richard_smith237

Agreed. My gripe is; this is limited to the size of the attachment which is quite small. You don't need this - Drop Box is a great option for having... a) an online backup of important documents. b) the ability to access your documents with a log-in (from anywhere).

What are you on about? the dude WAS NOT ON THE BTS. Nor was he sharing a confined space with others. he was on his own vehicle on a tropical island. quit looking for reasons to be offended. 100% agree - there's no need to shoe-horn offence here by making stuff up... IMO - the police were correct to pull the guy over on the basis that the 'mode of transport' is unregistered, unlicensed, and uninsured - thats all fair enough. Now, how many other motorcycles on the Island are also, unregistered, unlicensed, and uninsured ??? This guy coloured outside the lines and that gets noticed here...

20mins is not unreasonable given the queues in other airports (UK, Tokyo etc)... But it should not be a target, as its really too long. If Thailand wants to 'woo' the tourists - they should be taking measures to make the Immigration Line completely forgettable, i.e. less than 10mins at the very most.

These folk seem to have trouble with this issue... ... Its not the processing time thats the issue - it never has been. Its the queueing time. Of course, processing time impacts queueing time, but having enough kiosks open is the very basic and very simple solution that never seems to be taken on board, over the past few years, reading all the similar 'reports' and 'announcements' about improving air-port services, not once I have I read that there will me more immigration officers manning more desks to reduce the congestion. Too sensible - Quite a logical solution, but I suspect the issue would be 'face' whereby certain immigration officers believe they are above the 'manual leg work' of sitting at an air-port immigration kiosk...

The basic info of what the premium covers, other info that helps. - Insurer - IPD / OPD (inc medication) - Premium - CoPay / deductible You pay 750 baht per month and seem to get all of this which is the deal of the century - however, there's more to it than that isn't there....

You can send an e-mail to yourself from any account on any computer... the old computer or the new one you are using now.

Perhaps start with the idea that the 50m is nothing more than a complete guess and not an official measurement... ... It could have been 25 meters, it could have been 70meters - such 'guesses' in this context are nearly always going to have a large margin of error... Thus debating the 'actual speed' based on such information is going to be highly erroneous.

Wiki only seems to quote Russian figures as of 2019 and US figures up to 2021 - yours figures are more up to date. Nevertheless - do you still think this is remotely relevant ???. For example - the US (2021) is 12.9 road fatalities per 100,000 people and the UK 2.9. Does that have any relevance if the driver were from the US or from the UK ??? - of course not - its just irrelevant noise by some to shoe-horn their political bigotry into the discussion. We also have no idea IF the driver was even Russian - thus you are still trying to shoe horn in some relevance to nationality. The driver could originate from any Easter European nation - that would still be of no relevance whatsoever to her being involved in a traffic incident in Thailand.

[Quote correctly placed]... You've quoted a generalised stopping distances. My calculations are specifically applied the vehicle involved (Changan S7) Nevertheless... If I'm not mistaken, the speed limit there would be 80kmh - not that it means its safe to drive at 80kmh... Also - we don't actually know how far it took to stop - we just have one quote of 50m, which is most likely someones guess and then that was quoted - its far from being a fact...

Russia - 12.0 road deaths per 100,000 of population. USA - 12.9 road deaths per 100,000 of population. As I wrote - apart from a few bigoted comments... Thus, trying to 'shoehorn' nationality or being Russian as having any relevance is flawed, particularly when understanding that aggregate stats mean little on an individual level.

Good info... That makes a lot more sense.... I'm basing my information of limited info of personal visits... For example: Blue Port in Hua Hin - I just checked and saw that it has 2x CCS2 and 1x Type 2 chargers... I'm assuming the Type 2 charger was occupied when I was there, which I why I didn't see it and only noted the CCS2 chargers... Also, I saw Tesla chargers (which I assumed were slower AC type chargers) on the 2nd floor of the car park, and outside there were 3x Tesla Super Chargers (clearly Tesla going all-in on charger support at this mall).

This isn't much of a mystery. This is an Eastern European female name, Russia, Belarus... are the possible nationalities. Apart from a few bigoted stretches of the imagination - is the nationality even relevant ? If a Thai or any other nationality were driving the outcome might very likely have been the same if this was simply a matter of a motorcyclist pulling across the path of a car without looking...

You've hit social media !!!

Agree - that would be much better... Along with lights and rumble-strips as you pointed out. Better than the so called 'road engineers' if even such a job exists here to the same degree we'd expect in the west. It often appears to me that roads here seem to be designed by people who don't drive.

Do you get hit for 'parking fees' when occupying a charing bay when the car is fully charged ? It's not much (about 100 baht per hour) - from my perspective, its more an issue of not taking up a space that may be needed by someone who wants to charge their car if I'm not using it.

Could always use the slow charging cable (22kWh), by the hour, and gives you an hour to munch or stroll around. True... Does every mall have the slower charger option ? When I last visited a Mall it only had the CCS2 chargers and I had to go out and move the car.

The issue I see with chargers in the Malls is that they charge the car quickly, then you have to move the car before you are charged an additional 'waiting fee'... ... so, we get to the mall, find a charger, scan the app (register if its a new app of many that we've not used before), then charge, after about 20 mins, we have to return and move the car to another spot or pay an extra fee for parking in the 'charing bay' - which I think is fair enough for others who may want to charge.... But, its still an inconvenience. Realistically, this not a big issue of course, as mostly people will be charging at home anyway and not need to charge the car in the mall.

Really - yet it seems a daily occurrence to read of an incident where a vehicle has driven straight into another stationary vehicle... It seems that people look, but they don't see.. and by the time they do, its too late to stop.

Where would you suggest the truck turn ???

Its an interesting connundrum - how to make the area safer... To continue the discussion with you: Wouldn't the traffic also be making up for lost time at well over 90 kmh at the point the trucks U-Turn ??? I would assume that 250m is easily enough distance to slow down IF the area is well lit.. (even with a flashing orange amber light). It seems to me that to avoid a dangerous situation, they have created an even more dangerous situation. Indeed - they don't notice a U-Turning lorry either - at least a turning lorry is out of the way faster than a U-Turning lorry. Neither is a safe situation, but where else can the lorries head in the other direction ??? (its either a right hand turn or a U-Turn somewhere). Yep... as usual, something better could be done instead of 'kicking the can down the road' literally and figuratively.

Daaaaam..... Would it not have been better, and safer for you - for the car to have been written off ?? How comfortable are you driving a car that took 6 months to repair ???

Fair point.. But the entrance to the Salt-factory is surely far enough away from the curve in the road for that to be a hazard (see below). Were the street lights on ? (at the U Turn) - In the Op is looks like one is on, while another is not - so its not clear how good the visibility is. The reason I wont drive at night (outside of the city) is due to such poor visibility and lighting. I read of so many stories about cars hitting unlit road works etc... and a vehicle hitting a u-turning truck (side on) at night its not an uncommon story to be read on this forum, so I wonder how often it occurs and we don't read about it. U Turns are far more dangerous than a right turn - the trucks are going to have to turn somewhere if they want to go in the other direction.

So authorities put barriers up to prevent trucks making right hand turns and causing this sort of incident in the first place... ... but instead, created a greater hazard with the trucks u-turning instead 250m down the road...... So very typical of Thai attitudes to road safety - no bigger picture thinking... What do authorities expect trucks who want to head in the 'other direction' do ??? - they're going to have to turn at some point. It would be far safer to allow the original turn from the Salt Factory and have the area very well lit. Instead they put up a sign !!! warning drivers of turning vehicles... But look where the sign is positioned, not further up the road, but at the point vehicles U-turn !!! As if simply putting up a sign makes things safer... "Look, we put up a sign, so if you drive into the side of a turning truck in the pitch black, its your own fault" !!!!

Yup... thats exactly what I do... Pay with Credit Card... (as I get good points)... and then submit. It also means I can get 'instant treatment' i.e. get myself into surgery immediately (i.e. the next day or within a couple of days) rather than waiting around for the authorisation process which may take a few days. That said - the Policy does have a clause that 'payment could be rejected for treatment that is not pre-authorised' - but I think thats 'policy writers' just to protecting the company - when an Operation is necessary for a snapped ligament or ripped meniscus etc, its necessary, there is no debate.

I currently have Cigna international from work... They have paid every claim I have made over the past couple of years, small or large. Largest was for a 500,000 baht operation after a serious sports injury earlier on in the year. They were a bit silly about not paying a follow up appointment for 2000 baht, they wanted a Doctors letter stating the 'benefit of the surgery' I'd had (as if being able to walk again in a couple months was not already enough !). (It was kind of like asking the doctor to state the benefit of a plaster cast after a broken leg !!! and not paying for a follow up appointment until he did !! - it was clearly a paper pusher ticking a box rather than them seeking medical information). But - the excellence of the cover I have, and them paying every claim, dental, and all outpatient treatments is not a realistic comparison for Thailand as the equivalent cover here is well in excess of 300,000 baht and certainly not something I'd be buying myself.