stevenl

Sometimes people come with a good explanation here, and sometimes, well, see the above post.

Still waiting for any kind of proof of your claim for fake/staged accidents on the hill before the football stadium on the way from Kata to Karon and on the road from Kata and Nai Harn BTW.

i am not cllaiming any thing about fake accidents,...

I sometimes wonder about staged accidents on dark roads at night for the sole purpose of robbing anyone who stops. The road between the Honda dealer & Kathu strikes me as being a good place for this type of setup.

This has happened in Kata to karon ,on the hill before the football stadium,many times over thel ast 6 years,also the road from Kata viewpoin down towards Naiharn,and many more on the island its a danger we all have to look out for..

Loss of memory?

All these robberies are done by the local tear-a-ways which is why the police do nothing.

Did you here of robberies on the hill between Nai Harn and Kata lately? I have not, and think because they caught the perpetrators. See my earlier post, I even identified one.

Fishing line across the road ... Really?! That's scary... Thought usual tactic was to ride up and just kick you off... Much easier to see them coming and take some action.

Don't believe everything you read.

This is the second time you have made a statement like this,,i know of at least 6 incidents of cases like this over the last few years on this Kata view point road..both ways, and i am sure some of the older posters like GOM,KB,JIMMY007,can confirm this..this is real and still going on...Drive Safely, Beware..

The first time I made s statement like this you claimed there were many fake accidents on that hill. I drive that hill everyday, all times, and have never heard of fake accidents there. Some time ago there were a few robberies here, but that seems to have been solved. I may even have had something to do with that, I chased a robber there, got his licenseplate and identified the giuy at the policestation.

Now you are claiming a fishingline across that road has caused many accidents there, and I'm sorry but again I don't believe this. So looking forward to you proving me wrong.

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Fishing line across the road ... Really?! That's scary... Thought usual tactic was to ride up and just kick you off... Much easier to see them coming and take some action.

Don't believe everything you read.

Where is the best kebab on Rawai-NaiHarn? Cant find....

Same for me. Since Adman closed can't find any good ones. The Turkish/Polish/kebab place opposite traffic lights Viset Road-Sai Yauan Road is awful.

Glad you guys like Kan Eang 2. For Thais its upper class Thai food in a nice setting.

We where a party of 10-12 late December. Started trying to order some Chang Export as they had a banner promoting it. Waiter came back with Chang Classic, which none of us drink. Claimed they didnt have Export. Out again, came back with Export.

Half the dishes ordered arrived before any rice. Still no rice. Reminder on rice. Still no rice. We r talking about one hour now. Most ordered dishes arrived, one of the kids found our rice below the drink tray,the typical sidetable for drinks and ice in TH. Icecold, but so was the rest of the food by now. Several dishes never arrived. Service was incredibel slow and random, most staff Burmese

Guess I am there 2-3 times a year cause invited. Nice setting, sloppy service each time

Wonder why its so hard to make excellent Thai food in a nice ambience restaurant with good staff and service, and drop the freaking plastic plates? Prices are on par with farang food, why isnt product?

Always excellent service there, with almost a waiter alone for our table.

How do you rent redplate cars? Your not even supose to leave the province/drive at night with them. If someone's renting a car hes not gonna stay at home every night.

legally redplated cars can go anywhere in TH anytime, as long as trip is logged in redplate reg book, by driver with a pen. For max 30 days/3.000km

I think this is one of the things where there is a big differenc ebetween theory/law and real life.

Why do you keep seeking problems with Thais, in this case bank staff, when there are no problems with them? He was scammed by a foreigner skimming the card, end of story.

Are you telling me that your insurance company will cover you for your ciminal act (parking illegally) that has killed someone????

What if someone got in the family's ear and they wanted 1 million or even 5 million baht? Remember, you're going to gaol unless you pay what they want, so why wouldn't they go for "the max" out of you?

Riding a motorbike on Phuket is not only physically dangerous to your health, but also financially dangerous to you. IFor example, a drunk bar girl crashes into you. She's not wearing a helmet and hits her head on the ground and is dead, or paraplegic, or another debilitating injury. You MAY get blamed for the accident and find yourself paying a lot of money in compensation to an Issan family to avoid going to gaol and the accident wasn't even your fault. Scary stuff.

Regarding the motorbike riding: you're right, dangerous and also financially risky (provided you don't have adequate insurance, which most don't).

Regarding the insurance cover for illegal parked car: yes, covered on a good comprehensive cover. Just make sure the bail bond amount is up to scratch. And most importantly: don't get involved yourself, let the insurance company handle it, and let them make clear there is nothing more to get.

"He went to jail cause he didn't want to see he was wrong and didn't want to provide a fix for it."

Don't you mean, he didn't want to get extorted????

Fair enough - I haven't read the Thai 1979 Road Traffic Act.

I have two questions for you. Why didn't the insurance company take care of it, as they would do if he was Thai?

Nothing to do with extrotion, just let the insurance company work this out.

I'm sure only the involved person can answer your question, but it saounds to me he did not want to admit guilt, and therefor the insruance company could not take care of it. That has nothing to do with being Thai or not.

Last time i went was in the afternoon, I had to sit through a vidio that lasted over 45 minutes fill out a form pay money get picture taken total time was about 1 hour and 15 minutes.. Others I have talked to have had to do other things. Sort of like Immigration just depends were you go to get the new permit. every one seem have different procedures and requirements.

For got had to take color blindness test also.

Ok, and where was this experience?

I was trying to work out how it happened but then noticed the U-turn in the photo so assume the Swiss guy miscalculated whilst making the turn. The U-turns on that road are extremely dnagerous due to most vehicles travelling at such high speed. The option of putting in traffic lights certainly makes it more safe but severely restricts traffic flow. Elevated U-turns are abetter solution but imagine the cost here is too expensive when one takes into account the land issues.

yep, seems like the biker placed himself in front of the car, and this being in the right lane he didnt seem to have anything to there in the first place

Its a 90kmh road, and i would guess impact at 40-70kmh, so for some reason car did not go at normal speed

Just a guess, just like the other posts here are guessing, but she could have applied the brakes.

Bottmom line is, if a Thai parked the car there, no police action taken. However, a farang parked the car there, so, now there is a chance to have the bar girl's family in Issan compensated with police and lawyers taking their cut as well. That's how easy it is to come undone here and end up in gaol.

The farang should have been given a parking ticket and the accident report should have shown the deceased as at fault in the accident which took her life. No different to her crashing into a telegraph pole or a brick wall or even a car in front of her stopped in traffic.

Maybe it is the same to you, but according to the law in Thailand there is a big difference.

I presume these are all well documented cases?

At NamKangMan, you should go into politics Throw out a few oneliners, and see who follows you without thinking. Unfortunately quite a few people seem to do that, both here and in the US and Europe.

Actually, I was thinking of going into optometry, specialising in rose tinted lens. I think I would be able to sell quite a few on Phuket and, no doubt, you would be my best customer.

You should try them, life is much better with rose tinted glasses than with the black's you're wearing. I don't need any glasses BTW, just seeing life as it is without them.

As Valentine indicated, normally indoor testing (colourblindness, reaction time, periferal vision) is required, as is the video.

What about the Expat who parked his car on the street in Chalong only to have a drunk female crash into it at 4am while he was in bed sleeping?

He ended up in court and even jailed.

If he had been Thai, it would have been a non issue.

As a westerner, we are considered atms to some, including police and they will implicate you if they think they can get a drink out of it.

I'm sorry but I fail to see the connection. The guy was convicted in court, and there is no question he was guilty. So this has nothing to do with 'stopping at an accident where you have no involvement and still getting the blame'.

Why do you say there is no question he was guilty? Even at night that part of the road is well lit & anyone but a blind man would fail to see a car parked there.

Whether or not people could see his parked car has nothing to do with the issue. He parked illegally.

I sometimes wonder about staged accidents on dark roads at night for the sole purpose of robbing anyone who stops. The road between the Honda dealer & Kathu strikes me as being a good place for this type of setup.

This has happened in Kata to karon ,on the hill before the football stadium,many times over thel ast 6 years,also the road from Kata viewpoin down towards Naiharn,and many more on the island its a danger we all have to look out for..

I presume these are all well documented cases?

At NamKangMan, you should go into politics Throw out a few oneliners, and see who follows you without thinking. Unfortunately quite a few people seem to do that, both here and in the US and Europe.

What about the Expat who parked his car on the street in Chalong only to have a drunk female crash into it at 4am while he was in bed sleeping?

He ended up in court and even jailed.

If he had been Thai, it would have been a non issue.

As a westerner, we are considered atms to some, including police and they will implicate you if they think they can get a drink out of it.

I'm sorry but I fail to see the connection. The guy was convicted in court, and there is no question he was guilty. So this has nothing to do with 'stopping at an accident where you have no involvement and still getting the blame'.

I was thinking the same thing when I read that post. Racked my brain trying to think of any pay-for car parking. Nope .... I have never paid to park in Kata.

In my previous shop location on Thaina Road was a parking problem, so I used a paid carpark Was 500 Baht per month. I know of a few other places where you can pay to park, for 20 or 50 Baht per period. I'm not sure about the exact amount, but do know a period can be up to a full day.

It is getting worse every day in Phuket. Just see what going on in Karon in the old JK company Islandia area. The old JK Company rent out all the Public Street area and owners must pay 10000 baht in key money and 3000 baht per month to get into their own shop house or else ?. Clearly not legal and No recipes are given to take off in tax. Old fashion mafia extortion but in Phuket just business as usual. Guess why.

Are you refering to the illegally built structures on a private road?

Many of the western countries do not cover you for health insurance whilst you are abroad. Tell me some that do.

Netherlands, Belgium and more.

But we're going way of topic here, only because you claim people riding a tuktuk may not be insured. Until there is a negatiove travel advisory for tuktuk travel there is normal insurance coverage.

Your 'MAY" is never goping top happen, it is simply impossible.

The German guy was living here, that's why I said 'don'rt confure health and travel insurance', because since he is living here he would not have travel insurance. And yes, health insurance from quite a few countries is valid abroad as well.

Who would ever think that embassies would issue a travel warning about tuk tuks - which means no travel insurance if you use them - but they considered it.

As mentioned earlier, that could happen in theory. Small risk, but realistic. And also as mentioned earlier, that is something completekly different than a 'tuktuk exclusion clause'. But either you're not reading or not willing to comprehend.