tingtongtourist Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 24 minutes ago, Benroon said: Of course pilfering doesn't happen outside Thailand does it !! yes but it gets policed differently. and never in the world have i seen a place where the thieves will GET ANGRY AT YOU for having the nerve to catch them. 5555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 4 hours ago, BobbyL said: Article 777 is urging all parties concerned to pretend to do something. The opposite of Article 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Article 000. Extend 7 deadly days to 365 deadly days.???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jano22 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 115 spots, 88 spots , they can make 10000 spots and it still the same. Does not help anyway, as long as the people on those spot’s have zero interess for the trafic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jano22 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jano22 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 44 minutes ago, Sealbash said: Every year a news article regarding reduction of road deaths during Songkrahn. Every year TVF posters spewing the same comments. Anyone on either side got anything original? Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Yes absolutely. This year they can ride in the back of the pickup’s. LEGALLY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 4 hours ago, owl sees all said: Last songkram was a sad time for me. I went to the farm as usual, on the last day, to feed my koi carp. I thought there was something wrong as soon as I went to pond 6. It was almost as though there were no fish in there. I threw in some food and watched. Gradually, the koi started to show. It was obvious something was amiss. They had been shocked*. I lost about 20 big koi. All the big whites and a few all-red were missing. And my favourite; a gin rin yellow and black (about 75cm) Carp are not one of the better tasting fish, so I think it must have been an act of lao khow spontainiosity. Sort of good idea at the time, while downing the local rice wine. This year I'm gonna stay at the farm. I reckon they (whoever they are) will be back for some more fish this year. * It actually took about a week for them to return to normal. Sorry to hear that. Dishonesty is not a virtue in the teachings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 I guess they've finally figured out how to reduce the NUMBERS of deaths during the deadly 7 days. Increase the period to 21 days, divide the total fatalities by 21 and the average hopefully will be 10% lower !! Now that is magical ! Just hope the pi**ed up population play ball by not killing themselves so often before or after the real 7 day carnage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 5 hours ago, JimSaints said: Happy to leave Thailand a few days before insanity of Songkran starts I retreat to my GF's village during Songkhran. The locals are quite sensible, whereas Chiang Mai has people trying to outdo each other in stupidity. The road toll MIGHT be reduced if it became a criminal offence to target motorbike/scooter riders with water/ice. AND the law was enforced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadam Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Quote he is using Article 777 to demand action to safeguard more highways and rural roads....This year some 155 roads are under the special measures....The aim is to have 10% less accidents this year, ...ministry is on alert for the seven days prior to the festival, the seven so called "deadly days" of Songkran and the seven days after. Did anyone else notice that they've given no indication as to what they are actually going to do? What "special measures"? "On alert" for what exactly? Reduce number of accidents how? Is it chicken soup again? More police checkpoints where police can accept bribes to let drunk drivers pass? Banners that say "No drinking and driving 100%" I mean, they must have some plan right? Maybe it's just so ridiculous they are afraid to tell us what it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadam Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 6 hours ago, Bluespunk said: What is article 777? 7 days before 7 deadly days 7 days after Just my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvavin Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 It's a waste of time and resources when this topic comes into discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surasak Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 All pig's fed and ready to fly.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallen52 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 7 hours ago, Bluespunk said: What is article 777? I know what 555 is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton Rd Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 6 hours ago, darksidedog said: I always kind of shake my head whenever this seven days or other period comes up regarding reducing accidents. Why the hell do they not come up with a concrete plan to reduce the carnage 365 days a year? Even a 10% reduction would save a couple of thousand lives, not to mention the misery of the injuries and subsequent disabilities. why not indeed, education, policing traffic on the roads in vehicles and a real driving test never seems to occur to them. All they do is fiddle the death numbers, have Policemen in tents playing on their phones and crackdown on a few drunks. Then if it's a few less the the previous years carnage boast about their 'success' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 776 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 My take on Songkran IS.... its fun to see and do ONCE. It is my understanding that the true tradition is to gently dump water over your shoulder.......but we have all seen and been the target of nitwits with high power devices shooting ice water. Those squirting devices made from PVC pipe will take your eye out and they will shoot you in the face while driving motorbike. Me and my group of friends all plan vacations OUT of Thailand for that week. Some locations _______ (fill in the blank) are just plain crazy and dangerous during Songkran and especially the last day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPenguin Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 The road carnage is not going to stop, never let a Thai kid you he knows how it could be done - they don't and they won't risk losing face by asking someone who might - even if they did have a police force that was used to enforcing the law, which they don't. Still, a few zealots will try to grab some headlines and become instantly famous by claiming they can, it's the Thai way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPenguin Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 28 minutes ago, Captain 776 said: My take on Songkran IS.... its fun to see and do ONCE. It is my understanding that the true tradition is to gently dump water over your shoulder.......but we have all seen and been the target of nitwits with high power devices shooting ice water. Those squirting devices made from PVC pipe will take your eye out and they will shoot you in the face while driving motorbike. Me and my group of friends all plan vacations OUT of Thailand for that week. Some locations _______ (fill in the blank) are just plain crazy and dangerous during Songkran and especially the last day. Congratulations, that's the only rational policy when considering Sonkran - be somewhere else. My missus gets the heebie-jeebies if I even consider going out any time in Songkran week, and this year'll be even worse given the continuing breakdown in Thai society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essox essox Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 8 hours ago, Bluespunk said: What is article 777? more mumbo jumbo !! who can predict any number of deaths on roads here during Songkram?? No one can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Problem solved, Keep all the Idiots of the roads. Being this 95 % of the population, make them stay at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naamblar2014 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 8 hours ago, Bluespunk said: What is article 777? That is the aircraft you board to escape the madness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Jadam said: 7 days before 7 deadly days 7 days after Just my guess. As good as any I suspect and actually, in a warped way, could be correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moti24 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 9 hours ago, webfact said: The aim is to have 10% less accidents this year, said Arkhom. The target should be 100%. But, I suppose setting the target low at 10% will mean the people behind these hair-brained targets will still be able to sleep at night when it's announced to be yet another failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, Moti24 said: The target should be 100%. But, I suppose setting the target low at 10% will mean the people behind these hair-brained targets will still be able to sleep at night when it's announced to be yet another failure. The people behind the hair-brained targets are not the reason for the failure. With and average of 66 deaths per day on Thai roads a more imaginative approach is required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moti24 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, Jip99 said: The people behind the hair-brained targets are not the reason for the failure. With and average of 66 deaths per day on Thai roads a more imaginative approach is required. Same difference, but you're missing the point; a more imaginative approach is required from the people behind the hair-brain targets. It's the same couldn't-give-a-toss bullshit every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nsp64 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 9 hours ago, 4MyEgo said: So extend it from 7 days to 21 days, sounds like one bigger reason for an extended pi$$ up to me, with at least the doubling of deaths on the roads, another Thai genius idea with little thought gone into it, brilliant ! Thainess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisperone Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 10 hours ago, Bluespunk said: What is article 777? Oh..that was just a typo...it is really 666. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 43 minutes ago, Moti24 said: Same difference, but you're missing the point; a more imaginative approach is required from the people behind the hair-brain targets. It's the same couldn't-give-a-toss bullshit every year. It is the hair-brained people behind the wheel that require attention........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 14 hours ago, Bluespunk said: What is article 777? It's the powers that be 555'ing and three little ducks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred white Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Only 10 0/0 why not 50 0/0 or even 100 0/0 like most civilized countries strive for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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