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I know someone who was at the scene of the accident calling for an ambulance (assuming it's the same accident, but based on the date, location and story, I'm 99% sure). I was not there personally but this is what I was told: The accident involved 3 people and it was late at night: The Brit was not riding a motorbike, but he was a passenger on one which was being ridden by a local lady. The lady merged onto the oncoming traffic lane to ride the wrong way to avoid having to U-turn much further away (there is a raised lane divider on this part of the road, with a U-turn further up). However, there was a local man riding at a decent speed from the other direction, correctly in his lane, who hit the lady + Brit crossing the road. The Brit passenger and the Thai man got injured and the lady who caused the mess was mostly uninjured. Very nasty accident. If everything happened as described, can't really blame anyone except the lady taking the shortcut out of laziness, which ultimately caused life-changing injuries for the Brit and possibly for the Thai guy as well. The moral of the story: never ride as a passenger on a motorbike and let someone else be in control of your life.

They need to fit some heavy duty bull bars onto those ambulances, and just give drivers like that a little push when needed.

Using two lanes like a single lane on a twisty mountain road is quite the definition of reckless driving though.

What about all the reckless Thai drivers driving there every day? That guy is an idiot, but getting arrested is ridiculous when the locals are 100% ignored. I can ride up Doi Suthep any day and guarantee I'll get cut off by at least 4 red trucks or vans who cut across the 2 lanes in the corners.

If you look at the video, that is not fast-moving traffic at all. The cars are moving very slowly. The biker is not very going fast either, probably 40km/h max, and his speed difference to the cars is not even big. Most bikers would typically go much faster than that. It's the sudden sideways movement of the car driver that throws him out.

One of the special circumstances includes roads with two or more lanes going into the same direction. So it's perfectly legal to undertake on a 3 lane highway, as per section 45 (2) of the traffic act.

Yes that is correct in normal circumstances but given OP has a visa issued by the BOI immigration in Bangkok, the TM30 requirement is not enforced by them. Otherwise, they will absolutely make it your problem during visa renewals (e.g. in Chiang Mai immigration).

Filing the TM30 is the landlord's responsibility and not yours. The BOI Immigration (One-Stop Service) in Bangkok does not require a TM30 for visa extensions or 90-day reports (as of speaking). So you don't really need to worry about it. I never filed a single TM30 during 6 years in Bangkok. If the condo juristic office is asking for it, tell them to contact the landlord. It's not your problem.

Weren't mushrooms already removed from the narcotics list? There was some change in the law related to them that I saw briefly in the news a few months ago.

I did not bother reading through the whole thread, but have foreign loans been discussed already? Example; I want to buy a condo in Thailand. I take a loan from a foreign bank and remit it to Thailand. Later on, I pay back the loan using foreign income sources. From my understanding, this would not create any taxable events in Thailand.

This is very smart, if you gift money to your spouse/children that is clearly separable from your personal living expenses.

Absolutely deserved if she was lane-hogging!

There isn't a work permit for self-employed people in Thailand and most likely won't be anytime soon. The first thing to understand would be whether you are simply receiving online income (passive income) or actively working for the said income. In the first case, you don't need a work permit in the first place. For example, you could own an LTD abroad and receive dividend income which you remit to Thailand. In this case, you could simply declare this in your annual tax return in Thailand (if you wish to pay taxes here). If you are actually working online and do not wish to fly under the radar (like many do) there are companies that may be able to assist you to work in Thailand legally. For example, Iglu is a company that enables its employees to work remotely for foreign clients from Thailand.

You wouldn't really need to "legalize" your activity in the first place if you simply own online stores abroad that generate your income. Of course, if you are actually working for the said stores, then it would be more of a grey area. But nothing illegal about being a business owner in Thailand and bringing in related passive income.

Would be an appropriate punishment for his <deleted> driving