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"media outlets mistakenly reported he had been electrocuted" Lucky he didn't get electrocuted 🤔

I love it. It's burying these dinosaurs. This is the "just grab" option in the app if you want to support change.

No. Only issue is being demoted in society after having non-b. Specifically risks of frozen bank accounts and demoted from 5 year license to 2 year. That's my only negatives so far, otherwise I love it. However I wouldn't even consider doing the possible extension at immigration after 6 months and prefer to have a short holiday. That sounds like a possible ball ache.

Tasers. Pepper spray. Training. Like most other countries.

Yes from pattani. The news report was thai. I misread it. They were searching the krabi mosque for a motorcycle bomb. Not suspects.

The place is a dump. Rudest locals and foriegners just looking for beer and pussy. This is nothing new.

I need to do the same thing. My 5 year expires in October. I got it with non-imm and work permit. Now on DTV though. I checked appointments in the smartqueue app for Phuket literally only a week ago and they were availble from late October. So that shows how fast things are filling up. Indeed now they are booked for the year. Phang Nga has 2 offices. 1 quite further than the other. I contacted the closer one and the manager said policy at that office is to renew 5 year licences as only 2 year if you hold a DTV. There is little wait in the Phang Nga offices and great reviews. So I asked 2 agents in Phuket. They said they can't "fix" that in any way. One of them did however say to walk into the Phuket office and you will get an appointment sooner than the app shows. This appears to have happened in your case? I was planning to go down there and ask the DTV renewal policy but I can't be assed dealing with the angry bs you describe. I think I will either do it in the Phang nga office that is in takua pu and much further and hope I get a 5 year. Or walk into the Phuket one and do what you did and hope for the best. Will probably get a 2 year but whatever. I agree it is one of the crappest departments to deal with. You would think they would have more offices, outsource some stuff to agents, streamline the process. Queing on the steps before the joint opens is bizarre and totally unnecessary. I find the following comparison to Australia interesting: Victoria (VicRoads) VicRoads operates ≈44 public-facing offices across the state . Victoria’s population is around 6.7 million, with approximately 5.1 million licensed drivers . Office-to-people ratio: Per total population: 6,700,000 ÷ 44 ≈ 152,000 people per office Per drivers: 5,100,000 ÷ 44 ≈ 116,000 drivers per office Thailand (Department of Land Transport) Thailand consists of 76 provinces + Bangkok, each with at least one DLT office . Total population is around 70 million, averaging ≈908,000 people per administrative region. Office-to-people ratio: ~70,000,000 ÷ 77 ≈ 910,000 people per office Summary Victoria: ~150k residents (116k drivers) per office Thailand: ~910k residents per office In other words, Thai DLT offices each serve about 6× more people than VicRoads offices do in Victoria—which explains why your experience feels like a “total sh*t show.”

That's what i mean. How do they know he is bolt. Not asking u. Just putting it out there. I don't blindly believe everything i read.

Where does it say Bolt.

Static website or full stack app? Traffic?

The krabi one was i think

I suppose we just guess what the protest is about. Great article though.

Yes that's correct. They are a good lab and don't offer breath test so I imagine it would be rare / not possible to find a lab without a doctor offering breath test.

Weed shops closing. Cry me a river. Quite surprised the controlled explosion of a bomb at phuket airport yesterday hasn't even made the news digest today. Nor did the bomb found a few days ago at phuket bridge checkpoint.

I would like add Locals wearing a face mask over mouth only whilst driving a motorbike but no helmet. And Wearing a mask whilst driving alone in car.

I asked about this at a lab in phuket a few days ago as i been waking up with the symptoms but am not quite sure. 800 baht. Not bkk but might give you a ballpark figure and answers that yes can be done at lab

Forget lisa. Its mabel now. https://x.com/JustMikeMcKay/status/1929650043222462796

Update here: I have held a 2 year then 5 yr then another 5 yr Thai license previously on non-imm visas. Now in Phuket there is a choice of Phuket office which is backed up a few months or 2 phang nga offices which are only a couple of weeks of queue (you can see the queue in smart queue app). I asked at phang nga office and the manger says policy there is to renew even a 5 year license as a 2 year on a DTV. Then as Phuket is less user friendly and backed up I asked 2 agents I know down here who can sometimes work around such issues. Both said nope. The 5 year will be renewed for 2 year and there is nothing that can be done about it. I imagine the success stories here are either before changes in policy took place or due to different offices interpreting it differently. The phang nga office did also say "the policy of our office is... " so I imagine in the backwaters of a place like Nan or similar you might have a better chance. Dissapointing anyway.

thats good news then. was this a phuket office by any chance? If not just disregard my question.

So they registered your (caucasion?) face? Did they check your visa status at all?

You can still do multiple 50k transfers scb told me.

I agree with over reliance on electronic methods but for taxis it's nice. Can't be bothered playing the "I have no change" game. Infact I avoid taxis because of it and overcharging.

I get stopped almost daily when I take my gf to work. Flash license and gone in seconds. If you come here riding around with no shirt / helmet / license and barely ridden a bike in your life i'm happy to watch these cops f up your day. It's a shame they don't go a step further and punish the shops renting to customers without a license.

How dare you criticise the imaginary people in the sky.

I don't think your experience is age specific.