Thank You all for your kind words. Praew is my stepdaughter and as an update she has survived this horrific crash with no broken bones, her spleen has been ruptured and fotunatley only slight bruising to her brain.She is being treated at Udon hospital where she did her nursing training including her International nursing diploma and is being treated by her teaching doctors and is being well looked after, she is out of ICU and in the surgical ward. As her stepdad you can imagine my horror seeing your little girl lying on the road with not a shred of compassion shown by either the policeman or the woman who was driving. The woman who was driving to her credit has come to the hospital and apologised to her Mum and has offered any help she can .I am back in Australia and just feel so helpless.

Video: Nurse thrown in the air 30 meters as "brakes fail" - but somehow she lives
 

Picture: Daily News
 
CCTV footage from the north east of Thailand showed what happened at an intersection in Nong Bua Lamphu at the weekend.
 
A nurse was waiting innocently at the lights on her motorcycle when a Nissan comes hurtling down the road, cuts inside and smashes into the back of her at speed.
 
She is propelled some thirty meters into the intersection.
 
No one at the scene seems to be paying the victim much attention, perhaps assuming that she is dead. In fact someone looks at the damage to the front of the car first.
 
But Daily News reported that the victim - Patchanok Poynork, 23, a nurse at the local hospital - survived. After being taken to Nong Bua Lamphu hospital on Saturday she was then transferred to Udon.
 
The driver of the Nissan, Wannapatsorn Lakun, 38, said she was on her way home from Udon. She applied the brakes but they didn't work - she had no idea why, she claimed to police.
 
She has been charged with negligent driving causing injury.
 
Source: Daily News
  -- [emoji767] Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-02-05  

Refused entry to Thailand. Ok fine fine.. whateeever. But not allowing him to leave? I smell a rat.. they must know he has some money and need an angle to get at his money! Today is Saturday.. so I hope he has been able to leave? yes?

"will not only be arrested but have all their wealth confiscated by the authorities, he said." For who? I guy who overstays a few weeks or the man that committed a serious crime? Or.. Same same? Unfair. 

Am I dreaming? Three years living in Thailand and I am hearing common sense and honest observations from a thai government official? Amazing Thailand! Yehhhhhhhh! 

****Update*** Thanks everyone thus far. This post has been helpful. My landlord (Thai) asked to see photos of the bike and told me his Aunt owns a bike shop. I didn't know this until today. He asked if she could see the photos and whether or not I wanted to talk to her. I obliged. She was very polite and confirmed the bike would need to go to the mainland as there is not a "alignment" machine here. She then said the price would be about 5000 b. total, maybe less. I explained in full detail that the forks (sorry I don't know the right term), wheel, and somewhere under the steering was bent. She seemed to understand. She told me to talk with the owner to see if the bike could be moved to  her shop and she could fix. I went to the owner asked him to sit down and that I wanted to talk with him. I explained exactly that above. As soon as I said 5000b, he became outraged and said "the bike can only be fixed at the shop up the road" (he knows the guy for a long time). His wife then started yelling at me. They own a restaurant and people were eating. He also was yelling things like "you wrote off my bike", "I gave you a chance", "I tried to work this out with you", "You don't know what I can do", "You will pay double", "you will pay for the entire bike". Guys, I'm a young girl and I was just sitting there in shock. I asked them to please calm down and said can we just talk. The wife walked away and said charge her double. He yelled at me some more and walked away. I then said "hey can you please be an adult and sit down so we can talk" His response " I am being an adult.". I need to note that I have known them for one year. They have had serious financial troubles, as they both told me this. Also, from the very beginning, I understand that I will have to pay the damage, and have no objections to this. I get it. However, I was never told that the bike could only be fixed in one specific shop. Furthermore, I think it is only fair that I have the chance to go to a shop of my choosing, and one that is telling me that it will cost approx. half. Am I wrong for thinking this? 
 
Finally....many of you have said it is the risk of renting a bike. Yes, I know. [emoji20] 

No passport. And there is no way I would be able to find this guy. I don't know anything about bikes or bike damage. Plus I am on a tourist island where I know there are many "scams". So I am indeed in a pickle. The original owner of the bike has taken the bike. The owner of the bike says the Honda Dream retains its value and is worth that much because they are no longer made. And vintage. ????

;-(
The confirmation follows complaints from long-term expats that they were fined B2,000 for not re-registering their home addresses after travelling within the country.
“By law, it is a requirement to register your address within 24 hours after being registered elsewhere, such as at a hotel or a guesthouse,” Col Kathathorn told The Phuket News this week.
“It must be done because it’s the law. It’s the law in many countries,” Col Kathathorn said.
Col Kathathorn explained that in order to re-report an address, the foreigner must come to Phuket immigration offices, in Phuket Town or in Patong, in person and provide their passport, a filled-in TM30 form and a letter of authorisation – or literally a power of attorney empowering the foreigner to register details on the landlord’s behalf – if the landlord is not present.
“If it’s the same address as they were previously staying, the foreigner does not need to bring the rental contract proving their rental of the residence. We will have that information in the system,” Col Kathathorn noted.
“If you have this letter (of authorisation from the landlord), the landlord does not need to come to immigration,” he added.
 
https://www.thephuketnews.com/better-if-you-do-phuket-immigration-chief-urges-foreigners-to-re-register-addresses-even-if-staying-off-island-just-one-night-65744.php#2H6jsYcGQ333GyrU.97
 
 

‘Better if you do’: Phuket Immigration chief urges foreigners to re-register addresses, even if staying off-island just one night 
Shela Riva
 

Chief of the Phuket Immigration Offce, Col Kathathorn Kumthieng, urges foreigners to re-register their addresses, just in case. Photo: Shela Riva
 
PHUKET: The Chief of the Phuket Immigration Office, Col Kathathorn Kumthieng, has confirmed that all foreigners registered as living in Phuket must re-report their address to immigration after being registered as staying in a hotel within Thailand, even for just one night.
 
The confirmation follows complaints from long-term expats that they were fined B2,000 for not re-registering their home addresses after travelling within the country.
 
“By law, it is a requirement to register your address within 24 hours after being registered elsewhere, such as at a hotel or a guesthouse,” Col Kathathorn told The Phuket News this week.

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/better-if-you-do-phuket-immigration-chief-urges-foreigners-to-re-register-addresses-even-if-staying-off-island-just-one-night-65744.php#Vp08C2R3RvBhXcr2.97
 
  -- [emoji767] Copyright Phuket News 2018-01-27  
 

‘Better if you do’: Phuket Immigration chief urges foreigners to re-register addresses, even if staying off-island just one night 
Shela Riva
 

Chief of the Phuket Immigration Offce, Col Kathathorn Kumthieng, urges foreigners to re-register their addresses, just in case. Photo: Shela Riva
 
PHUKET: The Chief of the Phuket Immigration Office, Col Kathathorn Kumthieng, has confirmed that all foreigners registered as living in Phuket must re-report their address to immigration after being registered as staying in a hotel within Thailand, even for just one night.
 
The confirmation follows complaints from long-term expats that they were fined B2,000 for not re-registering their home addresses after travelling within the country.
 
“By law, it is a requirement to register your address within 24 hours after being registered elsewhere, such as at a hotel or a guesthouse,” Col Kathathorn told The Phuket News this week.

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/better-if-you-do-phuket-immigration-chief-urges-foreigners-to-re-register-addresses-even-if-staying-off-island-just-one-night-65744.php#Vp08C2R3RvBhXcr2.97
 
  -- [emoji767] Copyright Phuket News 2018-01-27  
 

His gofund has collected over 3.000 usd! These gofund me things are waaaaaay crazy! Should I start one to pay for my next holiday? Or how about a daily soapy gofund me.. Absolutely ridiculous.

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Yes. I have come to the same (sad?).. Inevitable conclusion.

In my 20s through to about 60 years old..once a year to Birmingham UK.. from Australia.. After that USA. Haven't been in 4 years now. We've all grown apart.. Sisters.. Nephews etc etc.

Plus for a few decades past, when I did go there wasn't much interest in seeing me after a few meals together.. I was more keen.. They we not so... Enthusiast?! :) In fact out of 40+ trips to England.. Only once was a met at LHR.

Nope. Flogging a dead horse.

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5 hours? Really? I mean, really???
 
Most Thais that I know can't even sit still for 2 hours in front of the local monks while blessing a new home... Let alone stop playing on their phone as if Facebook updates are way more important then any driving video. Especially if the video does not contain car chases, guns and crashes.
 
Ok -- end of sarcasms for the day --

On 1/10/2018 at 9:03 AM, webfact said:

Video: Dead on her birthday - 20 year old uni student dies on way home
 

Picture: Thai Rath
 
A 20 year old university student died on her way home to celebrate her birthday.
 
Footage showed Thidarat Phungern on a Honda motorcycle collide with a kerb and fall under the wheels of a bus at an intersection in Ayuthaya on Saturday.
 
Her 24 year old brother Suphachai arrived at the scene in tears. He told reporters that his sister was a first year technology student at Ratchamongkhol Suwannaphum University.
 
She had just been to do some work to make ends meet and was going home to celebrate her birthday with her family.
 
Source: Thai Rath
  -- [emoji767] Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-01-10  

The Thai government should be somehow accountable here. Eg.. If they gave her a DL and really wasn't experienced enough to have the right! Government doing absolutely <deleted> and yet they see the carnage in the roads stemming from just really poor.. Judgment.. Knowledge.. Etc etc.. Yet the government allows this to continue on. Shame on them!

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Prawit praises Prayut as potential non-elected PM after election
By THE NATION
 

 
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday received a big boost from a key government figure who said the former Army chief is a good candidate to become a non-elected government head after the next election.

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan was asked during a media briefing at Government House whether he agreed with leaders of some new political parties being formed to support Prayut as an “outsider prime minister”. 
 
Prawit responded: “I should agree if people do so.” He quickly added: “Only people can give the answer. My opinion is not that important. I alone can’t say General Prayut should be the next PM.”
 

Gen Prawit Wongsuwan
 
Among Prayut’s staunch supporters is Paiboon Nititawan, a former member of the junta-appointed National Reform Council who now heads the Popular Reform Network. Paiboon is planning a new political party aimed at backing Prayut to lead the next government as a non-elected PM. Junta figures are prohibited by law from contesting the next election.
 
Prawit was Prayut’s senior colleague while they served in the Army, where they both rose to the rank of full general. Despite a number of damaging controversies, Prawit has managed to retain his positions in the Prayut-led Cabinet.
 
Recently, Prayut described himself as politician – an occupation he had previously denounced and blamed for the country’s problems and political conflicts.
 
Prawit yesterday said the country needed new politicians to serve the people and run the government. When asked if Prayut qualifies as a new politician, Prawit said that would depend on the people.
 
Earlier, a group of Pheu Thai politicians have declared their “lifelong loyalty” to the party, amid speculation that new, pro-junta political parties are wooing election candidates from established parties.
 

Prayuth Siripanit
 
Prayuth Siripanit, head of Pheu Thai’s northeastern section, gave the pledge on behalf of former party MPs from the region when they met caretaker Pheu Thai leader Viroj Pao-in on Wednesday. The ex-MPs met Viroj and other party executives to offer them New Year’s wishes.
 
During the gathering, Prayuth promised that his group would “stand firmly side by side” with the party leader and other executives.
 
“Our lives are given to no-one else. Whether the outlook is bright or gloomy, we will still be here. We will be loyal to Pheu Thai throughout our lives. We will die here,” Prayuth said, reading from prepared notes.
 
In response, Viroj asked the party politicians to prepare for the next general election and not to be affected by the reported attempts to have them defect from the party. 
 
Meanwhile, former prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh has thrown his support behind Pheu Thai, claiming that “people want the party to rule the country”.
 
He was speaking to a group of Pheu Thai politicians led by Prayuth, who met him on Wednesday at his home to offer New Year wishes.
 
Chavalit joined Pheu Thai in 2009 and left the party two years later. But he has still retained his influence among many party politicians, particularly those from the Northeast.
 
Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30336054
  -- [emoji767] Copyright The Nation 2018-01-12

Thai police to urge Interpol to help track down Ms Yingluck

 

 
The national police chief Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda said Saturday (Jan 6) that the Thai police would urge the Interpol to help track down former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra who was last seen in a picture in the social media with another woman somewhere in London.
 
He said his deputy, Pol Gen Srivara Rangsibrahmanakul, had been compiling the latest information about Ms Yingluck to be forwarded to the Interpol through the Thai Interpol to help locate her whereabouts.
 
The police chief noted that the Thai police had received good cooperation from the Interpol, but they were yet to confirm the ex-premier’s whereabouts.
 
Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/thai-police-urge-interpol-help-track-ms-yingluck/
 
  -- [emoji767] Copyright Thai PBS 2018-01-07

This is Thai Visa and a Thai forum.  Why would people who live in other countries be posting on Thai Visa?  Why not discuss the pros and cons of living in Thailand vs another country then the people who live here would have a form of reference to the OP.  I would think the topic, "have you left Thailand" includes why and why not.  Unless this is another Thai bashing thread.  If it is just another Thai bashing thread then I do see your point.

Are there any TVF members who have left Thailand and moved to another Asian country ?  If so what were your reasons , was it for the good and any regrets ?

Bear in mind what Peterw42 has said with regard to you future plans.............
 
You are 26 and can you find work in Thailand? If you can, will the salary be enough to support you and help build a successful and financially secure future for you/her/children? This esp as you can most likely be the "breadwinner" for her and her folks.
 
As for taking a Thai woman back home, well some have made it work, but many haven't as there are many pitfalls.......her children stay in the village and she misses them and her folks; you are out to work and she stays at home bored and lonely (though some girls find work) and friends for her are hard to find; climate change, and so on.
 
I would love to be proven wrong, but the odds are stacked against you I'm afraid.
 
 

Anyone?

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WANTED... I need to buy a new or used part for a 2003 Honda Jazz. Its the automatic transmission shifter handle.. a plastic trigger style part with a torsion spring inside just broke today.

What online car parts sites do you recommend in Thailand or all SEA? Thanks

If I was ever accused of anything like this.. I would give nothing to the police above 1.000 baht. 80.000 baht us the key to saying goodbye to much more cash. Take me to the police station.. Please check the gun for my fingerprints..I'll wait here in jail for a day or 2 until you get evidence. Simple enough.

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