MaxYakov

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Yes, the "car" thing in Bangkok is ridiculous, the buses spew dirty exhaust and the "motorbike disease" this city and Thailand generally suffers from is just plain craziness.

I'm a devoted cyclist in Bangkok who rarely uses internal combustion vehicles of any type for my transportation and I wear a mask at all times when riding. It appears that pedestrians and cyclists should upgrade to the recommended mask and be on a high floor of a building (if that helps) if they want to maintain their health.

Can anyone imagine getting Bangkok residents in any substantial number to use bicycles for even short commutes, not to mention wearing the recommended facemask, even if they (or anyone) actually could afford them?

I had the police called for a driver that had passed out in his vehicle while passing a group of illegally parked cars on Sukhumvit Soi 16 one night. He was stopped approximately in the middle of the Soi and it took over an hour for the police to arrive and wake him up with much pounding on the vehicle - the windows were up and the doors were locked. Makes me wonder how many pass out at the long stoplights in Bangkok.

Yes! Adopt "hexadecimal" (base 16) for numbering and start communicating in Fortran or COBOL (as dated as they are, still newer than Thai).

On 2/15/2018 at 6:40 AM, tracker1 said:

What if they find all of the poor cat they will put it down to lack of evidence or what ? They have the skin what more do you need ?????

The media wants the story "to have legs", of course! 

Does it qualify as "Grand Theft"?

On 2/5/2018 at 9:50 AM, ratcatcher said:

Quite correct, that is why we can hear skidding of tyres. She hit the brakes just after hitting the motorbike. 

I heard a lot of squealing before she hit the motorbike, but didn't see a lot of smoke. Locked-up wheels, without antilock brakes can immediately liquify and provide little traction for a fast stop. I've seen it happen once, but there was a lot of smoke generated as the tires liquified. That was not seen here. Too late or too inept to change lanes to the left to avoid the motorbike.

As already mentioned, not the best defensive positioning of the motorbike w/o several cars behind as a blockade. This is also how cyclists who want to compete for motor vehicle asphalt at an intersection get squished between cars and lighter vehicles get pushed out into a busy intersection to get fatally T-boned.

I hope she makes a full recovery. Have a nice day on the Thai roads!

The impact of PM2.5 on the human respiratory system - Journal of Thoracic Disease [Link]

I don't predict a "Brexit" anytime soon. Or should it be "Thexit"?

6 hours ago, Air Smiles said:

Both drivers at fault, the oncoming goes without saying, while the dash cam truck was driving way too fast.

And to make matters worse, the dash cam truck was on his side of the road (or should I say shoulder)!

Notice that the third vehicle which was being passed by the white pickup was alert to the situation and appeared to be already halfway off the road at the time of the collision. The driver and passenger in the rolled car were very lucky it wasn't a head-on.

My hypothesis is that the pickup was not under driver control and simply drifting down from the crown of the road.

Unlike the car that slowed for the pickup, the motorbike was moving faster than traffic flow and apparently daydreaming at the handlebars. Not defending the pickup driver either. Simply underscoring what it takes to travel defensively on Thai roads.

12 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

The road kill rate in 18 years time will probably take care of any increasing birth rate unfortunately.

It's taking care of it now. Many Thai women want to start a family but cannot find a suitable mate.  How many are already road kill?

6 hours ago, BuaBS said:

Too hot for big over the ear headphones/hearing protectors.

 

Used only indoors usually in air-conditioned environments and usually for short periods (while eating, for example).

Not too hot to wear when the noise level is high enough and one's tolerance for it is hovering around zero and one is willing to make an obvious and quiet statement about it.

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

That's 62 per day, isn't this about normal for Thailand ?

 

How many people die on an average day throughout the year ?

Although it's reportedly difficult to get accurate statistics on this, the number 61 seems to stick in my mind from recent TV news threads. There's a claim of 80 road fatalities per day in this sweeping asiancorrespondent.com article from 2015 HERE.

It can't be too soon either. I insert earplugs when on the road and resort to heavy-duty, industrial-grade hearing protectors (the kind used in at shooting ranges) when things get too crazy-loud indoors. I really can't take it anymore when the Thais start speaking very loudly or even yelling at each other during what should be a normal conversation.

The hearing protectors are better suited than the earplugs on the road with the many virtually unmuffled motorcycles, the biggest offender, IMHO.

I believe the hearing of many Thais has been severely injured by the high noise levels they have been subject to.

13 hours ago, Jeremy50 said:

Bald tires probably pumped up to 60psi, happy-go-lucky girls jettisoned into the road, I hope they all survived, and the one receiving heart massage? That idiot parked on the hard shoulder, [ like it's the most normal thing to do], had a narrow escape.

Yeah, probably stopped to take a leak or take a break to enjoy the fresh freeway air.

317 / 5 days = 63.4 / day - Thailand has a chronic case of the (internal combustion) "motorbike disease". Electric motorbikes will not sell in Thailand. Why? They aren't capable of making loud, ear-splitting exhaust noise. But maybe they'll find a way (very doubtful).

What!? They didn't blame the vehicles?

On 12/28/2017 at 10:34 AM, AGareth2 said:

for murder

someone has to die

teach them English please

Someone should teach English to the genius who wrote the OP title and article as well:

"shooting/firing in the air" is much more difficult than "shooting/firing into the air". Unless one is on an airplane, of course.

19 minutes ago, fakename said:

Only one arrested for road racing, so was he racing himself or what.

He was the loser of the race. The winner escaped.

At least the 46/day average is an improvement over the usual other 358 days 61/day average (even adding Colabamumbai's 10%)

14 hours ago, Basil B said:

What you mean is when those who are supposed to enforce it are corrupt and incompetent it will not be enforced.

 

As pointed out for so many Thais it is a way of life, my view on this is to start at the edges and work inwards, first restrict the distance and speed, say 5km of the distance from where the registered owner of the vehicle lives and max speed of 30km/h (20mph), and not allowed on motorways or other high speed roads.

This gets the (sarcastic) "yeah, right!" from me.

16 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

The same will be applied to crash helmets, four on a motorcycle, under age drivers, driving the wrong way down a road, jumping red lights, overloaded vehicles........and on, and on, and on........

I was told by a Thai woman that only three on a motorbike/cycle is unlawful and ticket material. Three on a bicycle? I don't know.