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2 hours ago, ICQ2 said:

I think it's better to make the traffic in soi buakhao ONE WAY from Pattaya klang to Pattaya Tai since Second road is in he opposite direction.

Been saying that for years. THIS IS THAILAND,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Nothing ever happens to change for the better!

Cap diesel price at a reasonable amount for bona fide trucks carrying goods but charge those privately owning diesel fuelled vehicles (millions of people) the correct daily price, just as those with petrol vehicles pay the full price

1 hour ago, TropicalGuy said:

Never tried using Pink ID in private sector. TDL used pre-Covid for domestic hotels & flights though. (haven’t moved from Phuket last 24 months).

Pink card only valid for ues in province of issue. Air Asia Buriram airport refused it, though correct province but never had any problems using it elsewhere in Thailand for hotels and domestic flights.

Just come across this thread and not prepared to wade through 20 pages of posts

May I suggest it is the bitterness in the way farang is sometimes spoken, invariably by old Thai women

56 minutes ago, TimBKK said:

Relatively speaking it seems pretty strong for what was likely an innocuous event.  And/or highlights the absurdity of some of the Covid policies still in place.

BUT, they are still in place, whether you think rightly or wrongly, and it up to Joe public to adhere to such rules and the police to enforce them. Don't follow the rules, you suffer the consequences!

4 hours ago, Will B Good said:

I can see wave after wave of this happening.....it will begin as a trickle, but quickly turn into a torrent.

 

I think the police might be way in over their heads trying to control it.

The police have guns!

Why "could face a jail sentence"  Either every drunk driver does or does not. A court in one province will invariably treat a drunk motorist differnetly from a drunk motorist in an adjoining province.

Lets have some clarity from the government.   EVERY motorist  (motorbikes included)  will be imprisoned for a minimum period (say 6 months), have the vehicle confiscated and banned from driving from life  That will make people think, and its clear and concise!

Nobody........and I mean nobody needs to be imprisoned, or banned from driving for life is they just obey the law!

6 hours ago, Denim said:

Jeez. Just lock him up in an unpleasant place and throw away the key. 

NO   Execute the scum.  He will do it again if jailed and then freed after just a few years and a few wais!

Does anyone know whether a beneficiary (usually a wife husband or partner) can be named on a savings account, so that upon death the money automatically transfers to the beneficiary. Have recently been advised that someone has this from Kasikorn, but my earlier enquiries suggested it was not possible.  Then only way to avoid Thai probate after death would  appear to be a joint account.   It does however seem to be common practice in the US.

11 minutes ago, DRD123 said:

If only there was some official group that could hand out fines for terrible driving,speeding , driving too close etc...what do they call those fellas again???

 

 

You get my point, until there are 1000-5000 baht daily fines handed out nothing will change. It would be a massive source of income for these same lads i cannot remember what they are supposed to do again...what is it...enforce laws or something....IDK never really seem any one enforce laws around here.

 

So the bodies pile up. More than covid and i dont make light of it very very sad.

 

Hope they can find some official group to enforce traffic laws one day.

Fines alone don't work.  Confiscate the vehicle for min imum 1 month, regardless of who owns it, whether it is rented, and what and where the pasengers are from.  Disgorge them all and leave them to their own devices

23 minutes ago, TheScience said:

This is fixable only by jailing offenders for even small offences.

 

Maybe sit in jail as little as an afternoon or a lifetime but jail is the only thing that will wake this population up. No fines. Jail.

 

Possibly impounding vehicles might help as well. Same idea. One day, month, year... lose the vehicle.

EXACTLY. Take away their freedom and "toys"  That I feel sure is the only way they will learn to do things properly

2 minutes ago, Xonax said:

Probably an inside job. I wonder if any of the guests used the bathroom in the house during the party?

Probably not if he had a few trees in the garden. Not so far to walk!

Death sentence

She shares the same birthday as me, albeit she is a wee???? bit younger. I wonder whether I will get an invite to her party as I am in Buriram too.

3 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

The more hi-so the daughter can get, the more money they earn for 'services' and the more the parents want.

 

Compensation works no different.

 

You have to pay to play here, even if you kill someone. 

Can hardly call her a "Mother"  deserted her when she was small!

4 hours ago, arithai12 said:

Sorry, but it was an accident. One of them just admitted to swerving the boat accidentally, causing the unfortunate lady to fall and probably be injured by the propeller. Nothing to do with investigative journalism.

The fact that they tried to cover it up initially was pathetic and should be prosecuted.

 

One of them just admitted to swerving the boat accidentally, ,,,,,A suggested afterthought - perhaps?

7 hours ago, sleepwalker999 said:

Stupid tradition that only seems to be carried out by idiotic hi-so families and the ultra-conservative lot.

Not so. far more prevalant amongst the poos Isaan families.  Generally the girls mother takes the cash part of the dowry and allows the dughter to have the 2/3 bt of gold. In better families, the dowry is just for show, and the money paid is returned to the happy couple, tohelp them to cmmence their married lfe together..............AS IT SHOULD BE!