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5 hours ago, impulse said:

 

In most of the places I've lived and traveled, zebra crossings simply mean it's legal for pedestrians to cross there.  They don't convey any right of way.  The red light does that.

 

Other places, like California, drivers do have to stop for pedestrians already in the crosswalk.

 

If you always had to yield to pedestrians in a zebra crossing, these cars would never move...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in the UK I believe that if there's someone on the kerb waiting to cross then the vehicles must stop.

12 hours ago, tinca tinca said:

thais WILL NOT STOP for anyone crossing a zebra crossing... THEY HAVE NOT BEEN EDUCATED to the fact that people have the RIGHT to cross in safety....and is LAW to stop and let them cross....!!!

With very severe deterrents for those ignoring the law. Hit them where it hurts; in their wallets, plus bans. Jail time too in some cases.

1 hour ago, chang1 said:

I have not seen what the rules are so may be way off here.

IOs can use their discretion on how rules are followed so can harass anyone they want and can interpret the rules as they want but obviously cannot go too far. 

I would have thought that the date of entry trumps the date that the Visa was issued.

When the Visa was issued, does it not have some wording like "must comply with legislation on date of entry"?

As immigration rules change frequently, I am not surprised that officers follow different rules around the country and when challenged need to try and find the latest updates.

Personally if I was in the OPs position I would try to find what the  relevant rules about this are and bring a copy of them, in Thai, before risking crossing the border or trying to extend the visa. At least it would show he was trying to follow the rules.

Also I would not contemplate going to LOS without health insurance (been hospitalized twice in 20 years and known many others who have had problems) so would always be able to show something. Not so hard for me, for a few more years, as I have never stayed more than 4 months at a time. 

Even if you were fit and healthy, had enough money in the bank to cover any eventuality and didn't want to waste loads of dosh every year on buying insurance which you would probably never use and which more than likely wouldn't cover you anyway? Up to you.

Don't know about that, but she does need a good <deleted>-smacking. Maybe keep her of the Smarties and fizzy drinks for a month too.

18 hours ago, Rookiescot said:

Because of mosquitoes.

Top answer in my opinion.

I'm curious. How much do they pay you to live in Chiang Mai? Taking into account the smog, immigration, traffic and the sheer mind-numbing boredom of the place (once you've spent the morning touring the old town), I honestly can't imagine anyone wanting to live there.

Someone ought to invite that weird child Thunberg to stay for a month, that'd give her something to crow about.

Where I live just south of Pattaya and apart from my neighbour burning his rubbish occasionally, I can honestly say that I've always found the air to be clean as a whistle. Maybe it's because we're near to the sea. Move to Pattaya, you know it makes sense.

Miserable old goit.

The reason I don't comment much on this sort of thread is that more often than not, if I criticise a certain religion's penchant for bloodshed, my post gets deleted. I wouldn't mind betting that a large percentage on here and other forums with a similar thread feel the same way.

My next door neighbours are quite hi-so Thais and have a big expensive house. However, they have nine dogs inside a walled garden which to my knowledge have never been walked. There is almost constant barking and howling from there day and night. These people aren't your normal village peasants, they're obviously well educated and have pots of money. They're quite friendly and the wife gets all stressed when I suggest that I go around and complain in case we make enemies of them. Also, it'd probably do no good, because if they haven't the common sense to realise that their mutts are annoying us, then they wouldn't take kindly to us bringing it their attention. Occasionally I snap and yell at them to be quiet, so the neighbours can't have failed to hear me, yet they let the dogs continue with their noise. If I were running the government here I'd introduce dog licenses (again!) and make them really expensive, but first, I'd make anyone applying for one take a course in dog care. Just like a car or motorbike license. Also, any dogs found wandering the sois not on a leash, with or without collar would be put down. It'd be too time consuming trying to find all the owners, who'd probably deny ownership anyway. Shame the owners can't be put down instead, but there you go. Another thing I'd do is limit ownership to one dog per household, too many people here, Thai and farang appear to think that it's compulsory to have half a dozen or so of the festering things.

11 hours ago, CNXexpat said:

Racism means, that one group gets an advantage or disadvantage. Like "Black people have not the right to sit in a bus, but they are allowed to stand".

Surely in this case Indians have an advantage and other races have a disadvantage?

I dunno about taking them back home, but the previous village I lived in here, seems like half the Thai wives were ex-bargirls/gogo dancers.

11 hours ago, Momofarang said:

They obviously brought her over to Britain to solve some Brexit issues....

The only issues we have over Brexit are the left and the <deleted>. Boris is about to sort out both and the EU to boot. The people have spoken.

1 hour ago, Letseng said:

Once the ££ hits the floor you may not be so happy. Your drinks will suddenly cost a lot more.

Believe me, the £ will show what the markets think of BoJo and his ideas.

Dream on.

7 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

No deal back on the table then bye bye £ all aboard the next 1 year roller coaster ????

I do hope you're right about no deal. For now I'll make do with this one by end 2020.

7 hours ago, RuamRudy said:

What a great prospect lies ahead, breaking free of that undemocratic institution. 

 

Meanwhile, in other news, failed tory candidates Zac Goldsmith and Nicky Morgan get peerages to allow them to continue to trough at the taxpayers' expense. That swamp will be drained by Christmas at this rate! 

It'll go some way at least to evening the odds in the Lords. Leavers are grossly outnumbered.

19 hours ago, Beggar said:

Farangs might be on top of the list because many drive here without a valid driving license and so in the end without insurance coverage. 

Thais don't?