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Well at least they succeed in keeping farangs engaged. 

Strictly seen the king own all land in Thailand, so how should decide about  this? He, the owner or the government?                         

2 hours ago, webfact said:

mainly the so-called digital nomads.

I am one of those digital nomads and in my opinion very few of us, if any, could be described as very wealthy. We would not struggle with working then, would we?

30 minutes ago, Dart12 said:

Doubt it.  It's been the gift that keeps giving to those in charge.  They

Your thought. Have you any proof of evidence that any government like the people to have half of their face covered? Usually government like the peoples face to be full seen to easier recognise them.  

8 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

So still can be fined while driving my own car with my family inside and not wearing a mask, even though we live under the same roof and the GF and I sleep in the same bed.....interesting times ahead.  Next we will be mandated to have the mask on while inside our own homes.  It is already a Juristic rule to wear them when we go outside the unit, are in the lifts and in the common areas.  Saw a resident swimming yesterday and was about to ask him where his mask was.....lol

You see it from a very personal and narrative view. The government as hopefully all of us, want to stop a pandemi. One way the government think is possibly is to demand that all wear facemasks outside home. Then what is the easiest way to control it? Stop every car where people not wear facemasks and check if they all live in the same place, or fee everyone that not wear a face mask? The latter is easier for both them and you. So think again and think right this time.   

1 hour ago, kamalabob2 said:

sleep apnea is almost always because you sleep on your back and then your tongue fall back and block your  airways. I had sleep apnea for many years I was tested and so on and after that my doc give me a tip. He said, take one of your wifes bra, or by you a own. Then, before you go to sleep, put a tennis ball in each cup, then put it on, but were it the other way, so you have the cups on your backside. That  will make you not try to sleep on your back. And it worked. After some month I could skip the bra. 

 

The thing that you wake up early have nothing with sleep apnea to do, it is age related. If you have sleep apnea one symtom is that you are very sleepy all day and fell a sleep what ever you are doing.

6 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Why does everything official in COVID Thailand include huge numbers of people sitting together for hours in a room? Do the Thai authorities not understand contagion?

In most countries, people are forced to wait 15 minutes after vaccination to check that they do not get a severe allergic shock. The pictures were probably taken there. Where you get the idea that they sit for hours waiting is hard to understand.

Once again, Thailand shows that it believes it is the center of the world that other countries revolve around. Will they ever learn?

When I first met my wife's nephew's son, my wife said he's a kathoy. Do not be silly I said, you can not see that in a three-year-old. Now, seven years later, I have realized that my wife was right. Where I want to go with this is that we men who prefer women often make the mistake of seeing LBs and homosexuals from a sexual perspective. Look at your own relationship, most of it is not about sexual intercourse.

3 minutes ago, ronaldo0 said:

Or I can drive about with my marriage certificate and our Id on the dashboard ready to hand to the first person that asks why we are not wearing masks in the car ! ????

Of course you can (you also have to bring your house book), but as I said it will be much easier to control, mask or no mask.

36 minutes ago, ronaldo0 said:

So I get to sit in the car wearing a mask with my wife who I spend 24/7 with in the house ????

You may see it all in the wrong way. Instead, think about what is easiest, that everyone who is in the same car wears a mask or to prove that they are married / live in the same household. The former definitely goes faster.

13 hours ago, kekalot said:

"Trade plates carry a significant number of restrictions. Drivers with red plates must seek permission from authorities if they want to use the vehicle at night. Cars with red plates cannot be driven out of the province where the vehicle was registered at purchase. Drivers must ask for permission each time they want to travel outside the specified area. Documents must be in order, with the destination and the dates of travel. Red-plated cars are not allowed to use expressways. Drivers of cars with red plates must have all car-related documents, a proper driving licence, and ID card ready for checks at all times. Police officers are authorized to stop any car with a red plate to examine the car and the driver's documents even if no traffic offence has occurred.

I have read this to and saw it as a problem as we had to go to a hospital in the neighbor province and our car has red plates. My thai friends said, no problem. I was not sure, so we went to the local police office and asked, no problem said the officer, you not need to do anything, just go there. I asked him to write the statement down on a paper, sign and date it, and also put an official stamp on the paper. He refused. Finally I called the head office of Land transport office and they said the same thing, you can go there with no problem. 

So it seams like that at lest this restriction have been taken away. 

22 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

You purchased a car from a dealership, the issue of delayed number plates is theirs................. Not  Toyota the Motor company.

 

To answer you question, I break the law every time I drive it from speeding to driving in the right hand lane to not using a seatbelt........... probably o dozen things as well !!

 

Good to see you finally found the Land Transport Department, maybe the process will speed up now.

Ok, so you think it is ok to break laws  and to drive in a bad way, well I do not. About Land Office, of course I have know about them for long time. The thing is that the newspaper called them Department of Land Transport and I quote them. If you search for Thailand and Department of Land Transport you come to  the Land Transport Department´s official web page.

Anyway, you obviously think it is ok to break the laws and I do not, therefore I not believe we come any further in this and stop our conversation here. Thanks.

28 minutes ago, pedro01 said:

 

lol

 

Have you seen interest rates right now? 

 

It's simple - you don't get busted for driving on a red plate nowadays - used to be they'd get you for driving it at night. I'm not sure if the law changed but certainly the behavior of police did. 

 

As for "same system as UK" - it's simple - this is not the UK. If you want their systems, you would need to live there. Bottom line is if you don't like Thailand - don't stay. Whining about every little different thing is just going to make you look like the Grinch.

 

Right now, it's red plate fever after the motor show.  So many cars have been purchased, it of course takes longer to register. 

Bangkok motor show started exactly one week after that I had purchased my car so that should possibly not be the problem if the system takes requests in order, and the bottom rule is not if I want to live in Thailand or not. __The bottom rule is should it be able to live following the laws or not and that applies both to ex-pats and thais.

22 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

I purchased a new car 4 months ago,it still has red plates.............care factor is zero so your claims that I favour the system in unfounded.

 

Your issue has nothing to do with the Toyota car Company so not sure why you choose to single them out with false and misleading claims.

 

FWIW, There is no such dept as the TTD, maybe thats why your white plates are delayed !!

If you read the headline, it says car company, ie unspecified, then in the text it says which brand we bought. But as I said, I do not refer specifically to them, more than in our case. As far as I know, all car companies do the same, or if it is TTD that sets up rules that they can not follow themselves.

Ok, sorry that I misunderstood that you favor a system that does not work, so let me put it another way. What do you think about that you could not use your new car without breaking the law?

As for TTD, it is not me who will do the registration but the sellers and we can really hope that they know where to send the registration documents.

I do not agree that TTD does not exist. They were the ones who commented on the new rules (but the news paper maybe used a bad English translation of the name) and they are, or are part of the Department of Land Transport, you can find their official website at https://www.dlt.go.th/en/ 

20 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

So you do have other options (walking and bicycle) and yet YOU choose to break the law.

 

Edit to add, This line "Toyota is thus not only deliberately violating current rules. They also force their customers to commit criminal acts" would land you in hot water should Toyota choose to sue you for slander...... thats another law are breaking !!

So you think it's ok that you can not use your newly purchased car and instead be forced to walk or cycle 35 kilometers one way to buy food and other necessities. I have a hard time believing that you would have the same attitude if you were in that situation.

It would be interesting to hear why you favor a system that clearly does not work as it should and why you think it is better that a newly purchased car should not be used. Maybe it can make me better understand how you and Thais work

As far as Toyota is concerned, in case they have made sure that the registration papers have been sent in on time, they can sue TTD because they are unable to fulfill what they say should apply.

1 minute ago, Ralf001 said:

 

You are not forced to do anything, take an alternative mode of transport if yours is illegal to drive.

 

Brake btw is the pedal on the left.

 

Also, it is DLT (Department of Land Transport) not TTD.

Life is easy if you not use your brain I guess. Here no alternative mode of transport exist, well of course I could walk or bicycling 35 kilometers one direction, but that was not my idea when buying a car and still not is.  

1 hour ago, Excel said:

<removed> They are not forcing you to commit criminal acts at all.  Do they force you to drive the car ? -  NO.  It is your choice to drive it if you know that by doing so you will break the law , If you feel so strongly about it why do you drive it ? just leave it until it is registered with the plates on it, simple. Toyota are not violating current rules at all, what a stupid statement. The dealer applies for the vehicle registration on your behalf (or the finance company ) not the Toyota Motor Company. It is the Land and Transportation Department who may be delaying things in the registration process, so why not just go and have a word with them and tell them they are breaking their own laws by not issuing them to you within the defined period and  I'm sure they will be accommodating to you ?

 

And by the way be very careful what you write as you have accused Toyota of criminal acts. Unless you can prove that it is a libelous statement you have made.

Well, I can of course only talk for me myself, but when I buy a car I do it to use it, not to have it parked in the garden as some kind of useless statue. And living like me, in the middle of nowhere I need to use the car to go and buy food and so on. So if I should not starve my self I am forced to use the car and by that forced to brake the law. TTD says that it is no problem to get a car registered within a month, but that is their words, not mine.

Is the answers here the right ones? As I remember it the passport have to be valid for at least 6 month when you ask for visa. That indicate that the old one could not be used. 

Another thing to have in mind is if you have a driving license as your passport number is on the driving license. When I renewed my passport I asked both police and emigration if I had to renew my driving license as well. None of them did know. I have not had the time to ask the Land office yet.   

This is announced two weeks after Prayut asked the farmers to refrain from two rice harvests this year due to lack of water. Welcome to Thailand, the hub of credible information.

6 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

This might assist ?

https://www.healthline.com/health/thermoregulation#process

Thanks. I believe we could close this issue with that.

1 minute ago, 4MyEgo said:

I would suggest that is the body's own system adjusting your temperature, and as long as it's not reading a hot temperature, your good to go.

Ok, maybe you are right, but that not explain, at least not for me, why my body would adjust to a lower inside temperature here than in my home country and always be constant. 

6 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

I also find that mine is around 36.1 to 36.4 when out entering shops, however at home it is usually around 36.5 to 36.8, just took it and it is 36.6 so it might have to do with our bodies reacting to the weather while outside the car making our way to the shop, the body adjusting it's temperature, assuming it's not via an underground car park ? 

No, I never use underground car parks because of dark windows and bad light in the underground car parks.