Siam Firm Inter Laws was established by Khun Somsak Chopaka an Attorney at Law with 30 years of working experience in domestic and international law, for individuals both foreign and local, domestic entities and in-house legal counsel for numerous established international companies. Khun Somsak will be giving legal advice about the ever changing situation in regards to Thai Law and keeping readers up to date with the constant changing business and social environment here in Thailand. If you ever find involved in a road traffic accident here in Thailand you have to be aware of the traffic laws, so you will know if you are in the right or wrong position. An example would be that you are driving a car down the main road and all of a sudden another vehicle comes out of a side soi and you hit them or they hit you, the other party will always be at fault. Another example is hitting another vehicle from behind, under any circumstances you will always be the one in the wrong. If you are caught in an accident like this the traffic police, public court prosecutor and everyone involved in the case will consider you to be in the wrong as per the traffic law. When a road accident occurs there will be two cases opened at the same time, one is a criminal case regarding criminal negligence in damaging another person’s property.