With "training" like this is it any wonder there is carnage on the Thai roads?

[webfact]

With "training" like this is it any wonder there is carnage on the Thai roads?

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

Motorists renewing their licenses at a Pattaya office had to sit for more than two hours watching a blank screen

 

They were supposed to have been shown a video about good driving habits but instead the staff at the Bang Lamung Department of Land Transport left them in the dark.

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

A large crowd sat passively staring at nothing from 8.45 to 11am. Then a video was put on about road rules for half an hour.

 

Pattaya News said they had been contacted by people complaining about having their time wasted.

 

The complainants said they were given no information about why they had to sit for two hours doing nothing. They suggested it would have been better to put the driving rules video on loop rather than sit there doing nothing.

 

Thailand was named recently as the most dangerous place in the world to drive - people renewing licenses and applying for new ones have to undergo several hours of training.

 

But many suggest that such training is ineffective in improving driving habits - even when the screen comes to life.

 

Source: Pattaya News

 

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[HLover]

Seems 96% of the students were attempting to locate the video on their cell phones.

Passing grade for all and extra points for inginuity. 

 

 

[Stoker58]

A one hour talk from an ambulance paramedic would be much more effective.

[HLover]

3 minutes ago, Stoker58 said:

A one hour talk from an ambulance paramedic would be much more effective.

Show video carnage with obligatory pointing at the bodies.

[stanleycoin]

I don't understand why they don't just have a vending machine outside

to get your licences from,  as they are the most worthless bits of

plastic in Thailand.

Or maybe just get one free with every 10 lottery tickets or one Amulet you buy 

at the local Wat. 

Also your licence can just be handed back at the Wat in the near future.   by a family member !!!!!!!!!!! 

 

Edited March 20, 2018 by stanleycoin

[Darcula]

Staring at a screen is actually excellent driver training. Mouth-breathing nose-diggers staring at screens while behind the wheel should receive gold-plated licenses.

[essox essox]

watching a video is NOT training in my opinion.

The best training for Thais would be to have a much stricter driving test and paper examination.

Once, when I went to get my licence I was told to watch the video....I sat there for 15 minutes and left...thinking what a joke this is.

Why SHOULD I , who has been driving for over 35 yrs be subject to such a corny video.

It started by showing me how to unlock the car door then put key in ignition, turn and start the engine.ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC !!!!

[Thian]

I don't understand why Thailand has driverslicenses AT ALL....

 

Has anybody ever failed for the exams and refused a license?

 

Also i don't understand why they have trafficpolice since i see one driving against traffic every 20 seconds.

[stanleycoin]

42 minutes ago, Thian said:

I don't understand why Thailand has drivers licenses AT ALL....

Has anybody ever failed for the exams and refused a license?

I have seen Thai people fail the reaction test twice and still given another go, till they pass,  and she got her license before me ( falang is special ).

As for the depth perception test  (if it's still there can't remember last time )

what a joke,  watching people do that was. 

Just Amazing 

 

Edited March 20, 2018 by stanleycoin

[PJPom]

Thian asked why they bother having driving licences, he is not alone as over 50% of my Thai friends  don’t bother, as for training, forget it.

Edited March 20, 2018 by PJPom
Correction

[rebo]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

people complaining about having their time wasted.

So no one complained about missing useful and important information?
 

[Lupatria]

Thai "training" 4.0

Looking at a blank screen is part of our new training after our qualified staff became aware of a recently picked up Einstein quote: 'Imagination is more than knowledge'. Of course there is always room for slight misunderstanding when implementing such complicated measures. Sorry for any inconveniences.

 

 

Edited March 20, 2018 by Lupatria

[lockyv7]

2 hours ago, Thian said:

I don't understand why Thailand has driverslicenses AT ALL....

 

Has anybody ever failed for the exams and refused a license?

 

Also i don't understand why they have trafficpolice since i see one driving against traffic every 20 seconds.

Yes my sister in law left her license lapse and had to resit the test and failed, so she’s now getting someone to drive her or she still driving her Benz around with no license. 

[rebo]

2 hours ago, Thian said:

Has anybody ever failed for the exams and refused a license?

Yes, my former boss (holding his home DL for 30+ years from a country which probably - due to its topography - produces the best and safest average motorbike riders) because in the practical examination he activated the indicator instead making redicilous contortions (which I never saw in real traffic in no country) above his head.

 

Edited March 20, 2018 by rebo

[mark01]

Even with the video on it wouldn't make any difference.

For someone that's been through the whole process(zzzzzz....!), it's a load of b******s!

The worse thing is that the government response to all the driving accidents - more hours of pointless videos.

Zzzzzz.....!

[johng]

21 minutes ago, rebo said:

Yes, my former boss (holding his home DL for 30+ years from a country which probably - due to its topography - produces the best and safest average motorbike riders) because in the practical examination he activated the indicator instead making redicilous contortions (which I never saw in real traffic in no country) above his head.

 

Aha  now I have seen that contortion   used by a nutcase who almost wiped me out as I was moving from middle lane to U turn lane on the Sukhumvit road near Jomtien Ambassodor Hotel

I was doing about 80KPH he went past on his "Big Bike" about twice as fast.. still he had time to hoot the horn then make the gesture...I suppose it means he didn't see my turn signal or he thought I didn't signal.

[rtco]

Changed my 5-year license recently and even when the video is working it's a farce. The guy was asking people to sign to say that they had seen it and returned their passports well before the video ended. And during the video people were just getting up and walking out of the room at will and those that stayed were just using their smartphones. Unbelievable.

[RichardColeman]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Motorists renewing their licenses at a Pattaya office had to sit for more than two hours watching a blank screen

Oh dear, they put on the detailed explanation of the Junta road map video in error

[Jonmarleesco]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

But many suggest that such training is ineffective in improving driving habits - even when the screen comes to life.

Naturally ... because few even watch it.

[free123]

3 hours ago, stanleycoin said:

I have seen Thai people fail the reaction test twice and still given another go, till they pass,  and she got her license before me ( falang is special ).

As for the depth perception test  (if it's still there can't remember last time )

what a joke,  watching people do that was. 

Just Amazing 

 

Hey pom chop thai driving tests... took me 4 times to get the license... later my stepfather asked why I just gave tea money.... well at least it was an achievement... cause here many rules are very different.luckly i found the thai driving laws online in english... .. they drive  crazy but thats thai style love it or leave it...

[Krataiboy]

Didn't anybody in the room have the gumption to get up, find somebody in authority and ask what the heck was going on? One can only assume the falangs in the audience have been here too long and become as complacent and compliant as the indigenous population.

[swissbie]

21 minutes ago, free123 said:

Hey pom chop thai driving tests... took me 4 times to get the license... later my stepfather asked why I just gave tea money.... well at least it was an achievement... cause here many rules are very different.luckly i found the thai driving laws online in english... .. they drive  crazy but thats thai style love it or leave it...

Err, you mean take it or leave it? I don't love how many Thais drive here, but i have to take it, because without driving i would have to leave the bushes and go back to the cities..

[Redline]

6 hours ago, Stoker58 said:

A one hour talk from an ambulance paramedic would be much more effective.

Show all of the dismembered and crushed bodies imploring~you and you family are next!

[NoshowJones]

5 hours ago, Thian said:

I don't understand why Thailand has driverslicenses AT ALL....

 

Has anybody ever failed for the exams and refused a license?

 

Also i don't understand why they have trafficpolice since i see one driving against traffic every 20 seconds.

 

"Has anybody ever failed for the exams and refused a license?"  Yes, I have seen lots of them failing both the car and motorbike test. At the motorbike test out of 21 people, only 7 passed, the rest had to come back the following week, and yes, I was one of the 7.

[NoshowJones]

3 hours ago, rebo said:

So no one complained about missing useful and important information?
 

That's because they would be sleeping or playing with their phone.

[stanleycoin]

1 hour ago, free123 said:

Hey pom chop thai driving tests... took me 4 times to get the license... later my stepfather asked why I just gave tea money.... well at least it was an achievement... cause here many rules are very different.luckly i found the thai driving laws online in english... .. they drive  crazy but thats thai style love it or leave it...

Can you translate your post into English please. 

 

[Just Weird]

6 hours ago, HLover said:

Seems 96% of the students were attempting to locate the video on their cell phones.

Passing grade for all and extra points for inginuity. 

"Seems 96% of the students were attempting to locate the video on their cell phones".

So what?  What else would there be to do in front of a blank screen for an hour?

 

"Passing grade for all and extra points for inginuity". 

That part of it isn't a test, it's watching a video.  No extra points for you for your inginuity [sic]. 

[stanleycoin]

1 hour ago, Krataiboy said:

Didn't anybody in the room have the gumption to get up, find somebody in authority and ask what the heck was going on? One can only assume the falangs in the audience have been here too long and become as complacent and compliant as the indigenous population.

Yes answer was 

No  Hab  today 

Edited March 20, 2018 by stanleycoin

[Sydebolle]

I made my license before videos were known. Theoretical memorizing of street signs, the mathematics on distance to the vehicle in front of you (the speed on your odometer being the distance) etc. The practical training included changing a wheel, checking the distilled water level in the car battery, oil and coolant liquid check, hook up a tow rope apart from parking in sideways and driving up a ramp - in reverse. 20 hours were mandatory minimum behind the wheel with a driving instructor and some 20% usually failed the first attempt. 
Welcome to Central Europe where - in all honesty - people really can drive and manouvre cars professionally - most of the time that is .....

[stanleycoin]

This is the best Transportation system for most

in Thailand.

Maybe then they wont kill there  Children, Family, Friends, General public  and us. 

The official worst in the world. 

Edited March 20, 2018 by stanleycoin