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 a motorist received a 500baht in the post after CCTV footage caughtthem failing to stop at a red light.

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Hi,

I rarely connect my iPhone to Apple Car Play, but last night whilst driving home I noticed that Apple maps is now functioning on my Honda Civic. It was never there before due to some regulation for Thailand (apparently), but is now working normally. I just thought I'd share it.

3 hours ago, Prairieboy said:

My calculation 60 days x 24 hours x 3600 s/hr divide by 1.3 million = one illegality every 4 seconds!

That’s correct. I have since corrected my original calculation in an earlier post. 

On 7/13/2018 at 8:10 AM, Just Weird said:

4 every second, not 15.

1,300,000 divided by 60 (days) = 21,666

21,666 divided by 24 (hours) = 902

902 divided by 60 (minutes) = 15

So, 15 per minute is correct, or 1 every four seconds. We were both wrong. Apologies for the error everyone. 

1.3 million photos in two months? That equates to 15 law infringements every second. The hub of lane changing?

13 hours ago, berybert said:

13 mothers praying their children will be found safe and well.

What is the point of this rubbish ?

 

+1

As an earlier poster said, use Nivea "Invisible" roll-on. I had the same problem as you and nothing since I switched.

32 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

The dashcam driver was trying to be kind, despite the illegal U-turner. However, that's the very reason I never stop on zebra-crossings for that same reason.

I've heard accounts from a few people who were rear-ended when they stopped at a zebra-crossing.

 

I'm one of them. I actually think it's safer not to stop, as crazy as that may sound.

2 hours ago, johng said:

3 hours ago, AsianAtHeart said:

I'm sure the criminals would be just as happy to sell their cars at higher prices to avoid suspicion.  It's a lot of hassle to go to a DLT for verification--why not make such a service publicly available online?  People could enter a VIN and check that the owner listed matched the title.  This could then be accomplished on the spot.

Yes the whole vehicle registration process needs a total overhaul and brought into the modern age...right now its stuck in the steam age.

The steam age? It must've been updated since I last used it then.

2 hours ago, jaltsc said:

"The department of corrections has announced that a murderer has been executed by lethal injection."

 

However, if his grandfather started Red Bull, he would be partying all over the world, thumbing his nose at the Thai legal system.

Or if his family were big wigs on Koh Tao.

My wife works at a 'prestigious' international school. For what they charge I can't see it being very good value for money, although that is just my opinion. That said, they do stick pretty closely to a western curriculum and many of the school leavers end up at good universities abroad, so there must be something in it. But if you look at the state system the competition isn't exactly stiff. 

6 minutes ago, dick dasterdly said:

How many of those that die are on 'bikes - and how many in 4 wheeled vehicles?

 

Perhaps the answer is to ban 4 wheeled vehicles!

 

Obviously this will never happen, but it would be nice if posters accepted that a large reason for the fatalities is the mix of a large number of 'bikes, and an increasing number of 4 wheeled vehicles.

I accept your point, and it's a good one. But if you took more people out of cars and onto bikes (by banning 4-wheeled vehicles) I'm pretty sure the death toll would rise, as fewer people would be protected, as I can't see how the number of accidents would reduce as a result. It's all about statistics really; in truck v car accidents, statistically more car drivers die, so it is with cars v bikes. That doesn't mean we should ban trucks.

I reckon if you took the ratio of bikes to cars there is here and had the same ratio in the UK there would still be a lower death toll due to driver education, which is almost non-existent here. 

I think a massive problem in Thailand is window tint film. I've lost count of how many times I cannot see anything through the car windows in front in daylight. How does this work at night or dawn/dusk. It must be like permanently driving with sunglasses on. But, again, it's not enforced. 

“You’ve hit one of the markers. I’m sorry to say you’ve failed the test.”

(rustle of a brown bank note)

”Congratulations. You’ve passed your test.”

6 hours ago, Just Weird said:

Rubbish.

Please elaborate. 

2 hours ago, Denim said:

Drove past this last week. It really is huge.

 

Wonder what they will do with Hualampong .......... a real landmark. Be a shame to see it go to seed or close.

If the rest of Bangkok is anything to go by, it’ll be a shopping mall a week after it closes.