Video: Carnage in the making - appalling driving on Thai roads

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Video: Carnage in the making - appalling driving on Thai roads

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Dash cam footage shared to a well know site showed a white pick-up completely take up the lane for oncoming vehicles.

 

The driver appears to be overtaking but everyone who is coming in their direction is forced off the road by the appalling and selfish driving.

 

The footage received much adverse comment on the Social Hunter V.ss page.

 

The incident was recorded on the Roi-Et to Phon Thong Road on Thursday about 11.20am, said Thai Rath.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

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[YetAnother]

just plain scary; and no mention of any sanction against the driver

[PatOngo]

And they wonder why the road toll is so high...........little or no idea!

[YetAnother]

am glad i can't read the minds of people like that driver

[overherebc]

2 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

am glad i can't read the minds of people like that driver

It would be difficult to read something that is so small.

[akirasan]

[Dave67]

He waited for yellow lines for no overtaking to overtake, thick as shit basically

[MaxYakov]

Probably someone who thinks they're driving in a right-side drive country and can't figure out why everyone else is crazy and some even playing chicken with him. Oh, yeah they think diagonal yellow stripes indicates a high-speed passing lane.

[zaphod reborn]

Isn't this the way most Thais drive and overtake?  I'm not sure why this incident received any attention on social media.

[stanleycoin]

15 minutes ago, zaphod reborn said:

Isn't this the way most Thais drive and overtake?  I'm not sure why this incident received any attention on social media.

Yes , normal behavior you can see every minute of the day on Thailand's roads.

No one cares.

 

[smedly]

OMG!!!!!!!!!! and there seems to be a British Union Jack on the rear of that vehicle

 

and again I repeat myself - this is 100% because the law is not enforced so people can near enough do as they please without any chance of being caught and punnished

[Dmaxdan]

There have been many times I have been forced to move out of the way of oncoming vehicles here in Thailand, but I don't think I have witnessed anything quite as ludicrous as this. This is beyond being selfish or dangerous.

[Dmaxdan]

3 minutes ago, smedly said:

OMG!!!!!!!!!! and there seems to be a British Union Jack on the rear of that vehicle

I thought that as well, but it's just not clear enough to be sure. 

[Wallander4]

and not one oncoming driver honked the horn at this maniac Somchai ...

[jumbo]

Could be a farang driver or not? 

No proof it was a Thai...

[Just Weird]

31 minutes ago, smedly said:

OMG!!!!!!!!!! and there seems to be a British Union Jack on the rear of that vehicle

 

and again I repeat myself - this is 100% because the law is not enforced so people can near enough do as they please without any chance of being caught and punnished

It's not enforced because most police stations are not given enough budget to patrol the roads.

[Boon Mee]

See that 'style' of driving all the time. 

Nothing unusual. 

[Diamondbob]

Probably a foreigner who thinks he was in the right lane ;-)

 

[dinsdale]

Wow! Still, see it all the time. Complete and utter <deleted>. As for the car following with the dash cam if there was a head on they'd more than likely die too as they'd have zero reaction time. More interested in posting to social media. 

[Bob12345]

1 hour ago, Wallander4 said:

and not one oncoming driver honked the horn at this maniac Somchai ...

That surprises me as well.

 

I've seen it many many many times that people drive at night without their lights on. In normal countries everyone would flash their brights to them to indicate the danger but here nobody does anything.

 

Guess they are too afraid to get killed over flashing/honking.

 

Another nice side effect of the lawlessness here in LOS.

[ostyan]

Watching this he must be a simple idiot or stoned

[Pattaya28]

1 hour ago, jumbo said:

Could be a farang driver or not? 

No proof it was a Thai...

Could be a monkey or not ?

No proof it was a human.

[metisdead]

A post containing an off topic video about an incident in China has been removed. 

[eddie61]

I think a generation of locals were exposed to lead as babies....

It decreases IQ significantly.......

Could there be a link? 

[smew]

If pharmaceutical companies ever developed pills against stupidity Thailand is the perfect place to carry out field trials as any minute brain improvement would be easily recognizable in their driving habits 

[gaviny]

Isn't this the way most Thais drive and overtake?  I'm not sure why this incident received any attention on social media.

Yes they know the oncoming traffic will pull over to the side for them , I seen them overtake near a bend even with several vehicles in front them.

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[AlQaholic]

I have never seen that happen on Thai roads. I mean, on occasion somebody will get caught with unexpected oncoming traffic when overtaking, but not deliberately. This driver stays in the oncoming traffic lane even when he don't have to, for a prolonged period. In my mind, this driver deliberately drives in the oncoming traffic lane, either drunk, high, or having a heated argument with a passenger.

[zyphodb]

While I agree that his driving is stupidly reckless, I've looked at that clip half a dozen times & I don't see anyone being forced off the road, am I missing something or what???

[scorecard]

2 hours ago, Wallander4 said:

and not one oncoming driver honked the horn at this maniac Somchai ...

 

Perhaps that's because given the behavior of the driver, others would be afraid of a serious road rage incident if they honked.

 

I wouldn't blame them for being afraid.

 

[mok199]

this is the thai road bully at its finest... another tvf member correct me, said this is nothing more than ''road social choherance',and it was up to the other drivers to accomadate this behaviour''....I don't think the other member drives much on these roads...its war out there..