maddermax

I wish you would stop with this article as it is only causing panic. These laws have been in place for a long time but never enforced as I believe the Government realises that this would 'kill the goose that laid the golden egg'. Even though they do not get any income from taxing us expats they benefit in many other ways.

Some people have no scruples and will do anything for money. Hope the animals can recover and lead a happier life. It is the Chinese desire for tiger parts which fund such activities.

This idiot should be castrated so that he cannot produce offspring!

Hope he takes the power company to the cleaners. This is an occupational hazard when driving around Thailand.

Here we go again with the Chinese commercial blackmail. If the Thai government folds on this issue, it will confirm what I’ve always believed that they have no backbone whatsoever!

Clearly not enough brown envelopes going around!

The Thais will love you when you come to spend money as a tourist, hence the smiles. However, live here and they no longer like you because expats have the money, houses and nice cars. They tend to forget that it was many of us expats who were donating money to enable the hotels to give food to those long lines of unemployed starving Thais. It was expat spending which basically kept this place afloat. If they do anything to disturb the status quo they will slowly kill the goose that laid the golden egg.

What sort of idiot walks around in Thailand wearing a Rolex watch?

It all comes down to a complete failure of law enforcement in Thailand. Until appropriate penalties are set/fixe, enforced and reported to the public there will be no change. At the least the taxi driver will have to live with the fact that he killed a 22 year old man for the rest of. his life.

It is to be hoped that one day there will be similar delay for the ambulance in which he is suffering! Particularly shameful for a police officer to behave in such a way. However, that is the Thai police - no shame! No wonder nobody respects them.

Squirrels or 'tree rats as they are affectionately known are the worst enemy of all garden wild life. We have bulbuls that regularly nest in our shrubs but the tree rats find them just as the chicks are ready to fledge. Anybody know how to get rid of the squirrels?

So why is no-one proposing that the existing statute of limitation should be extended? Oh yes, just saw a pig fly by my window!

So what’s so special about the Ozzies?

Just seen several pigs flying pas my window!

They could start by doing away with the advertising trucks! These are a danger to road users and a big contributor to noise pollution.

What do they need submarines for? As long as they continue to fence-sit they won't need to defend themselves from anybody. Also, who would want to buy Chinese <deleted> and fund their commercial war against the Western world?

I don't see Hong Kong or Guangdong on the list. I believe they would top the list.

I have had a couple of friends die here Pattaya who lived on their own. They weren't found for a week by friends. The police then came in and cleared our all personal belongings as there was no immediately visible last will and testament. In one case, the relatives came from the USA to show the police the will and recover his belongings. However, they never recovered his war medals which had disappeared. In the other case, the Government took possession as nobody came to claim the body. If you have any property in Thailand it is essential that you make a Thai will and ensure that the provisions are included in any other overseas wills.

Lack of both education/training and enforcement. There is no training video for motorcycle drivers when applying for a licence and the police are clearly ignoring such infringements. Begs the question whether they will actually start deducting points for using a phone when the system comes into play next year.

Reminds me of the adage "If girls are made of sugar and spice, how come they taste of anchovies?!"

Will this also apply to buying alcohol in supermarkets?

It basically comes down to education and enforcement. You need to educate the public how to drive properly then you need to enforce any legislation to penalise offenders. If the press reports the results of the enforcement the public should get the message about driving properly. However, there appears to be no way of educating the public. Even the video shown when you renew your licence does not relate to motorcycle drivers. Need I say anything about the police enforcing the laws??!!

You really have to put down dangerous dogs as they will breed more dangerous dogs.

I wouldn’t slag of spousers if I were you. You are likely to wake up with a crowd around you!

I did the same thing with 30,000 baht to a so-called friend account. When I asked for the money back nothing!. You soon find out who your friends are really!