webfact Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 "We've got used to this kind of terrible, selfish driving in Thailand", says Thai media A video posted on Facebook showed a situation all too familiar to road users in Thailand. Dash cam footage showed a driving driving going along around the hilly and winding roads leading to Jao Lao in Chantaburi. But as the driver rounds a bend his way is blocked by a tourist bus overtaking coming up the hill in the other direction. Quick and appropriate braking averts an accident. TNews said in their report that Thais have virtually become inured to such terrible driving. "We have all got used to it here", they said calling such law flouting driving selfish and dangerous. The footage appeared on the Facebook page of "D'c Banking". Source: Tnews -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-01-18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcula Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 7 minutes ago, webfact said: We have all got used to it here Yeah, mai pen rai. Nothing to see here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith101 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) The drivers should be drug tested on a random basis to ensure the safety of the people who travel in them and other road users . Edited January 18, 2018 by keith101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiSoLowSoNoSo Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, keith101 said: The drivers should be drug tested on a random basis to ensure the safety of the people who travel in them and other road users . They should be IQ tested as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quandow Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 "We've got used to this kind of terrible, selfish driving in Thailand" And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is how you get to be the world's #1 country for deaths on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Yep selfish behaviour on the roads, when I first drove here pulled up behind a line of traffic, waited a while before I realised I was stopped behind a line of double parked cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave67 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Just stupid putting those buses on a route with a long winding hill. I'd say the driver had no choice its all about revs on a hill for lorries also. If you slow down and you revs drop you could quite likely stall and not be able to restart (Drivers mate when I left school at 15) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 And the Thai are also used to not having any police at work.. I really can't understand how a Thai driverslicense can be valid in a Western developed country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 4 minutes ago, Dave67 said: Just stupid putting those buses on a route with a long winding hill. I'd say the driver had no choice its all about revs on a hill for lorries also. If you slow down and you revs drop you could quite likely stall and not be able to restart (Drivers mate when I left school at 15) he had no choice, straight from the mouth of a bad Thai driver, or was it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave67 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, steve187 said: he had no choice, straight from the mouth of a bad Thai driver, or was it Those buses should not be on that hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, Dave67 said: Those buses should not be on that hill And since this movie is proof of what the driver did the police should take immediate action and confiscate that bus right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave67 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, Thian said: And since this movie is proof of what the driver did the police should take immediate action and confiscate that bus right now... Single deck bus that's all it needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGW Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 35 minutes ago, Oziex1 said: Yep selfish behaviour on the roads, when I first drove here pulled up behind a line of traffic, waited a while before I realised I was stopped behind a line of double parked cars. When I first started driving here I used to stop at pedestrian crossings! little realising how much danger I was putting the pedestrians in, as Nobody else had any intention of stopping regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 these idiots simply do not want to slow down or have to stop, instead they expect all other road users to pull over so they can keep going. The driver should lose his license and the bus company fined, if the police actually start making all the ones doing this crap have to pay huge fines etc it will begin to stop. I have had this happen to me and I was lucky I wasnt killed as I had no where to go to get away from the bus, I ended up having to drive in amongst trees to avoid a head on, it was a steep hill with double lines but that didnt stop the idiot driver and he did not have the power to pass the other bus, he was simply driving beside it but refused to pull back in behind it. Police need to get all these bus, truck, car and bike riders that do this crap off the roads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasteddie Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 48 minutes ago, Dave67 said: Just stupid putting those buses on a route with a long winding hill. I'd say the driver had no choice its all about revs on a hill for lorries also. If you slow down and you revs drop you could quite likely stall and not be able to restart (Drivers mate when I left school at 15) Ridiculous comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Part of the problem is people who drive like idiots mostly are idiots and that is the kind of people who have weapons in their vehicle and are eager to use them to defend their honor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzandy Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 1 hour ago, fasteddie said: Ridiculous comment. Absolutely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 2 hours ago, quandow said: "We've got used to this kind of terrible, selfish driving in Thailand" And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is how you get to be the world's #1 country for deaths on the road. Yet there are members here who insist that Thai drivers are no worse than anywhere else in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasswort Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Thai drivers have absolutely no idea of the purpose for solid lines painted on road surfaces. Selfish, idiotic driving at its worse and to think the bus is probably carrying passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxpower Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave67 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, fasteddie said: Ridiculous comment. So what should he have done then slowed down and stalled it on the hill making all other traffic go round onto the other lane? Those coaches' crawl uphill when fully loaded Edited January 18, 2018 by Dave67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Bob Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) Those big buses are usually operated by the same "illegal" company(ies). Many drivers aren't properly trained and they often try to "race" each other with the "me first" mentality, overtaking on blind corners and going way to fast down hills. Thanks to dash cams now they can be identified, prosecuted, and taken off the roads (except of course, This is Thailand). Bastards. Edited January 18, 2018 by Captain_Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USPatriot Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 3 hours ago, Dave67 said: Just stupid putting those buses on a route with a long winding hill. I'd say the driver had no choice its all about revs on a hill for lorries also. If you slow down and you revs drop you could quite likely stall and not be able to restart (Drivers mate when I left school at 15) The lorrie, semi truck in fron of me did that. Wife: what are you doing, me: he isnt going to make it so i backed up and turned around waited for him to back down the hill then turnedbaround again and went on my way, most drivers had no idea he was backing up, down hill. Interesting to watch and i wasnt going to pass up hill on a curve and be the next news story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Now I understand why they asked men to make more children, somehow they have to fill the gap due to road fatalities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I thought this was exactly that type of videos the BIB ask to have sent to them in order to prosecute bad driver. BIB to bus company: "1000 THB makes this go away!" There's reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 50 minutes ago, Dave67 said: So what should he have done then slowed down and stalled it on the hill making all other traffic go round onto the other lane? Those coaches' crawl uphill when fully loaded What should he have done? not cross the middle line not overtake in that area not overtake another bus not go there with a bus not drive at all (most important) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 And the people yapping about it likely drive wrong way on a scooter without a helmet and not blink an eye. I said it once and I'll say it again, bring on caining on national TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMuhammad Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 3 hours ago, CGW said: When I first started driving here I used to stop at pedestrian crossings! little realising how much danger I was putting the pedestrians in, as Nobody else had any intention of stopping regardless. Not to mention the danger for yourselve of being driven over by an inattentive following driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiSoLowSoNoSo Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Just normal Thai driving, when you got a 3rd vehicle trying to overtake the two busses, that's when you have to start to plan your escape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAIBKK Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Just throw them in jail for at least 10 years on an attempted murder charge ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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