crazygreg44

The video has obviously been edited.

The part missing is what happens when the Brio start to overtake and what happens in the middle of the overtaking.

What we see in the video is the overtaking in it's last third, then another cut and the Brio is already in front of the Brit.

Somebody is trying to hide the scenes that show the Thai recklessly trying to overtake, despite oncoming traffic. 

The scene when the Brit bulks and swerves across the street's middle and bumps into the Thai, has been left to show that the Brit, too, drove defiantly

You are right, the buildings indicate some 50 meters have been passed since . . . !!  And these parts are all missing . . . . . . 

10 minutes ago, ChouDoufu said:

interesting!  something cut.

at about 1:36 you see the brit car pulling out from

behind to pass.

then after the deleted section, the brit car is already

ahead.  does appear to be a moto on the side of

the road at the point where they bump.

 

see some screen grabs below

 . . .

clearly something is missing between  -2:01 and -2:02   Somebody is trying to hide any clearer view onto who bumped into whom

unquestionably, this scenes are what started the road rage. Yet it seems the Thai thought he was in the right, because later he deliberately tried to stop the Brit. Seems he wanted to argue about the damage done to the Brio.  

It is like when to stubborn children meet each other: None of them is willing to give in.

What happened next to when the Brit starts machete swinging  and trying to drive over the Thai , is way to aggressive on the part of the Brit.  We can see the Thai gets out of his car twice, by no means is he threatening the Brit, despite the old pensioner claimed this wrongly in front of police.

Sorry, the bumping part is around 1:40  (not before)  it is hard to follow.  And there appears a part before has been cut or edited.  

When the bumping occurs, the Brit is 2 feet over across the middle of the street. Deliberately?

4 minutes ago, ChouDoufu said:

1:29-1:36 cars moving to center to avoid parked car

 

1:38  moving to center again to avoid what looks to

be a yellow car with white roof (taxi?) pulling out

from a driveway.

 

video is cut here...picks up at a different location

at 1:40.  was something edited out?

 

and then just before the bump, cars were moving

to the center to avoid a parked motorcycle.

 

 

yes, to me it also looks as if something was edited out!

Yet it appears that the Brits defiantly swerves to the right (not passing parked cars or motorbikes) in order to stop the Thai, thus unfortunatley hitting the Thai's car in the side

Can't see cars moving to the right to avoid a parked motorcycle, have to watch again

7 minutes ago, BEVUP said:

At the start of video you can see that there was only one lane to turn right but then came along the Thai passing the vehicles in this lane to turn right & thought he could just squeeze in (turning right as well ) forcing the brit to baulk 

 . . .then why at this moment, the Brit swerved to the right?  Across the painted middle of the street. Minute 1:29 - 1:35.  Shouldn't he had better slowed down and moved to the left?

It is called "defensive driving" and it is not rocket science

 . .and YES, the Thai recklessly overtook the Brit's car.  Old Man should have let it happen, instead of pressing on the pedal and swerving to the right and bumping into the Thai's car.

We who drive on Thai roads are used to these kind of Thai's who always want to be in front of you, not behind you. Just let the buggers pass.  It does not make them any faster. And you should keep your temper.  Sure the Thai drove recklessly, but the Brit was wrong in intentionally bumping into the Thais car!

watch 1.29 to 1:36 . . .the Brit swerves to the right trying to block the Thai from overtaking

this is what started it. Not the scene when the Thai refuses to let the Brit pass and overtake him.  It starts when the Brit intentionally bumps into the side of the Thai's Honda Brio 

16 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

 

I'll answer that.    I have loads of saved receipts ATM receipts  as proof  of my funds received  in Thailand.    I have never received any form or notice from my Thai bank about any funds transferred to Thailand.      I have made several international  fund  transfers but  zilch from the bank so  that I'll  have no issue about having the funds exit the Kingdom.

 

But I have ATM receipts of 100K's  THB being transferred into the Kingdom.

 

I'm now  on a minimum  account level  funding  approach due to the difficulty in removing   money from the Kingdom.    MY money and  I want to be in control.

I would check those saved ATM receipts if you can still see anything printed on them.

After one year the print has faded into nothing !!

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the Embassy claims:

• Proof of onward travel (confirmed air, train, bus or boat tickets) to leave Thailand within 30 days of the arrival date (**otherwise a tourist visa must be obtained).

How can they demand this ?  You can extend a Visa-exempt entry at any immigration office inside the country for another 30 days, allowing you 60 days in the country on Visa-Exempt.  I would have thought they allow your to show a ticket out of the country WITHIN THESE 60 days, not 30 days.

myself, I am going to do a  3-week trip to visit my girlfriend by June this year. Then by October, I will again enter Thailand for a four month stay.

I am on a One-Year permit of stay on retirement purposes.  During my last extension in January, I wanted to save money and left the extension procedure with an only single re-entry permit.  So if I want to keep my extension live, i will have to buy another re-entry permit before I leave Thailand in June.

I got two choices:  Buy the re-rentry permit at the airport and pay 2100 THB, or do a 140 Kilometer trip by my own car to visit Sisaket Immigration, for a re-entry permit stamp at 1900 THB.

I guess you don't ask me why & which option I will choose to be the better one

i think it is okay for Thai people who speak some english to say "thank you velly mutt" without all that crap

1 hour ago, scotsman said:

I have just been informed that my brother has got his Category -O visa in Penang so he is very happy. The process in Penang was very easy and well organised, nothing like Pattaya. So to all the people who read this tread you are

 

better off trying to get a change of visa in Penang than pattaya.  (note of me: he has NOT changed it in Penang!)

 

he lady in Pattaya immigration I think has been instructed to make your life very difficult in changing your visa as they want to push you to a visa agent,  Her requirements that she wants you to get are not given to you all at one time so you jump though her hoops one by one until she can trip you up or you get so frustrated you go to a visa agent, who will charge you anything from 25k to 16 k  even when you have all the money requirements yourself.  We are glad this experience will help others to get the information to be able to get a change of visa.  We thank all the people who tried to give us advice.   

 

Regards

Scotsman   

i hope your brother does not fall out of his cloud when he realizes that he has not "changed his tourist visa to a Non Imm O" in Penang,  but has received a "normal" Non Imm O visa as a first step individual visa.

This visa will eventually become invalid soon (90 days), and he needs to apply for extension of stay based on retirement at the wonderful Immigration Office in Jomtien, the place where he resides.

So actually he hasn't won anything that he could not have had in the first place, if he had gone out of Thailand to get a Non Imm O at any Thai consulate or embassy, or used an agent.

When he applies for the extension of stay, he will have to bring up the same documentations and all the same paperwork, again, which he has been asked for in the first place when he tried to change a tourist visa to a Non Imm O.  

The residence certificate seems now to be a crucial document for Pattaya Imm, and he should take utter care in order to comply with this requirement. 

Actually another run of the mill. Maybe this time using an agent instead of going himself, again, will solve the issue.

I advice him to be calm, well mannered and don't tell them what their job is.

Good luck!

“That phone is very important to my business because it has all the numbers of my customers, as well as my accounts."

what would she do if her phone broke down?

I wouldn't solely rely on the SIM card information only. 

doesn't she have a backup of all the important numbers?  Maybe written onto a good old paper notepad written with an indelible lead pencil?  

most of the Lalana condos are damp and have developed fungus (auf deutsch: Schimmel).  At least two of the swimmingpools are not well cared for (greenish water, algae bloom) and the whole place is just falling apart. The rooms are shoeboxes. We were there in 2013 because we wanted to rent, we checked 6 different rooms, we found nothing worth renting. Today, 4 years later, I don't think anything has improved.

Park Lane is more new, more ligthly built, seems to be a bit more attractive. Also, Park Lane is well frequented, indicating that condo owners there are present and the place is being taken care of by its management.

If I had 3,5 million to invest, I would buy a condo in either View Talay 5 C or D at Dongtan Beach. 

you poor puppy

On 25.2.2017 at 9:28 AM, madmax2 said:

Just make sure you have more money than the minimum amount required by 5% and you will not have a problem

exactly this is me thinking . .  just place a few squid more into your account and stop worrying.

If you are such a short Charlie and out to migrate to Thailand, you shouldn't ask here for pennywise solutions

yeah that's what I am trying to say . . .. don't be shy to create some splashes and you will be surprised how many well tasting ones you can get from a fair budget.  Nobody needs to buy overpriced imported wines in Thailand.

i have started to drink the chinese made plum wine they sell at Tesco Lotus, a bottle for 180 Baht. The wine is very sweet, so I pimp it with some Schweppes Tonic water and boost the alcohol content with a shot of Absolut Vodka.  

Makes a perfect sundowner on the rocks and probably a nice alternative budget wise

I cannot be tempted to drink thai "fruit wines" but i guess one could give them the above treatment.  When in Thailand i don't buy the overpriced wines, yet stick to Gin Tonics or a good Scotch or Bourbon Whisky.  Sometimes I like to create 3-5 liters of splash, made from fruit juices and white MontClair wine, boost alcohol with either Gin or a good Vodka and try to be everybodies good guy . . .

8 hours ago, mike324 said:

You don't need plug adapters all US ones fits thai outlets / extension cords. Unless you are from the UK, then you will need plug adapters - they can be found at Lotus for around 50-60 baht each.  You just need a voltage converter for 110v to 220v.

WRONG

It's the other way around - you need a "voltage converter" for "from 220 to 110".  It is called "transformer" and they are, while they are plugged in, some nasty extra energy consuming devices.

And these transformers often work under 300 - 600 Watts per hour during operation.

It is recomended to NOT bring any 110 Volts devices into a  220 volts country unless you want to pay for the extra electricity consumption of transformers operating under high wattage

even better are the newly built highrises you see being erected in Bangkok, Pattaya and elsewhere with as much in glass fronts on the sunny sides as possible.

It must be that Thailand's elite architects love it when people must use their aircons 24/7  in rooms with single glass non-insulated windows and doors. I bet they all think that as long as the glass is tinted, it is mai pen rai !

If they'd only use double glass temperature insulated and shades that can be lowered on the outside (curtains on the inside don't help much!) . . but no avail . . . . 

The many new glass front highrises show how well and professional architects of this country are educated

On 6.1.2017 at 3:58 PM, Angus123 said:

Thanks, Donutz. Looks like option 1 is the best and easiest option. 

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