richard_smith237

I was minding my own business the other day driving about... and this crazy foreigner came speeding up the street and tried to drive into me... .... Then he followed for a bit while belting his horn... utter loon !!! I've no idea what was wrong with him.....

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There's handfull of the 'Thumbs-down' stalkers... juvenile fools who'll post against the poster themself rather than the individual topic... Its also fairly obvious to see who they are... even when they are stalking someone else.

I think allow 2 weeks to make a VFS appointment. Allow at least 3 months ahead of Passport Expiry... renewal should take about a month, but they are notorious for delays due to payment or photo issues (mine took 2 Month Oct to Nov '24). Here was my latest timeline: 02-Oct: Submitted application at VFS 18-Oct: Received HMPO e-mail - unable to process payment (given link to government portal for payment) 23-Oct: Received HMPO e-mail - Confirmed Payment 24-Oct: Received HMPO e-mail - Request to Post new photos (current photos unacceptable) 02-Dec: Received HMPO e-mail - Collect Passport from VFS. But also consider it you might have to travel to any country that insists on 6 months validity in the Passport while you have a renewal application underway.

Au contraire SF.... No thumbs down emojis from me... Most just scroll past your farang-bashing now and just ignore your comments... I'm still amused by how desperate you are to use any opportunity to 'bash-a-foreigner'... that'll wear off at some point.

Before she got hit you can just barely make out she bowed her head a little suggesting she thought the bus saw her and would stop. Yep... I saw that... but it seems she just 'went through the motions' rather than actually looked properly and paid attention...

Ours is a 22kW Wall Box... (Type 2 plug) Which actually works on a 15/45 3x Phase... (i.e. each phase provides 15amps) I believe this charges at 10.4kW Thus: Mathematically it would take approximately 8.4 hours to fully charge our 88 kWh battery (from zero to 100% - with 100% charging efficiency). Real word charging efficiency is approx 90-95% - so we're looking at 9.5 hrs for a full charge. Real Real world charging: we rarely get below 50% running around BKK... so the charge is only ever a few hours to top up... i.e. Plugged in every 3rd night or so.... Location of the wall box to where the car is parked is obviously a key point.

Our is routed from a mains-breaker in the house, it can be isolated (to off) if we wished to do so. But really, is that something that happens ?.... Neighbours parking in your drive and using your 'charging station' ???

You never can tell. She might be one of those people who actually know how to use punctuation when writing.

Easy enough on todays technology. My phone gives UV index, Humidity, Wind, Sunrise & Sunset in addition to the weather in general. Easy enough - but the question was quite realistic... "does anybody actually do that ?" [check the UV index]

Yep, always read it through before hitting Sumbit Relpy. 555 oh.. no... I did it again... that should have read pRoof reading... honest mistake... 555

And the other is to proof read what you are sending. 555 Fair enough... I'm sure your standards of poof reading are up there with the best...

You are not the only one who has high estrogen levels... Makes sense again... Male menopause, non-existent testosterone levels, baldness, onset of Alzheimers and high estrogen... your openness to identify your issues is a huge step in your journey towards self improvement.... Your emotional development is impressive Malcy...... well done...

Several years ago, my wife was driving when a Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) bus sped through a red traffic light, narrowly missing her.... (evidence on dash-cam). She promptly contacted the widely advertised BMA complaint hotline to report the dangerous behaviour. Unsurprisingly, the response was dismissive: something along the lines of, “So what? You’re alive, aren’t you? The bus didn’t hit you.” Nowadays, social media is the only truly effective tool for addressing such issues. It forces those in power to act - but only once a certain level of public attention has been achieved. The problem is, not every case attracts media coverage. Additionally, generating the necessary social media spotlight requires careful and strategic effort to avoid accusations of defamation.

"& not just Farang"... Where in the nation are 'Farang' specifically singled out and targeted for law enforcement ? (with the exception of the Patong and Pattaya shakedowns of non-licensed tourists).

How you've managed shoe-horn a 'foreigner bash' out of a news story where there has been not one mention of a foreigner is truly outstanding.... That said: I agree with your sentiment to leave the girls alone - they were making their own decent money, they weren't coerced, its seems this was clearly their own choice... Its seems the videos were not public domain but for private membership... Quite unfair on them I'd say... ... there's a stench of puritanical hypocrisy when I read stories such as this...

It certainly explains a lot about you...

It's not about need at all. No one needs to become friends with anyone - most of us are perfectly capable of living solitary lives in relative comfort. But having trusted friends to socialise and connect with is one of life’s pleasures for many. From my perspective, there’s no reason why that circle of friendship shouldn’t include a Thai, or indeed any foreign male, if there’s genuine common ground. So when someone deliberately avoids such interactions and states they would only befriend fellow foreigners, it suggests a certain negative attitude - a kind of quiet prejudice towards the local population.

Yeah... I just rewatched the video to double checked why she didn't see the bus coming.. And it does look as though she 'leaned forwards' to take a look up the road... but somehow completely ignored the oncoming bus and stepped out anyway.... Almost as if this was nothing more than just a 'movement habit' in the same way Thai's will 'duck slightly' when passing a an elder... more muscle memory than active action.

I believe the fine is 4000 baht for a vehicle going through a Zebra crossing with pedestrians in it, and 40,000 baht if someone is injured. Are they the 'minimum fines' or the 'up-to' fines ?

Should she have known that she was about to be hit by a bus speeding on the wrong side of the road ? Should she have stepped into the road unaware that such a danger was even a possibility - especially in Thailand? Of course she should have known. Or rather, she should have been aware of the potential for vehicles travelling the wrong way, or using the outer lanes (in the wrong direction) to bypass stationary traffic. Had she simply looked, she wouldn’t have been hit - though that doesn’t absolve the bus driver, who was clearly in the wrong. What continues to astonish me is that anyone would step into a lane of traffic without first checking for oncoming vehicles. It’s basic self-preservation. In situations where traffic is at a standstill, it's nearly always motorcycles tearing up the outside. It's common. Predictable, even. And it must be anticipated for basic measures of road safety.

No, it doesn’t block the view outright, but it does impair the ease with which one can see up the road. That said, in nearly every recent thread discussing pedestrian crossing accidents, the individuals who were struck t because they stepped out without looking, distracted and unaware. This isn't to place blame squarely on the pedestrians, but there was undeniably a lapse in self-preservation - a failure to exercise the caution necessary in such situations, which contributed to their injuries or worse. When traffic halts at a pedestrian crossing, it takes but a moment to glance up the road - in both directions - before stepping into the next lane. This is perfectly feasible even if the vehicle that’s stopped for you is a bus or lorry. In fact, the larger the vehicle, the more critical it becomes to check that the adjacent lane is clear. Just because it looks easy doesn’t mean it is. A motorcycle lane-splitting at speed can appear from nowhere, and without that glance, you’re dangerously exposed. This is basic road safety 101: never assume, always look - and double-check. Having watched numerous CCTV clips of pedestrian crossing incidents in the news, two common threads emerge every time: - Someone wasn’t paying attention. - A vehicle didn’t stop. It almost always comes down to one - or both - of these avoidable failures.

Absolutely... that's precisely how I see it too. It's the same story everywhere: educated individuals tend to be more open-minded and attuned to what's happening around them and in the wider world.

I can remember at least 10 that have been reported just here, Specifics would add kudos to your claim of knowledge of at least ten and over what period of time? This 'kudos' you speak of? You may file it alongside your tiresome pedantry, where it rightly belongs..... 67‑year‑old Irishman fell from the 31st floor of a luxury hotel in Pattaya on 19 August 2024 36‑year‑old New Zealander, Akuhata Edward Robert Hammind, fell from a 7th‐floor balcony of a Pattaya hotel and died on 29 August 2024. 32‑year‑old Russian woman fell to her death from the 7th floor of a condo in Sattahip district on 14 August 2023 26‑year‑old Russian woman identified as “Ms K” jumped from the 14th floor of a Pattaya condominium on 7 April 2025. 34‑year‑old Polish tourist, “Swalomir,” lost balance and fell from a 5th‑floor Phuket condo balcony on 3 May 2025 British tourist, Martin, age 69, fell from the 4th floor of a Pattaya hotel on 4 February 2024 and later died. 74‑year‑old British man, paralyzed, fell from the 4th floor of an East Pattaya condo on 22 January, 2025. 25‑year‑old Uzbek woman, Ms Choksanam, fell from a 6th‑floor balcony at a Pattaya hotel on 7 December 2024, survived with serious injuries. 51‑year‑old Englishman, Paul Hadfield, heavily intoxicated, fell from the 2nd floor of a Pattaya hotel on 4 November, 2024. 27‑year‑old Swiss man, Luis Anders Engel, fell from a 3rd‑floor condo balcony in Jomtien (Pattaya) on 7 December 2023, breaking his leg and dislocating an ankle after leaning on a railing while smoking 41‑year‑old Chinese tourist, Wang Anjun, fell from a 5th‑floor hotel balcony in Karon, Phuket, early morning 27 December 2024. He was found injured after drinking with friends, later pronounced dead in hospital. Unnamed South Korean man, aged 62, fell from a 10th‑floor balcony of a Pattaya hotel on 2 September 2024, landing on a terrace below, died at the scene. Austrian tourist (unnamed) fell from the 4th floor of a Bangkok hotel room on 11 January 2024.

What "amount" is that? A very small number to be precise. Just to elevate the pedantic level of idiocy... ....Being precise... what 'constitutes a small number ??? you forgot to be specific....