I have noticed that none of my Thai relatives will use any gear higher than 3rd when driving. I wince when travelling along the outer ring road at 80kph in 3rd gear. To be fair, most of them  rarely drive above 50kph.  I have often suggested that a higher ratio would be kinder to the car or pickup only to be ignored. One sister-in-law said that her car goes too fast in 4th. Is this a common practice or just confined to my family?

 

Maybe they'll eventually realise that the same speed in a car is a much safer proposition, to that what they had grown up used to....

 

...their past life on a motor scooter

 

 

Either that, get them into an Automatic, and the gears become a magical irrelevance

Edited October 31, 20178 yr by tifino

Most Thai drivers I know are in overdrive at 30 kph. Car shuddering along.

Not sure which is worse.