jaywalker

Don't want the locals getting near that stinky spot where we buried Igor the other day.

11 hours ago, petermik said:

just as a matter of interest anyone know how many police chiefs Pattaya has had during the past 10 years?

Lemme see here....Drat! I ran out of fingers and toes!

Maybe his real name was Mengele? Maybe he didn't like his real name?

Florain Storz

9 hours ago, peter zwart said:

How high would the number be if the police force became really active?

Yes, my thoughts exactly. Probably got 50 million people on the roads everyday (That's just Sukhumvit between Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy... I jest).

I'd wager 5% to 10% got their license out of a CrackerJack box = they don't have one or paid off the driving test folks to get one and couldn't drive a ten penny nail into a piece of cornbread.

AHA! It was Somjai!

Not to be confused with Somchai.

10 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

They should have stored them in police boxes.

Good idea. Then the cops could sell them.

He's in a certian lane now.

Methinks it is going down hill.

17 hours ago, BigStar said:

Not good 'nuff. You've missed a couple of important steps. Not to feel bad: even our most authoritative Road Crossing Safety Instructors here always do as well. "The life you save could be your own." Lemme help:

 

 

Love it!

They say THINK at the end though. It'll never work.

7 minutes ago, jaywalker said:

Totally agree it has to start somewhere my Friend.

 

I was in Pattaya when those were installed. They were ignored.

 

WAAAY back before DR. FAUCI (I AM SCIENCE) tossed the world into a tailspin, there were 75-80 Chinese tourists walking out in front of traffic all at once.

 

They didn't care, nor ever will aboout cars and trucks, so the cars and trucks don't care about them.

 

Pattaya is just overcrowded...FUN, FUN, FUN place for a 3 or 4 week vacation for sure, be you Chinese, Russian, Yank, Limey or whatever, but I tend to look left, right, up, down, behind me, then repeat that process before I ever attempt to cross a street in Thailand.

 

If one depends on others to obey laws...Good luck.

I recall going to Vidalia, Georgia to help out my 86 year old Aunt. She couldn't drive. Kept telling me I was "LOOKING THE WRONG WAY!" at a stop sign in the middle of nowhere.

Aunt Mary, I am looking UP, DOWN, RIGHT, LEFT, and then I'll do it all again before I hit the gas pedal.

I used to drive in Bangkok. Richard Petty & Dale Earhardt ain;t got <deleted> on me.

19 minutes ago, BigStar said:

No, what really happened was that posters began lying about their not working after two weeks. Thereafter, the "lights don't work" and "drivers don't stop for the lights" became another of those beloved forum myths, one of many, for a knee-jerk whenever the subject arises.

 

Here's a pic from 2013 showing the lights working:

 

 

and here's a pic of drivers stopping for that light:

 

 

Quibbles aside (let them begin), overall they worked and drivers mostly stopped if someone could be seen crossing or about to cross. Problem is, stupid tourists push the buttons as they pass by just for fun and vandalism.

 

And drivers are indeed getting used to stopping for the crosswalks if someone's crossing and esp. if there's a light as well. Old habits die hard, as I personally can attest.

 

The gov't has certainly made a move in the right direction. Sneers from our peanut gallery are inevitable and expected.

Totally agree it has to start somewhere my Friend.

I was in Pattaya when those were installed. They were ignored.

WAAAY back before DR. FAUCI (I AM SCIENCE) tossed the world into a tailspin, there were 75-80 Chinese tourists walking out in front of traffic all at once.

They didn't care, nor ever will aboout cars and trucks, so the cars and trucks don't care about them.

Pattaya is just overcrowded...FUN, FUN, FUN place for a 3 or 4 week vacation for sure, be you Chinese, Russian, Yank, Limey or whatever, but I tend to look left, right, up, down, behind me, then repeat that process before I ever attempt to cross a street in Thailand.

If one depends on others to obey laws...Good luck.

4 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

The RTP could fill the government coffers with motorist fine money daily but they don't generally enforce these road rules unless it's a mandated blitz. The system only works when there is a reasonable chance that they will get a personal gain for the effort

Dude, the tea money has to come from somwhere???

Heaven forbid they actualyl have to earn it!

I'm ALWAYS sober when I drive. I often wonder if it better to get a buzz and then I'd fit right in though.

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About the 757th (or so time I got pulled over in Thailand, near Korat, the cop saw my International Driver's license, and said, you're good. yo can just go.

I' alway drive sober, keep 200 baht inside my IDL.

The cop said "Khap koon khap" and we were off.

My wife said "WOW! He was a nice policeman! He didn't even take the money!"

1 hour ago, BarraMarra said:

Google how many Unexplained deaths have occurred on Death Island in the last 15 years for a small Island most are Tourists or back packers BE88 coincidence ?? 0ver 20. A reputation is gained the same as Phuket for ripping off tourists. Koh Tao has a reputation for the Death of foreigners. That's why its known as death island.

Never been to Ko Tao, only Phang An (near by). 2005. Just didn't get the chance.

I was 37 and into FULL MOON parties NEVER appealed to me.

Anyhow, I had a cool bungalow up on a hillside and could see Samui quite clearly in the distance.

I also could see what looked like UFO's that defied all logic, screaming back and forth. They were boat, moving just slightly less than the speed of light.

There was a huge article pretty much everywhere (https://scandasia.com/1316-koh-samui-drowning-accident/)

From what I gathered, the boat was rated for 2 engines, yet had 3 engines. The steering cable broke at speed.

The "S" in Thailand stands for safety.

The "M" is for  maintainence.

12 hours ago, Mavideol said:

saw it this morning, just in front of me was a couple of motorbikes driven by Thais, foreigners/tourists walking the zebra/crossing lines, none stopped to let them pass, police officer was there, saw it and did nothing....I was at a complete stop while people still walking, then a couple of tourists riding motorbikes drove by, didn't stop drive thru avoiding the walking people but here the officer blow the whistle, signaled to his colleague and they both stop them... I didn't see how much was the fine but they were taken into the office

They've had traffic lights at crosswalks in Pattaya for over a decade.

They broke after about 2 weeks. The cops must've stole the light bulbs?

I was in Pathum Thani once, walking, and the BIB were out in force. Anybody whose tire was touching the white line at a traffic light got a ticket.

Selective enforcement never works. The BIB in Pathum Thani were just running low on Mekong money.

10 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

Who measured the distances in order to get them right this time.

That's the first thing I thought too.

2 hours ago, Stocky said:

I guess most of them must have escaped.

They watched too many American movies. Didm't realize that guns run out of bullets.

24 minutes ago, jaywalker said:

DUDE! try to find self rising flour in Pattaya! I found a 5 pound bag at the Post Exchange in Okinawa. I bought 2 bags (They were Marines and called it the Base Exchange).

 

I grabbed TWO EACH FIVE POUND bags of very innocent, self rising flour, as I tend to like American food.

 

This was back when some idiot was mailing Anthrax around.

 

Zero checks for anythimg when I hit Don Muang.

 

This poor Uxbek gal....she was set up so a MUCH larger shipment could get thru.

Oh yeah, I didn't want flour all over my clothes,, so I did leave the 5 pound bags of self rising flour in the original bags, I encased them in, ziploc bags.

I kinda wish Big Joke had tried to snort it and get high.

2 hours ago, d4dang said:

remember when it was Nigerians? Had so many Nigerians in Klong Prem the annual prison soccer game changed from Internationals against Thais to Nigerians against Internationals and Thais. 

Yes. I do recall that article. It was in a BKK English newspaper. The Nigerians were the most populous in the Bangkok Hilton. Regular old FIFA teams.

20+ years ago. I once took a 35mm camera picture of a Pattaya Mail headline that read "BEACH ROAD CLEARED OF ELEPHANTS AND PROSTITUTES!"

I wish I still had that print.

3 hours ago, brianthainess said:

It was only flour, seemed to work for some.

DUDE! try to find self rising flour in Pattaya! I found a 5 pound bag at the Post Exchange in Okinawa. I bought 2 bags (They were Marines and called it the Base Exchange).

I grabbed TWO EACH FIVE POUND bags of very innocent, self rising flour, as I tend to like American food.

This was back when some idiot was mailing Anthrax around.

Zero checks for anythimg when I hit Don Muang.

This poor Uxbek gal....she was set up so a MUCH larger shipment could get thru.

24 minutes ago, 2baht said:

Why? It's normal practice to take all you can get!

Rape the county as hard and as fast as they can go.

Oops! Sounds like me in Pattaya! ???? Well not rape. I normally keave a few thousand dollars here & there. AND....They smile a lot.

Luckily I don't run the country.

Charming

2 hours ago, Soikhaonoiken said:

It's obviously going to be a misunderstanding....  AGAIN..

Errr. but the "Brakes Failed".