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On 5/20/2024 at 8:39 AM, JBChiangRai said:

If you have children you are putting through school or university (as I do), then it is more tax efficient to gift & send them taxed funds from your home country (UK in my case) and then let them pay their own expenses, clothes, education fees, cars, rent, property purchase etc than it is to give them the money here 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. 

16 hours ago, NativeBob said:

I had online stores on the Internet and had exactly same question: how to legalize my activity if I don't actually work in Thailand and my income was coming from USA, AU and EU. So from greedy lawyer who suggested to buy dormant company and fake thai employees for 50K++ to the friend who told me to stay under radar don't worry. 

I choose "under radar" option. Since 2004 never had an issue

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. 

3 hours ago, huangnon said:

 

What if they'd started ripping him apart?

Would be an appropriate punishment for his <deleted> driving

Did these 100,000 people ever consider a simple solution: if you don't like cannabis, don't use it. Why ruin the fun for the rest? 

It's much easier to look for a table when you're not carrying multiple plates of food on a tray. I do that too if eating there alone. 

5 minutes ago, shackleton said:

Tragic accident as already mentioned no seat belts in Tuk Tuks 

Looks like the Tuk Tuk driver at fault braking hard 

Would there be any point in Sueing as he will have nothing 

 

It could also be a jaywalker at fault. Although we don't know if it was at a pedestrian crossing or not. 
 

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The driver of the Tuk Tuk he was compelled to execute an abrupt stop due to a pedestrian crossing the road on Taweewong Road

Why is there no video or link to the video in the original article? Seems a bit pointless talking about a video but not including the video. Noticed the same in some other posts too. 

4 hours ago, AustinRacing said:

A few comments above suggest biker’s fault. Seriously? Bike is going straight, car is turning right. Speed is irrelevant. The car must wait until it is safe to turn. 

The biker victim-blaming culture is serious. It's an ongoing joke on social media: biker at fault" even when there is are no bikes involved. 

100% car's fault, the rider is probably going 60km/h. 

14 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Serving alcohol until 4am what did the expect.... 

So if they stopped selling alcohol at 2 am or midnight, everyone would be sober on the way home? 

If you want something to blame; if the cops would just stop the taxi mafia and force meter taxis all over the island, the temptation to take your own bike on nights out would be much smaller. 

I wonder how they define the main cause of accidents as "speeding".. as in they drove so fast they shot out of a curve, but on a straight road? I wonder what % of accidents was caused by the right lane hoggers, who force those who wish to keep a decent pace to undertake and slalom around them. 

I'm also confused about what was the crime here (in Thailand), which wasn't stated in the article. I assume cannabis needs an export license, or something like that?

9 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

So how is that relevant? Or do you feel the need to post the first few words on as many threads as possible?

 

Do you support drink driving, because others do it?

 

Easy to avoid getting done for drink driving, arrange a taxi, but there us always those with their superiority complex, who will be along to defend the drink drivers, blaming xenophobic Thai police.

While there is no excuse for drunk driving, the Thai police allow the taxi mafia to operate with rip-off prices, making using your own vehicle the only viable option for many.. Some of my friends in Phuket have started booking hotels for the night instead of going back home because a taxi costs more than a room!

The women whining about it must be "not delicious" ones. 

Not really an excuse for drunk driving.. but how about fixing the taxi mafia problem? It's quite tempting to take your motorbike to the bars when the taxis are allowed to rip you off and it costs more to take a taxi to Patong and back than just booking a night at a hotel there. 

It's a good question. I don't have any and have been wondering why. My only real Thai friends (without any "benefits" ), for some reason, are female too. I know them through a mutual hobby, which is riding big bikes. Sometimes we go on bike trips together, typically mixed farang/thai group. 

So was it proven that she actually charged the tourists money for the transportation, or just helped them out of goodwill? In the latter case, I don't see how that would be interpreted as offering a taxi service (which obviously would be illegal). 

Having seen all the videos of the incident, it's obvious that the car driver is at fault. It almost looks like she rear-ended him on purpose. There is no reason she'd be coming at the speed she did considering the traffic was stopped ahead. If she was intending to turn left, she was in the wrong lane. 

Now whether the Aussie guy's actions are justified, that one is another discussion.. a bit too hot-headed behaviour, although I do like when people confront bad drivers here. 

9 hours ago, still kicking said:

Vaping is not harmless and can cause a range of health problems¹²³⁴⁵. The health harms associated with vaping include:

• Nausea and vomiting
• Mouth and airway irritations
• Chest pains and heart palpitations
• Nicotine addiction
• Intentional and unintentional poisoning

There is no doubt that inhaling any foreign substance into the lungs is always somewhat bad. However, there are plenty of studies suggesting that vaping is much less harmful than smoking cigarettes, making it a great alternative for someone who wishes to stop smoking. Just some NHS guidelines for example here: https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/vaping-to-quit-smoking

Other than that, it's a personal choice. The only reason for any crackdowns in Thailand is due to pressure from the tobacco monopoly. Vaping is legal in most developed countries. Oh and let's not even mention the current pm 2.5 problem.. where most people have no choice. 

The owners of the tobacco factories must be getting angry that the new generation is more health-conscious. Smoking cigarettes is really starting to be out of fashion and that must show in the tobacco companies' profits. 

7 hours ago, Kinnock said:

It's freely available on the streets where I live - sold from the back of cars at night.  They all have bright flashing lights as advertising, so not hard for the police to spot if they believed it was threat to humanity.

 

Anyone tried it?

 

I tried it a few times - works great as a painkiller. It feels like more of a body high without psychedelic effects, compared to cannabis. However, it seems easy to "overdose" on it, with a sweet spot being somewhere around 7-10 grams for me when making tea. Any more than that and it makes me feel nauseous. 

My landlord has them come too every couple of months. Just tell them where you want them to spray and where not. At my place, usually I tell them to do just the floors, drains and outside the house.