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tonray

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  1. Sprained ankle likely...not serious...ice first 24 hours afterwards warm moist heat. You'll be good to go in 7 to 10 days. Stay off it as far as walking but joint movement and massage will help speed recovery. (This is from personal experience)

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  2. You likely will be happier taking the BTS/MRT instead of GRAB for most journeys to beat the hellish traffic. Certainly there is a plethora of info on Bangkok tourism available..Thai wife would most like to see Temples ? and then maybe some wallet breaking shopping at opulent mega Mall ? Don't forget to take the river boats for the true experience.

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  3. 6 hours ago, gargamon said:

    I was in an accident when I was much younger where I struck a vehicle that had turned from a side street onto the main road where I was driving at legal speed. I believed at the time that I was not at fault. The policeman who showed up said that if I had struck the side of the turning vehicle, I would not be at fault. If the turning vehicle has completed their turn, and I strike them from the rear, my fault.

     

    The same situation applies in the case here. If the OP struck the bike from the side, he would not be at fault. If the contact from the rear, the OP is in the wrong.

     

    Please explain how this is incorrect if the driver had "swerved". Maybe the description from a UK driver's manual would clarify. 

    It really gets skectchy here. Just yesterday I was in the midst of making a left turn (slowly because of course there was a pickup double parked right at the corner of the soi I'm turning onto). A bike riding behind me figures "'what a great time to pass this slow farang driver and pull right in front of him while he is in the midst of his turn"...I could have easily hit him sideways or in the back if I was not aware via my side view mirror that he was doing something dangerous.....Thai roads are an obstacle course with the objective of making it home alive and not having killed anyone else.

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