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70-80 KPH, but the article doesn't say what the speed limit is at that location.  To continue on to the airport and to brush it off as "I'll pay the family compensation is pretty cold ... I know he wasn't personally driving (as indicated in the article) but where is the compassion or the level of responsibility.

And before I get jumped on, I'm not suggesting that this is a Thai problem, I would ask the same questions if it had happened here in Australia.

People are going to use it, drink it or do it anyway.  Creating laws that make it illegal will not help the situation at all.

2 minutes ago, proton said:

how is she also a 'teacher'?

She is not ... her husband is.

Among the young there is a strong desire to stand by Ukrainians, while older conservatives describe Russia as a longstanding friend

Even long standing friends can make bad choices and do bad things.

it may be the cause of the accident (like brake failure or wet roads) but it's not an excuse ... these people who cause accidents through bad driving or negligence should be prosecuted and do some jail time.

I'm not surprised by this.  Thailand has a history of picking the wrong side in a fight ... they were after all, part of the Axis Alliance during WWII.

Absolutely need to kill off dual pricing under this campaign ... they are already touting "fairness" as one of their pillars, but it needs to translate into a single price.

If something is worth a dollar, it should cost a dollar, regardless of whose pocket it comes out of.

How is that a surprise when the General wont allow Pattaya to open up?

19 minutes ago, RandolphGB said:

Why have they written their placards in broken English?

Just because they are Caucasian, it doesn't mean that English is their first language ...

That would be because they are testing there and not necessarily that they caught it there.  I suspect if you did the same level of testing at shopping centres the numbers would be just as high.

I think if Thailands testing strategy was more robust, the actual number of infected would be far higher.

Well ... they did decide that the patent held on a drug by Japan wasn't valid in Thailand and so they promptly started making it without any royalties ...  Thailand has to lay in the bed it made.

Why are they stockpiling them - get them into peoples arms.

You know, if organisations stop using pirated copies of Windows 95 and Windows XP, they would be much harder to hack,  You shouldn't blame the buffalo for coming in if you left the gate open.

Hope they also tested for other substances besides booze.

From poster boy to bus conductor ...

Given how much the Thai talking heads love a photo opportunity, I have noticed how very few happy snaps of holidaying tourists have actually surfaced from this "successful" model.

40 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Tourists apparently are easy marks.  Meters are there for a reason. If the meter is not turned on when asked as I get in, I tell the driver to stop, and I exit the vehicle. 

Doesn't always help - watch out for the button on the indicator column or the "Speedy Meter".  I had one like that from Swampy once, pointed it out to him and he said "how much do you usually pay" ... and that's what I did pay.

Got to watch all the time, but new tourists often don't know how much a destination usually costs.

Not tourists so much ... clearly delegates from various Tourism Industries, probably given a free trip

Not forgetting of course that Bars and Entertainment venues will still not be allowed to open ...

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

Mr Pipat said that among the first people to visit the island in July will be  sailors from the US and British navies. 

They are planning to bring navy guys in with no bars or entertainment venues open?  Tell them they're dreaming ...