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23 hours ago, madmitch said:

I'd love to know how these statistics were calculated. Europeans the lowest spenders? Hmmmm.

Could be the statistic of the whisky and wine seller in Central Festival Chiang Mai. ???? 

4 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

I believe the UK is 125cc and has been for decades.

But i could be wrong and i don't really care.

My OP was just giving the gist of things, not being pedantic.

I believe pretty much every housewife on the planet who can ride a bicycle, can ride an auto scooter.

If you really believe what you tell in your last sentence, go to Pai sit down in a restaurant opposite the rental shops in Walking Street and watch how most foreigners (Western and Chinese) can handle an automatic scooter.
Another good place to watch is the parking at the Pambok Waterfall.
You will be surprised...

7 hours ago, boonrawdcnx said:

I think the real joke here is to call a Thai license a “proper” license!

And why would a shop that rents out any bike - small or big - be able to rent it out to anybody who can not produce a license that allows the person to operate said vehicle?

Ah I know why - in Chiang Mai for example there are several roadblocks manned by police around the old city who fine every tourist they catch without a license a 1000 baht! I reckon they make 10’s or even hundreds of thousands of baht on a good day.
And then get this - they can then drive around without a license the entire day!
Also the shops that rent out motorbikes to people who are not allowed to ride them because they have no license to do so are never fined anything!



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If you get caught in Chiang Mai without ANY licence, you pay 1000 THB. With the receipt you are allowed to drive 3 days !
Backpacker forums seem to spread this online as the easiest way to ride a rental bike for a few days.
No licence - find a checkpoint (plenty around nearly every day) - pay your fine = licence problem solved > ride to Pai.
I asked a police officer about insurance coverage with their receipt ????. His cool answer was: Another problem but only if have accident.

7 hours ago, lujanit said:

Check your travel insurance. Most policies are void if the person riding has an accident if the rider doesn’t have the appropriate license. Lots of visitors get caught out if they have an accident.

Would be easy to avoid problems like this if:
a) Tourists / Renters need to show the mandatory licences (valid national + international) at the rental shops.
b) the shops would provide a Rental Bike Insurance (3rd. party, medical coverage, bailbond ... ) which is available online from 150THB p. day, instead of charging 100THB more for their fake insurances.
But this would mean to stop to be that greedy.

How many of the 422 were younger than 70 ?

That's why the students smile so much when I pass them ...

So that's the definition for for what doesn't exist in LOS.

Doesn't need much beauty to be a model now in LOS ...

24 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Nobody pays tax here 

I pay tax

2 hours ago, Catoni said:

Funny, just yesterday BritManToo posted: 

“It's been really wet in Chiang Mai, all the dams (I cycle past) are full.”

 

Maybe he's cycling around first year...
Should "cycle" to the Mae Kuang Dam and have a look on which line the trees start to grow, could give some inspiration about when the dam is full.

Good way to get some more followers on her Instagram.
But how does she know how i treat my dog ?

17 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Great promotion for Thailand - Land of "Smiles"! Maybe the TAT could start a new campaign: "TLC: Thailand - Land of Cockroaches", or "TLC: Thailand - Land of Cop Terror"...

So it is normal procedure that people cut 2 pages out of their passports ?
Get real mate !

On 9/15/2019 at 12:33 PM, Matzzon said:

Why do you choose to settle in a country where you feel so unsafe that you need to carry a gun? I am probably stupid, but I thought the whole idea with moving abroad was to get away from problems and get a better life.

Maybe he was used to carry a weapon in his home country. No speculations where this could be ...
I live here in this "dangerous country" since 9 years and never feeled i would need to protect me with a gun. Maybe because I don't come from the same country as he does...

15 hours ago, Cadbury said:

Actually much of that 12.9 trillion baht becomes bank debt when the balloon goes up. Just Like Lehman Bros back in 2009. 

But in sleepy hollow Thailand no one seems to worry. 

Do they worry about anything ?

15 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Western culture influence.

Not unusual to see Thais spending 1/3 to 1/2 of their income on car payments.

Add rent and food put the rest on credit cards which are handed out like candy to anyone.

 

On this, a place like the US although higher incomes have major debt and most very little in savings.

National debt 10's of trillion.

 

All has to collapse at some point including here but they have been saying that for years.

 

So the foreigners are to blame again !

4 hours ago, MRToMRT said:

They should state where it is and ask for volunteers to help clean it up before it just gets washed back in the sea. 

When the trash is washed into the sea, the problem is solved for the local authorities...

5 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

 

i took these photos near my house in Hua Hin. A very common site unfortunately.

Where is the poster that tells 2000baht fine for dumping waste ?
Stolen and used as sun protection at the nearby noodle shop ? ????  

6 hours ago, mok199 said:

Beaches and oceans are too much work !!! Thailand rolls with huge shopping centers and new mega condo complexes,then when they are worn out and boring,just knock em down and build a better newer bigger one...

Where else should the Chinese go then to new malls ?

4 hours ago, overherebc said:

I'm 50/50 on this.

I have insurance for here ( accident ) but even if we travel to other countries we always buy some kind of insurance.

I really don't understand those that come here from UK USA for example, on holiday who don't buy any insurance in any way.

Or buy it and don't read it re' falling off a rented bike etc when they don't even have a bike licence at home. Been a few stories on that on TV.

Met a backpacking girlie on a rental scooter last week in a checkpoint in Chiang Mai.
She was amused about the low fine of 1000b for a missing motorbike license.
She:"Now I can ride around for 3 days without any problems"
I: Where did you get your informations from?
She: "Backpacker forum"
I: No insurance will cover you.
She: "I don't care, I know how to ride."
That's how it works now...
Wonder if she cares about ANY insurance. (No, she wasn't Chinese)

Use the long queues at the immigration checkpoints for a further question.
Do you have a travel insurance ?
YES - Note the home country
NO - Note the home country
Check your lists and start thinking ...

4 hours ago, monkfish said:

So they recognised it's a bad idea that's good but their reasoning for shelving it isn't so good.
But will they reintroduce it once tourism picks up again?
 

Never

14 hours ago, riverhigh said:

"Cambodia and other nearby countries allow establishments to make their own decisions as to opening hours.  Why is Thailand such a basket case?"

 

Let money for profit establishments make their own decisions on public safety and well-being. Get real!! So a money for profit establishment opens a bar at the end of your street and decides to stay open late to serve all the loud drunks. Its okay because he is making a profit? If this was to happen you would be running to Thai Visa with your tail behind your back complaining.

How old is the average TV poster and when does he jump in his pyjama ? ???? 8pm? ????

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

So he was right then, overcharged by nearly 40Kbht.

Police made him pay 14,500bht. 

 

Nice girlfriend too, he didn't know what ringing the bell meant, and she didn't tell him.

Why was he overcharged 40T? 
Just don't touch things if you don't know what they are for. ???? (and if you are the only one getting soft drinks for your money)