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Teen Killed, Another Critically Injured in Shooting in Sisaket
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Controversial Songkran Dance Near Sacred Statue Sparks Outcry
And if they're foreigners they stay there, unless you know something the post didn't cover?- 1
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Foreign Tourist Assaults Bar Staff & Women in Pattaya Soi 6, Knocked Down in Viral Brawl
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This is the least hot Songkran I ever remember......And a bit rainy too...
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Thailand Faces High Road Fatalities as Songkran Safety Measures Launch
Nowhere else in the world have I seen people consistency take the kinds of chances and risks in the road, that they take here, with their whole families in the car. Nowhere. When they could have waited three seconds to make the uturn or turn onto the highway, and have a completely clear path, they instead choose to take a tremendous risk by cutting right in front of me, while I am doing 120kph. It is beyond comprehension. I see it all the time. My eyes do not lie to me. This rarely ever happens to me in the US. If I decide to cut you off on a highway, when you are going 120kph, and I am making a u-turn, and there was plenty of room behind you for me to make a safe turn, is that an error, if it results in a horrific, fatal accident, and I take the lives of you and your family? Sometimes an error is wearing white after Labor day in New York City. And sometimes an error is invading Russia before the oncoming winter. I don't make the kind of errors that result in bad accidents, much less fatalities. Why? Because I am very, very careful on the road, and very, very respectful of other drivers, their lives, and those of their families. That is a choice that results in NOT making very many terrible mistakes. It most certainly has something to do with the inability to visualize. Neither the future, nor the hypothetical. What will happen in this scenario? What about this? What about that? What are the inherent risks involved in piloting my bike, car or truck onto the safety lane of a major highway, in the wrong direction, with big trucks coming at me at 100kph? Or onto a lane of a major highway, with oncoming traffic going 120kph? Is it worth sacrificing my life, or my ability to walk for the rest of my life? How will my death affect my kids? Hold on, what about the lives of my wife, kids and sister who are in the vehicle with me, and I am responsible for their safety. Wow. That would be a big loss. An entire family. Maybe I should act like an adult, and be prudent and careful.
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