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Unfortunately, undertaking is the norm on Thailand's highways due to overladen pickups and inexperienced/ignorant drivers sitting in the fast/overtaking lane at 100kmh and refusing to allow the queue of traffic behind them pass. Being honest, i am guilty of this in Thailand, but not in the UK as driving standards are much higher and if caught you will get pulled over and issued a fine.

Well done, didn't bow to pressure from above.

Tourist numbers falling is hardly surprising, the country is a absolute mess on so many levels. The influx of Russians who were welcomed with open arms at the start of the war and then the 60 day visa free for all has turned most tourist destinations into problem zones. All the bad press we read about daily in the English speaking publications are also picked up by the international press and that is certainly not a good look for a country that relies so heavily on tourists. The bad elements found an easy way in and easy ways to stay are now here for good.

An African country naming a synthetic drug Kush, nothing to do with herbal Kush. From Wikipedia... Kush generally refers to a pure or hybrid Cannabis indica strain. Pure C. indica strains include Afghan Kush, Hindu Kush, Green Kush, and Purple Kush.

I bet the numbers using Meth/Yaba are a whole lot more than 1.5 million. 1.5 million have admitted to using.

With a body that has ejected 4 children and a face that only a mother could love, i guess the only fans account wasn't paying the bills.

Well done young lady and a prosperous future to you.

I think jwl53 was referring to the way the article is worded.... Starting 1 June, the "Safe Roads Project", spearheaded by Thai traffic police, aims to curb road accidents by imposing a heftier fine of up to 2,000 baht for those caught without a helmet.

A misunderstanding, my brother will sort it out.

Seeds require 3 months of attention, grow equipment, electricity costs and the worry of getting your front door kicked in. Dutch weed is not cheap and takes a lot of organisation i should imagine. Thai weed is cheap, simple to put in a bag and the return is big, around £3,500 a kg i'm led to believe.

Pressure from above.

When will they learn, anyone returning from Thailand is now being looked at closely. She/He looks very similar to a blatant cross dresser i used to see in a breakfast bar in Gorleston near Great Yarmouth, i wonder if it is the same person.

After seeing this i got a little worried so just logged in to my account online, not via the app and successfully made my monthly 8,500 transfer to my girlfriend for my house rent. My account was opened 8 years ago with help from an agent/lawyer when i did not have an address. I had a message from BB on my account to verify my phone number etc but it only mentioned the mobile banking app so i ignored it, i had left Thailand by then anyway. The message said my account would be restricted by the 29th of April if i did not verify the details. I am hoping i do not get my account blocked at some point soon but as there is only 70,000 in my BB it is not a big problem, i would just transfer 6 months rent directly from my UK bank to my GF's BB account and sort my account out on my return in December. If my BB account did get completely shut down, in my situation of only using the ATM to withdraw 20,000 at a time, i would not loose any sleep of being charged B220/£5 to use my UK bank card for the 3 months i am in Thailand. 20,000/£450 a week, £5 a week in charges, it would only cost me approx an extra £65 for my 3 month holiday. It would be higher for the big spenders admittedly but it is peanuts in the overall scheme of things.

I have also thought about this as surely the exit scanners are the same as the entry scanners. I'm guessing that if it is spotted in Thailand, there is a tip off to customs at the destination airport in the hope that bigger fish can be caught if the smugglers give up names or addresses in the chain.

Anyone who is familiar with risk assessments knows Personal Protective Equipment is the last form of protection and does not make the task (riding in Thailand) safe. As has been mentioned already, the dangers need to be addressed at source. Proper training, good maintenance, safe riding attitudes and proper law enforcement to name a few.