SuwadeeS Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Thailand looks already same as Eastern Germany with their "Stasi" spying on everybody. Hopefully, they lose more and more tourists. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugocnx Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 9 hours ago, rkidlad said: But why does it have to be a BMW? Why not a basic Toyota with all the technology attached to it. Also, when these cars need maintenance and repairs, it costs a lot more compared to a locally made Toyota, etc. This is a huge waste of tax payers' money. The fines will pay up for it. But still agree, why foreign cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 B M W Be More Wasteful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupermarineS6B Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 What a sad place Thailand's become......... Back to Malaysia for me......... had enough this trip...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred white Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I must have a smart house I have a tablet a laptop and a pocket wifi ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred white Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Sweet Swede said: "High tech wizardry" sounds ridiculous in 2020. I assumed that internet connection and possibility to check up on individuals would be standard equipment in a police car many years ago. It is in most civilized countries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNROAMIN Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Millions of Barht spent on Beamers, but not a red cent spent on cleaning up its trash problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiFelix Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I spotted one of these BMW's at the Kalasin Imm Office last week. It was parked up close to the building with a serious amount of cables running from the building to both under the bonnet but also to an aperture in the side of the BMW. It looked like the umbilical to an Apollo launch? I wonder if they are actually capable of launching missiles or drone attacks upon vicious over-stayers or nasty TM30 violators? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred white Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Mattd said: They would have got a fleet discount regardless of who they purchased them from, making the cost still expensive compared to Toyota etc. As for those saying they are manufactured here, no they are not, they are assembled here from imported parts and they do attract a higher tax due to this. I can almost guarantee that each base car cost at least 1m THB more per unit than the equivalent Toyota or Honda, insurance costs are higher, tyres cost lots more due to runflats, they MAY have managed to get them with BSI, so servicing included for the first 3 years, depending of course on the KMs not exceeding the allowance. To cap it all, having previously owned 3 BMW, they are not very reliable, lots of small issues. Insurance? What insurance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaiyaTH Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 hour ago, roquefort said: That's what Europe's Jews thought..........until the Nazis came for them. People even called those who left early and sold belongings for gold, paranoid and crazy. Conspiracy theorists. Well, they were many of the survivors too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaiyaTH Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 49 minutes ago, hugocnx said: The fines will pay up for it. But still agree, why foreign cars. Hahaha. You mean the fines will pay for the coppers in the BMW, that want to earn back their paid position money and salary additions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petedk Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 11 hours ago, Yadon Toploy said: Seriously though, what a horrible place this is becoming to live. Encouraging people to call up and 'report' foreigners, cars creeping about surveilling foreigners, people that have foreigners living with them being investigated, fingerprints being taken on entry to the country, etc. I am used to it. I have a Thai man who stalks me every time I walk near my house. He literally rushes out and watches every move I make. I have a feeling he has contacted the police about me as I have seen them waiting near his area and talk to him as I walk past. Anyway, that is a different matter and I have written about it another posting. But yes, we seem to be more and more unwelcome. I have heard Thais neighbours (who I get on well with) talk about reporting another foreigner who lives near us. I asked them why and they just answer that he is "suspicious". Maybe because he keeps to himself and doesn't talk to them like I do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saakura Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 9 minutes ago, petedk said: I am used to it. I have a Thai man who stalks me every time I walk near my house. He literally rushes out and watches every move I make. I have a feeling he has contacted the police about me as I have seen them waiting near his area and talk to him as I walk past. Anyway, that is a different matter and I have written about it another posting. But yes, we seem to be more and more unwelcome. I have heard Thais neighbours (who I get on well with) talk about reporting another foreigner who lives near us. I asked them why and they just answer that he is "suspicious". Maybe because he keeps to himself and doesn't talk to them like I do. Me thinks that both of you are getting paranoid. Please talk to your thai family about your concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yadon Toploy Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 hour ago, hugocnx said: The fines will pay up for it. But still agree, why foreign cars. The fines won't go anywhere near the budget for these cars and these bottom of the range BMW models are assembled in Rayong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandor Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 12 hours ago, Somtamnication said: I feel safer now! ..poor souls, as if they need this harassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancho Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 First they came for the foreigners, but I was not a foreigner, so I did not complain ............ then they came for the Separatists, I was not a separatist, so I did not complain..............then they came for people with the blue striped shirts......... well it’s been just over 20 years , I believe this is my que. I’ve let my lease go, making arrangements to re patriate. I have personally witnessed greed,corruption, fraud on an international scale. Enough. It’s not fun anymore. i believe the current virus ???? is by design. It’s just to good, both the timing and the pathology.. you can be infectious and not present fever. You must catch and quarantine 7 of 10, to stop the spread. Impossible. via con Dios mi amigos. Chok Dee. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonjelly Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Has the head of the RTP ever been investigated for being “unusually wealthy”? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yadon Toploy Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 hour ago, DUNROAMIN said: Millions of Barht spent on Beamers, but not a red cent spent on cleaning up its trash problem. They appear not to be bothered about squalor, filth and trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugocnx Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Yadon Toploy said: The fines won't go anywhere near the budget for these cars and these bottom of the range BMW models are assembled in Rayong. Okay, didn't know that. Good thing though the investment stays (partly) in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krataiboy Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) What a total waste of time, money and technology. Smart cars will do little to reduce serious crime and a lot to reinforce the growing feeling among expats and foreign residents that they are no longer welcome in the Land of Smiles. A far better value-for-money idea would be use a fleet of boldly-marked police patrol smart cars - armed with radar guns and breathalysers - to reduce the carnage on Thailand's racetrack roads. Or does the current administration consider saving life and limb less important than p-ssing off "the falang"? Edited January 28, 2020 by Krataiboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talahtnut Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 12 hours ago, Yadon Toploy said: Seriously though, what a horrible place this is becoming to live. Encouraging people to call up and 'report' foreigners, cars creeping about surveilling foreigners, people that have foreigners living with them being investigated, fingerprints being taken on entry to the country, etc. I agree, but its not a lot different for the Thais, their government is keeping watching them too. The UK is known as the surveillance state of the world. Thailand is entering the modern age, its the price of security. Soon we must expect facial recognition and tracking in shops, bars in any old soi near you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindfulness Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 13 hours ago, Yadon Toploy said: Seriously though, what a horrible place this is becoming to live. Encouraging people to call up and 'report' foreigners, cars creeping about surveilling foreigners, people that have foreigners living with them being investigated, fingerprints being taken on entry to the country, etc. Now what was that place in Europe called where the locals where ask to snoop on a differing race to pack them off ???? Jebus ! What the duck is going on in this place, it’s ducking mental, seriously ducking mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairynuff Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Not SMART enough to realise they’re making complete fools of themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yinn Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 6 hours ago, Just Weird said: They're nowhere near B5m cars! With scanners, computers, printers, roof camera etc the cost each car is 3,461,538 68 million thai people. Cost per car, per thai person = 0.05 baht (about) 260 cars total = 13 baht per thai person. (About) 5 year (+) use= 2.6 baht per year 900 million baht budget OR 38 million foreigner one year. 23 baht per foreigner. 5 year (+) use the car = 4.73 baht per foreigner Full electric, no air pollution from car. (Maybe from electricity production) car made in Thailand. By Thai worker. If tax, government pay tax to government. = 0 baht Tax free. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yinn Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Krataiboy said: Or does the current administration consider saving life and limb less important than p-ssing off "the falang"? You think it about “the farang”? More Chinese, Malaysian tourist than “the farang”. And 4-5 foreign worker, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos etc. Calm down. You will be ok. Jai yen yen. in the OP how many “farang” = 0 Edited January 28, 2020 by Yinn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Christmas13 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 36 minutes ago, Krataiboy said: What a total waste of time, money and technology. Smart cars will do little to reduce serious crime and a lot to reinforce the growing feeling among expats and foreign residents that they are no longer welcome in the Land of Smiles. A far better value-for-money idea would be use a fleet of boldly-marked police patrol smart cars - armed with radar guns and breathalysers - to reduce the carnage on Thailand's racetrack roads. Or does the current administration consider saving life and limb less important than p-ssing off "the falang"? It all depends what type of smart cars you talking about.In Oz every cop car is a smart car used for catching drivers without a license,no registration,drunk drivers,every thing is computerized, but using those in Thailand would be wasting money because the cops can't collect tea money anymore. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Christmas13 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 14 minutes ago, Yinn said: You think it about “the farang”? More Chinese, Malaysian tourist than “the farang”. And 4-5 foreign worker, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos etc. Calm down. You will be ok. Jai yen yen. in the OP how many “farang” = 0 you have no idea, you expect Farangs to work on building sites for peanuts ? And where do all the viruses come from? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 14 hours ago, webfact said: A team of half a dozen PR people at the IB were quoted as saying No wonder the queue lines at BKK CW Immigration are so long.... Never have so many public relations people worked for a government department that is so uncommunicative! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Christmas13 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 With a attitude like yours you would not last 1 week in a civilized world, you brought up foreign workers which had nothing to do with the topic, the only time when I was drunk when I voted for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yinn Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 28 minutes ago, White Christmas13 said: It all depends what type of smart cars you talking about.In Oz every cop car is a smart car used for catching drivers without a license,no registration,drunk drivers How the smart car know if drunk driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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