arithai12 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 3 hours ago, paulbrow said: FWIW, my car has been rear ended by a motorcycle whose driver was texting while driving, and I was broadsided by a motorcycle that was passing a line of traffic and he failed to see my turn signal and my right hand turn and he slammed right into the side of my car. That's not to mention a slew of near misses at other times. Motorcycles do add to the excitement of driving here! yes, and at the same time if you drove a scooter instead of a car you could replace one for the other in your text and it would still hold true. it's the driving culture not what they drive. But I like your "excitement", it's one way of looking at it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dionigi Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said: Send your complaint/criticism/wishes to the Pattaya News, not Thaivisa. I wish moaners would read the articles properly before posting. It is a copy from Pattaya news, doesn't have to slavishly copy mistakes. If mine was a moan so was yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Recently driving car on Jomtien Beach Road and making a right turn with turn signal ON and...ZOOM...moto-bike idiot passes me on the right. Had I not triple checked the side view, he would have been a statistic. And surely I'd have somehow been found at fault. Shame the old pedestrian died and not the irresponsible idiot driving. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 "hit by a motorbike rider" No. Hit by a motorbike - unless the rider punched him! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confuscious Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 WHO CARES?????????? Just 1 of the 26,000+ this year. Waste of space on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jastheace Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 11 hours ago, wombat said: check left right left right left right head on a swivel while crossing any road here yes. even when especially when crossing a one way street. don't forget to check behind and in front as well. considering the state of sidewalks and roads, looking down would be handy also. don't forget to check above if walking near those condos with low balconies... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moti24 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 On 6/10/2022 at 3:29 AM, webfact said: .................. was found dead on the road with a serious head injury in the midst of surrounding bystanders. And, don't tell me - All the surrounding bystanders were using their phones to get their daily gruesome fix for their albums! And, no doubt, the emergency services were the first to check for a pulse! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 26 minutes ago, Moti24 said: And, no doubt, the emergency services were the first to check for a pulse! Or a wallet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 On 6/10/2022 at 3:29 AM, webfact said: A man was hit by a motorbike rider and died while crossing the road in Pattaya yesterday evening. Hit only by the rider? Not the bike? And he then died? He wasn't killed? What a bizarre scenario! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 17 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said: Send your complaint/criticism/wishes to the Pattaya News, not Thaivisa. Why? The comment section is for commenting on the article. Perfectly normal to do so. 17 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said: I wish moaners would read the articles properly before posting. What makes you think they didn't? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 5 hours ago, BangkokReady said: 23 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said: Send your complaint/criticism/wishes to the Pattaya News, not Thaivisa. Why? The comment section is for commenting on the article. Perfectly normal to do so. Read the forum rules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 21 hours ago, Dionigi said: 23 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said: Send your complaint/criticism/wishes to the Pattaya News, not Thaivisa. I wish moaners would read the articles properly before posting. It is a copy from Pattaya news, doesn't have to slavishly copy mistakes. "...doesn't have to slavishly copy mistakes". Yes, it does, Thaivisa cannot alter other sources' articles that it aggregates for publication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 31 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said: Read the forum rules! No idea what you're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said: 6 hours ago, BangkokReady said: On 6/10/2022 at 3:09 PM, Liverpool Lou said: Send your complaint/criticism/wishes to the Pattaya News, not Thaivisa. Why? The comment section is for commenting on the article. Perfectly normal to do so. Read the forum rules! 57 minutes ago, BangkokReady said: No idea what you're talking about. "Original articles, especially in the Thai or foreign language press, can sometimes have grammatical mistakes or misspellings. ASEAN NOW is not responsible for these nor does ASEAN NOW have the rights to alter content it is reprinting from another source". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 3 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said: "Original articles, especially in the Thai or foreign language press, can sometimes have grammatical mistakes or misspellings. ASEAN NOW is not responsible for these nor does ASEAN NOW have the rights to alter content it is reprinting from another source". What point are you trying to make? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalawaan Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 "Passes away"? RIP but "dies" "dead" or "is killed" is more fitting in this case. "Passing away" in my mind is only what oldies do in their sleep, if they're lucky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 its not just bike riders, I was turning from the middle of the road to go right with my indicator on, my wife was sitting behind me on the bike and a car decided to overake me from behind while I was starting to turn, luckily I saw him and stopped before he cleaned us up, he was going way over the speed limit as well and could have easily stayed in the correct lane. Many thai drivers/riders have no considersation for other road users/pedestrians and ignore the law, they just do as they please and stuff anyone else 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James105 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 13 hours ago, seajae said: its not just bike riders, I was turning from the middle of the road to go right with my indicator on, my wife was sitting behind me on the bike and a car decided to overake me from behind while I was starting to turn, luckily I saw him and stopped before he cleaned us up, he was going way over the speed limit as well and could have easily stayed in the correct lane. Many thai drivers/riders have no considersation for other road users/pedestrians and ignore the law, they just do as they please and stuff anyone else It is not uncommon to see people forget to turn off their indicators on a motorbike so a mere indicator does not mean a bike is actually going to turn. If there are cars / bikes behind me and I need to turn right I indicate and stick my arm out to make it very clear what my intention is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketDog Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/10/2022 at 8:01 AM, NE1 said: Bike riders way of thinking is , vehicles stopped in front must be just a hold up , I can pass through no problem. You're giving them way too much credit. I'll wager they don't think at all. Like the Zen archer, they see only the target : a patch of open street ahead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 'Passes away' is rather unusual English in this context. 'Dies' is more appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/10/2022 at 7:38 PM, The Hammer2021 said: "hit by a motorbike rider" No. Hit by a motorbike - unless the rider punched him! And the headline says the man 'passes away' It should be man 'dies' What is going on with headlines recently? They are riddled with mistakes and innacuracies of, tone aspect, grammar, meaning, vocabulary etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kernell Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/10/2022 at 3:03 PM, Liverpool Lou said: How about seeing who was responsible for the accident after the investigation? You mean who is going to pay? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Paul Kernell said: On 6/10/2022 at 3:03 PM, Liverpool Lou said: How about seeing who was responsible for the accident after the investigation? You mean who is going to pay? No, I meant what I posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 21 hours ago, BangkokReady said: On 6/11/2022 at 3:43 PM, Liverpool Lou said: "Original articles, especially in the Thai or foreign language press, can sometimes have grammatical mistakes or misspellings. ASEAN NOW is not responsible for these nor does ASEAN NOW have the rights to alter content it is reprinting from another source". Expand What point are you trying to make? This exchange, that you joined in, was started by dionigi complaining that the OP should have been proofread and corrected before publication here. I pointed out that he should complain to TPN, not Thaivisa, who cannot alter these articles and I pointed out that reason to you. That was my point 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/10/2022 at 4:52 PM, Dionigi said: On 6/10/2022 at 3:09 PM, Liverpool Lou said: Send your complaint/criticism/wishes to the Pattaya News, not Thaivisa. I wish moaners would read the articles properly before posting. It is a copy from Pattaya news, doesn't have to slavishly copy mistakes. If mine was a moan so was yours. I doubt very much that AN has the legal right to alter someone else's published news. So, AN simply re-publishes whatever comes in, regardless of the quality. It's that or nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said: I doubt very much that AN has the legal right to alter someone else's published news. So, AN simply re-publishes whatever comes in, regardless of the quality. It's that or nothing. You're absolutely right, thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 3 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said: What is going on with headlines recently? They are riddled with mistakes and innacuracies of, tone aspect, grammar, meaning, vocabulary etc It's local journalism. People writing in English as a foreign language. As a journalist I've worked with local reporters and not one would last a week in the West. One once even made three errors in his opening paragraph, which takes some doing. As Americans like to say, 'You ain't in Kansas no more'. Don't expect Western standards here. In fact, I worked with a Korean tv producer here on one event and afterwards she summed up Thailand perfectly in just six words - 'The standards here are so low'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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