Don Giovanni

Fair enough. What time you leaving? The Don

To save your life if you were in a head on collision?......... The Don.

Newer cars do - older ones don't. The Don.

Yep... The Don.

Why not? The Don.

...To Hell? The Don.

It's just a ride, hotsun.. The Don.

I have had the exact opposite experience to this. The Don.

Seat Belts or no Seat Belts - life is just a ride. The Don.

So why, over the decades I've been visiting Thailand, do many taxis not have belt buckles available in the backseats? they are not even under the seat - they are completely absent. The Don.

I do, but as previously stated I am here against my will until next week. The Don.

Good point, and I also deduce a similar reasoning behind it. The Don.

Yep. Many Thais seem very averse to seat belts... Is it a cultural thing? The Don.

Do Thais just not like them? Are they averse to wearing them? Does putting your seat belt on in Thailand as a passenger make the driver lose face by insinuating that he/she may have an accident, and therefore isn't capable enough behind the wheel? I've even heard stories of Thais cutting the seat belt buckles off in a new car as they believe that something supernatural will protect them anyway, so why bother?... I also know plenty of Thais who never wear their seat belts, even when driving home drunk... The Don.

Gotta be a Russian, surely? The Don.

Most of them are thugs. The Don.

Thai taxi driver p!ss whenever/wherever they want! Scared of losing their favorite 'relief' spot to foreigners, is it?? The Don.

More like 340 or 3,400... Carry on checking. The Don.

....and one more for good luck.

I'll throw another one in just to balance it out a bit :

The Don.

War Room??? They couldn't organize a p!ss up on Soi 4! The Don.

Exactly. A bunch of flunkies.... In other words, bleedin' useless! The Don

Good! The Thais need to stop being so deluded and realize exactly where they stand on the world stage. Even the smartest Thais I know when compared to western educated men/women absolutely pale in comparison. The Don.

Should the US deport the 300,000+ Thai grifters that are currently living there?? Jury is still out on that one for me.. The Don.