Walking on the road, use your brain, like you do on a crowded pavement.

Don't rely on laws to protect you, and don't thump someones vehicle,

especially a Thai's one.

5 hours ago, JeffersLos said:

Don't go around hitting people's cars. 

Yes dont you know that a Thai man driving a car is sooo much more important than someone walking and you should never cause him to lose face by smacking his car.

2 minutes ago, kennw said:

Yes dont you know that a Thai man driving a car is sooo much more important than someone walking and you should never cause him to lose face by smacking his car.

or expecting them to stop??

7 hours ago, Will B Good said:

He was lucky in way, could have been stabbed or shot. My wife goes ballistic if a I say or doing anything when driving, she is genuinely scared that some idiot will pull a gun.

Mine says exactly the same thing & I know she's right.

Cant do much when you're confronted by Morons.

7 hours ago, Will B Good said:

He was lucky in way, could have been stabbed or shot. My wife goes ballistic if a I say or doing anything when driving, she is genuinely scared that some idiot will pull a gun.

Same here. 

My wife  asked me many times not to use common words as F. ck  e.g.

There are too many violent and drugged Thai men outside or driving, hands on a gun or a knife or machete. 

7 hours ago, fredscats said:

The old guy was an idiot for thinking anyone would stop for him

I don't live in Chiang Mai but in the time I have stayed there I would say the drivers in general are more courteous than any other area of Thailand I have been in.

Over here, people who walk or bike are poorer than ones with cars, so they don’t matter.  When walking in Thailand, you must understand that and look out for yourself.  It’s the mentality here.  That being said, attacking an 80 year old man from behind is not something to be proud of.  

3 hours ago, worldexpress said:

Zebra crossing as who call it? ???? It, along with "bonnet," are foreign words to most Americans. We can guess the meanings in their contexts but they are called "cross walk" and "hood." Cheers. (We don't say that either but I've picked it up here.) ????

There are lots of things Americans don't understand.

Don't be confused. Try to learn.

And get used to the fact that America is not the center of the universe. 

What a cowardly vicious thing to do to an obviously very old defenseless man. Hopefully karma comes back and makes his life a misery. Sick of Thai men who assault elderly foreigners and women. Shameful savages. 

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

And get used to the fact that America is not the center of the universe. 

Oh you can be sooooo unkind sometimes????

5 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

This works for most things, in any foreign countries. 

 

How would you react if in , say, Vancouver BC standing right on the kerb on a normal street and a car stopped because they thought you wanted to cross?

Good to see a defensive driver who think ahead and see the upcoming traffic picture. 

noun: racism

prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.

 

8 hours ago, Clydesdale said:

What action will the police take against the car failing to stop at a zebra crossing when there is a pedestrian on it ?

None.

7 hours ago, kcpattaya said:

What a filthy low-class way to attack this man. Typical Thainess. 

True, but so was the way others came to his aid.

8 hours ago, Clydesdale said:

What action will the police take against the car failing to stop at a zebra crossing when there is a pedestrian on it ?

Nothing!!!! As I have posted a number of times about nearly being hit by

a police car/motorbike whilst on a crossing.

6 hours ago, xylophone said:

I have mentioned this before, because I don't believe that a lot of Thais know the significance of the zebra crossing

I  think they know full well, they just choose to ignore it.

8 hours ago, Will B Good said:

He was lucky in way, could have been stabbed or shot. My wife goes ballistic if a I say or doing anything when driving, she is genuinely scared that some idiot will pull a gun.

My wife is exactly the same, says alot about this country if Thais are scared of the idiots also

3 minutes ago, overt2016 said:

Nothing!!!! As I have posted a number of times about nearly being hit by

a police car/motorbike whilst on a crossing.

Get your revenge and buy a  Ferrari,works  wonders, so  Ive been  told

8 hours ago, Will B Good said:

He was lucky in way, could have been stabbed or shot. My wife goes ballistic if a I say or doing anything when driving, she is genuinely scared that some idiot will pull a gun.

Been there..Done That!

Ears are still ringing!!! ????

Imagine an 80 year old Thai getting kicked from behind in Australia, most Aussies would be pretty upset. Kudos to the old fella for not charging the scumbag, I hope karma comes the way of the perp and someone kicks the absolute s*h*i*t out of him. 

5 hours ago, chuang said:

80 years old trying to be a hero...which car owner likes his car's bonnet to be banged... not happy take a snapshot of the plate and report to the police..see what happens.

Not happy to be 80 years old and nearly run down on a pedestrian crossing that is there for pedestrians to use and at which in any civilised and polite country the driver would stop. That is what they are there for, but most Thais are too stupid to know or they don't care in the Land Of Me First. And not happy to be 80 years old and kicked to the ground.

My wife, on her first trip to the UK, was stunned when the first car, or certainly the second, stopped to let her cross. Something she'd never experienced in her own country.

You aren't Thai by any chance are you? If you are then I accept that you just don't know any better or how You First instead of Me First operates in civilised countries.

I have said many times in this forum and yet people still don't listen.

 

In all countries in Asia except Japan, people don't stop for you at Zebra crossing. You cross Zebra crossing only when there's no incoming car.

 

There are many previous incidents in Thailand regarding foreigners not knowing Thai laws.

 

Don't use western laws in Asia. Thai people don't know western laws.

1 minute ago, Jimbo53 said:

Been there..Done That!

Ears are still ringing!!! ????

Been there... nearly done that... 

 

I was crossing Ekammai rd (in Bangkok) with my Son who was about 5 at the time. 

Car’s had actually stopped for us to cross on the northbound side, as my Son and I got to the middle the car on the southbound side also stopped, very nice...  but as we walked across a taxi switched to the inside lane and screamed past...  Head on a swivel while crossing the road in Thailand (especially with a child in hand) I saw the taxi approaching so didn’t step out any further. 

 

I shouted as the taxi passed, the taxi hit the brakes so hard he screeched to a halt drawing a lot of attention. 

 

As my son and I reached the pavement the taxi driver was already getting out of his taxi. 

 

‘Here we go I thought’.... wondering what to do next. 

I was with a 5 year old, I couldn’t exactly run off !!....   

 

The taxi driver got out, left his car door open.

 

I just stood there on the side of the road with my son, I didn’t want to turn my back and walk off as I figured this guy might run towards me (he was about 7 m away). Scenarios ran through my head... I figured if he steps towards me and comes near there is only one option, full on aggression and hope I drop him quickly. I’m not sure what else I could have done, my only concern was ensuring he didn’t come near my son. 

 

Fortunately it didn’t come to that. The taxi driver, a lot smaller than I took the wiser option and got back in his taxi and drove off.

 

With hindsight I realised he could have had a knife or a machete etc and I could have got seriously injured.

 

There are some very unhinged people out there. 

 

 

 

 

8 hours ago, Will B Good said:

He was lucky in way, could have been stabbed or shot. My wife goes ballistic if a I say or doing anything when driving, she is genuinely scared that some idiot will pull a gun.

My wife also. Very sorry for this guy, same age as myself, but extremely unwise to touch someone else's car. Not just in Thailand either.

14 minutes ago, EricTh said:

I have said many times in this forum and yet people still don't listen.

 

In all countries in Asia except Japan, people don't stop for you at Zebra crossing. You cross Zebra crossing only when there's no incoming car.

rubbish,  1000  baht fine for  not  stopping, never  enforced of  course

https://aseannow.com/topic/786223-thailand-its-time-that-we-get-serious-about-pedestrian-crossings/

6 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

There are some very unhinged people out there. 

 

Theyre  unhinged for one reason, they know they can get away with it.

Didn't press charges.  Which is why it will happen again and again.  There is no downside. 

Had that been farang on Thai?  The outrage!

5 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

rubbish,  500  baht fine for  not  stopping, never  enforced of  course

Really? Then please cross whenever you like at a zebra crossing in the future. We will see what happens in a serious accident.

 

Show me a person who was fined 500 baht for not stopping at a zebra crossing with no traffic lights.

 

So are you gambling your life versus a '500 baht fine' for that other person?  

2 hours ago, David T Pike said:

That punk need a good ole ass whoopin! ????

I bet you are a yank.  But I do as an Englsh chap agree. Go and if him a damn good thrashing ! Don't spare the rod .

8 hours ago, Clydesdale said:

What action will the police take against the car failing to stop at a zebra crossing when there is a pedestrian on it ?

200 baht fine (for the ‘police pension fund’) and a wai?