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tethys

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  1. On 11/28/2019 at 10:06 AM, Orton Rd said:

    Try the Chinese ones, Golf club or Rotell XO both in Big C. Regency is over priced and not that great IOM, Cavalier is better and a lot cheaper

     

    Old thread but interesting topic.

     

    Thanks for the recommendation, I bought a bottle of Chinese brandy called Honney Conti and I like it very much, better than the Thai ones and cheaper than Regency.

  2. Im trying to find a balance between having fun and staying in shape.

     

    Lets say one day you eat and drink as much as you please and the other day you fast.

     

    But probably one day wouldn't be enough to repair the damage.

     

    How much days would it take? 2 or 3 days of fasting in your opinions?

  3. 21 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

     The OP was driving  illegally and was dealt with correctly if not too leniently. If his papers had been legal he would have been sent on his way. I know the routines and procedures at these  VCPs and have been involved many stops. NEVER has a made up crime or offence been written up. And as with this example the PO did  not take money but sent the petty criminal to be processed, correctly at the police station. All of us who live here are very pleased with  the police clamp down on vehicular criminals both foreigners and local. Furthermore- on the two occasions police took action in my precence, one in Jomtien and one in Pattaya Tai both drivers were Thai.

    As stated above, you are exaggerating. An IDP is just a formality, you don't have to pass any exam to get it. My home country license is given to me for life.

     

    Its not like I can drive for 3 years with my IDP and then I forget how to drive.

  4. 4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

     

    Question: When she [the office at the DLT] told you to translate the licence - why do you need to go to Bangkok to get this done? - does the translation need to be verified at the MFA etc, or somewhere else ?

    I could have it translated in Pattaya but I need to get a stamp on it from the French Embassy. Its just over done, because to begin with, it has to be an officially approved translator by the Thai government, then why do they want, above it all, a stamp from the French Embassy? When it is already official.

     

    Just a bunch of bureaucracy.

     

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    How easy would it be just to change the date on your IDP ??

    Its very hard because its on the cover of the booklet. If you scrape of the last number of the year they will see it right away. Plus you have to modify both, the year of issuing and the year of expiration because they know its valid for 3 years.

    Unfortunately they are not that stupid at the DLT.  ????

     

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    I don’t usually advocate the use of an agent for simple things we can do ourselves, however, in this case when facing a brick wall I see justifiable scope for using an agent.  

    I asked two and both of them told me that the IDP need to be valid or need translation from the Embassy.

  5. On 4/5/2022 at 12:14 PM, richard_smith237 said:

     

    You may need a valid IDP to secure a local Licence with your national French Licence - but, its also worth giving it a shot and seeing if they will issue you a Thai Licence with your existing French licence.

    If they want to see an IDP then hand them yours, they may not notice it is expired. 

     

     

    I tried it, it didn't work. She spotted it right away that the IDP was expired.

    She told me to translate the license and she can do it but it just too much hassle for me to go to Bangkok only for this.

     

    The whole thing cost me about a 1000 baht, with the fees and the taxi to go to the transportation office.

     

    Doesn't matter, I gained experience, you can only win if you try ...

  6. I think we have to look at this from two different angles: one is from the legal angle and the other is from the moral angle.

     

    From the legal approach it's nobody's business what two consenting people do between themselves. There isn't one country on earth that forbids this.

     

    From the moral perspective it becomes very complicated and dependent on many factors. Western countries decided to become secular, i.e. not to be governed by the morals of a religion. So moral became a simple legal matter.

     

    In Thailand it is the same, there is no legal or moral law against it.

     

    So those who disapprove this, what are they going to do? Rolling their eyes around?

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  7. 1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

    A lot of good responses so far mixed in with a number of incorrect assumption: 

     

    1) Which country is the Ops licence issued ?

    2) Is the Ops licence a Motorcycle licence ?

    3) It seems the IDP expired by a month.

    4) The Police officer wrote a ticket for ’no licence’.

    Issued in France, not in English, Motorcycle license included, expired in January 2022.

  8. 1 minute ago, Dave Aarons said:

    Rather than worry about a small fine, what you should be concerned about is the fact that without a Licence, your Insurance is invalid.

    Imagine the cost of repairing someone's Mercedes, or worse, a large hospital bill for someone you injure.

    A Thai Licence costs a few hundred baht and can be done in one day.

    Yep, thats a very good advice. Ill try to get a Thai license.

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