bkkmaak

On 8/18/2021 at 11:05 AM, stupidfarang said:

You may need a fit to fly certificate and a CPR test to save problems at the airport this end, so check carefully what the airline say and also local Thai requirements for leaving Thailand by plane. The days of just jumping on a plance with no worries have gone for now. Talking from my experince of flying BKK to London in May and return London/Amsterdam/BKK early August 2021

I am flying to London via Qatar at the end of this week.  I don’t see any requirements for a “fit to fly” certificate.  The UK gov website and Qatar airlines only mention a negative PCR test result within 72 hours of departure.

Ordinarily I would just get the fit to fly certificate anyway to be 100% certain.  But fit to fly requires a hospital visit and consultation with a doctor as opposed to a simple, safe drive through procedure.  I would prefer not to risk a doctor visit just before travelling.

So my question is do I really need the fit to fly certificate or will a negative PCR test suffice?

I try to make sure I can get over the tracks, but that's not always possible in BKK traffic.

You just don't enter the track area until you see a safe exit on the other side is assured. How hard is that? What am I missing here?

(From Upcountry Bumpkin where we get one train a day).

This junction is sometimes difficult to judge. The traffic light line is quite a distance from the rail line and even further from the exit of the yellow line area. In heavy traffic it is not easy to judge the movement of vehicles ahead. I believe there's a slight bend in the road too. Quite often the traffic ahead stops suddenly. If you're not concentrating 100% then it is quite easy to make a mistake. That said, the vast majority of people don't even bother to try and follow the rules.

I use this junction often. What I really hate is "bullying" from the cars behind when I sit and wait at a green light with the exit blocked. This behaviour, i.e. others bullying you to break the rules, is one of my pet peeves about driving in Thailand.

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