rattlesnake

Agree, people just don't realise what will happen to their head in case of an impact, even at low speed.

Proper motorcycle training + defensive driving + certified full-face helmet = small chance of having a serious accident, even in Thailand.

Being French, it's possible that he forgot to look left. His brain went into automatic mode, he casually glanced to the right, saw the empty road and crossed. It happens more easily than one would think.

I see what you did there

Good points. Personally, I have never been in this situation of having to foot the bill without having consented to it beforehand. Contrary to what I have often read on this forum, freeloading is not, in my experience, something Thais will typically do and they will more often have a tendency to be "greng jai", i.e. feel embarrassed/awkward in the situation the OP described. But this woman's attitude definitely was out of order and I understand where the OP is coming from (though I have long stopped being confrontational in Thailand myself – In my opinion, there are more effective ways to deal with such situations privately, with no loss of face involved for anyone).

She got the "It's OK, have farang pay" boomerang right back in her face, nicely done.

You keep on believing that.

The unvaxxed are still doing fine. "No vaxx, no help". So no vaxx, no requirement to pay taxes, then? Let's try to be coherent for a few seconds. Keep your money and take care of yourself. I'm in.

Yes he is. Vaccines are poison.

It's pretty clear, isn't it? The Thai authorities are telling you to drop it and keep your money. Of course, if you keep insisting on paying, eventually you will find someone who will be willing to take your money from you, but why do such a thing?

You're so hi-so, I'm jealous

Yes, slight correction to my post: they also do it with foreigners who speak Thai, so it doesn't necessarily indicate one doesn't speak Thai well.

It's just a habit they have with non-Thai speakers and with children, there isn't any explanation other than that, at least not to my knowledge. Don't overthink it :)

It's to teach us how to say it, they do it with kids too.

Indeed, mother nature has everything covered and the notion that we were born incomplete (and that "science" is here to complete us) is perhaps the most clever and profitable fallacy of all time.