I find it incredibly annoying when driving on Thai roads when slow drivers stay in the right lane.

[jack71]

Nearly everyday I find I'm in the right lane of a 2 or 3 lane busy road and I'm stuck behind a brain dead driver going really slow. I usually proceed to flash high beam and mostly they

move over but sometimes they do not. 

 

A typical situation occurs when a car is driving slow in a right lane because they are going to turn right or do a U turn further up the road- Even though it might be 1 to 2 km away....

 

I recently renewed my DL again for 5 yrs. I noticed they had the same video as before. Its presented by a slightly overweight/ chubby thai guy with a funny smiling face. Presumably he is acting out the road rules. They clearly need to update that video as I cant believe its the same one as 5 yrs ago. It looks like it was shot 20 yrs ago. 

 

I think its time that we all teach the Thai drivers to drive slow in the left lane only. Please take a stand and flash your high beam at any slow drivers in the right hand lane. 

cheers

Jack

[shy coconut]

Have you tried tooting your horn?

 

[Surelynot]

I understand them not using the slow lane when it is rough or deeply rutted........but the outside lane or when the slow lane is perfect.....mental....they just sit there totally oblivious...not a care in the world 

[shy coconut]

Some people, for whatever reason , take comfort in staying in the same lane.

 

My former Sister in law in the UK when joining s 3 lane motorway would automatically move into 

the middle lane and stay there, she didn't like overtaking and claims she was taught to do so in a 

lesson.

[toolpush]

12 minutes ago, shy coconut said:

Have you tried tooting your horn?

 

Tooting your horn can have extremely negative consequences in Thailand. Right up there with giving someone the bird. Can result in severe road rage, pulled guns, chasing you down, machetes, etc, etc

[jackdd]

Yes, annoying. Sometimes I flash at them, then sometimes they move, sometimes they don't. But generally it's easier for me to just overtake on the left.

[KarenBravo]

Me too, but, there's nothing you can do about it except pass on the left (with extreme caution).

[richard_smith237]

Vacancy.. Thats all it is.. The mind is vacant and they are plodding along. 

The probably don’t know they should move over, or if they do they don’t care. 

 

The issue described by the Op is so prevalent the only thing to do is to copy everyone else and undertake. 

 

As another poster wrote, I understand it when the road on the inside is in such poor condition that almost all traffic is forced to use the right hand lanes, but on good roads its just ‘fvckw!ttery and selfishness’... 

 

It causes traffic to bunch up...  It causes frustration... its the route cause off some accidents...

 

 

 

[Surelynot]

22 minutes ago, toolpush said:

Tooting your horn can have extremely negative consequences in Thailand. Right up there with giving someone the bird. Can result in severe road rage, pulled guns, chasing you down, machetes, etc, etc

Yes.....I had forgotten....first few times I did this, the wife went ballistic......having read of many incidents, including the use of guns, I can now see why.

[tifino]

15 minutes ago, jackdd said:

Yes, annoying. Sometimes I flash at them, then sometimes they move, sometimes they don't. But generally it's easier for me to just overtake on the left.

well that is the whole point...   there is nothing wrong with moving to another lane and resuming your journey! 

 - there are many who are scared of travelling faster than another vehicle that is in the lane to their Right (they seem to want to call that 'undertaking' ???? 

 (LOS, just like Australia and many other countries) ; are Not like the US, UK and Europe that have that weird No  Undertaking Law ) 

[AlfHuy]

Or when they drive slow and stay on the right lane.

Or when they overtake you left, right and soon fly overhead.

 

I came back from Koh Chang and had 3 idiot bus drivers in convoy. They just stayed on the right lane and if someone trying to overtake from the left, they just would accelerate and not let in the other driver.

 

Has ever someone here done a real driving school?

[Surelynot]

5 minutes ago, tifino said:

Not like the US, UK and Europe that have that weird No  Undertaking Law ) 

...and significantly fewer accidents????

[Dmaxdan]

Have a heart.... they might need to do a u-turn 20km further down the road! 

[AlfHuy]

42 minutes ago, shy coconut said:

Some people, for whatever reason , take comfort in staying in the same lane.

 

My former Sister in law in the UK when joining s 3 lane motorway would automatically move into 

the middle lane and stay there, she didn't like overtaking and claims she was taught to do so in a 

lesson.

was probably a "cooking" lesson.

[shy coconut]

32 minutes ago, toolpush said:

Tooting your horn can have extremely negative consequences in Thailand. Right up there with giving someone the bird. Can result in severe road rage, pulled guns, chasing you down, machetes, etc, etc

The suggestion wasn't entirely serious!

[jackdd]

6 minutes ago, tifino said:

well that is the whole point...   there is nothing wrong with moving to another lane and resuming your journey! 

 - there are many who are scared of travelling faster than another vehicle that is in the lane to their Right (they seem to want to call that 'undertaking' ???? 

 (LOS, just like Australia and many other countries) ; are Not like the US, UK and Europe that have that weird No  Undertaking Law ) 

In my opinion the "no undertaking" laws make sense and increase road safety. But they do of course depend on people following the "stay in the left lane unless there is an obstacle or overtaking" law. The latter isn't adhered to by many Thai drivers, so a "no undertaking" law wouldn't make sense in Thailand.

[4MyEgo]

Welcome to Thailand, learn to just go with the flow, no point on getting worked up, it won't change here or in any other country in your life time.

[sammieuk1]

My advice would be get annoyed at nothing on the road and you may live longer ????

[tifino]

"Keep Left Unless Overtaking" is so much a simpler way to exist on the roads ... (at least that is how Australian Roads have it signposted)

[EricTh]

Not only that.

 

I see many bicyclists who think they own the road by cycling slowly and blocking  traffic coming from behind in narrow roads.

 

I don't know how the drivers got their driving licences in the first place? If you are slow, turn to the left and let the faster cars pass first.

 

The same goes to bicyclists who are obliviously selfish and think they own the road.

Edited March 8, 2021 by EricTh

[bkk6060]

Probably on their phones like everyone else.  Just slow incompetent texters.

[EricTh]

1 minute ago, bkk6060 said:

Probably on their phones like everyone else.  Just slow incompetent texters.

I've seen moronic motorcyclists texting while riding on their bikes slowly, oblivious to the back traffic.

Edited March 8, 2021 by EricTh

[bolt]

some of them think they'll get to where there going faster, because they are in the fast lane

 

but the death toll on the roads should be highlited more, its not bad luck or Karma, its lack of knowledge about what can/could happen

Edited March 8, 2021 by bolt

[jvs]

23 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Yes.....I had forgotten....first few times I did this, the wife went ballistic......having read of many incidents, including the use of guns, I can now see why.

It can be the other way around also,Ann can get so annoyed with these bad drivers that

she sometimes says:'Good i do not have my gun!"

[jvs]

17 minutes ago, jackdd said:

In my opinion the "no undertaking" laws make sense and increase road safety. But they do of course depend on people following the "stay in the left lane unless there is an obstacle or overtaking" law. The latter isn't adhered to by many Thai drivers, so a "no undertaking" law wouldn't make sense in Thailand.

No law makes sense over here,nobody cares about the laws because they are not enforced.

 

[HungDonger]

I was recently driving on a Highway in a country area. There were signs about every 5ks stating "Keep left unless overtaking". After seeing so many Thai drivers ignoring the instruction I asked my Thai GF why. She answered "They can't read"  !!  Enough said.

[Surelynot]

1 minute ago, jvs said:

No law makes sense over here,nobody cares about the laws because they are not enforced.

 

I try to view them more as a rough guide, suggestions with work arounds.

[gunderhill]

47 minutes ago, jackdd said:

Yes, annoying. Sometimes I flash at them, then sometimes they move, sometimes they don't. But generally it's easier for me to just overtake on the left.

 I  just   undertake  them  pull in front and slow down to a crawl, they  move over then  but  not before they've  flashed their  lights at you  oblivious to the fact it's  exactly what they are doing.

[gunderhill]

8 minutes ago, bolt said:

some of them think

I find that hard to believe!

[gunderhill]

34 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Yes.....I had forgotten....first few times I did this, the wife went ballistic......having read of many incidents, including the use of guns, I can now see why.

What nonsense I  use the horn and no ones cut  my  head  off or shot me, only the other day motorcycle got the  full  BLAST.