SDM0712

........... but illegal to look for a job on tourist visa.

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Yes I imagine you are probably quite correct on that point or more accurately illegal to enter the country on a tourist visa with the intention of doing anything other than tourism, as a tourist visa is for the purpose of tourism only. It is not intended for one to come here to start job hunting.

In many countries if their immigration department believe that you are not a genuine tourist, perhaps they might might have found some CVs (Resumes) in your luggage, then they might very well refuse entry. This is because they believe that the visitor's intentions may not meet the legal requirements to meet the legal definition of "tourist" and thus by strict definition of the term the visit would be illegal.

SDM

Don't really remember them. I was about 9 I think when Tom Baker took over.

Just leave if you need to, don't bother looking back. You can always find a new job with a new one later. If you have things at home to get done then that's more important man =)

I agree, do what they would do.

SDM

Thanks Karen but he's a Timelord now so can't watch anything else the actor may have been in. Feel a bit sorry for him really David Tenant and Matt Smith are hard acts to follow. If there really was a Doctor it would be one of them, probably Matt Smith.

I have read of insurance refusing to pay because a foreigner driving a vehicle in Thailand had no IDP, even though they had a valid driving license from their home country.

Yes this is correct. The IDP is not really a translation of a driving license, or a driving license itself, it is a document regulated by a legal Treaty that allows a foreign driving licence to have the same power in another country for a limited time.

This subject comes round and around, I didn't weigh in last time but will this.

To be clear a foreign driving license on its own is worthless and gives no right to drive in Thailand.

Yes the Police will normally let tourists get away with it because someone somewhere has told them that if they fine everyone they stop 500 baht for not having a licence with IDP it will damage tourism. However if you do not have an IDP and do have an accident you are technically driving without a valid driving licence and the insurance would be invalid. The only way I can mitigate that is by saying that unless you get your vehicle from Hertz or similar it probably won't be insured anyway.

IPDs are very cheap and there is no excuse not to have one. You can use them up to a year (not 100% on that) and after that get a local DL.

SDM

Peter Capaldi is shaping up well with his version of The Doctor I think.

SDM

All well and good Terry but not strictly relevant here since the chap doesn't have a work permit to cancel or extension of stay granted on said work.

I'm sure he's a perfectly nice chap but it does annoy the rest of us who do get work permits.

SDM

PS I'm not an English or any other kind of teacher

I intended to say ;

I don't think I could fit a nail file between my helmet and head.

Can't edit it now!

Regards

SDM

When I get a new helmet I have to force it down on my head. After a few weeks they are perfect. A pal of mine who has been riding a lot longer than me told me to try and twist the helmet when I was wearing it. He said that the only way it should turn is if it brings your face with it!

SDM

That is completely correct advice your friend gave you. Also you should not be able to put your fingers between the helmet and your forehead.

Just remember you may drive at 60 kph but a vehicle could hit you at a much higher speed.

Check out helmet fitting on YouTube.

I don't think I could fit a nail file between my helmet and fore finger.

I'd like to say that I might drive at 60, but I've got 650 cc's not quite so keen.

I've had 911's for the last ten years and the collision speed calculation you are talking about and I are old friends. Never had to find out in practice fortunately.

Regards

SDM

Yes, that's my bike, but there's a broad definition of what constitutes a 'proper biker' (though I consider myself a 'motorcyclist') y.

I'm assuming because we don't ride these kind of bikes for comfort. Of course I'd have to see how close your tyre wear is to the rim to be sure !!!!!

When I get a new helmet I have to force it down on my head. After a few weeks they are perfect. A pal of mine who has been riding a lot longer than me told me to try and twist the helmet when I was wearing it. He said that the only way it should turn is if it brings your face with it!

SDM

What about getting a letter / affidavit of required funds from your Embassy - pointing to the same account? They may not object or even notice.

I always went the route of getting the letter from my Embassy, now I have a company and work permit here I just show them one month's confirmation of tax payment from my accountant.

SDM

PS Yes I did say one month !

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'A helmet brought in from Europe (or wherever)' means nothing in that context- unless you have a specific model number as an example, it's too vague a response to be relevant (and I find it strange that 'everyone you know who has bought a [presumably] expensive helmet from Europe' chooses not to wear it.

There are many helmets available in Europe and the US that are designed for warmer climates (airflow is one of the most important manufacturer concerns after safety)- the GT Air is a good example, but there are many others.

I'm afraid I know nothing about helmet design but I can see from your avatar that you are a proper biker so you will appreciate that once these guys I refer to have gone through the process of squeezing these helmets on while the foam adjusts to the contours of their head and face, and now fit like proverbial gloves, they are keen to carry on using them here. However, and I'm only repeating what they have said, they find them really hot. The only guy that carried on had a top of the range Shoei, which saved him after a 140 kp/h impact !

All the people I've mentioned are from the UK, where we have a cooler climate than much of Europe and parts of the US.

SDM

Everyone I know that has ridden with a European lid has found them too hot.

Everyone i know that has ridden with a "thai" helmet either barley survived or died. Go home if its too hot for you.

An unusual view. Why not just buy a quality helmet here made for the warmer climate, so much cheaper than a trans-continental air ticket. My HJC was about 7,500 so not too bad.

Also it's a shocking that everyone you know has been involved in such serious accidents, are they, all very poor racing drivers?

SDM

When i said "thai" helmets i was talking about index etc... HJC is a different league of course. Also the people i was referring to are not racers but scooter riders in daily traffic.

We seem to be talking at cross purposes, I'm not the OP and my choice of lid is irrelevant.

I merely remarked that everyone I know that has brought a helmet in from Europe (UK normally) has found them very hot and never used them. You retorted by saying that every person you knew, that just possessed a Thai helmet, had died or very nearly died, quite a sad and shocking state of affairs really also very unlucky. I could believe these stats in Phuket where I believe we were approaching a roadside fatality a day. I agree with your view on Index helmets I'm not sure how much extra safety they give over say a baseball cap, or a sandwich.

Personally I drive a reasonably fast bike probably faster than I should so normally use body armour and armoured gloves in addition to a decent helmet, all bought here and designed for the warmer climate.

SDM

I think you should leave before they expect you to go. Change the flight and go tomorrow, ideally a flight late at night or first thing in the morning. Don't tell anyone, even on here, just leave.

Good luck and let us know how you got on, when you arrive back in civilization.

S

Thank god for that. I'm so bored at listening to the same CDs over and over again.

SDM

I had something happen like this once and it hadn't failed at all, even though I got an error message saying that said it had. I had dropped it on a tiled bathroom floor, following a meeting in the smallest room of the house, and the drive had in fact become dislodged and the physical connection with the board had been damaged. I'm amazed it didn't shatter the drive as it was spinning.

Take it to a repair shop, not sure where you are but if you're in BKK Pantip plaza is really good with things like this. Even if they can't get it working probably they might be able to put it on a rig and pull all the data off.

Good luck.

SDM

PS Two hard drives, that's an unusual configuration, I'm surprised there's room. Also, if the second drive works perfectly there's no problem getting that data off. If you know how to get the drive out see what kind of connector it uses, it may be something easy like a mini USB plug, if it is just connect it up to a PC USB and it will read like an external "MASS DATA" device.

PPS Moderator, please delete my preceding post.

Duplicate post.

PS......Peter Capaldi, any thoughts ?

I know a few Thai racers that have used & crashed with an HJC helmet and the helmets held up fine with no injury to the rider. They only have to work the once you know.

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I got it from a decent shop and it was mid range. Fortunately never had to test it, also never dropped it, it's not light though!

S

Everyone I know that has ridden with a European lid has found them too hot.

Everyone i know that has ridden with a "thai" helmet either barley survived or died. Go home if its too hot for you.

An unusual view. Why not just buy a quality helmet here made for the warmer climate, so much cheaper than a trans-continental air ticket. My HJC was about 7,500 so not too bad.

Also it's a shocking that everyone you know has been involved in such serious accidents, are they, all very poor racing drivers?

SDM

As a real estate agent in Phuket (haven't mentioned it for a while so let me have that one !) I spent much of my day driving around the island and use a Garmin dedicated satnav unit, which on the whole I find very good.

But I have found a number of problems, which are more to do with the way the electronic maps have been plotted rather than the way the unit works. For example sometimes using the onboard map the units thinks it's somewhere that it isn't, that kind of thing. So when I list properties now I take a raw GPS reading with an ipad and load this up to the Garmin and this seems to work.

I have a Samsung and a Blackberry and both seem to work fine in terms of navigation as well as the ipad. For some reason all my clients that come to meet me using iPhones never end up in the right place, usually about 4/5 KM out.

In terms of navigation I think it's true the world over, certainly here and in the UK that local knowledge is always better in planning a route. The satnav will just get you there, eventually in some cases.

Also bear in mind the satnav has three (normally) protocols that the user can set and these determine the resulting route, shortest route, fastest route, and one other I can't remember.

SDM

True, the motorbike will very, very likely only have the compulsory and very limited insurance, but:

1. travel insurance will quite often cover motorbike accidents, including own costs plus 3rd party;

2. health insurance will also sometimes cover

But nearly always license will be required for cover.

All true, but any claim on the insurance attached to the Porobor takes some time, the process with travel insurance is normally you pay and reclaim when you get home and health insurance will normally over cover your medical expenses if you are hurt in an accident.

If you are unlucky enough to have an accident it will expected for recompense to be made before you leave The Kingdom. In practice this means if your in a smash then you pay for everything.

Incidentally, if you're in a small knock and break some lights or similar, you should consider taking the bike to a dealer in Phuket Town rather than Patong (you were in Phuket right? I forgot as I wrote the reply!). You will find that a light lens will be 300 baht as opposed to maybe 3000 at the hire company?

SDM

If quoting please leave the original quote in place. You have deleted the quote I replied to, and stand alone this really does not make sense.

I've read it though a few times and it makes perfect sense. All I am addressing is

" the motorbike will very, very likely only have the compulsory and very limited insurance, but:

1. travel insurance will quite often cover motorbike accidents, including own costs plus 3rd party;

2. health insurance will also sometimes cover"

Three good points that stand up on there own. I try to restrict my quoted matter to only reflect what I am addressing, as long as this does not distort what the original poster had to say. In this case it doesn't. I try to avoid needlessly quoting entire posts, which may themselves quote entire posts. Quite often on some threads the same text is repeated unnecessarily again and again and again when perhaps the new poster may only be addressing part of the original text.

As with all my posts I will write as I wish and if anyone is unhappy with any of my posts they can use the " report" function thus having them removed if the mods agree. I already asked for the offending post to be removed but see its still there.

SDM

I never got that far, it really didn't seem worth it for a four week holiday. Easier to use a UK licence with an IDP rather than spend a day at the licencing centre after an hour at immigration to get the certificate of residence!

I checked now, I can't get a Thai driver's license with just a tourist visa, must have a non-immigrant visa (O?).

I tried to get one years ago when I was still a tourist and the problem I ran into was getting a certificate of residence. I was staying in a hotel.

SDM

True, the motorbike will very, very likely only have the compulsory and very limited insurance, but:

1. travel insurance will quite often cover motorbike accidents, including own costs plus 3rd party;

2. health insurance will also sometimes cover

But nearly always license will be required for cover.

All true, but any claim on the insurance attached to the Porobor takes some time, the process with travel insurance is normally you pay and reclaim when you get home and health insurance will normally over cover your medical expenses if you are hurt in an accident.

If you are unlucky enough to have an accident it will expected for recompense to be made before you leave The Kingdom. In practice this means if your in a smash then you pay for everything.

Incidentally, if you're in a small knock and break some lights or similar, you should consider taking the bike to a dealer in Phuket Town rather than Patong (you were in Phuket right? I forgot as I wrote the reply!). You will find that a light lens will be 300 baht as opposed to maybe 3000 at the hire company?

SDM

1. I'll take your word on that, I've never seen it before and it made me laugh, as a long time resident.

2. The purpose was to put a smile on the face of anyone who lives here. I never offered an option, merely reproduced the text.

3. Do you live here Crazy?