Liverpool Lou Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 5 hours ago, ezzra said: I can tell that from what i have been and seen in other countries around the world, Thai drivers are not the worst, infect, i find driving on Thai roads fairly safe most of the time with no hassle or road rage display like you see in other countries... Careful, posting a rational comment won't go down well here with some posters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, tomacht8 said: For over 20 years on the streets of Thailand, I would estimate that I have saved around 500 lives through my defensive driving style. Never trust a green traffic light, no frantic maneuvers if someone is approaching on the wrong side of the lane, do not think that the indicator here shows the actual direction of travel, at night scan regulary the street with a short high beam for vehicles without lighting, be particularly careful with all U-turns, always expect the Thais to turn into a main road without looking. Thailand is still the number 2 in traffic deaths worldwide. I wish everyone an accident-free journey What do you want, a medal for your heroic life-saving? You're not the only one who does that. Edited July 9, 2021 by Liverpool Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, djayz said: Are we not all guilty of that? From time to time at least? Probably, but we're not all so arrogantly self-righteous as to video it and put it on social media! Edited July 9, 2021 by Liverpool Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 5 hours ago, BobinBKK said: I once seen a 10 wheel truck run over a motorcycle with two people sitting on it stopped at a red light. The funny thing was that it was in the middle of a sunny afternoon and the truck had previously stopped behind the motorcycle. Hilarious! Must have been so "funny" and "hilarious" to see. Glad you enjoyed it; did the two people on the bike find it so uproarious? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Benmart said: 7 hours ago, EVENKEEL said: Nobody cares what you have to say. Yeah he's American, again nobody wants to hear your comments. The same could be said about your miopic post. ...and yours! What does "miopic" [sic] mean? Edited July 9, 2021 by Liverpool Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 2 hours ago, spidermike007 said: 7 hours ago, EVENKEEL said: Nobody cares what you have to say. Yeah he's American, again nobody wants to hear your comments. Yeah. That is true. We have lost an awful lot of credibility over the past four years. Americans have lost even more credibility over the past 5 months, than the last 4 years and that credibility loss is just getting better every day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said: Americans have lost even more credibility over the past 5 months, than the last 4 years and that credibility loss is just getting better every day. Now, that is a very partisan opinion. I feel the opposite. Without a hater leading the nation, there is some sanity returning. Some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 minute ago, spidermike007 said: 3 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said: Americans have lost even more credibility over the past 5 months, than the last 4 years and that credibility loss is just getting better every day. Now, that is a very partisan opinion. I feel the opposite. Without a hater leading the nation, there is some sanity returning. Some. No more partisan than your opinion but a lot more realistic! In which area do you see sanity, in your opinion, "returning"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmonkey Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 I mean this is absolutely nothing compared to the madness i see on a daily basis... he must be a newbie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandeventer Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 7 hours ago, worgeordie said: Flummoxed is not a problem, it's when they get dangerous , like every time I am on the road. regards Worgeordie After 20 years of driving here I feel much safer on my motorcycles than in the car. And Thailand is still number 1 in the world for MC deaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 7 hours ago, billd766 said: So why did you bother to comment? Because I can. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 47 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said: No more partisan than your opinion but a lot more realistic! In which area do you see sanity, in your opinion, "returning"? The lands. America has the greatest public land system in world history. The Federal Government holds in trust about 640 million acres of land (30 percent of the country's total land area). This includes national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges, and other Federal agency ownerships. Trump attempted to decimate this system, sell off old growth timber forests on public land, open it up to mining, oil, gas and other development, to the highest bidder. Likely he has never visited a national park, so no wonder. Same applies to offshore drilling in Alaska and elsewhere. That is a big deal for me. Add in the incredible job Biden as done with vaccination, by actually recognizing Covid as an issue, and we have a resounding success to date. A man of decency has replaced a crime lord. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Visa Member 999999 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 8 hours ago, EVENKEEL said: Nobody cares what you have to say. Yeah he's American, again nobody wants to hear your comments. Yet you read it. The stupidity of some TV readers, incalculable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliveshep Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 I was driving our little Mio in the village with my wife on the back and the dog between us. Our dog is big and hairy, like a blonde wolf in looks and size. Tried unsuccessfully to drive on the smooth new road to the side of a over-sized speed bump. A truck had passed before all too clearly carrying aggregate - crushed black stone they mix with sand and cement her to make concrete - and there must have been a hole in the side because there was a line of gravel on the road side for a km or more. Anyway, I misjudged positioning the bike to the side of the speed bump and ran over the end of it, the front wheel slid off the chamfered end of the bump onto the gravel and down we went. We were only going very slowly so it was more like falling off and my wife fell on top of me so she was uninjured thank God, I had some minor scrapes and bruising, and the dog who had jumped clear legged it across the road into the jungle and kept on going! She might be as big and with the looks of a blonde wolf but she is a nervous baby really, very lovable with us but dangerous to other dogs and strangers! My wife took off after the dog leaving me to struggle with arthritis to get up. Here's the good bit: a long line of cars behind all stopped, from nowhere 3 young men appeared, turned off the bike's engine, picked it up and put it on it's stand, and solicitously enquired after me before two of them picked me up and hung on until they were sure I wasn't going to fall over. A passing car then stopped and one of the most beautiful girls wound down the window and asked if she could help, was I ok, did I need a ride etc. I was very tempted to ask for the kiss of life as I told my wife but thanked her, I was ok, and went off to find my wife who had by now vanished into the middle distance chasing one scared large doggie baby! So full marks to everyone, no one was impatient, no one acted like I was a smelly covid saturated falang as Anutin inferred, they were courteous and caring. Out on the highway where my wife and I both drive it is often different for sure, we got a bike, a Toyota car, and a small drop-side lorry and drive all on the highway. Just keep your eyes open, use mirrors, expect bad driving from others and be prepared to slow or stop or get out of their way. I tell my hot-tempered wife "don't copy the idiots, give them room to kill themselves if they trust their amulets and charms that much" "Don't react to their bad behaviour, stay cool and above all keep good lane discipline (Thai drivers haven't mastered that one) and a decent thinking/stopping distance to the guy in front, increasing it if it's raining and be prepared to drop back if untrained drivers push in because they think you've left too much space." "Always read the road ahead watching possible hazards and developments and with an eye to an emergency escape route." I keep banging on about it, slowly it will sink in I hope. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Myran Posted July 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2021 Don't miss tomorrows thrilling article: "Foreigner eats pad thai in Korat, finds it very spicy, and posts about it on Facebook." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riclag Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Welcome to Thailand ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Would you like me to post my car-cam videos from today in Chiang Mai? Two instance of cars driving down the highway in the wrong direction, multiple instances of both large motorcycles and cars passing in excess of 140kph with one of the motorcycles passing my on a tight curve while driving in my lane directly next to me approximately 1/2 meters away (he had his own lane passing lane on the right) and another instance with a BMW traveling at probably 160 on Highway 11 again with his wheels in my lane as he passes me with less than a meter between us (I'm doing 95) and he has an empty lane to the right but he needs to be in my lane, the normal 50+ occurrences of Thais pulling out from the left curb or a left hand intersection without looking or caring if they ram into your car, and on and on and on........ Normal day on Highway 11 and Chiang Mai. Nothing unusual under the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimamey Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 8 hours ago, daveAustin said: I am discombobulated more so by your replies than this incredibly normal thai traffic occurrence. Blimey that sounds painful. Is there a vaccine for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said: Because I can. Then don't knock anyone else as they have the same rights as you. If you don't like the post then skip over it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Tracy Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 He aint been here long then... flummoxed, a word that's been around about 150 years and is new to some people. Just shows, you learn new things every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiangraibob4 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 10 hours ago, thaitom said: I personally like the driving style here, I have adapted quite well. I would never go back to the USA and drive again. I totally agree. Thais in general drive pretty decently. Motorbikes are more of a problem, you find underage kids, drunk people, but well at the end of the day it's them risking their life vs a dent in your car, so.... their own problem. But when it comes to car, they are much more patient, chill, and overall drive defensively - contrary to the West. It's a million times bette. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephbloggs Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 10 hours ago, BobinBKK said: I once seen a 10 wheel truck run over a motorcycle with two people sitting on it stopped at a red light. The funny thing was that it was in the middle of a sunny afternoon and the truck had previously stopped behind the motorcycle. Hilarious! Yeah, sounds side splittingly funny, must have made your day. Absolutely hilarious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 9 hours ago, billd766 said: Then don't knock anyone else as they have the same rights as you. If you don't like the post then skip over it. I'll knock anyone I want to, seems you've developed an unhealthy affection for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsmart Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 15 hours ago, Seismic said: Obviously you don't spend much time in Bangkok then, because I see that sort of behavior every day! Yes, I avoid coming to Bangkok or any large city as best I can. I like it out here in the mountains and rural areas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarteso Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Use the mask ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaitom Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 12 hours ago, chiangraibob4 said: I totally agree. Thais in general drive pretty decently. Motorbikes are more of a problem, you find underage kids, drunk people, but well at the end of the day it's them risking their life vs a dent in your car, so.... their own problem. But when it comes to car, they are much more patient, chill, and overall drive defensively - contrary to the West. It's a million times bette. Yes, I agree. The kids on bikes really bother me, especially the under aged ones, I personally would fight it and refuse to let a claim against me if one of them hits my car and wants compensation . But.... I know that would never happen, i would lose . Even though they have no license, most bikes are not even registered so don't have insurance, I would still have to pay and i don't know why ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaitom Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Just now, thaitom said: Yes, I agree. The kids on bikes really bother me, especially the under aged ones, I personally would fight it and refuse to let a claim against me if one of them hits my car and wants compensation . But.... I know that would never happen, i would lose . Even though they have no license, most bikes are not even registered so don't have insurance, I would still have to pay and i don't know why ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 On 7/9/2021 at 11:41 AM, djayz said: Me too. I'm flomited by his remarks, he should stay off the road if he can't cope with driving in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZAMBOY Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 On 7/9/2021 at 4:31 PM, EVENKEEL said: Nobody cares what you have to say. Yeah he's American, again nobody wants to hear your comments. I agree AND i'm American!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvorBiggun2 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, thaitom said: Even though they have no license, most bikes are not even registered so don't have insurance, I would still have to pay and i don't know why ! Watch from 4 minutes. https://youtu.be/16Zo4DXgohI Edited July 10, 2021 by IvorBiggun2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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