mikebell

It's an old picture from the last time they had a crackdown.

There is outrage, rightly, about the (likely) number of deaths in the earthquake skyscraper collapse and an investigation into the possible sub-grade steel used. Yet figures suggest that the numbers missing are merely two days'-worth of road casualties. Yet there is no outcry about the lack of policing that is responsible for the majority of these incidents.

And all because RTP in Pattaya are non-existent. Lax law enforcement is responsible for the majority of the daily road deaths/injuries.

Meanwhile on the roads, at least another 40 people were killed.

How does accepting police corruption make my life better? How does it make problems go away? Rose coloured glasses make you see no evil; accepting it is condoning it. 'You must have experience. A professional I would say.' A professional what? Experience of what?

'The House of David' (him with his mate Goliath.) I like a costume drama and this seems to have been well researched regarding the historical period. Could do without the wailing songs in Hebrew!

From jealous club owners nearby, Laughable that the RTP have to justify their existence. Gottfrid - QED.

Well, he's called Mr. Big Top which is where clowns work.

Gottfrid - QED.

Those rose-coloured glasses prevent you seeing the wider picture; you are focused on this one case. Almost weekly there are reports of police inactivity being reported on Social media sometimes resulting in police being forced out of their air-conditioned offices to do their job. Observe their diligence on the (now) 14 Dangerous Days in the year when they get overtime for staring at their phones by the roadsides. My comprehension is not aided by your final question.

Indeed I think they do - I think agents are on commission. They went along with the crooked policeman's version of events as it was easier. You underestimate the fear that bent cops generate in society; my (ex)wife paid up rather than chance my visa/marriage going up in smoke. One day your rose-coloured glasses will slip off and you will view RTP for what they are like most contributors here in my gang.

There was no police work. The Bolt drivers did it all. The positive side is the motor bike was returned to its owner. I am also positive the police did nothing.

My negativity is based on personal experience; I do not belong to a team. I'd had the usual run-ins with RTP where a hundred or so soothed away various sins that I had allegedly committed, but the 1st big one was a scruffy Sattahip cop, arrived at the scene of my accident about 20 minutes later. I had been run into by two helmetless, licence-less tearaways at 90kph whilst waiting to turn right at a U-turn. He adjudged I was at fault! I was stationery at the time. This cost me 90K & two years of torment as my Insurance company accepted his reading of the situation. The cop also took 15K off my (then) wife to ensure there would be no problem with her husband's next year's visa. My wife's sister had her car stolen; the family made a citizen's arrest after recognising the thief and called the police. I took everyone to Dongtan cop-shop Jomtien and was in the room when the fat officer asked for 10K to pursue the case. The car owner paid four year's of bank loan for a car sold in Cambodia. Nothing I have read or heard since has changed my opinion in the last ten years.

Totally agree. During my nightmare 9 hour bus journey to Korat, every visible tire on the vehicle was utterly devoid of tread. It pulled in to a Weigh Station where it underwent a police(?) check and was declared roadworthy. Half an hour driving at 15 kph immediately prior to this check was presumably to fool authorities into thinking the driver was not a speedster.

See my comments on Pattaya police work.

Are you saying RTP are doing a half-decent job? Every police success starts with the proviso 'acting on information received'. There's a weekly story about crimes that have been reported but no progress made or any evident police activity. It's often only the threat of mass media that stirs the police into action.

Have you heard the expression 'an accident waiting to happen'? There's hundreds of vehicles with bald tires waiting for rain; thousands of helmetless, red-light runners; a million drunks staggering about looking for their cars. Almost weekly, there are bus crashes often loaded with children because maintenance checks are never enforced.

The odds are heavily in favour of the mouse, if the cat is RTP.

Pattaya seems defined by Walking Street. Any public initiative starts (and ends) with a photo of police on this iconic location.

The ONLY way local Plod is successful is with outside help. The only time CCTV is used (on the roads) is after a tragedy.

We did, repeatedly, with the same result one expects of the local constabulary.

Agreed I was suicidal about my forehand yesterday as the ball repeated hit my thumb. Reading your impressively detailed post makes me think there's a lot I still need to learn at 82!

Should that say 'not many'?

After giggling helplessly from the fumes.

He got bail on an attempted murder charge!