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I was driving our farm truck on the road at age 14 in Calif, solo. Used it to get to my part time job when weather was bad and didn't want to ride MC. I think it's good for the kid to shake off the nervousness and be comfortable driving. My kid was up for the task, first had to break the habit of using both feet in an auto car. Myself at land office renewing my license and at the reaction test, I was surprised at the number of adults using left foot for brake.

Please entertain us with your tales of woe from a 7-11.

Closing the Strait of Hormuz will never happen with 2 carrier groups in the region.

I did start the kid on private land in the US. In my view it's more irresponsible to let a kid get a license and turn them loose on the road with no experience.

At what age do you tell the kid to get behind the wheel and drive around? Yesterday while cruising around exploring neighborhoods I pulled over and the 13 yr old got behind the wheel. Big road in an affluent multi village area, not many cars, lots of speed bumps. While in the US the kid has already started driving there down country roads. Next will be manual transmission training. Being competent driving a stick shift is a valuable life lesson.

You're correct in some elite gov schools for secondary students. My kid spends countless hours on stupid art projects for science and health.

My kid goes to school with a healthy mixture of kid's economic backgrounds. You have seriously rich parents, successful hardworking parents. Much different from the parents of gov schools where the father is missing. My kid's world is made up mostly of associating with the upper class kids and parents. When she visits her Isaan roots, she is very aware of her privileged life. Had I not moved she would only know the Isaan life and what she sees on TV. Her only choice for a husband would be.....well you know...exactly what you described.

Subjecting your kid to a gov school is on you. There's EP schools which are not crazy expensive where math and science is taught in English and Thai. Also health is now in English also. My only concern is wasting time with social and history as it's mainly about doing art projects. Here in M 4 they decide which route to take regarding the hard classes.

All but a few expats in Thailand are most likely unable to repatriate to home country due to lack of money. Maybe when you left you were flush but if you sold your home and used that money to build a life in Thailand, it's doubtful whether you could return without help from family. Since Covid, rents in the US has gone crazy high. Which is probably one of the biggest obstacles for an expat to return home. While life in places like Pattaya are not ideal, it certainly is the lesser of evils in regard to survival.

This has zero to do with road safety and just another money maker for agents and driving schools.

If AOC is the future of the democratic party, get used to having the GOP in power for the foreseeable future.

This will be a big boost of income for driving schools. I got my MC license at a school in Pattaya area, cost was 1000 thb for 3 days school. First day was spent taking driving test in English till I could pass 100%. Then you have the plank test which you have to drive real slow which makes it hard for the inexperienced. The last day included taking the written test on computer at the school. Armed with the school's paperwork you can go to land office and do the usual color and reaction tests. I think the car license cost like 5000 thb.

The Ole lady paid 15k for her son.

Iran seeing the build up of US assets in the Gulf region could help them in their decision making.