Don Dunkelblum Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 In particular during the week-ends there is in my location an increase of customers on their way to one of the nearby three hospitals. Also, the relevant (often private) ambulances are manned, as it seems, by drivers with a mentality of a seven year old and have no mercy on innocent people i.e. using their sirens to the maximum with no penalty, traffic or no traffic, corners or no corners etc. Thai people in the area have no problems with this, it seems, even as frequency of disturbance continues and even increases. Does it make a difference if I inform the local municipality? I thought of a man size made poster along the route with a middle finger and the word ambulances. I am also planning to relocate. 2 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunLA Posted June 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2022 (edited) You did elect to live there. Hospital, schools, wats, karaoke, bars are all places to avoid when looking for housing. As you now know. Good thing you're not near any RR ... 0200 & 0400 hr trains can be a bi-atch. When I hear an ambulance, I'm quite grateful .... .... as I'm on the outside instead of in. Think positive. Edited June 22, 2022 by KhunLA 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cjinchiangrai Posted June 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2022 Uh, right. Why not try thinking about the people in the back of the ambulances? I am sure they do not want to be there listening to the sirens either. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bkk Brian Posted June 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2022 10 minutes ago, Don Dunkelblum said: I am also planning to relocate. Go on then 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted June 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said: Uh, right. Why not try thinking about the people in the back of the ambulances? I am sure they do not want to be there listening to the sirens either. The couple of times I've been in the back of a meat-wagon I've been too concerned with not dying to care about the noise ???? 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsongthaew Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 14 minutes ago, Don Dunkelblum said: ...on their way to one of the nearby three hospitals. What was there first? Were the hospitals built after you moved there, or did you decide to live in an area with existing hospitals? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cjinchiangrai Posted June 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, Crossy said: The couple of times I've been in the back of a meat-wagon I've been too concerned with not dying to care about the noise ???? Exactly! No matter how bad it is, there is always someone with bigger problems and they are frequently in ambulances. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Any poster who gives the O/P sympathy will go straight onto my 'ignore user' list, along with the O/P! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmaxdan Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 They make all that noise and some people still don't move out of the way! Maybe the OP will need an ambulance one day (it can happen to anyone) and be grateful of all the noise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 At least now, unlike 20 years ago, an emergency vehicle on "blues and twos" really has a good chance that it is on an emergency and doesn't just have a crew that's late for lunch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sheryl Posted June 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2022 Bear in mind that the siren needs to be heard by drivers who are inside their cars, windows shut, often with music playing. There is good reason for the volume. And no, informing the city government would not make a difference. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stoner Posted June 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2022 this is a wind up post right ? so sorry someone dying is inconveniencing your night. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 ...Been out of Bangkok or off Farang street? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Moonlover Posted June 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Don Dunkelblum said: I am also planning to relocate. Let's all hope that it's a long way from Thailand. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Dunkelblum Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 Love it, love it.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 19 minutes ago, Moonlover said: Let's all hope that it's a long way from Thailand. As hard as I try I cannot think of a civilized country that does not have these pesky emergency vehicles with loud sirens !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackGats Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 This is much worse in other countries than Thailand. I often think ambulances generate their own wounded by making such a horrible noise that terrorised drivers lose their nerve and have an accident. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it is what it is Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 you chose to live there, should have done your research beforehand, or you could move. i used to work in the london west end, ambulances, police cars and fire engines were a daily noise disruption, but i got on with it a) knowing they were making the noise for a valid reason (and one day it could be me), b) i was in a very well paid job so was happy to put up with it, and c) after a while it just becomes another background noise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Myran Posted June 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2022 And the award for the most tone-deaf topic of the week goes to... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reposed Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 "The horrible level of noise made by ambulances..." Maybe instead of speeding up, just pull over...? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Its only a problem if you allow it to be. Besides how long can a speeding Ambulace actually last 2 minutes if that, within ear shot, probably alot less. You can mentally "switch off to it" if you choose. Surely you woukdnt care if you or someone close to you needed to get to the hospital quickly. Neccessary fact of life, live with it or Move. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KIngsofisaan Posted June 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2022 Pretty sure in you were in that ambulance being rushed to the hospital and that siren was blaring, you would be thanking God. If something like that is bothering you, maybe you have other issues. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Don't mind ambulances, but something just drove by the house, and it rattled the windows. Morlam set up on the back of a truck, I suspect anyway. Judging by sound & speed past house, it was probably 100m down the road, and I could still here it, and too loud, maybe 500m now, and still hear it faintly. Mind boggling, and I'm running the AC, window closed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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