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Some british <deleted> wanted to fight me earlyish this morning
@Gottfrid I'm a bit of a geek also and understand your stance on valid license buying (slightly off topic) so respect sir 🙂 -
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How safe is the retirement visa as a strategy to live in Thailand permanently?
In other words a personal guess on what may occur. Meaningless.. While both provide a temporary permission of stay tourist class status is different from extensions based on Non O. -
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Road Safety in Thailand – a summary of Perceptions and Reality
You have failed to engage with real road safety principles and instead have leant on personal bias, cherry-picked comparisons, and anecdotal observations. You persistently fail to grasp that road safety is a public health issue, not just a matter of "bad drivers." - Systemic improvements save lives, not lectures on “responsibility.” Blaming Thai drivers is lazy analysis—understanding why accidents happen and how to prevent them is the real solution. You continue to entirely rely on and consequently overvalue personal observation, which is not a scientific or objective way to analyse road safety. Simply "counting infractions" as a layperson doesn’t provide a meaningful comparison. Road safety analysis requires expertise, context, and official statistics, not casual roadside observations. Without a thorough understanding of Thai traffic laws and road culture, you are not in a position to assess violations accurately. You then resort to selective comparisons and hidden bias you try to compare Thailand to Mexico and Canada in non-scientific terms, but conspicuously avoid mentioning the U.S., despite claiming experience there. Why? Because U.S. road safety statistics don’t support his argument. The U.S. has a higher fatality rate for 4-wheelers than Thailand, meaning the issue is not just "bad drivers" but systemic factors like road design, law enforcement, and emergency response. Then you make a classic false appeal to “experience” & mileage Driving “many miles” doesn’t make someone an expert in road safety. – personal and untutored interpretation of what one sees is not the same as understanding the root causes of road accidents. Road safety experts use structured studies, not anecdotal personal experiences. I’m sad to see you also resorted to unsubstantiated claims & misinterpretation of statistics. The claim that "10 children die daily" is presented without context or source. Are they drivers, passengers, or pedestrians? – you understand the road safety category of “vulnerable road users”? Are they on rural roads or highways? What is the legal driving age? In the US it used to be about 14 in many states. (In Thailand, 15 for motorcycles. – Anyone under 20 years is considered a child under Thai law.) You need to realise that data without context is meaningless and is often used to sensationalize rather than inform. Race - You are displaying double Standards & Racial Stereotyping The phrase “race card” is a classic deflection used to dismiss valid concerns about racial bias. You are blaming Thai drivers collectively while conveniently ignoring similar driving behaviours in other countries. You mentions Mexico negatively but avoid mentioning the U.S., despite well-documented reckless driving behaviours there. Your insistence on focusing on "bad Thai drivers" instead of addressing systemic road safety issues is a clear example of racial stereotyping. Misrepresentation of Foreign vs. Local Driving Behaviour Foreigners who don’t understand Thai road conditions often become a safety hazard themselves. Instead of assuming Thai drivers are inherently worse, a more logical approach would be to examine how Thailand’s road laws, infrastructure, and enforcement differ from other countries. The Real Issue is this - road safety is systemic, not individual Your entire argument relies on blaming individual drivers, which is proven ineffective in improving road safety. (just look at the last 20 years in Thailand) The 5 Es of Road Safety (Education, Enforcement, Engineering, Emergency Response, Evaluation) are the key to reducing accidents— it’s not just telling people to “drive better.” Countries that focused on systemic changes (better infrastructure, stricter licensing, improved enforcement) saw DRAMATIC reductions in road deaths—without needing to blame entire populations. -
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Kasikornbank: Verify SIM card name by April 30
I believe there was an allowance for family (direct family) cards though, like mine (TRUE) is in my wife's name, but we both share the same surname. I've heard nothing from the bank, so I assume they don't have an issue with it. -
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Trump Moves Forward with Tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Citing Trade Deficit and Border Issue
Well jee use me as an example I want to replace a roof over one of my properties I need to create 8 trusses spanning 28 feet total before trumps first term and his tariffs (tax) on steel the material would have cost 700$ now each stick (20foot) piece costs 90$ times 4 per truss times 8 there’s a real simple example for ya real world.and yes I fabricate the trusses myself I’m a hands on kinda guy.now we just had a garage built at our home in Thailand,a similar amount of material total cost including roofing 800$ all core 10 steel (rust resistant) we the American consumers pay the price period all stop.this trump tax also stifles competition why would any American company lower prices now they have their man in the White House killing off their competitors…….and we pay.It is what it is.Id advise any American consumer that needs a washer/dryer,TV or any other large manufactured item to get it immediately prices and inflation are going to explode! -
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