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1 hour ago, todlad said:

Have you been there? Have you used it? Can you see the tree and the concrete base around the tree? Are you sure the average wheelchair user would easily work their way into that?

By the way, I took that photo. I was there and in my assessment it will cause problems otherwise I would have said nothing.

If you go there and prove me wrong, I will happily apologise and delete my post and photo.

Do you see anything resembling a ramp to help anyone arriving by road... if course, maybe that last was never intended.

You have no idea what you are talking about.

The idea of those is to stop motorbikes driving on the footpath.

Why are you going on about trees/ramps?

30 minutes ago, todlad said:

Apart from what happens on Thai roads, I am not a Thai basher. But you have to wonder at this, found on Sukhumvit just down from Soi 43 only a couple of days ago: genuine photo!

 

That is a perfectly acceptable set up, please explain to me a wheelchair user what is wrong with it !!

Those are good wheelchair access bollards, go in turn right then turn left to exit.

You say you are not Thai bashing, well mate that is exactly what you are doing.

In future check things out before posting.

4 minutes ago, electric said:

Put yourself in the bus driver seat for a moment. You're cruising along a major highway at whatever speed (it's totally unknown from the video what speed this coach was doing, so it's really pointless to say "bus was going too fast")

 

Up ahead, you see a couple of cars turn right in front of you. Cheeky buggers, you think, that was close, but's it's ok. They made the turn ok.

 

Now, no way could you anticipate, or imagine, that the cement truck would be so stupid and suicidal to follow the cars. All of us, as drivers, have some expectations that other drivers don't really have a death wish.

 

If we slowed down every time we saw vehicles waiting to our left, we'd never get anywhere. In reality, none of us do this. We plow on, hoping like hell these other cars don't make a mistake.

 

This accident is totally the fault of the cement truck guy. He made a really bad decision to crawl across an intersection against oncoming quick traffic.

Total nonsense, whoever you are, where ever you are, whatever you drive, you drive in accordance with road conditions/ situations.

You never just plough ahead at whatever speed and hope for the best, both drivers were to blame for that crash.

Just now, snowgard said:

And you think it's a big freebie bonus to travel (11,5h) to germany, sleep in the airport hotel and next day fly (11,5h) back to Thailand?

I don't know someone who want this as a present!!!

Well then you do not understand Thais, they will sit on the back of a pickup for many hours just to say later i went to the beach yesterday.

Thais will endure severe discomfort just to visit a place a long way away.

55 minutes ago, electric said:

We are a fickle bunch of readers. I would expect that if I'm driving on a major 6 lane highway, I would have right of way over anyone coming in from my left on a secondary road.

 

Choosing to pick holes in the bus driver's comment is slightly amusing, but ill directed I think.

 

However ......

 

If the cement truck driver had said "I chose to blindly follow the cars in front and turn onto a major highway, even though there was a bus coming at me"

 

then count me in the debate.

 

 

What does it matter who has the right of way !!

Common sense is what matters, both drivers were in the wrong.

Bus driver going too fast, not looking at the situation, i am on the highway i am free to drive anyway i want.

Concrete truck driver driving out without due care and consideration of oncoming traffic.

52 minutes ago, Spectra112 said:

Hey fool overstayers like me have just been given a new 3 month visa no questions asked so suck a big one 

Well if you got a 3 months visa, you would be the first tourist ever to receive 1, so better tell the truth and say you got 60 tourist visa, no need for bs.

1 minute ago, scorecard said:

 

It's well reported.

Where as i have not seen it.

Just now, DavisH said:

Why would I care about that? He can spend his life reflecting on what he did. His family produced this scum, so they can look after him. 

Your attitude is disgusting.

What about the hospital staff who will have to take care of him?

Obviously you are not disabled, or you would not be so flippant about it.

6 minutes ago, greg71 said:

According to other sources he filed for asylum as soon as he touched down in Germany . 

Well if what you posted is true, the bunch of clowns who have flown out on a jolly, will end up looking like a load of plonkers.

4 minutes ago, varun said:

This is what you get when you marry a baan nok Isaan bumpkin.

 

Why are you disrespecting Issan ladies?

What are you peasants getting excited about?

Do you know who i am?

A government minister thats who, these silly laws only apply to peasants not the likes of me.