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Early morning Pattaya - open for business!

Hua Hin from the Vana Nava Sky Bar

Superb photograph!

2 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

Whilst that is the law I never heard of any case of it being enforced so rather doubt that it ever is, unless there is some other incident involved.

 

If you confess that yes you are drunk and apologise profusely and walk your bicycle you will be given a talking to a let go on your way, denying it getting belligerent and arguing could provide you with police accommodation for some time. Prosecuton will only happen if you force the police into it.

Agree. It is also against the law to ride a bicycle whilst holding an umbrella. And also against the law to cycle on most pavements. But, as you know, these are standard daily occurrences.

9 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:

I lived and drove/rode in Japan for many years and as long as you are reasonably careful it is no more dangerous than the UK and if you can drive safely in Thailand you should be OK as long as you never break the law.

 

The difference is that the traffic laws are virtually always enforced and penalties for drink driving apply to all the licence holders in a car (and the owner of the car even if they are not in it) if the driver is over the very low limit of 20mg per ml or ¼ of the UK.

 

The maximum penalty starts at 3 years in jail and or ¥500,000 fine that increases to 8 years in jail and or ¥1,000,000 fine if over 80mg per ml or if the police officer considers you to be intoxicated.

 

So never drive after drinking specially not the next morning.

Even riding a bicycle drunk is a no-no. The penalty is up to five years in jail and a million yen fine. "Leaving the car at home and cycling to the pub, seemed like the right thing to do, Officer!"

When I was living in Japan I was able to show my British driving licence and collect a full Japanese licence by filling in a few forms. For a Thai however, the process was far more rigorous and involved both a theory and practical test, as was the case for other Asian nationalities. British and American licences were okay for a same-day application and issue. Road accidents tended to make the national news, with close-ups of the damage, animated reconstructions and shots of the participants entering and leaving the police station. Even knocking down a bollard in the high street would be on the telly!

Welcome to Chiang Mai - taken with Samsung J7+

Good choice, excellent photo.

Can't remember the name of the book of football quotes, but these are from it:

Well Clive, it’s all about the two ‘M’s – movement and positioning.	Ron Atkinson
Xavier looks just like Zeus. Not that I have any idea what Zeus looked like.	Alan Green
David O’Leary’s poker face betrays the emotions.	Clive Tyldesley
He had an eternity to play that ball, but he took too long over it.	Martin Tyler
Ritchie has now scored 11 goals, exactly double the number he scored last season.	Alan Parry
Hagi could open a can of beans with his left foot.	Ray Clemence
I’d say he’s the best in Europe, if you put me on the fence.	Bobby Robson
Scholes is now on his feet, but very gingerly.	Clive Tyldesley
Don’t just sit on the fence, Terry, what chance do you think Germany have of getting through? I’d say it’s about 50:50, Jimmy.	Jimmy Hill & Terry Venables 
That was an inch-perfect pass to no-one.	Ray Wilkins
This is a real cat and carrot situation.	David Pleat
Not only has he shown Junior Lewis a red card, he has also sent him off.	Kris Kamara
Tempo, now there’s a big word.	Barry Venison
Roy Evans bleeds red blood.	Alan Mullery
If Glenn Hoddle had been any other nationality, he would have had 70 or 80 caps for England.	John Barnes.
The first two-syllable word I learnt when growing up was ‘discretion’.	Eamon Dunphy
He’s got a knock on his shin there, just above the knee.	Frank Stapleton
They forced them into a lot of unforced errors.	Steve Claridge
More football later, but first, let’s see the goals in the Scottish Cup Final.	Des Lynam
They’ve flown in from all over the world, have the Rest of the World Team.	Brian Moore
For Tony Adams to confess his alcoholism like that took a lot of bottle.	Ian Wright
We had a word with him about diving and since then the lad’s come on leaps and bounds.	Billy Dodds
Javier Chevanton don’t speak the language too good.	Kevin Bond
Don’t tell those coming in the final result of that fantastic match, but let’s just have another look at Italy’s winning goal.	David Coleman
I’d love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half-time.	Kevin Keegan
I’m not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.	Alan Ball
In terms of the Richter scale this defeat was a force 8 gale.	John Lyall
There are rumours of fractions within the Palace dressing room.	Shaun Derry
Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field.	Radio Commentator
I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.	Mark Viduka

Krating Lai, north of Pattaya - taken with Galaxy Edge S6

Book of Condolences, Royal Thai Embassy, Tokyo - several hundred Thai expats were in attendance - taken with Galaxy Edge S6

Threatening sky at Central Festival, Chiang Mai (called Cen Fai locally) - taken with Samsung J7+