richard_smith237

22 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Will you be prepared to pay Road Tax and Insurance for your vehicle?

You're not one of those guys who tell foreigners that they need a work permit to cut their lawn and paint their house, no ?

3 minutes ago, simon43 said:

8 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I just purchased a Trinx ebike conversion from Bangkok, 34000bht, 500w motor, 15ah battery. Running costs are 1bht for 25km with me not making much effort (range 50km) or 0.5bht for 25km if I pedal as normal (range 150km) with assist for hills. It allows me to keep up with my cycling pals, which I could no longer do after last year's hit and run.

Sounds good!  What about the various e-trikes advertised on Shopee and Lazada from China.  They claim 1,000W 48v battery, perhaps 50km range between charges etc.  Cost about 15,000 baht.  Are they cr*p?

 

BTW, I'm not 'disabled' yet, but just planning ahead.  I know that my wonky foot will get worse in the future, so I'm trying to cost out an e-trike, reliability etc etc.

 

@scubascuba3, Yes, I could buy a Thai 'salang',but well... it's not my style!  I do have standards to keep up don't you know ol' chap 🙂

IF I'm not mistaken (could well be) - I think the anything 500w and less is road legal. 

Anything higher than 500w needs to be registered (with a license plate).

Additionally, anything considered a disability vehicle can ride on the road without being registered (but I think it still has to fall within the 500w limit).

A lot of those 'mobility trikes' are quite powerful and do perhaps need to be registered and taxed, which then means insured at least with the basic Por-ror-bor government cover. 

I was looking at a scooter...  Velocifero Mad - they are 2000w and surely not road legal...  (but could be operated in that grey area on the sub-sois where no rules seem to ever exist).

14 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

I prefer the look of the motorbikes with thai side car thing, the 3 wheelers look unstable, oh yes there was the guy who got run over a few weeks ago by railway road, maybe still in ICU

That guy screamed through a cross roads in an area already known for accidents. 

Right of way was heavily debatable...  any car or motorcycle riding in the same manner would have been sideswiped/

Fault was heavily debated at the time - nevertheless, the reckless manner in which the man in on the trike rode was not in doubt.

In that thread, the legality of a 'trike' was also discussed - I think whole legality thing is a grey area (more on that in another comment).

3 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

A serious incident took place on Rama II Road when a 25-year-old petrol station employee, Thad, was injured. Thad had tried to hold onto the back of the fleeing truck but fell off and hurt his arm. This incident triggered the police to investigate further.

4 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Natthawut has been charged with theft by deception, using a vehicle to commit a crime, and for causing bodily harm.

Yup... OK, throw the book at him....   But surely the Petrol Station employee was injured through his own actions (heroism or stupidity - depends on perspective)...   

He tried to stop a 150 hp vehicle with body strength...   not really the fault of the 
(criminal) driver, is it ?... or is it ?... 

Would it also be the fault of the criminal driver if another vehicle ran a red light and hit him?

Also, I'm not sure what deception was involved in the theft...  its just outright theft.

Or.. is receiving the fuel before paying and then not paying considered 'deception'...   which is perhaps why in many cases (in the US and growing in the UK) we have to put our card in the petrol pump before drawing fuel....   

Or in some cases, pay with 'digitial payment' - i.e. apple pay (which of course, makes the whole mobile phone usage at petrol stations questionable).

17 minutes ago, Tod Daniels said:

6 hours ago, Korat Kiwi said:

I wonder how or what they are going to apply to same sex married couples now they've passed that into law. 

 

That could become a can of worms

Good question and you are certainly correct it will open up a GIANT "can 'o wormz"

I am sure the powerz-that-b here haven't even contemplated how the changes in the marriage laws between sexes will work immigration visa/extension wise

right now it's;
foreign male/thai female, foreigner banks 400K 
foreign female/thai male, foreigner banks nothing

How the other permutations will parse out I guess that remains to be seen 🙂    

It doesn't 'need' to be a can of worms... 

They could just 'open up' the same laws & requirements to all married couples that exist between Foreign Females married to Thai Males. 

That would be too easy, too giving...     I can imagine that 'Anutin' and his cronies arguing.... "No way, we can't have these foreign males coming in a getting citizenship by marrying the a bit of strumpet from Soi 6"... 

So... my guess is no... Nothing will change in the Laws at all... Foreign Females marrying Thai Males continues to fit within the Thai Patriarchial agenda, nothing else does.

There's potentially a legal a 'door opener' here...

- Western Women Married to Thai Men have a faster track to Citizenship.

- Western Men Married to Thai Women have a very difficult (sometimes impossible) track to Citizenship.

- Could 'Western Men married to Thai Men' also have a fast track to citizenship ?

- Could 'Western Women married to Thai Women' also have a fast track to citizenship ?

Obviously the Government doesn't like to make things easy for anything other than the Thai Patriarchy, so I very much doubt it...   but... 

23 minutes ago, FRM-BKK said:

Thank you for the clarification regarding the restrictions of a pink ID card. 
 

I have just taken pictures of my new motorcycle licence and it does not contain any restrictions despite having renewed with my Yellow House Book. As I mentioned before the Prakanong Office did not want my pink ID card, only my Yellow House Book. 
Although I have blacked out most of my pink ID card number, it is used on my license starting with 6.

My car license is due for renewal early next year.  I will report again after that’s done.

 

A couple of other posters have also pointed out that their is not wording of any restriction on other license their license. 

I suspect the DLT have realised the flaw in that wording and it no longer exists in the newer licenses...  I'll find out when I renew mine again in a couple of years. 

What does strike me as extremely odd is that some DLT's (i.e. Chonburi) will not accept the Yellow House Book as proof of address when applying / renewing a licence.

8 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

However, if I want great tomatoes, there is 2 choices. I can plant myself or I can drive 35 km to get them. Still they are there, and they can be found. 🙂 

7 hours ago, Moonlover said:

I don't understand why folks are having trouble finding good tomatoes. My wife buys all our fresh produce on the local markets and the ones she serves up are excellent. 

 

In fact good tomatoes are now being produced on small holdings around our village. It's all part of crop diversification away from the 'rice only culture'. And they too are very nice.

To be fair - it was 2020 when I last attempted to get hold of quality tomatoes to make the base sauce for a butter chicken....     I tried villa and gourmet markets, but even visibly the offering was poor.

I hardly do any shopping anyway - Wife gets most of the groceries from Tops...  Its not a big issue for me, but its just something I've noticed... the Tomatoes here are not really very good (IMO of course).

Neither are the strawberries etc.... conversely, mangoes and pineapples are amazing !

2 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Not really. Only asking what it will be next, without laying negative attributes to the items.

Its actually a valid question...     I've struggled to find decent tomatoes here....   

Thats not the 'Thai-bash' you seem to imply and defend against, its just an observation - sometimes there's nothing more to it than that.

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

You're not incorrect. The amount of momentum required to flip the heavy black car comes from speed, not wheel rotation. Momentum is mass times speed.

Regardless, both parties are irresponsible for careless driving.

The Honda Jazz didn't appear to be speeding or travelling recklessly quick - however, it was clearly too close to the left hand-side of the road. 

Given the position of the wheels on the Jazz it looks like a combination of impact and the 'wheel walking' up the side of the silver car which cause the Jazz to flip so easily. 

My Wife managed the same thing in an A-Class Merc at less than 10kmh... she'd just slowly turned into a very narrow soi and had to swerve to avoid a motorcycle, clipping another vehicle and 'tipping her car on its side'... we could see the 'tyre marks' on the side of the car she'd clipped. 

14 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

All too slow, why be part of the problem when you can get a BYD Seal Performance that is far faster and cheaper to run with 8 years warranty, 8 years free servicing, 0-100 in 3.8s, 4WD and 530hp.

Where...   speed is somewhat irrelevant, as much fun as an EV may be (torque)...   

But.. back to where ?....  in Bangkok, where do you get your BYD serviced each year (or whatever)...    I see a lot of BYD on the road and wonder if any existing service centres are not going to be completely overwhelmed in a few months... 

Thus: honest question - Is your BYD in Chiang Rai (assumption from your username) easy to get serviced ?

4 hours ago, AreYouGerman said:

 

No electrical vehicles! Ever. I don't like to destroy the Earth with those batteries and the stuff they put in there. EV is only for females and feminists.

 

There is an element of this which concerns me...    I'm not so sure we (the global community) have fully evaluated the 'Battery' conundrum, even with future development, vs carbon capture and hydrogen tech... 

I for one am not convinced batteries are the way forwards - though I do like the torque of an EV.

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

No I do not have the solution. 

That form has absolutely nothing to do with the app problem. 

I would now say pest but that's not so cute.

You have access to a solution - but you are so intent on taking your approach to resolution that you are blind to Grab's 'non-human' approach, however flawed that may be..... 

8 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

16 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Agreed - work on resolving an issue that you can feel confident is not going to be a regular recurrence. 

I don't see how resolving the issue of the 300 baht is related to my version of the app totally BLOCKING getting help via live chat, phone, or normal form complaints like missed items. I see no form to complain about the flippin' software. 

The App BLOCKED you from getting 'Live Help' ??....    YOUR account was SINGLED out and BLOCKED from receiving asstance ??...      Sorry JT - calling BS on that.

(loving the use of capitals to dramatise this whole issue !!)... 

Its a glitch - relax....  pay the double charge, claim back the double payment.... (its happend to me with a Grab Ride - which may or may not be exactly the same but I expect the resolution to be similar)...     

16 minutes ago, geisha said:

Pay cash.solved.

No...  thats not a solution. Thats a work around...   Jing has already explained why he prefers digital payment and that makes perfect sense. 

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

As I already said I would be happy to eat the 300 baht IF it actually fixed things. But no evidence that it would. 

Agreed - work on resolving an issue that you can feel confident is not going to be a regular recurrence. 

4 minutes ago, susanlea said:

Must be a very strange marriage if you don't find out basic info at the start. Mother, father, brother. I would want to know this before marriage. 

Not at all. Would you marry someone you don't trust? Did your wife ask for birth certificates and documentation to verify your heritage and family relationships?

Did you feel the need to request basic information or proof of genetic and family ties from your (future) Wife's parents and siblings?

6 minutes ago, susanlea said:

How could any man marry a woman for 7 years and not know the difference between a brother and a lover? How hard is it to check id? Everyone has an ID card.

 

Would this ever happen in europe? It is incredible if the story is even real.

You have 'tail wagged the dog' in your deconstruction of the issue...      how many Thai ID's have you checked to confirm your partner is a true sibling of her 'brother' ?  (*Note below).

I'm not suggesting you are wrong - but your base point of criticism is perhaps flawed....   Would this ever happen in Europe?...   how many ID cards in Europe do you check when dating someone ?

*My Brother in Law is without doubt a sibling (also loads of family photos) but I've never checked his ID, the Brother in Law of a close friend of my is also a 'dead ringer for his sister' - in both mentioned examples, sibling-ship is obvious... That said, I also have a close Thai male friend who's brother is neither similar in features or character. 

2 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

2 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Yeah, that video is showing the Thai driver just not looking and driving far to close to the car pulling out very very slow, leaving much room and time for adjusting instead of just continue straight. The Thai driver was probably more interested in something else instead of the road.

Blaming the Thai

Why are you blaming the Thai, he looked innocent - See what I did there ??... 

Taking 'only' part of the comment to suit an agenda.... 

BTW: I agree with you MalcomB - the Thai is not at fault here BTW - but I wanted to highlight how your misquote destroys context, as did mine.

2 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Pretty straightforward to me. 
Dhedhis fault, reckless.

After watching the video - I'm in agreement...  (thx to KhunBENQ for sourcing the vid - a lot of potential debate without that)...

I'd initially thought speed may be involved to flip a car, but not so, seems the 'flip' was more to do with 'wheel climb' rather than flipping from the impact... 

So... Thai fella clearly not speeding, but he was rather close to the left side, far closer than I'd be comfortable driving - I been in plenty of vehicles which are passing too close (left side) to other vehicles and I cringe each time imagining someone swinging the door open....  

The American pulled out without using his mirrors - 100% the Americans fault, no matter how close the Thai was when passing him.

2 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Are you saying he is lying? 
Pretty straightforward to me. 
Dhedhis fault, reckless.

No, I'm suggesting the article had no mention of the Americans version...  thats all.... 

2 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

.... OK... and according to Mr. Dhedhi ???    we're only getting the Thai fella's story, not the Americans ?

 

 

Are you saying he is lying? 

No...   Read again, try harder.

2 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Pretty straightforward to me. 
Dhedhis fault, reckless.

Are you suggesting the Thai Gentleman is not lying ?

.. See what I did there ? (Rhetorical - given your recent posting history I don't expect you have).

3 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

27 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

The name of this airline (SCAT) raises concerns about how disconnected its owners are from basic realities which could raise concerns as to how disconnected its owners are from international standards

Not "disconnected" enough to be a full IATA member, though.   Could be that the number of people who recognise scat as an activity is very restricted, to the extent of being insignificant to normal air travellers but hilarious to AN members by which, of course, all standards are measured! 

Trust you to take the pish take out of the name 'scat' so very seriously and literally...   

35 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

According to Mr. Ha-ngen, the accident was caused when Mr. Dhedhi's car, which was parked by the roadside, unexpectedly pulled out and collided with his car's back end. This resulted in his car flipping and the resulting injuries which included minor scrapes and discomfort in his chest and abdomen.

.... OK... and according to Mr. Dhedhi ???    we're only getting the Thai fella's story, not the Americans ?