My understanding of how the E-Ticket machine works is that the machine is linked to a central computer and the penalty is set in the computer and the offense has a specific number. The machines that I have seen, the officer just puts the license number or the vehicle registration number with the offense number into the machine and it automatically prints the ticket with the name and address of either the license holder or the name and address of the registered owner of the vehicle plus the penalty. I am not sure how it is connected whether it is via wi-fi or through the mobile phone network, but the ones that I have seen in operation work quite well. But they are not in Thailand

Aaaand, there lies the problem.

The "M" in Thailand stands for Maintenance.

38 minutes ago, Pattaya28 said:

Good place to wait.

What is the speed limit on Sukomvit ?

Too much miscellaneous Bullsh*t on the sides of the roads (carts, food vendors, signs, trees, etc) to really be able to take notice of most of the signs while watching out for the psycho drivers, & also keeping an eye out for Kamikaze cops walking out in the middle of the road, plus the signs aren't very big, and many have faded paint, so who knows? 

There shouldn't even be any bushes to hide behind.

Install radar permanently on signs & overhead crosswalks, but then they'll probably be like Pattaya's CCTV system & half won't work.

3 hours ago, hhinhh said:

In Germany there is unlimited speed and much less accidents.

Wouldn't work in Thailand, because, "The Brakes Failed".

11 hours ago, crazygreg44 said:

finally a smart approach to rooting out the reasons of most accidents.  Stick to it and do these checks every other day until Thailand's roads are safe.

 

Yet, there's one objection I would like to utter.  Seing the picture reminds me on HOW HOT it is out there.

 

I hope they issue daytime heat & sunshine fit police gear for those involved, as going clad in the brown poly-crap uniforms plus helmet won't make them last the heat for long.  Allow police to wear light gear, summer cotton shirts and light trousers and some light headgear to shade the face, and they will begin to love their jobs out chasing traffic law violators

 

It often makes me wonder if not their unfit thick and uncomfortable clothes are the main reason why police rarely is seen in the open doing the job police in other countries are supposed to do. Maybe it is because it is actually way too hot in these garments

I've been saying that forever.

Their uniforms now are just solar panels with buttons & zippers.

4 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

He didn't skip the meeting, he missed it..., because his watch was running slow

I'm sure his explanation will be that he bought it off a hawker at a beer bar in Pattaya.

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Prawit skips meeting as he dodges watch scandal

It's what dodgy people do isn't it? Dodge?

20 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

You could collect your licence at the Police station the following day (or evening) upon payment of the fine. Unless there was an authorized stop with a senior office present and receipts issued the 'on the spot' payment of the fine was a bribe....

 

In this case 'going official' will still give room for the 'on the spot bribe' as the 'infraction' will not be entered into the system until the Policeman does so !... 

 

As with everything 'law' related in Thailand the weak link will always be the humans enforcing it. 

The below quote from the article makes me wonder what ever happens to all the paper tickets given to officers that never get used.

"There are still some left in the circulation,” Maj. Gen. Jirapat said in an interview. “They can still be used, but they will run out soon, because the new forms will replace them … I think they will be all gone within the next two months.”

I just thought I was confused when this was posted a few hours ago.

Thailand experiences jobless recovery

22 hours ago, Russell17au said:

Choice of beef or pork pattie, B-B-Q or Chilli sauce, Egg, Bacon, Cheese, Tomato, Onion, Lettuce, Cucumber, Beetroot on a sesame seed bun

Egg? Beetroot?

Say it ain't so! YUCK!

Double post removed

9 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

This guy has a fetish for women's underwear, something not uncommon among Conservative MPs. However, no women were harmed physically and he is contrite and ashamed.  More to be pitied than pilloried

Every day, a male employee walks up very close to a female co-worker at the coffee machine.

He stops, inhales quite deeply and says that her hair smells nice.

After a week of this, the woman can't stand it anymore.

She takes her issue to a supervisor in Human Resources and asks to file a sexual harassment grievance against the guy.
 
The supervisor is puzzled and asks, "What's threatening about a co-worker telling you your hair smells nice?"
 
"It's Frank. The midget."

16 hours ago, gr8fldanielle said:

That means no more dickering on the amount.

I'd imagine it'll be the same as ever.

I've been "ticketed" several dozen times & only ever got two paper tickets.

I also wonder if the tickets will be printed from a machine connected by wireless to a central data bank, or just carbon copy tickets with bar codes on them?

If connected by wireless, it will probably be like most Thai gov't websites = they don't work.

If paper copy, somebody will have to scan them every day into a central data bank = see above.

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I've been trying this link for the past week. http://pattaya.go.th/pattaya-city-wifi-free

See https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1013916-free-wi-fi-offers-web-surfing-on-pattaya-beach/

3 minutes ago, webfact said:

"Doh" begged the police and media not to name him saying that relatives that have the same surname in the area would be embarrassed.

Too late. I found his mugshot.

20 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

Thailand should be less concerned about its own people using the line and more about millions upon millions of bad mannered Chinese tourists invading the place. Plus, carrying cargo only will dramatically reduce the death toll when it crashes, as it probably will.

Unless the cargo is explosive or toxic.

21 hours ago, Crossy said:

Our "Russian tourist" is unnamed and our taxi driver speaks good enough English or Russian to find out the the owner is staying at the Ambassador ...

 

Or the Russian just handed the phone (that he answered when the cab driver called back) to the Thai hotel staff perhaps?

Also, "TAXI" is one of the few words that is spelled and pronounced the same all over the world.

1 hour ago, JAG said:

"They are facing charges of possessing weapons, ammunition and explosive materials as well as organising a secret society."

Well yes, he was a senior officer in the army...

Perhaps the real problem is that he wasn't in the right "secret society"?

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He obviously didn't belong to the same secret "10 million baht watch club" as the preferred Secret Society.

57 minutes ago, webfact said:

Reforms needed as bias favours powerful in judicial system

I wonder how many committees were set up to determine this Earth Shattering discovery?

33 minutes ago, webfact said:

He was later freed on bail.

The Land of "Waffling".

13 hours ago, webfact said:

Worawit Sukboon, the agency’s acting secretary-general, who added it should not take long to resolve the issue given its “simplicity”.

Agreed Smiley Face.

30 days to explain something that should take ten seconds to do.

11 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

and suddenly the blinders were lifted when they realized how much more money could be coming their way...

Two ways to look at this, as half the dead folks are, err, were getting Social Security.

What that has to do with road carnage I do not know, but they felt compelled to mention it in the article.

"Sutee said road accidents were responsible for half the deaths of social-security recipients."

On 11/16/2017 at 8:44 AM, greenchair said:

I'm just not getting that the mother did not know about this for 7 months? 

Yeah, and this was the first time the girl called her???

I thought they said a few months back there was 0% unemployment???