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Road Safety in Thailand – a summary of Perceptions and Reality
Evidence of what? Are you that much of a dolt that you can't understand you don't know anyone on earth at all unless you actually spend a lot of time with them? You keep missing the point that what you've said about why accidents happen most everyone already knows including myself. Are you that dense that you can't fathom what you've read about others also can? There are countless books and articles that have been written about driver safety, and people like myself and others from western countries have learned it as teenagers. Where are you from? I'm thinking maybe here, as you seem not to know about what's learned in western countries. -
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Can Foreign Tourists in Pattaya Expect Fair Legal Treatment?
Yonks ago I got into a legal problem with another foreigner, which meant that I was not allowed to leave Thailand until the matter was resolved. (I was on the blacklist for leaving the country). I was on a visa-exempt entry - 30 days. Every 30 days I had to obtain a letter of authorisation from a certain police station, and take this to the immigration office in Pattaya, so that they would extend my stay in Thailand, (otherwise I'd be on overstay). The police officer charged me 5,000 baht on each occasion for that letter...... Another occasion, in a different part of Thailand, I had a major issue with a druggie who invaded my little bed and breakfast business, and claimed it was now his business. I called the local cops who sided with the druggie because he was their drug supplier.... I'm sure there are many honest policemen and women, but I prefer to keep all of them at arm's length. -
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Scholz calls for state of emergency
Tankie propaganda. Churchill was never considered a dictator. The National Goverment went 10 years without election. Putin is a dying man. He will be irrelevant in the future of Ukraine, and whatever is left of Russia when its federation collapses. People like you would have thrown in the towel against the Nazis by 1942, because in 3 years, all that had happened was loss after loss after loss. -
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Thailand Ranked 106th in English Proficiency Out of 116 Countries
All teachers in schools have the same problem. In every subject. There are too many students in the class, and only a few participate in the lessons and others only copy. I had happily a good relationship with the students and one day it happened that there was math on the blackboard. Most students told me they did not understand how to do it and i explained it was not so difficult. My English lesson became a math class and after 1 hour every student could do it and was happy that they inderstood it. But Thai culture does not allow to ask questions to a teacher. All about losing face -
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Road Safety in Thailand – a summary of Perceptions and Reality
I can say exactly the same thing about you. Stop assuming what others know or don't know. It's a teenage approach and doesn't work with adults. I didn't mean attitudes won't change. It might happen but things are ingrained in cultures and they are hard to change. I have a lot more "grasp" of the topic than you'll ever know. I came from America, where the testing, classes and education on driving is much harder than it is here. That is something you don't understand. although you talk about doing this for over 20 years. I'm 68, so I've been learning about roads and drivers for over 51 years, by classes, tests and observation, something you dismiss although it's how data ans stats come about. What I "probably" don't know is again passing you by. Do you actually think I have to go to a conference to understand why accidents happen? Are you that dense that you can't see there is research available and people have learned throughout their lives about this? Problems that are ingrained are "fixable". It can happen, IF they want it to happen. These accidents have been going on for decades, with the same BS heard about fixing them coming from those in charge, yet nothing happens. of course changes can be made, IF they want them to be made. The poor here are looked at as lower than the rich, and the rich get priority in everything. Same everywhere but more so in a poor nation. IF the people push their leaders for change it can happen, but being suppressed and controlled makes things harder. It isn't a bizarre rant saying locals here look at women as inferior. It's the Buddhist culture itself that does this. I've been thinking all along, you're either a Thai yourself and feel the need to back locals up, which I can understand to a point, because backing others who are doing wrong is like following Hitler. or you're slowly climbing to the top of the brown noser list here on AN. Assuming someone obviously a lot more intelligent than you is stupid, IS stupid. People that assume are close minded, which means they are hesitant to change. -
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Donald......and the rest of the world.
We won, you mad It's done, too bad Boo-hoo, so sad
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