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Who threw who under the bus this time?

a) how do they know the nationality; my (Thai) driving license does not say b) only one of the two IDP International Driving Permits is recognized by Thailand c) can it be taken that many Thais (as seen countless times myself) settle the "inconvenience" with one or two red banknotes while the police officer is bending into the car on the driver's side? What is the purpose of this editorial in the first place - do I interpret more "farang bashing"?

Your TDAC code is linked with your passport and once the passport is scanned, the TDAC pops up - simple as that...

Where were all these protesters, when the present rulers just threw out 14+ million votes of the Move Forward party which allowed the present composition of government in the first place? 14+ million votes in the garbage and now 150,000 apparently want to demostrate against the outcome of the last rigged election?

How nice that all the voters needs are so nicely wrapped up professionally to advance Thailand as a whole and the individual voter in particular.

And who woke up the old goat this time? Before this human manured brain opens his mouth again he might undergo some lengthy lessons in behavior in public as well as how to treat women respectfully. He prefers men - quite obviously - but this is not a free pass to mistreat female journalists in particular and women in general the way this old spineless geezer has behaved in the past. Also make sure that he wears slip proof slippers to avoid, that anyone would have to clean up after he falls again 😞 A disgrace to army and country!

Makes perfect sense so at least SOME drivers have a genuine driver's license. I used Bolt drivers without a license, I bought cars from showrooms which included a new driving license and had a "lifelong" license reissued (the old one got stolen) against a 5-years license. It can be safely assumed, that more than half the Thai drivers would fail any test anywhere else; no minimum driving lessons by authorized/licensed driving instructors required, the video show is used for napping or smartphone games at the DLT - in short - just another governmental joke of the finest order. Having said that, you're well advised to have a license which is valid in the holy land as, in case of an accident, it is (normally) anyhow your fault and without a valid license the insurance will throw you under the bus as well. Living in urban areas; use Bolt/Grab or any other form of taxi; cheaper and zero headaches. No parking, no maintenance, no fuel/tires/service/insurance, no bureaucratic headaches like driving license and you're safe until they will ask the farang for a license to sit in a taxi. You're welcome!

Sick buffalo alarm going off again!

I went to talk to the international department; the short wrap-up is: - nothing changed - four withdrawals/transfers of not more than 50,000 Baht/transaction are possible - if you need to move more than 200,000 Baht within 24 hours, contact the bank 02-777,77,77 and take it from the horse's mouth; they will open a higher transfer limited for an agreed time slot during which the client can move/withdraw whatever (s)he needs. - all this is not affected if personally present at a bank counter with necessary documentation like passbook, identification papers (passport) SCB is, like all the other banks, a dinosaur club with medieval procedures - live with it or move elsewhere ...

Well, Thaksin fell, then he threw his sister under the bus followed by his daughter, also ending under the bus. Maybe a oneway flight anywhere outside Thailand might bring some changes and, if you are at it, pack all the rest of those crooks as well; a fleet of 50 - 60 A380 aircraft might do the trick - without baggage of course!

Well, beats even the "sick buffalo tip box" ...............

So online selling can be done but online buying not? Puzzled!

Just throw down the caught bikes into a shredder; problem solved. No need for fines, paperwork and all the other bureaucratic elephant manure. Same with those kiddies without helmets; let them work in the morgue for half day ...... clean up, mopping etc. Works wonders - trust me!

Given the avalanche of bureaucratic forms, reports and photocopies - all signed with blue ink - it should really not be a problem to run a list of all non-Thais who are, according to the database with the immigration, illegally here. A visitor gets a stay permit for X, Y or Z days, i.e. admittance until a date. The day AFTER that date the visitor is in overstay. Given a grace period of a week or ten days one still could go and look, where they are. The given address might reveal some details (or is fake as well) and one still could nevertheless nail down a tidy number of overstayers. Just saying - no need to hunt

Knives out