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2 hours ago, ChrisKC said:
You are an irresponsible driver who cares little about the law. There has to be laws like this because at 120kph you are in less of a position to react when other lawbreakers and speedsters do something unexpected as you know for sure you CAN expect!
The conditions include other drivers - those passing you are simply making a bad situation potentially a lot worse!
In Thailand, especially, we are reminded frequently that most deaths on the road are caused by drunk or speeding drivers.
To be an irresponsible driver and a lawbreaker is one thing - for you to come on here and brag about about it shows your contempt to be no better than that of Thai people who I guess you would condemn as "bad" drivers
There is something very naive and preachy about your reply. I am a bad person and no better than the Thai people who are bad drivers, because I go over 56mph? Huh?
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2 hours ago, bbz404 said:
Yes all the highways are official speed limit of 90 kph. However, the automatic cameras as well as police speed traps will only register you if you're going more than 120 kph which is a reasonable speed limit. I drive Bangkok-Mae Phim nearly every weekend and get flashed every other month or so and have always paid my fines. Now, getting flashed at 120+ kph will result in a speeding ticket of 500 Baht. You will not get flashed at 92. And 500 Baht is very reasonable compared to speeding fines in other countries.
As for your comment on reckless driving, I would like to add that I rarely see police doing anything besides speeding tickets/checkpoints. They should be much more focused on:
- overloaded trucks and pickups
- using the right lane constantly (because of their stupid dark film that they absolutely need)
- motorbikes coming the wrong way
- big trucks not having any rear lights
- trucks using bright white LED flashes for a turning signal (almost turned blind just last night)
- pickups and cars using unauthorized color lights, most importantly blue rear lights. These are absolutely horrible in estimating the distance of the car in front of you.
These refer mostly to night driving as I prefer to drive at night (speed traps usually not set up for nighttime use, much less traffic).
Not the case. My wife has received tickets for going 92kph in a 90kph zone. That is inane.
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2 hours ago, Fred white said:
You got it wrong their job is to see how much money they can steal ????
Well, in all honesty that is not their job. But, it is indeed what most of them do.
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12 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:
I agree that 92 kph is not the spirit of law enforcement. But if you drove at 89 kph you would be within the law, get no ticket and pay nothing - and it would make no difference to your journey driving time.
Most speedsters are persistent offenders and the first paragraph of your post suggests that they make up their own laws. Encouraging those to ignore tickets is irresponsible and certainly doesn't get my support.
On a main highway, I drive at 120kph, and it is a safe speed, under good conditions. I get passed by others all the time. I am not a speedster. 70 miles per hour is not speeding. Laws have to be sensible, in order to encourage people not to break them. Otherwise, some must be ignored.
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2 hours ago, kwak250 said:
To be fair from what i have been told its 100kph if you do 99kph you won't get a ticket at least i havent after always keeping to that speed.
On highway 4, the main north south artery, it is 90kph. On the overhead toll road, going to Don Muang, it is 80kph, on a six lane divided road. How is there any sense in that?
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They want to avoid releasing those tax returns at any cost. Those returns are not only incriminating, they also make Trump look bad, as he has not paid taxes in decades, and he is the lowest charitable contributor in the US, of any billionaire on record. Either way, they reveal Trump to be the man he is. A non patriot, who does not support his nation, and a cheapskate.
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I know people who have 30 unpaid speeding tickets. They are issuing tickets for going 2 KM per hour over the limit. The national highways have speed limits of 90 kph. That is silly, inane, unenforceable, and impractical. These fines need to be ignored, as the speed limits are unreasonable. I doubt they will create a centralized system. Hope not.
What the RTP, and especially the lame, incompetent, lazy and useless highway patrol need to be doing, is pulling people over for reckless driving, not issuing tickets for going 92 KPH!
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Water treatment is not rocket science. The technology has been around a long time. The solution is to hold the headmen and the local politicians responsible for specific areas, where the treatment facilities have not been built, are poorly maintained, or do not work. There is plenty of money to build and maintain these facilities. It is just a matter of whether or not a community or area can get past the greed of the local authorities, and get them to spend the money, rather than amass a larger fortune. Major consequences have to be put into place. If not by the authorities, than by the local community. Someone needs to be held responsible, shamed in a way that changes their life, and forced by any means necessary to take action. After all, that is part of their job, right?
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Water treatment is not rocket science. The technology has been around a long time. The solution is to hold the headmen and the local politicians responsible for specific areas, where the treatment facilities have not been built, are poorly maintained, or do not work. There is plenty of money to build and maintain these facilities. It is just a matter of whether or not a community or area can get past the greed of the local authorities, and get them to spend the money, rather than amass a larger fortune. Major consequences have to be put into place. If not by the authorities, than by the local community.
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If the US was serious about the war on drugs, they would legalize all drugs. The cartels would disappear in 30 days. Mexico would return to normalcy. And of the 2 million prisoners in US prisons, almost half could be pardoned and released. The war on drugs has failed miserable. And the feds are still pursuing people for ganja offenses. Dumb and dumber.
Of course, the prison industrial complex would lose alot of money. And since they are a major contributor to Trump, and he does not know how to say no to a lobbyist, this would never happen on his watch. Besides, his fundamentalist supporters would also object. Oh well. Doing the right thing is sometimes a very hard thing to do!
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3 minutes ago, Morch said:
So the "heinous family" will only be removed by the Saudi people, says a poster who on other posts opines that such people aren't keenly interested in democracy etc. No actual reasoning as to why that's "the only way", naturally.
And on the subject of power vacuums - given ample past examples, is there much to be said in favor of a power vacuum? Never mind that the same argument was used on previous rants to criticize the prospects of regime change in Iran. Moreover, how would it be anything resembling "twisted justice"? The one's who'll suffer most would be the people, not necessarily Saudi royals or Trump & Co.
I never for a nanosecond criticized regime change in Iran. I love the idea. You are either making this stuff up, and reading into it, with a high degree of inaccuracy. What I did say, is that the last thing in the world the US needs now, is to be involved in another war, and that the past two decades of US attempts at regime change have failed miserable. And lastly, Trump and Blindfold Bolton are the last men in the world capable of regime change anywhere. What is required is a very intelligent and visionary plan. Something Bolton nor Trump are capable of.
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In such a circumstance go after the owner of the hotel. And I am not talking about a lawsuit. There are a dozen different ways to make his or her life a living hell. They deserve that.
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1 hour ago, toenail said:The Future Forward political party was the answer- An educated professor and an international savy young Thai businessman that cares about Thailand’s future, not keeping it muffled and strapped down to old politics.
I completely agree. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit would have made a great PM. He is savvy, unlike the hapless incompetent in charge right now, has great business experience, and could have led Thailand out of the backward wilderness it is currently in. The army has no place in politics. It is all about the money and the power. It has nothing to do with the well being of the Thai people. They could not care less.
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1 hour ago, Burma Bill said:
He will no doubt get a top job in Brunei - if rugby is played there!
Well, he belongs in Brunei. Although they probably do not have much tolerance for Christians, as they are probably judged to be on the wrong path too. Sharia is a very harsh belief system, and is founded upon a tremendous degree of ignorance, has nothing to do with spirit. It has no rightful place on this planet, and is a hateful set of laws based on zero understanding of "truth".
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1 hour ago, ThaiBunny said:
As a gay man myself I can tell you I'm still trying to find one. Most of us are sluts, and happily so
That barely matters. Because you are promiscuous, does not mean you do not lead a righteous life. I certainly am not making judgments here based on either sexual preference or degree of sexual activity. That is personal, and a person who professes to be "religious" has no business imposing his or her beliefs on the world. Wars have been started over such nonsense. Live and let live, right? Alot of straight men and women are sluts too. Barely matters.
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1. Why does the US think it has the right to impose sanctions on whatever nation is NOT the flavor of the month?
2. Why can't the world community figure out a way around US sanctions, which are most often politically motivated, rarely ever imposed for the stated reason, and are draconian and imperial in their ambitions.
3. I thought Trump said he and Kim were in love, and that they had very good communication, a great understanding, and a great relationship.
To quote Trump:
At the signing ceremony, Trump said that it was an "honor" to meet Kim, and asserted that the two countries had developed a "very special bond."
“I think our whole relationship with North Korea and the Korean peninsula is going to be a very different situation than it has in the past,” he said. “We’ve developed a very special bond.”
The summit — the first between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader — was the result of a flurry of diplomatic activity that began in January and picked up in recent weeks as the two countries sought to salvage the prospect for talks after Trump's decision to cancel the meeting.
Trump's comments praising Kim, however, were unusual for a U.S. president. American officials have often avoided speaking warmly about North Korean leaders, because of the country's poor human rights record and ambitious weapons programs. Asked on Tuesday why he is so comfortable calling Kim "talented," Trump credited the young leader with running his country at such a young age. "Well, he is very talented," Trump said. "Anybody that takes over a situation like he did at 26 years of age and is able to run it and run it tough. I don't say he was nice."
"Very few people at that age — you can take one out of ten thousand, probably couldn’t do it."
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Now, if we started seeing these kinds of arrests and convictions of CURRENT army officers, and high ranking policemen, governors, and mayors, then it might lead us to believe the army is sincere, in their constant declarations in regard to the fight against corruption. But, do you notice that anyone who they go after is always a former, and never a current official?
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Prayuth should lose his job for this reason alone. When you combine the other 25 major areas where he is failing, installing him as PM for the next five years is about the dumbest thing this nation could possibly do, and the price to be paid for this act of insanity, is going to be huge. The army has shown that they are good at ordering their subordinates to clean their rooms and barracks, and obey orders. But, they are not good for much else, much less running the nation. They must go.
Hopefully, due to all of this economic turmoil, the baht will soon begin to drop to it's rightful place.
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There is nothing wrong with a Christian having his or her beliefs. It is only when they pronounce judgment on those who do not share those beliefs, that it becomes a problem. Where Falou is wrong, is when he states that he has a right to free expression. That does not include the right to condemn the planet, for not believing as he does. Many would argue that this man possesses a staggering degree of ignorance. That is subjective. But, to declare that nearly all of us are going to hell, due to not following his precepts and his beliefs, is about as ignorant as the extremist Wahhabi Muslims, or the extremist Orthodox Jews. Any sort of extremism is inappropriate in this day and age. Tolerance and understanding is what is necessary at this point in time. When he made these ugly declarations, he set himself up for ridicule. He deserves that.
The controversy over Folau’s faith erupted on April 10 after he shared a scriptural message on social media that Hell awaits "drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists, [and] idolaters” who do not repent. “Those that are living in Sin will end up in Hell unless you repent. Jesus Christ loves you and is giving you time to turn away from your sin and come to him,” Folau shared on instagram, along with a series of Bible verses on sin and repentance. He also commented on a news report about Tasmania making gender optional.
“The devil has blinded so many people in this world, REPENT and turn away from your evil ways. Turn to Jesus Christ who will set you free,” he declared on twitter.
He is entitled to believe this nonsense. He believes that gay men who lead righteous lives, will go to hell due to their lifestyle. He believes that those that have sex out of wedlock will suffer. He believes that we go to hell for stealing a loaf of bread, when we are starving. This strict, ignorant, baseless, uninformed interpretation of scripture comes from never having spent any time in prayer, contemplation and meditation. I believe most scriptures were spoken in metaphors. It takes great understanding to interpret them, and they cannot be interpreted by men of little understanding, like this fool. He reads a book, and goes to a church service, and thinks he has spiritual understanding. Wrong. Dumb and dumber. Ignorant and more ignorant.
Rugby Australia was right to get rid of him. He is a hateful man, engaging in hate speech. The exact opposite of Christ's teachings. Talk about missing the point!
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16 hours ago, CanterbrigianBangkoker said:
Spot on sir!
Well summarised, if I may say?
There is a real and very noticeable cultural issue in Thailand - the laissez-faire attitude towards safety in general, the complete ignorance of the rules of the road, inconsideration of other motorists and the ubiquitous near-zero driving skill. The socio-religious ingrainment of that old carefree view 'what will be will be' is another issue that others have raised on this thread - these are all major contributors to the problem, however - in my humble opinion, it is in massive part due to the reasons you've raised that Thailand in particular has such an awful, abominable, absurdly high road traffic accident and fatality rate - it has in fact got the 2nd highest per capita rate of road fatalities in the entire world, coming after only Libya - last year.
The lack of ANY real and effective deterrant is the biggest contributing factor to all this mayhem in my opinion and this is of course the fault of the police and the government (and to some degree too) the family and community of the muppets that drive as such - of which, of course, there's literally millions. If the police do nothing about this situation - or rather if the system is not adapted from the top down as you noted - then there will never be any appreciable change in these horrendouse figures which incidentally mean that "in addition to the senseless loss of life, Thailand loses 3 to 5 % of its GDP due to road traffic crashes annually".
There are plenty of boy-racers and bored youths back in our respective home nations, there's plenty of bluster and machismo thrown around in my home town by lads in souped up Austin Metros and turbo charged rice-rockets, but the road fatalities in the UK in 2018 were under 1400 in total - I'm not sure how many were motorcylists. Vietnam, Burma and Malaysia are neighbours with at least comparable cultures and comparable populations but yet they too have much lower road traffic accident and fatality rates than the Land of Smiles does - so you have to asky yourself, why is this the case? The best answer and the most salient point has to be the fact that the police don't do their jobs and highway patrol/policng is simply non-existent in this country. Couple that with a lack of care or any example being set by the parents who allow their kids to ride, or in some cases - specifically buy them motorcyles at too young an age - and without formal training or knowledge of how to ride/drive safely and competently on the road and what you get is the resulting carnage and insane death toll that Thailand has the dubious honour of possessing.
If I had a quid for every time I have seen Thais whizz by me with a young child or perhaps 2 / 3+ passengers on a bike - helmetless, steering with one hand, chatting to their pillions and swerving maniacally through heavy traffic, I'd be a wealthy, wealthy man! I could say, oh well if that's their attitude then let them die or be paralysed for life; the point is however that they impact others, innocent and law abiding road users & pedestrians too. As someone who very recently got rearended by some f***ing div on a wet road who was not keeping a large enough distance from me - and consequently came off my own motorbike because of it, I can tell you it's no joke and it really makes you think twice about getting back on a bike as the driver or pillion.
When 50 kids a day are being taken out because of said ineptitude and the inability to tackle such a fundamental issue you have to wonder just what will force the hand of the Thai civilian to demand something be done!
It's very sad and very shameful, and one of the BIGGEST worries of living in Thailand. I can only hope it improves for their sake, but I certainly won't hold my breath.
All relevant and pertinent facts. One would at least think that when a father is driving with his family on board, he might exercise more caution than when on his own. But, that does not seem to be the case. I guess that would require consciousness, perspective, respect, and vision.
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17 hours ago, soalbundy said:
The last sentence is correct but I think the US could make things far more uncomfortable for the Saudi's than the other way around, the ruling class in Saudi is protected by the US in much the same way that Israel is, the difference being when push comes to shove the Israeli's can look after themselves. The CIA is good at stirring up dissent and it wouldn't take much to remove the kings and princes if they don't follow uncle Sam's wishes.
That would never happen. Not in a million years. The only way that heinous family will be removed, is by the Saudi people. The US is scared to death of the power vacuum that would happen, without the crime lords in power, and the potential for the area to become a terrorist hotbed, which would be a sort of twisted justice, considering how much money the Saudis have spent supporting terror worldwide.
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PM Prayuth to the World Bank. How can I run the economy? Why is the tourism sector falling? Why are the common people of Thailand faring so poorly? Can you please teach us how to run a country?
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3 hours ago, mauGR1 said:
Interesting that you say "the subservient US" which is not impossible, but hard to believe.
Perhaps could be also the other way around ?
No. Absolutely not. What is the US subservient to? Money. Always has been, and always will be. Therefore, he was correct to refer to the US as subservient to the Saudis. The US bows down to its God. Cash. It is rarely about principal, and it is usually about money.
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Of course. It is a state owned enterprise, and just look at the state! An airline run by incompetent management, owned by an incompetent administration. How is that supposed to work out?
And on top of all that, way too much arrogance, and attitude, and very little to back it up. Thai is not a top airline. It could be. But, it is not.
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A whole helluva lot more than the average Thai family. And that is just one reason why ex-pats are valuable to Thailand. And we should be treated with some respect. I do not expect plaques, awards, or honors. But, I do not think racist hatred from this heinous administration, and ridiculous hurdles from immigration are necessary. I think they are foolish, lacking in vision, and indicative of the gross incompetency Prayuth, and the entire army bring to the table. They should be spending their time bossing around their subordinates, not leading the nation into the abyss.