In this country, there is a section of a road in the middle of the capital Bangkok that was named "the 100-deaths curve'' because of the frequent deadly accidents there.
A 33-year-old DJ was the latest victim of 100-deaths road after his car crashed there last week. It seems nothing can be done about it.
This is despite the fact that Thailand's roads are among the world's most dangerous. According to a report by the World Health Organization, the country's road fatalities per capita were the world's second-highest, surpassed only by war-torn Libya.
The National Status Report on Road Safety 2014 concluded that on average a Thai died in a road accident every 24 minutes.
A report by The New York Times pointed out that as Thailand is among the world's most unequal societies, its roads "have a rigid hierarchy, with the poor far more likely to be killed in accidents than the well-off and well-connected''.
This is not just about the fact that more than 70% of road accidents involved motorcycles which are more or less the vehicle of choice for the have-nots but also weak enforcement of traffic laws and corruption, according to the report.
"For the super-rich, or those in positions of authority, the rules of the road may not apply at all. They know they can speed with impunity and drink heavily before getting behind the wheel, with little fear of the consequences,'' the report said.
The Red Bull scion hit-and-run springs to mind. And has anybody noticed that no figures of authority, whether at the Royal Thai Police or the office of the Attorney General which were key to the scandal, have been held accountable?
In fact, the public has not even been able to read the full report about what went wrong that led to the billionaire's son being acquitted. Why not? Why must the truth be held back?
This week, many people are upset about a kindergarten "teacher'' who was caught on CCTV physically abusing kids in her care at a privately run school.
It was shocking enough to see how an individual could behave so violently towards small kids.
As the abuse unfolded, the shock seems to have deepened into disbelief and questions about whether something may be wrong not just with individuals but more systematically at the organisation, or even on a national level.
The violence was not exposed by the school's administrators, who seemed oblivious to the ills that had gone on under its roof.
Instead, it was wary parents who noticed their children behaving oddly and initiated an investigation.
It's these parents who asked to see CCTV footage of the classes. It's also the parents who had to find out for themselves that their kids were given only a few minutes to eat or drink.
These happened at a school that advertises itself as "one of the leading privately run schools in the country'' and which reportedly charges more than 100,000 baht per semester for tuition.
A careful watch of the videos shows that as the "teacher'' who has since been fired went about treating the kids harshly, other staff members who were nearby didn't do anything.
Some claimed they didn't see the abuse but as more videos have come out that show another teacher at the same school allegedly hitting students with a dustpan, many people have begun to wonder if school violence is more prevalent than we thought.
Many other questions have emerged, not just among parents but also the general public.
How could a seemingly well-established school employ the suspect? Is something terribly wrong with the quality of schools in the country? Has the Ministry of Education been doing its job at all?
If the quality of our education is this poor, it should come as no surprise that students are standing at the forefront of the anti-government protest.
With the rallies set to rumble on after government MPs and senators voted to postpone the charter amendment motions, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha went on the defensive.
He said he didn't understand how people could say the senators favoured him. But how could they not? PM Gen Prayut was the one who handpicked them. His own brother is among those appointed.
This is a conflict of interest pure and simple. If the PM who is sitting in the highest administrative seat of power fails to grasp this and its ensuing downside, why should we feel surprised the country is weighed down by corruption and injustice?
It may sound pessimistic but after multiple failures in so many sectors, one has to wonder if the country is broken to the core.
Atiya Achakulwisut is a Bangkok Post columnist.