VIDEO: Quite possibly the worst bit of driving you will ever see

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VIDEO: Quite possibly the worst bit of driving you will ever see

 

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Hilarious footage posted by Channel 7 showed the moment when an impolite Thai driver got their comeuppance. 

 

It was a classic case of what the Thais call "som nam na" or "serves you right"!

 

A black car is shown on dash cam footage cutting right in front of another car at a turning. 

 

The occupants of the car have some choice language for the other vehicle that has barged to the front.

 

But when the light turns green the occupants of the car behind get the last laugh.

 

The car in front goes the wrong way down the road and has to confront a double decker tour bus and a large truck. 

 

The story was accompanied by lots of references to appalling and impolite Thai driving and even "buffaloes being let loose on the road".

 

Channel 7 commented that it was not just funny but pitiful. 

 

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[YetAnother]

i bet there are many thais who dont see anything wrong about this "driving"

[overherebc]

Nothing out of the ordinary around my area.

[PatOngo]

Karma does exist! ???? ????

[Lacessit]

Today, i was making a right turn into a favorite coffee shop of mine. Somchai in his small car had been about 200 metres behind me for a few kilometres. Next thing, he's nearly up my clacker and had to swerve violently to avoid a collision. Either texting or half asleep. I think he only missed me because I could see him coming in my rear view mirror ( You know, the things Thais only use to apply lipstick ) and turned my flashers on to supplement the right turn signal.

Beyond question, Thai drivers are on the Olympic podium as the world's worst drivers.

 

[LennyW]

Ha ha, very mild....nobody killed or dismembered!! You need to go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/1014566385582946 for the real bad driving pics and videos.

 

[DaLa]

Obviously a Thai that had only just recently progressed to a car. Prior to that he/she  had 15 years practice of being at the front of the queue at the lights on their bike.

[overherebc]

15 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Today, i was making a right turn into a favorite coffee shop of mine. Somchai in his small car had been about 200 metres behind me for a few kilometres. Next thing, he's nearly up my clacker and had to swerve violently to avoid a collision. Either texting or half asleep. I think he only missed me because I could see him coming in my rear view mirror ( You know, the things Thais only use to apply lipstick ) and turned my flashers on to supplement the right turn signal.

Beyond question, Thai drivers are on the Olympic podium as the world's worst drivers.

 

Not far off the mark. I've driven in Syria and I'd be hard pushed to say which one is worse.

PS.

Mirrors have 'two' uses, one as you stated but you forgot squeezing zits.

Edited September 16, 2020 by overherebc

[Hi Tea]

22 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Today, i was making a right turn into a favorite coffee shop of mine. Somchai in his small car had been about 200 metres behind me for a few kilometres. Next thing, he's nearly up my clacker and had to swerve violently to avoid a collision. Either texting or half asleep. I think he only missed me because I could see him coming in my rear view mirror ( You know, the things Thais only use to apply lipstick ) and turned my flashers on to supplement the right turn signal.

Beyond question, Thai drivers are on the Olympic podium as the world's worst drivers.

 

So you were turning right and another car didn't hit yours or cause you to do anything different from your original plan, then.  Interesting.

[Lacessit]

20 minutes ago, Hi Tea said:

So you were turning right and another car didn't hit yours or cause you to do anything different from your original plan, then.  Interesting.

I suppose what's interesting is it took only 25 minutes for a troll to attack my post. Ignore list.

[rkidlad]

31 minutes ago, Hi Tea said:

So you were turning right and another car didn't hit yours or cause you to do anything different from your original plan, then.  Interesting.

I thought it was interesting. It certainly wasn't Just a Weird story. 

[quake]

The response was to laugh.

Amazing Thailand at its best.

 

 

Edited September 16, 2020 by quake

[quake]

1 hour ago, PatOngo said:

Karma does exist! ???? ????

Nah,  karma would have been,  car hit by big truck,  all in car dead.

 

[johng]

Not the worst driving by far,very common for  them to  "push in" at  U-turns and Lights  because they think they are so important not to have to wait in line or occasionally think the 2 lanes are for turning  then find its only a straight on lane and get honked at to move  like we see in this video...also (as mentioned in the video) they have Bangkok number plates  so possibly  on unfamiliar roads but still bad driving.

[trainman34014]

Just normal ''Me First'' Thai driving mentality.   The Guy blasting his Horn from behind totally blew the mind of the offender and that's why he went the wrong way as he was reaching for his Gun in the Glove Box !

[Tarteso]

Nothing wrong here... Is just Thai way

[kotsak]

A typical day of driving in LOS ("S" doesn't stand for "smiles")

 

[PatOngo]

44 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

I thought it was interesting. It certainly wasn't Just a Weird story. 

Nothing here is weird anymore!

[DrTuner]

Well, that video delivered. It was traffic as usual first though.

[BLACKJACK2]

"Quite possibly the worst bit of driving you will ever see", they've obviously never driven in Italy

[richard_smith237]

It seems pretty obvious the the driver of the black car really didn’t know where they were going and didn’t know the area. 

 

The were caught out in the wrong lane wanting to turn right. Other vehicles approaching were repeatedly honking at them to get out of the way. 

After the initial mistake of being in the wrong lane their options were to continue straight on and do a U-Turn, or squeeze on front of the traffic at the right hand turn lane. 

All this decision making caused a panic and they stupidly turning into the wrong lane (wrong side of the divider). 

 

Ultimately the person behind the wheel was probably someone who panics quite readily in traffic and is perhaps not used to driving and completely untrained (par for the course). 

 

 

The response of the girls in the car was quite humorous !

[Regyai]

If that's "the worst bit of driving you will ever see"

You need to get out more

????

[Proboscis]

3 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Today, i was making a right turn into a favorite coffee shop of mine. Somchai in his small car had been about 200 metres behind me for a few kilometres. Next thing, he's nearly up my clacker and had to swerve violently to avoid a collision. Either texting or half asleep. I think he only missed me because I could see him coming in my rear view mirror ( You know, the things Thais only use to apply lipstick ) and turned my flashers on to supplement the right turn signal.

Beyond question, Thai drivers are on the Olympic podium as the world's worst drivers.

 

Thailand and Laos are the only countries where I have had to sound the horn to warn the guy behind me that I am going to stop!

[JusticeGB]

Probably not the worst driving that I have seen just fairly typical. At night would be done without lights on.

[djayz]

3 hours ago, YetAnother said:

i bet there are many thais who dont see anything wrong about this "driving"

That is one of the main problems. They simply can't see / want to see their mistakes. 

If you do point out their mistakes to them, then you "thing too mutch". 

Edited September 16, 2020 by djayz

[Yinn]

Just now, colinneil said:

Thais do as well, video in another thread today showing a Thai driving the wrong way.

Yes it difficult. 

 

I drive in Laos before. Ok when go straight. No problem. 

But when turn the intersection is tricky/confusion. I do the same in OP. Go the wrong lane. 

[Lacessit]

4 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Thais do as well, video in another thread today showing a Thai driving the wrong way.

Also i am paraplegic due to a Thai driving the wrong way.

I think Yinn was just throwing out a line in the water to see how many bites he/she would get, Colin.

[DrTuner]

7 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Yes it difficult. 

 

I drive in Laos before. Ok when go straight. No problem. 

But when turn the intersection is tricky/confusion. I do the same in OP. Go the wrong lane. 

I've never had any problems driving on either side. That's because I always plan going through an intersection in my head before steering. Or driving straight. Or driving in general. 

 

PPPPPP.

[HashBrownHarry]

3 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Today, i was making a right turn into a favorite coffee shop of mine. Somchai in his small car had been about 200 metres behind me for a few kilometres. Next thing, he's nearly up my clacker and had to swerve violently to avoid a collision. Either texting or half asleep. I think he only missed me because I could see him coming in my rear view mirror ( You know, the things Thais only use to apply lipstick ) and turned my flashers on to supplement the right turn signal.

Beyond question, Thai drivers are on the Olympic podium as the world's worst drivers.

 

As much as i agree that Thai drivers are bad they're not the worst.

 

Try going to Middle east or Africa!

[Bender Rodriguez]

a lousy picture, no video

 

there are comical series on worst thai drivers on youtube

 

some are gruesome involving motosay getting splashed