richard_smith237

IF your car is not taxed... Is it then also 'not insured' ?? Theoretically an uninsured tax is not road legal and give insurance wiggle room not to cover your damages in the event of an accident. Other that wanting to know how the system works, and the discussion about how tickets issued in a different province may not show up on the local DLT system when it comes to tax renewal time - the risk of not taxing your car and it not being insured as a result is potentially a far bigger issue itself.

That also concerns me - although the biggest concern I have if getting my phone snatched is the value of the Phone Itself as all the Digital / Mobile Banking stuff is secure with Two Tier Authentication and Face ID.... (and I can wipe the phone remotely - but that itself is imperfect, i.e. phone can be turned off and taken to an area outside of cell network etc). But, the other hassle, and would be a huge hassle is getting any new device authenticated for the Banking apps etc (and all other Apps).

Interesting outlook - apart from the fact that a lot of the time to countryside is more polluted than the cities due to all the burning... Careful where you cherry-pick your arguments, its not as binary as you assume and there is often a contradiction to be made....

Depending where you live in TH, it might be annoying enough to always have a few 1000 baht on you. Though plenty of wet/fresh markets and ma/pa shops that don't rely on electric. And that chappy, a repeat of the very point I was attempting make earlier... Just because there may be an occasion when one doesn't function, it doesn't mean the other is better.... eg. what if they don't have change for a 1000 Baht......

Looks cool.... Does it come with Spoked Wheels ???? ..... So I can tape some card to the rear frame which flaps across the spokes so it sounds more like a real bike !!!!!

Have you actually read the thread ???.....

Not bad - decent value as a local run around... not great lookers, but neither is honda click or fino....

It would be good to get Google Wallet on an IOS device so we can add local cards to it and use it as we would ApplePay. (Unfortunately ApplePay and Thailand are not aligned at the moment - most likely due to a certain 'major business family' blocking the use of ApplePay so that they could continue to encourage TrueMoney - they somehow missed Google Wallet).

Thats always the myopic argument... Try paying for something with cash when the cash register power is out.... Try getting cash from an ATM when the power is out..... etc etc - I could go on and on, but you get my point.... mentioning the possibility of a rare flaw does not make the whole prospect 'a negative' or poorer....... ... Or, to use an argument closer to your 'brain-waves'.... Just because someone mentions something great about ICE's, it does not make EV's any poorer.... and a lot of the arguments utilised to justify Cash payment does not make e-payment any worse....

Show me a decent looking fully electric bike that'll ride like a scooter and go up to 90kmh, doesn't look like a mobility-trike and is in the same price range as a regular scooter ???? The Vespa electria costs ฿250,000..... and only goes up to 45 kmh - looks decent, but is useless.

First: how far back from the junction was the SUV when the Mobility-Trike entered the junction ? 60m ? More ? Second: Priority to Traffic from left rule is in place when vehicles arrive at unmarked junctions (x-roads of roads of the same status) - when roads have a different status there is a white line which denotes to give way (& sometime a Stop & / or Give way sign). Second point is moot because trike was already in the junction before the SUV reached your Junction. Third: Agree - trike being most vulnerable should have been more careful of his one safety. SUV should also have been more careful of the consideration & safety of others. Particularly as approach from the left was blind (blocked by shops). Forth: 100% agree because idiots like the SUV driver will always be around do drive & rude defensively - the trike rider was most certainly not riding defensively. And / Again: 100% agree, sadly we never see a follow up - that involves investigative questioning & follow up, I.e. effort & that’s not worth the while of getting out of the office when more stories can simply be copied & pasted or pumped through AI to trigger hits.

100% the ADV 350 IMO - they just look less bath-tub-ish….

For the same reasons I initially moved up to a ‘real bike’…. But the lost the practically a scooter offers so ended up stepping down again…. Riding in Bkk is no fun (for me) so it’s a convenience only thing. If I lived somewhere outside of Bkk such a Chiang Mai, I’d have a Thruxton or RnineT & also something like a Velocifero MAD 2000w for local nipping about… or just a regulator scooter & they are less easy to pick up & walk off with !!!

Here's why.... I had a scooter in Bangkok.... Loved it... but wanted a 'real mans bike'... (as you may put it). I looked at the Harley Sportster - Saw a photo of me sat on it and looked like a circus bear on a trike. I looked at the Ducati Scramble (Cafe racer) loved it, but - Saw a photo of me sat on it and looked like a circus bear on a trike. Bought at BMW AD - Loved it, but a bit impracitcal for Bangkok and had to get a '20 litre soft collapsable box' for the back, cos I didn't want a hard box.... lasted a few years before I realised it was just too impractical and I didn't actually go on the long rides I expected to. I looked at the Trumph Thruxton R and BMW R-nine-T and realised I'm kidding myself. I wanted a Honda ADV 350 - they were impossible to get at the time, so I gave up. I got a 300cc Vespa - Good fun has enough storage, I used it for nipping about and not a lot more these days as its just too hot all the time. THUS... If you are asking why not a real bike ???.... generally becasue if in the middle of town and simply wanting convenience there is no point at all in a larger bike. BUT... IF someone wants to get out and about, longer rides, of course, go for something bigger.

In area's of high tourist footfall - perhaps it would be good to use 'train like level crossing barriers' which lower and enable the pedestrians to cross safely..... but then, how many videos have we seen of drivers and motorcyclists crashing into those ???? The safest crossing I have seen in Thailand (other than pedestrian bridges) - is the one out the front of the Intercontinental Hotel in Hua Hin, crossing over to the Blue Port shopping Mall. Now the Intercontinental have built their own bridge to protect its residents... However, before this they would employ two security / crossing guards, which would be stationed at the Crossing (with the big orange baton) who'd step out and ensure the vehicles were going to stop before he'd wave across the pedestrians - even then, drivers would still refuse to stop. Thailand has many wonderful traits - but when it comes to driving and the consideration towards the safety of others I see an insight unto an underlying culture of selfishness which shames an otherwise wonderful culture. Is is an insight into the true nature of Thai culture that they cannot recognise and improve this ???....

The same reason there was no national outrage a few weeks back for the 10 year old girl who was shot over a land dispute.

In 'developed' nations, there are also various types and styles of crossings... thus, whilst lack of consistence could be used as an excuse I doubt that it would make any difference as the underlying cultural trait of 'do anything but slow or stop' and 'only slow & stop as a last resort' will not change' until a cultural shift towards road safety itself and pedestrian safety is 'forced'.... and I mean forced because its ingrained in the Thai culture not to be considerate of anyone outside of the primary *circles of influence then I expect little will change... At least until huge fines and effective policing is enforced at every crossing. *the circules of influence have been discussed before. 1) - Inner Circle - Family and closest friends and loved ones - Thais are extremely giving 2) - Second Circle - Acquaintances and colleagues - Thais are polite and somewhat considerate 3) - Outer Circle - Everyone else - Complete indifference, don't care as if they don't exist This explains why Thai's can be so kind and polite face to face as we enter the 'second circle' yet can be treated with complete indifference and disregard when in the outer circulce - i.e. such as crossing a road and someone driving and it does not enter their consciousness to be careful about us. Perhaps this method of crossing the road (below) would force us into the second circle of drivers who'd otherwise not see us.

I see the Swiss-Guy on the Mobility-Trike already in the middle of the junction before the SUV reaches the junction and continues to 'blast' through it without a care in the world... The SUV would have hit anything in that junction, be it a truck, a car, a motorcycle, a cyclist - the SUV driver, driving dangerously without any regard for the safety of anyone else. The Mobility-Trike rider, also riding without consideration for his own safety, but he was already well across the junction (in the middle of it) before the SUV entered the junction and when hit. Both were careless - the Mobility-Trike rider careless for his own safety, the SUV driver careless of anyone elses.

Nonsense. I've been a passenger (and the driver) in many vehicles in the UK from Bond Bugs to original Minis to Volvos to Silver Shadows and Corvettes (and many others in between) and, as far as I am aware, I have never died in any of them! YAWN - drop it with the pedantic pseudo autistic idiocy... In the UK there has not been a fatality in a Volvo XC-90 which is a testament to its safety.....

Are you sure that 50% discount on tuition fee and not admission fee ? (schools also call this entrance / registration fees).

you wrote a couple of beers which is not 1 beer. You think you are capable of telling yourself whether your intoxicated or not after drinking and cant even keep your story straight here in your post. Thats a delusional way to think. Now you try to deflect your issue of driving after drinking when you have other easy options to avoid it by trying to shame others or belittle them. Your problem lies with you not the posters answering you with info you dont want to hear. Tell that excuse to the guy you hit on the road on the way home. He has more to worry about than you if a cop is "smelling 1 beer on your breath" . You're over reacting... Plenty of people drive after one or two beers (can size) over an hour or so.... Personally, I think its much worse when people drive and they clearly have a stinking cold etc... So, if we're going to be virtuous, be realistic with it... Driving after 1 or 2 cans of beers does not place anyone over the legal driving limit and it present no impairment. I don't think the Op is doing anything wrong driving after 2 beers over course of a couple of hours - nothing at all, his alcohol levels are likely close to zero anyway (but his breath may still have a beer smell on it).... Sometimes I go out and think about driving... but the 'what if' question sinks in... What if I'm enjoying myself and want a 3rd or a 4th beer - then I have to leave the car... So, just incase, I don't take the car... wife drives anyway when we are together - if going out alone, I never do because I don't want to be in that sitation... But Taxi's are easier in Bangkok than they are in other cities. As long as the Op has enough self discipline to stop at 2 beers...100% of the time and never go for the 'just one more' train of thought, I don't see that he's doing anything wrong.

Ignoring the DUI debate... as you claim when you drive you are not over the limit anyway.... But there is one valid point made - Are you sure ? If you only ever have one or two beers, then you can be fairly sure you are under the limit - but as another poster mentioned, on 'those' TV shows, people always say "but I only had one"... and of course we know they are lying, so as long as you are not lying to yourself, then you should be good to go. First things first: At a check point, the way to behave is to be open and honest - Turn on your interior lights, open your windows, allow them to see you clearly.... this will usually be enough for them to wave you straight through - nothing to see here. BUT... If at a check-point you are stopped and a Policeman does smell beer on your breath they will question you... next you will be breathalysied... You have nothing to worry about as you are 'under' the limit right, cos you haven't had more than 2 beer, right ? No need for lawyers etc... they'll let you go as you are under the limit. The only other concern is if they don't have the breathalyser but the 'wand' thingy (which they used to have) which measures for the presence of alcohol rather than the amount - if that flags, then you'll be breathalysed at the station, but first you'll have a long wait as the BiB think they have caught a shark... so you'll be hanging around while they play games and demand certain amounts from you, threaten you with jail etc etc... (they want the money of course)... eventually, when they are ready to take you back to the station and breathalyse you officially they'll do so, at which point, you already know are under the limit, cos you only had 2 beers, right ?

Op - Do you live here ???... If so, get set up with a Thai Bank Account, then things can get much simpler. IF you are not a 'long termer' here and don't want get a Bank account there are other options. I've seen tourists use ApplePay at thai Points of Sale (i.e. BurgerKing at the Airport and 7-11, Tops, Big-C Supermarket etc). I'm not sure how this would work throughout the rest of Thailand though.... Ultimately - if a shop takes any form of RFID payment i.e. Tap Payment, it will accept ApplePay (as a tap payment). That said: ApplePay cannot be 'set up in Thailand' with a Thai card or account - so a lot of people will tell you it doesn't work here for that reason... But the 'Tap Pay' (with apple pay on your phone) does work and may have at the SkyLane. Other Options (Android) is GoogleWallet - similar to ApplePay above. Thus: Set up your UK Card with ApplePay or GoogleWallet and go from there - it may take some trial and error to see where it will and wont work.

They're all at it... This article in 2022: https://daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=927682 This article also in 2022: https://www.localfutures.org/the-worlds-food-systems-are-in-crisis-big-agribusiness-is-to-blame/ Even AXA... https://www.axa.com/en/insights/how-to-live-in-a-dryer-world All have exactly the same image... ALL this BS AI Generated Fake information...

The pathetic bumf we get from the Thaiger is killing the forum which used to be a half decent source of local news and information.... All this fake reporting and AI generated BS is pathetic.... Once full Merged I wonder how quickly The Thaiger will kill off the forum.... Time for a move to the 'door'.... but the layout and usability over there is awful...