OPINION

Enough is enough

Re: "Sex abuse cases against Prinn pile up", (BP, April 17).

News of a young, well-educated politician resigning from the position of deputy leader of one of Thailand's prominent parties -- to fight the court case in which he stands accused of raping several young women -- is reminiscent of the song "Never Enough" – sung by Loren Allred, from The Greatest Showman movie soundtrack. Part of the song goes like this:

"All the shine of a thousand spotlights

All the stars we steal from the night sky

Will never be enough

Never be enough

Towers of gold are still too little

These hands could hold the world but it'll

Never be enough

Never be enough

For me."

In the song, you can hear the singer's regret about how nothing was ever enough for her. You can also hear her hopes that the world will live up to her expectations once her partner is by her side.

Always think twice before doing anything you will be sorry for later on.

Thai Post's tracking is hopelessly inadequate for sending mail overseas, and people, especially expatriates, need to be alerted to this.

On 16 March I posted an important and irreplaceable document to Australia, paying 220 baht for EMS.

I tracked the consignment to Suvarnabhumi Airport, and there the tracking stopped on March 17.

The mail I sent has still not been delivered a month later, and inquiries at the Rayong Post Office reveal that while I thought I was paying for a comprehensive tracking service, Thai Post only tracks it the 140 km from Rayong to Suvarnabhumi, not the 7,500 km all the way to Sydney.

It did a Pontius Pilate, washing its hands of any responsibility, and said I would have to take the matter up with Australia Post.

It could not even provide me with the name of the carrier to assist inquires back home.

This is in contrast to Australia Post. Recently my son sent me a parcel.

I not only tracked it from the Sydney post office to Mascot airport, but aboard the carrier, its arrival at Suvarnabhumi, its processing and clearance through Thai customs, its transfer to a Thai courier, and its delivery to my front doorstep exactly as forecast.

Thai Post needs to lift its game.

Re: "Road toll underway", (BP, April 16).

I write this on Saturday night, April 16, and make the following predictions for the accident statistics in Thailand over the New Year:

(1) there will a 5 % decrease in road deaths, because that's what the RTP has promised; (2) the attribution to alcohol and speed will be within a few decimal points of each other at around 33% and to 2 decimal points; (3) it will be impossible to tell from the figures whether they are from proactive random road stops, or from tests of accident victims; (4) the type of roadside tests used to detect drugs other than alcohol eg saliva tests will not be confirmed by blood tests; and (5) the percentage of those driving under the influence and allowed to continue their journeys will not be made known.

As always, over 70% of fatalities will have been motor bike riders, but there will be no statistic of how many might have survived if wearing helmets.

Let's see how close my predictions are.