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On 5/23/2017 at 11:30 AM, Wake Up said:

I find driving a car in Thailand not a lot different from driving in other countries except for the drunk tourists renting motorbikes driving on the wrong side of the road and some Thai motorcycles that drive at night with no lights the wrong way on the road.  

Laughable,  So most of the 26,000 road deaths in Thailand are caused by the drunk farangs ?

8 hours ago, JaseTheBass said:

 

How can that be when UK & Swiss roads are safer than those in the US?

Sent from my Cray II supercomputer
 

 

Indeed, total deaths / year = 26,000, but only 5,500 (15/ day) are motorbikes. 

3 hours ago, ben2talk said:

 

 

 Do you think British or American drivers would be better if offered the chance to get paid an extra 10% commission for every run they do, 

YES they would be better. They would not risk their life, their passengers, or other  people on the road. Wise up and dont try to defend stupid drivers. and no this is NOT a Thai bashing thread.

16 minutes ago, ben2talk said:

Good news? Instead of trying to scrape a miserable living by driving 14 hours a day 7 days per week, he's dead leaving his wife and children with no support. Ripples go out and all his friends and people who knew him also think it's great that he's gone, and his parents won't rely on him being around to help them buy food any more which takes the pressure off them trying not to be a burden. Yes, a great deal 

Cry me a river,,  How do you know he worked 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, had a wife and children, and parents ? Why did he not think about them and drive  with his eyes open, and his brain in gear ?

6 hours ago, Fulwell53 said:

 

Why are so many on here claiming only thais do this.

IIt is downright racist and utterly disrespectful to the country that has welcomed you and let you settle.

 

Not one reply on this thread says "ONLY Thais". If you Thai apologists would ONLY read the thread before reaching for the keyboards, and cry racist, Thai bashing, etc.. If the thread is too negative for your thin skin, then avoid it and only read positive threads. 

5 hours ago, alocacoc said:

To me it looks, the OP did copy the text from somewhere and quoted it here. But for what reason?

I guess the OP likes negative threads.

5 hours ago, USPatriot said:

Ahh yes found on every country.  Not just thailand

but this is a Thai forum, not a "every country forum"

2 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

How about any advice for Thaiwives with cheating farang husbands?or does that never occur??

Off topic,  The thread is about cheating  wives

2 hours ago, Airbagwill said:

Now the illiterates and those too lazy to read have left, I can summarize 

 

Basically it is my proposition that the high road death rate in Thailand is at least in part due to the unsatisfactory emergency services.

Laughable,  So it is not Thai driving, blame emergency services. If the Thais could drive they would not need emergency services.  Next apologist please.

9 hours ago, jeab1980 said:

JBeen driving here 15yrs plus never had an accident on the road. Never seen one to tell the truth. Driven in lots of other countries before Thailand, no diffrent in my opinion. 

"NO different" so why has LOS got the tittle for the worlds second worst traffic deaths ?

4 hours ago, soalbundy said:

Go live in London after 6 months of reading about or experiencing the violence there you will think Thailand is the garden of Eden

Nonsense. Why do you Thai apologists always try to justify these vile cowards. Would you try to justify this in your home country ? 

8 hours ago, jeab1980 said:

JBeen driving here 15yrs plus never had an accident on the road. Never seen one to tell the truth. Driven in lots of other countries before Thailand, no diffrent in my opinion. 

Second worst country in the world for traffic deaths, and you want to defend that. Never seen an accident ? really. You thin skinned Thai apologists are pathetic.

1 minute ago, brewsterbudgen said:

How is stating the truth "apologising" for Thailand?

Sent from my SM-A500F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
 

If this did happen in your own country you would not try to defend / apologise. So why try to justify it here, 

5 hours ago, Segmed said:

Jesus, people, get down to the Earth, that happens in EVERY COUNTRY! Every country of the world has similar cases, it doesn't depend on anything, but human nature.

 

It did not take long before the Thai apologists chimed in with the usual "happens in every country."

On 4/28/2017 at 5:53 PM, balo said:

 

Didn't you read my post ? I am not blaming the victim but the taxi drivers that should be avoided. So the airport train or UBER is a safer option for a woman travelling alone in Bangkok. That was my point. Unfortunately she was not warned. 

 

 

Nonsense, You are blaming the victim, and if the victim was a Thai and not a farang you apologists would not reply to this thread.

On 4/26/2017 at 4:02 PM, balo said:

Why didn't she just take the airport train like most people to the nearest BTS station and then it would be a short taxi ride to Thonglor.   The taxi drivers at the airport should be avoided. UBER is a good alternative too . 

 

Blame the victim as usual "balo"  Not even "Berkshire" wants to defend the Thai on this topic.

16 hours ago, JSixpack said:

 

 Very few units are for sale or rent in my building. It sold out years ago, 

 

 

" My building",  Please say the name of this wonderful building where you doubled your money.  

7 hours ago, robblok said:

 

 

I just wonder if people are so unhappy why they don't leave. 

The usual reply from the Thai apologists.

17 hours ago, hobz said:

Now you are confusing the thaibashers. Bless.

 

Normal thai people are not thugs.. But normal thaivisa posters spend their time in tourist areas where they encounter tons of thai thugs. Like taxi mafia thugs, bar owner thugs, night club enforcer thugs. So they believe, completely wrong, that most thai men are thugs. And this type of news strengthens and confirms their perspective. Evidence against it is ignored because of how the brain works. The brain doesnt like to change its perspective. So it hans tons of mechanisms to avoid it. Cognitive biases. Confirmation bias. 

 So if you reply to this thread, and say one bad word about these cowards, you are Thai bashing. Pathetic.

On 4/16/2017 at 9:29 AM, TKDfella said:

I think Broken Record is angling for a medal...or perhaps afraid that this forum will be monitored.

Broken Record gets the brown medal on this thread for the most posts trying to defend Thai driving skills.

2 hours ago, Broken Record said:

http://asirt.org/initiatives/informing-road-users/road-safety-facts/road-crash-statistics

 

Annual Global Road Crash Statistics

• Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day.
• An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled.
•  

167 in 3 days in Thailand leaves 9,694 dead on the roads outside Thailand.

 

Lots of accidents in lots of countries, luckily countries like UK have few motorcycles compared with countries like Thailand, and a massive percentage of deaths are down to motorcyclists.

 

But carry on the Thai bashing, the forum needs threads like this.

It did not take long for the Thai apologist to chime and cry Thai bashing. 

On 4/13/2017 at 8:34 AM, dr_lucas said:

A relatively very low cost is a probable reason for him to come so recommended...

 

A rule of thumb  that most people don't know, proper root canal treatment must be done by a RC specialist using a microscope. especially in cases where the root is calcified, which happens more often than you'd imagine.

Only problem is that most places and RC specialists in Thailand don't have access to such expensive equipment and it is only available at a very few places including the well known private hospitals in Bangkok. They do impose quite a high surcharge for using the microscope and the time used.

 

Around 6 months ago I needed a RCT on a molar tooth with 3 roots and ended up researching this quite a lot.

I filtered out a lot of options until I finally cherry picked an amazing specialist from the Silom Dental Hospital: Dr.Pavena Chivatxavanakul D.D.S., Ph.D. http://www.silomdental.com/dentist_bangkok_thailand/endodontic_dentist.html

Luckily they regularly use the microscope and do not charge extra for using it at this clinic.

She was very dedicated and thorough and spent over 6 hours in total to clean my tooth' roots properly.

Important to note that this clinic is not cheap. I ended up paying 18,000 THB for the RCT alone, but you get what you pay for.

I then cherry picked another specialist from BIDC Dr. Tanawat Ritkajorn DDS., MSc., who studied at Chula and the University of Minnesota, USA (one of the world's best unis for dentistry, as listed on http://dental-schools.startclass.com/).

http://www.bangkokdentalcenter.com/thailanddentist/dentists_thailand.html

Did the RC specialist advice you to wait for up to a year before the crown, or is that only if there is pain after RCT.

9 hours ago, Maggusoil said:

Positive balance.

(Note to Thai bashers)

This woman obviously has a low moral character. 

I've had a tuk tuk driver return my phone in Bangkok, that another passenger "found" in the tuk tuk. That 'took' going back to my condo, locating me inside and running up six flights of stairs and not wanting a reward.

 

Whilst I used to do the same in Australia, I had another taxi driver 'friend' there that never returned a phone left in his cab. He had about six.

 

Different strokes for different folks.

A "positive balance", from a Thai apologist, that thinks this is a Thai bashing thread.

1 hour ago, gigman said:

 

Do NOT blame Thai people only ...it happens everywhere in the world on everyday basis and we do not see it because media is not fast enough.....

The usual Thai apologist reply.

22 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

It is interesting to look at the past posts of many of the haters who claim this place is just a big rip off.  Seems their whole life is one big complaint or rip off.  Maybe some of you look like easy targets, who knows.  Or maybe, some are too drunk and have no clue?   I see many guys like that.  But hey OK,  just yell out "I gave you 1000 b" so everyone can hear you and the camera can catch it.  With many trips and now a resident, I have never had a problem with this.  Sorry to hear so many of you are victims.

I guess you think this is a Thai bashing thread, and because it has not happened to you, then it NEVER happens. "No Thai would do that"