lordgrinz

I don't really want to see someone commit suicide in front me, but I REALLY don't want to see a child die, especially because of their parents bad decisions. I just cannot understand how parents would even take the chance, I mean driving slowly to left maybe, but down the median line? Then watching the police do nothing about it, even while motorcycles are doing so through a junction with solid lines on either side prohibiting it, I wonder if the police officer even knows it's illegal.

Watching them zip down the median line jockeying from both sides for position between two opposing lanes, barely missing the mirrors of cars on both sides of the median line, you could argue it's skill, I'd argue it's stupidity/insanity/suicidal, and the death stats back me up. The worst part is that I have to watch as parents do this with their children onboard, nobody wearing a helmet, and nobody cares until "fate" comes a knocking. You fall down in the middle of the road with cars flying by in both directions, you're dead, fate or no fate.

Nonsense, some of us do as the Thaksin clan, we vote by proxy (by wife, and in the future my daughter) 🤪

I wonder what they would think if I climbed up on the car and walked across the hood or roof to cross the street, should be entertaining 😉

The large percentage of injured, maimed, dead people can attest to that.

Thaksin demands this, Thaksin demands that, Thaksin plays Power Card.......Exactly who is running the government?

Then flip a coin to see how lucky you will be to make your destination alive.

If you drive a lorry, taxi, school minibus, or tourist bus it could be the last one.

Desensitization.

I can't find the article, it's a few years old now, but I believe they stated 35% of Thai motorcycle drivers had no valid drivers license. Without daily sustained enforcement, I doubt that number has changed for the better, probably worse by now. But hey, Farangs are the issue here, according to the DLT.

Until someone else wields his might and pushes the top dog off the pedestal, and that's all it will take do so. If Hitler won the war, you would be under his control, and would be forced to accept his idea of "right and wrong". Don't ever forget, this so called "sense of world order" is nothing more than a fantasy, a fragile one at that.

I've had these conversations with you before, but when 99% of the cars are flying right through Stop signs without even hinting at slowing down, and when I can count 7-10 motorcycles driving in the wrong direction within a 500 meter area, I find hard it to believe anyone stating "minority". I can count so many violations within 1 km of driving near my house, that it boggles the mind, it's just insane.

Not here near me, much of the worst driving is carried out by the majority, sad but true.

They refuse to stop for someone in a Zebra Crossing, and on many occasions have run over people in them, I don't think they care much about someone passed out in a car park. In fact, I would best most Thai's would blame a pedestrian in a Zebra Crossing for their own predicament, before taking responsibility for hitting them. Remember, expensive cars first, cheap cars second, motorcycles third, pedestrians last.

Right outside of our Communities front gate we have a three lane road, with a speed bump that doesn't cover the far left lane (because I suspect - poor drainage), take a guess what every car does when they go by our exit road? You guessed it, they fly through the left lane at MACH speed to avoid the speedbump and/or to undertake cars in the other two lanes. Can be daunting trying to exit our community.

I drive according to the rules every day, not been a problem yet. I am sure Thai's hate me for it, but I'm not about to follow the herd of imbeciles.

Yeah, my wife did her training and licensing in the USA, not in Thailand. She failed it twice, but did pass the test on the 3rd try. I made her take it slow here before she went out on her own, we practiced over and over, until I felt she was safe enough to drive on the lefthand side of the road. She's been driving here now for 4 years, she is doing fine and much better trained than most Thai drivers.

Yup, I actually really loved the MSF course, I had a blast, we started out with several courses laid out on a runway at the local airport. They had basic courses and advanced courses, you could really let loose, and test all kinds of emergency situations and hardcore braking scenarios. It definitely weeded out a lot of bad drives though, one older guy I remember vividly, his wife bought him a brand new Harley, but he couldn't even master the basics on the smaller MSF bikes. Some people just shouldn't be on a motorcycle. There are courses offered here too, I know the large Suzuki dealer in Pathum Thani, has a course which is pretty good and I think also will help riders get certified. I believe this was what the Government was trying to force a few years ago for Big Bike riders, but the Big Bike license never happened.

I hate everyone equally, but apologist for dangerous behavior more than any, you're part of the problem, not the solution.

I didn't take the road test, but I did have proper drivers training back in the USA for both car and motorcycle, the motorcycle training was through a course offered by the MSF (Motorcycle Safety Foundation).

Oh look, another apologist for Thai bad behavior that endangers not only foreigners, but also Thai's. It's people like you that I hate more than those bad behaving Thai's, in fact, people like you are more dangerous.

That is not a proper test, a Road Test should be on the road incorporating laws and rules of the road. I would suggest they include roundabouts, red lights, Stop signs, merging, lane changes, seatbelt use, proper speed control, right-of-way, etc.

Yes, and they are not following the laws and rules established by their own government.

It's actually fact, as "true" as the Sun rising tomorrow, but I don't expect naive people to believe it. They seem to believe in a fantasy world where the "good guys" always win, and their version of "right and wrong" is the only version out there, those who wield strength through force/power control "right and wrong".