richard_smith237

Absolute tosh & they know it. Excessive wait times have been an issue for years. Last year there was a report that it was 90 seconds… great, if true. That was the actual processing time per passport… again great if true !!! it’s closer to 3mins. So, this 20 second wait time is rubbish. They mean they are targeting a 20 second processing time. All pretty irrelevant if they don’t have enough immigration booths open & the problems always exist when immigration don’t tie in their ‘manning’ with flight patterns.

Correct. Very incorrect & well out of touch. Volvo feels more refined & is of a higher league… but not to the degree of difference you imply. I’ve owned both: 2018 XC-90 inscription 2018 CX-5 2.2 diesel.

‘The motorbike’ collided ??? … those pesky inanimate object again, doing things they shouldn’t !!! or… she pulled out without looking. The degree of absence of self preservation here is astonishing… Another tragic completely avoidable death.

The hotel did offer to pay the hospital fees. Could they have offered a little more? sure. Should they pay a huge settlement for hurt feelings? NO! When you make a business pay a huge settlement who do you think pays it? it's other customers who have to pay higher prices later on. So you’re ok paying less at places which can avoid responsibility for lack of safety standards ? I do get your point about costs getting passed on to the consumer / customer…. Should these companies have some sort of indemnity insurance? Both electrical safety & road safety in Thailand is awful because the underlying attitudes towards those issues ranges from total avoidance of responsibility to complete apathy. If the police don’t do anything to ensure laws & safety standards are followed then the only fall back we have is the risk of getting sued & public shaming, the later being very difficult because of defamation laws…. Thus, those prepared to sue or generate noise over such issues pave the way for others.

Nah… your excuse is clearly poor schooling & unfortunate genetics !!! … it’s understandable if that led to the bottle !!! ????

Then why does everyone run away Not everyone does. Pedantic - 'fleeing the scene' is an extremely common occurrence in Thailand. In fact, when it's reported that after a serious accident its reported that that a driver didn't flee the scene, the response on the forum is usually one of surprise. People flee the scene for one of two main reasons. - They are fearful of immediate retribution from locals. - They are drunk and don't want to be charged with DUI.

Trully shocking (was there an intended pun?)... that people don't identify the seriousness of this issue. IF there is no compensation and no financial accountability from the hotel then there is no incentive for them to do anything about this. Only when establishments are aware there is legal and financial risk for their lack of safety will they care enough to actually ensure adequate safety is in place. This whole idea of 'compensation' protects everyone else otherwise the next person who uses that jacuzzi could end up electrocuted to death.

They are both at fault.... We are not living in an either or world whereby if one person is at fault the other person is therefor 100% free of fault. The car driver is absolutely at fault for blowing through the junction on red. The car driver is absolutely at fault for not slowing and stopping when the light was on yellow. The girl's parent are at fault for allowing an under-age girl to ride a motorcycle. The girl is at fault for not looking before entering the junction. The girl is at fault for entering the junction before the lights turned green.

It seems you do not know what "all red time" means. When one light changes to red, there is an interval of time before the lights at another junction turn to green. During this interval of time... "all red time" no one has right of way. The time between the traffic light for the car changing to ed and the impact is about 1.6 seconds. Traffic lights in Thailand have an 'all red time" of about 3 seconds. This would imply that the girl jumped the lights. Erm... take your own advice.. The video is proof - the light turned red while the car was about 5m from the junction and the impact was about 1.6 seconds later. The girl was illegally on a motorbike. The girl entered the junction without looking. The light cannot have been green based on the timing shown in the video. You may not want to blame the victim because you are allowing your sympathies to cloud your bias, however, three very clear mistakes were made by the girl which led to the accident. The video is fact enough - its clear to see. Both the driver of the car and the girl are to blame for their parts in the accident. The Driver blew though the junction on a red light - very dangerous driving. The girl also jumped the light without looking - careless riding and she should never have been on a motorcycle in the first place. You're a fool if you can't understand that.

Thats true... A number of years back I went to renew my licence and found out that I was a 'year out' and it was one year and one day out of date !!!... I have to go from scratch again with a 2 year Temp Licence.

I'm a bit confused by your comment. Do you mean that the DLT were not bothered about your Yellow House Book, but they processed your driving license based on your Pink ID ? (Which DLT in Bangkok was this) A couple of years ago I renewed my DL with my Yellow House Book and Pink ID - the did want a copy of my Pink ID so its possible that this was the key pieced of ID they wanted rather than the Yellow House Book. (DLT Area 3 in Bangkok - nr Sukhumvit 99).

Indeed.... its absolutely obvious what was meant. Just when I think someone couldn't be more pedantic we bear witness to some pathetic next level nit-picking. There seems to be a degree of cognitive inflexibility that borders on a mental condition.

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According to our resident halfwit… Thats not possible….. ‘you either get electrocuted or you don’t’ it would be naive to think otherwise !!!!! ????????????

I know it was an either or question, however, hove you considered the Kia carnival. I have a Mazda CX-5 here, excellent car. I had the XC-90 inscription in the UK while locked out of Thailand over covid. Both excellent cars, the Volvo is better.

& you highlight an absence of education…. Nothing personal, but it’s so obvious.

So you don't think someone receiving an electric shock in a hotel Jacuzzi is a problem, you instead find issue with the victims ???? There are some rather inside-out and upside-down opinions on this forum, almost as if some have gone so native they blame innocent victims for incompetence and negligence of others.

There are some websites which also help you practice answering the questions. https://traffic-rules.com/en/thailand/practice-test https://move2thailand.com/driving-license-exam-in-thailand-2020/

I got curious because I've seen it used both ways - injury & death, so I looked it up. If the article and the woman are to be taken at face value, they were electrocuted. "Electrocution" encompasses severe or bad injury, not only death, which it appears you may have been inferring. Of the 5 dictionaries I checked, one of them only had death in the definition. All the others included injury. Agreed... There have been numerous debates on this forum regarding the specific meaning of 'electrocution' in relation to meaning death, or death and serious injury. Thus: the use of electrocution in this example is perhaps excessive because it would appear there was no 'serious' injury. That said, its easy enough for any of us to know exactly what is meant by the word without delving in to the semantics... I'm sure our resident pedant will be along shortly to debate the debate !!!!

Bialetti is obviously the brand to go for if you are happy to pay for that - I use one when travelling and can't fault it for convenience (when camping and have no access to electricity etc) They have a range of models from Stainless-steel to Aluminium. I've just bought a Nespresso Vertuo Pop (7500 Baht) to use at work. I'm quite happy with the coffee it produces and its ridiculously convenient.

A Non-Immigrant type O Visa is considered as a 'resident visa'.... as such you will be (should be) eligible to renew to another 5 year licence. There has been varied experience to the use of the Yellow House Book as proof of address. At DLT Area 3 in Bangkok (near Sukhumvit 99) I have used the Yellow House Book as proof of address without issue, however, there have been reports on here that some DLT offices; such as Chonburi, will not accept Yellow House Book as proof of address. Mileage obviously varies. IF I'm not mistaken, if you have a Pink ID card, you may not be expected to show your passport at all. I can't quite remember for sure if upon my last renewal I presented a copy of my passport or not, I did show both my Yellow House Book and Pink ID and they took copies of both.

Its in the header !!!!!!! And just becasue someone else my be a non-Thai here thats no reason to suggest the legal system may not be on their side. This was not an accident, it was negligence.

There's nothing wrong with compensation, especially if they received some injuries. In Thailand the legal consequences of having poor electrics in public places is extremely limited - The only way to take such issues more seriously is to make them care. When a lack of safety standards costs businesses and authorities a lot of money, only then Thailand will become safer for the rest of us. Thus: While people may not think the issue of compensation is an important one, it actually is, because when businesses know there is a risk of excessive compensation costs they'll care enough to ensure their premises are safe.

Good point.. and from which country... We'd be able to work out how much he could sell it for in his home country, and how much he could buy the same car for here.

I'm not so sure about that... no one else has rattled on with pedantic monotony about the word 'governments'.... Quite like a dog with a bone.