richard_smith237

Very fortunate for the occupants of the Suzuki sedan and the Nissan pickup which were protected by another truck behind them... ... Falling asleep, looking at his phone, whatever cause the deceased not to slow and stop for the traffic lights - its fortunate that his actions did not injure or kill anyone else... As harsh as that sounds, he only took himself out. ..and yes... It seems to be reported on more and more... I'm not sure if that is the 'media contagion effect' or if its happening a lot more - its almost a daily occurrence now.

Clearly repeat offenders - the don't pay the rent, landlord cuts off the Wifi... The tenants get upset, seek revenge, cause deliberate damage to the properly, leave an appalling mess - Leave all the AC running to deliberately rack up a bill. I hope this scum are tracked down and made to pay for their damages - then kicked out never to be able to rent anywhere again. There is no reason for anyone 'decent' not to leave the property in any condition other than that which they found it in (other than reasonable wear), no excuse for leaving rubbish, food etc... only scum do that. Its the same with hotel rooms - there's not excuse to leave behind a messy room with litter everywhere etc...

If I had a dodgy heart, I would. Because everyone who has a dodgy heart knows all about it before hand, right ???

There is certainly an element of that - While for the most part, Thai's in person are polite and generally 'giving' as soon as they get in a car, for a lot of drivers, something changes... Its almost as if the every day frustrations of life manifest themsleves into 'selfishness' which is somewhat exaggerated when protected in a metal box...

Nobody forces you to live there. Rather a callous remark, are you suggesting he lives next door to a Hospital ?

I had to have a hernia op at Prachuap Khiri Khan Hospital, government, about 7 years ago. I was in for 3 nights and paid less than a person from our village who had exactly the same op and stayed one night less!! What dual pricing?? This dual pricing... Dutch Expat receiving cancer treatment at a Hua Hin Hospital...

'Word salad'... Thats far too creative a term for you... ease off the plagiarism and use your own words... keep it to single syllables, then we'll know its you !!!

Your aim is still a little confusing: Are you looking for 'cover for yourself' to drive any car ?? Or, Are you looking for minimum cover to drive your own car legally ??? Note: In Thailand its the car which is insured, not the person... So, IF your car has basic Government Insurance (Pro-Ror-Bor) - then the car is covered and is road legal.. But as 'Upnotover' wrote - only some medical fees may be covered - damage to other vehicles or property is not covered. So... You need to decide and be clear - Exactly what level of Cover are you looking for ??? Type 1 Insurance: Offers comprehensive coverage, including all types of damage to your vehicle, third-party property, and bodily injuries. Type 2+ and Type 3+ Insurance: Provides a broader coverage, including third-party property damage and, in some cases, damage to your own vehicle due to specific incidents. Type 3 Insurance: Covers third-party bodily injury and property damage. There are plenty of brokers around that will help you out...

Note: My Guess at 800,000 baht above - is based on someone I know who's recently gone through the process... ... Replacing his 'whole mouth' (of staind, chipped and damaged teeth, some infected etc)... and having implants... he now has a great smile, but is still has a wrinkly old face !!!

Its about balance... What are the reasons behind doing this ? a) Vanity - then forget it - a slight cosmetic improvement will be nice, but not really make any difference for your day to day - vs the pain effort and cost of going through the processes. b) Standard of Life - thats a big drive and the following questions need to be asked. - Is your current standard of life severely impacted by your teeth ? - Can you eat easily (for example) ? - Are you willing to go thrugh the pain of a serious operation (10 hrs I think). - Are you willing to wait 6 months (with temp teeth) while the gum cement sets fully. - Are you will to pay a lot of money for this ? (I'm guessing 800,000 baht). - What do you think your life expectancy will be ? i.e. at 78, especially if you are in pain at the moment, this could give you another 10 years of pain free 'food enjoyment' etc... So the decision has to rely on so many factors... the primary ones being. - Can you afford it ? - Are in you pain (quality of life) ? - Do you consider the future improvement to quality of life worth it ?

Are you letting them go for free ??? If so, list them on FaceBook Market Place - (as free) someone will want to come and pick them up. Maybe a back-packers hostel etc - but these days everyone is reading their phones so demand may not be as much. I assume you just don't want to 'bin them' as that seems like a waste of something considered a resource - but it just depends how strongly you believe that - ultimately, I'd offer them around, put them on FaceBook Market place - if on convenience bits, bin-em.

The examples you provided were all based on resident - none based solely on nationality. No its not - its based on residency. A Thai could live as a resident in any of those countries you listed and obtain the EU price, thats why its NOT based on Nationality but on residency. It makes sense to me too, but you should first understand the details of what you point out before presenting them as an argument - Even in your examples, you still miss the point that a national of any country can become a resident in those countries and obtain the 'reduced fees' based on their residency. The discounted rates are not based solely on nationality when a foreign resident can secure the same discount. Again... based on Residency, not nationality - Any resident of Switzerland, no matter their nationality will get the same discount - they only have to show proof of local residency - a driving license, a residence card etc. Dual Pricing based on Nationality means - someone ONLY of that Nationality can secure the better price, it doesn't matter if someone of a another nationality is a resident, pays taxes, has a driving license, local bills etc... they wont get the better price because they are not 'citizens' and being a 'citizen' is the only qualifier... No Western country behaves like this - but Thailand does, and thats the crux of the criticism against 'state sponsored' dual pricing in thailand - Its based on Nationality Alone and that can be considered xenophobic.

There's a lot of smoke and mirrors, information, misinformation and confusion... But... As I understand it... IF you are 'gifting' your Wife money, then no... i.e. IF you can gift her 15 Million Baht per year.... She can spend that on living expenses or however she wishes. Theoretically, you are not supposed to be benefiting from that... but that enters a deeper grey area. Now comes the reality... As any expat actually been picked up for sending money from their overseas account to their Thai account, or more so, to their Thai Wife's account ?? ... When that starts happening, I'll start to give this issue more than a passing moment of thought.

Any material mask is going to get hot and impact breathing... not ideal. I guess what you want is something fixed that stands away from your face... This was in in Kick-starter Phase 10 years ago - I'm not sure if it made it to main market. Given the idea, I wonder if you could get something similar made that can attach to your cycling helmet - could be a good project. https://slocyclist.com/5728-2/ I'm also thinking of the face Shield on my Bell Custom 500 Motorcycle helmet... Its only affixed with 3 'press-stud' buttons... If you could find away to affix the male studs very securely to your bicycle helmet you could have an 'interchangeable' face-shield that protects in the day and can be removed at night.

It depends.... Do you want additional 'liability insurance for YOU' ???? (thats a different subject). Or do you simply want to make your car road legal at the most basic level with Compulsory Government insurance (Por-Ror-Bor) for your 'old beater Honda' ???

Well, some posters don't even bother disguising the breadth of their bigotry - they don’t confine it to just four nations.... They lazily smear all Westerners with the same sweeping brush the moment a story involves a Thai and a Westerner, or any grouping thereof. If there’s a Westerner involved, the narrative is already written in their narrow, bitter minds.... ... Equally pathetic are the cretins on the other side, those who leap to condemn any Thai involved in an altercation with a Westerner, fuelled by their own flavour of knee-jerk xenophobia. It's not judgement; it’s just reflexive bile dressed up as commentary. And at those fringes of the bigotry spectrum sits the handful of truly irredeemable frothing halfwits who appear utterly incapable of writing with even a shred of intelligent balance. No nuance, no fairness, no context? These things are foreign concepts to them. All they know is how to bash, blame, and broadcast their own warped delusions.

Then I'd argue those Brits who criticise any individual, Russians or otherwise based solely on their nationality and not their actions to be stupid, fuelled by bitterness, insecurity, and have an ego wildly out of step with their IQ... and also be bottom-feeders of the commentary world.... Almost the same as someone 'singling' out Brits for anti-Russian commentary amongst a cacophony of bigoted halfwits from other nations on this forum.

No, I'm not aware of that - because it's not true (the first part)... the second part - you're allowed to accuse anyone of being a Brit, but read the last few sentence of this response before you let your foot off the clutch... What I am aware of is this: whenever an incident occurs where one person hits the news for the wrong reasons, it's common for many to swiftly condemn the behaviour in question. And rightly so. However, for those capable of balanced thought, such incidents are typically judged on the individual merits of each case. Take, for example: - If a Thai national is assaulted by a group of Westerners, those Westerners will justifiably face strong verbal condemnation. At the same time, some will naturally ask what might have provoked such aggression. - If a foreigner is attacked by a group of Thais, the response is much the same: the Thais are criticised, but some will also question what led to the escalation. This is how balance works. Its also entirely fair when a Brit behaves badly, they attract criticism and a dose of vitriol. The same standard should, and must, apply when a Thai individual or an individual or any nationality behaves badly. Fair-mindedness requires consistency. But.... when certain individuals (a handful of them on this forum specifically) consistently post only negative commentary about the British, while remaining conspicuously silent when Thais or other nationals behave badly its clearly dumb, narrow minded bigotry.... ... and that bigotry shines brightest when a foreigner of unspecified nationality is involved, and the same people immediately leap to negative assumptions about the British - then we're no longer talking about reasoned judgement. We're talking about bias. And not merely suspected bias, but a clear, demonstrable pattern of anti-British sentiment which is exercised repeatedly by the same ineloquent, poorly educated, moronic fools... In such contexts, balance means calling out wrongdoing, regardless of nationality, allegiance, or skin tone. That’s the standard of any honest, rational mind. When that principle is abandoned, the motivation is no longer fairness - it's prejudice, plain and simple.... and it's the same ineloquent, poorly educated, moronic halfwits who repeatedly fit this pattern... ..... But when that standard is repeatedly abandoned, what we're left with its tribalist prejudice masquerading as moral judgement, and without fail, it’s the same tiresome parade of ineloquent, half-literate, intellectually bankrupt simpletons who churn out this one-sided drivel like clockwork. They don’t reason. They don’t question. They regurgitate their bias like a broken record stuck on stupid, fuelled by bitterness, insecurity, and an ego wildly out of step with their IQ... they're the bottom-feeders of the commentary world.

When you renew your Vehicle Tax... Thus: Any taxed car, will already have its Por-ror-bor - as you cannot get a car taxed without it. You obtain your Por-Ror-Bor (Compuslury insurnace) at the DLT office. There will be a small counter, where you buy the Insurance Document (show them the blue book for your car). Then you queue for the Tax renewal and obtain that.

Tourists just get 'shafted'..... and it's an unfortunate but common feature of tourism worldwide. The reality is that tourists are routinely subjected to surcharges at every tourist destination, across every country, in every town, city, and village. It's a pattern that's hard to escape. This trend isn't unique to any particular place - tourists face higher fees everywhere, from Thailand to the UK, France, the USA, Colombia, the UAE, and beyond. It’s simply part of the tourism industry. However, the justification for such pricing practices has long been framed as not an inflated cost for tourists, but rather a discounted rate for local residents. And to be fair, there’s logic in this approach, as it allows locals to enjoy their own attractions at a more affordable price. But.... if that is the intention, then the "local discount" should be accessible to all residents - anyone who can prove they live in the area. Anything less is a hollow justification that smacks of greed and, at worst, xenophobia. In the end, it’s a matter of fairness and transparency and I still have never seen any intelligent argument supporting dual pricing based on nationality as it occurs in Thailand that cannot be picked apart. ... I have never seen any example of Two Tier pricing in other Western Nations that is not based on residency.

My point of debate is that the 'dual pricing' is based on Nationality and that practice is distasteful when compared to two tiered pricing based on residency employed by businesses in many other nations. Some Thai's may, understandingly, mistake nationals of neighbouring countries for local Thai's in a display of naivety or ignorance rather than any racial preference (my wife gets mistaken all the time). I don't see the 'Dual Pricing' as its exercised in Thailand as racist, I see it simply as Nationalistic. I do not see and have never read any sensible argument that 'justifies' dual pricing in its current guise in Thailand as there are many residents who more than 'pay their way here' so I have never seen any valid argument that supports this 'nationalistic' approach, none that does not come across as xenophobic. I'm reluctant to use the word racist, because I dont think a nationalistic approach is racist - and the racist word gets thrown around way too much without just cause enough already.

Old beater - worth nothing ? or hardly anything... Basic Government Insurance (Compulsory insurance) - Por-Ror-Bor: About 645 baht per year. Or, are you looking for 1st Class insurance ??? Otherwise you maybe looking at about 10,000 baht for a 10 year old Honda Civic... but may find trouble getting coverage as many companies do not want to cover vehicles older than 8 years.

Because you do not pay 400 baht to visit most of those places! If you have been to Samet you would be surprised to know it was being protected. I do... I go to Koh Samet a couple of times per year... I don't see it 'any better protected' than Koh Chang (for example) worse in-fact. Theoretically: between 110 Million and 140 Million Baht in National Park Entrance Fee's alone is made on Koh Samet - having been going there for a couple of decades, I don't see any evidence of that being reinvested in the island. I pay 400 baht upon entry each time. I see Chinese tourists getting harassed whenever I am near the 'Park Rangers' office (near Sai Keaw Beach), I see them arguing that they paid the 400 baht fee... I see the rangers arguing that that was for yesterday, they haven't paid the fee for to day.... ... Its a racket. BUT... IF thats not enough - I posted the figures earlier. Thailand income from Tourism at approx US$48 Billion Thailands revenue from Income Tax US$ 68 billion Income from Tourism is approximately 70% of the revenue generated by Thai Income Tax. When placed in perspective - Tourism contribution to the Thai economy is huge... the extra squeeze of dual pricing is clumsy.

Lets give context - because, pretty much every Anti-vaxx post YOU make, completely omits context: Total Covid-19 Vaccines administered in the USA: 676.7 million Total VAERS reports: 900,522 adverse event reports - 0.133% of Covid-19 Vaccines Administered. Total VAERS reports Considered Serious: 4.7% (42,366 reports) - 0.0062% of Covid-19 Vaccines Administered. Thus: Your argument pins on your flawed comment that 0.0062% of Covid-19 vaccines administered is a 'Megaphone'... When its hardly a whisper.

(Shorter quote for brevity) - Pick one.... Any example where Dual Pricing on Nationality ALONE exists in the Western World. Your 'college tuition' example can already be picked a part... its based on local residency.