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Ray Ban

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  1. Aren’t the doors in most vehicles able to be opened from the inside even if locked from the outside, precisely for safety reasons? Presumably this vehicle didn’t have sliding windows able to be opened from the inside. The simple and cheap idea suggested above of installing a clearly marked panic button connected to the horn has a lot to be said for it., but in the end a quick visual check by the driver before leaving the vehicle should be all that’s required.
  2. You do realise I imagine that the new laws require children 6 and under to be in child safety seats, not just belted.
  3. My wife is Thai, so translation not a problem. In any event, it’s not too difficult to distinguish between TOYOTA and NISSAN!. The fact remains that the Vigo has a vinyl-covered slab of foam for a back seat, no belts, and a blue book. The Nissan has 4 seats witth belts and a green book. More to the point is what is the built-before date for exemption from the new laws? In 2014 when they first tried to bring in this legislation it was 1April 2012, which covers me. Now the date is quoted as 1Jan 1988. I have also seen a quote from the new laws to the effect “However the law shall not apply to passengers in the extended space behind the front seats of a pick up or in the cargo tray so long as they are within the limits”. Don’t know what trust to put in that.
  4. Not that easy in my case. The Vigo has a blue book and no number in the space for carrying capacity. Our daughter’s Nissan March has a green book which shows carrying capacity of two, but has four full seats with belts!
  5. When we’re new cars first required to be fitted with seat belts? My 2008 two-door Vigo Ute doesn’t have belts for the back nor any way of fitting them. A report in 2014 when they tried to bring in new seat belt laws and ban riding in the tray said vehicles first registered before 1st April 2012 were exempt. Now the date seems to be 1st January 1988. There must be many people like me who can’t work out if having rear seat passengers is now illegal.
  6. This report tells us that one “ definitive” point made by the RTP spokesman was that cars registered before 1 January, 1988 are exempt from the “new” seat belt laws. In reporting from March 2017, the exemption was for cars first registered before 1 April, 2012, which takes in my Toyota 2-door Vigo. The rear seats are a slab of foam with plastic covering, “secured” with strips of Velcro. There are no seat belts and no anchor points to instal them. I’m obviously not alone. Its unlikely that the average cop will have any direction on this, so I’m looking forward (NOT) to lifting my engine bonnet to explain why my manufacturer’s compliance plate proves I’m in the clear.
  7. The seat belt campaign in Australia was” Click clack front and back.” New Zealand picked it up but had to make the change to “Click click front and back” because “back” with a Kiwi accent comes out as “bick”!
  8. You what? There are no sanctions on trading with North Korea? Keep up with the real news Boyo..
  9. Declared interest… I’m a Rooster fan. No way I can begin to equal his time spent here and his knowledge of a Thai language and culture. The only sense in which I might steal a march on him is that my first visit to Thailand was in late 1970 as a stage on the hippie trail from UK to Oz. I knew zero about Thailand ( as I had about Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India).but I think my destiny to end up in Thailand was sealed the first time I sat on a semi-circular couch with a MamaSan offering me the choice of half a dozen adoring, touchy feely girls. I stayed at the Atlanta at a low point in its history when there was an inch of water through the foyer, met an American guy and ended up being whisked of by a couple of girls to their “village” Pattaya ! I’ve returned at various times over the last 20 years, so have seen the evolution of Sin City, most latterly in 2015 for a month post retirement. Now happily married in Isan , I consider myself lucky to have witnessed the rise and fall ( I fear) of a Thailand institution. Ray Ban
  10. I’m surprised to see no comment on a letter published in the BP this week from an American living in Thailand, claiming that his granddaughter had found a site offering Pfizer vaccines for sale. He responded, got a appt. 17 days later at a private hospital, and has a second jab booked for 3 weeks later.. He thanked the USA for donating the vaccines. This is the first I was aware that the US donated Pfizer are available on the open market via the internet, but I’ve seen no comment either in BP’s letters column or elsewhere.
  11. From memory, an article in the BP said the stock went up 13+% immediately after the announcement of the procurement. It was also reported that Dr Boon’s wife had purchased 950,000 shares in the company in the week preceding.
  12. If my memory serves me well, the OAG finally introduced a very Thai fudge factor into why there is no Red Notice. Their rationale was that, as the two outstanding charges had been dropped…by mistake…. and then reinstated, Red Bull would have to be formally charged again, which could not be done in absentia. Hence, he is “facing”charges but has not been actually charged, so Interpol cannot be asked to arrest and extradite him. Does anybody else recall that excuse?
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