hotchilli Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 20 hours ago, webfact said: He cited 1979 laws saying that beeping of the horn is only allowed when used to avoid accidents. Or passing a temple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetphet Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 1 hour ago, jacko45k said: There is a place on The Isle of Man where, as one drives through, for luck, you have to wave at the fairies..... there is a place in Pattaya too but it is different. Similarly on Samui. There is a place on the ring road to Lamai where all the Thais beep as they pass. There is a spirit house, but I was told that someone died in a road accident there and the Thais beep to ward off any ghosts. But the most annoying are the taxis and songthaews beeping at pedestrians as they pass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketDog Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 18 hours ago, thailand49 said: 3 fingers? I've always gotten by just using the middle one!???? Obviously you don't care to give the very best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdenner Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 I live about 100 meters from a junior village school, the kids use the football field after school hours. 4 days ago they were assembled on the road verge, jumping out and making these strange motions with their arms as vehicles of any sort drove by. I had no idea what they were doing until reading this article. Anyway it lasted 2 days and stopped, can't say I heard a single horn sounding (well done the drivers). I'm guessing the kids got bored and went back to their football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailand49 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, RocketDog said: Obviously you don't care to give the very best. I have a much higher standard! ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 33 minutes ago, phetphet said: But the most annoying are the taxis and songthaews beeping at pedestrians as they pass. They appear to beep at me when going in completely the wrong direction which always irritated me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 I suggest the introduction of a new law with immediate effect, possibly a special edition of the Royal Gazette to announce, that three fingers in the air calls for 3 life sentences of not less than 50 years of slammer - each that is. For those in the dark, three (middle) fingers straight into the air while the thumb covers the pinky is the official salute of Boy Scouts - so it is a matter of interpretation. But if the sitting lame ducks of this government panic over kids doing the boy scout thing and interpret this as an anti-government sign ............. self-explanatory as far as as self-confidence of the governmental clowns is concerned. Given the source of this greeting might lead other ministers of this divine team of self-elected leadership to yet another confirmation, that Farang, incl. their kids, are dirty and they said that all the way along ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 On 8/22/2022 at 9:55 AM, webfact said: It is a symbol of calls for more democracy in Thailand taken from resistance shown in the well know Hunger Games movie trilogy. Calling for Democracy is an act of insurrection and sedition - just like Hunger Games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Sydebolle said: I suggest the introduction of a new law with immediate effect, possibly a special edition of the Royal Gazette to announce, that three fingers in the air calls for 3 life sentences of not less than 50 years of slammer - each that is. For those in the dark, three (middle) fingers straight into the air while the thumb covers the pinky is the official salute of Boy Scouts - so it is a matter of interpretation. But if the sitting lame ducks of this government panic over kids doing the boy scout thing and interpret this as an anti-government sign ............. self-explanatory as far as as self-confidence of the governmental clowns is concerned. Given the source of this greeting might lead other ministers of this divine team of self-elected leadership to yet another confirmation, that Farang, incl. their kids, are dirty and they said that all the way along ???? Nice catch. Seditious Scouts! ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnomad Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Meh, soon you won't even be able to use hazard lights to tell the driver behind that you are slowing down or to indicate you are currently waiting at a red light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtong Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 In this case the 3 beeps seem to be about avoiding an accident ... the accident of "re-election" of Prayuth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 12 hours ago, Thunglom said: 13 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said: What exactly did he comment about "perceived dissent"? Duh? Exactly, the RTP spokesman didn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimamey Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 A couple of points. Aren't there far more dangerous things on Thai roads that the police seem to have no interest in? Pixelating faces in pictures is common and with good reason. I'm less certain when it's the back of someone's head. Still better safe than sorry I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 16 hours ago, scorecard said: Tradition, very important. Yes indeed. I used to beep beep when driving past roadside temples, especially those with special ornate shrines dedicated to the many road traffic victims at accident "black spot areas' among the mountains of Northern Thailand where I used to live. For me it was a matter of respect and personal choice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 7 minutes ago, Burma Bill said: Yes indeed. I used to beep beep when driving past roadside temples, especially those with special ornate shrines dedicated to the many road traffic victims at accident "black spot areas' among the mountains of Northern Thailand where I used to live. For me it was a matter of respect and personal choice. Same, respecting the local traditions, nothing wrong with that. and the reality is that traditions exist in all countries/cultures, and often followed in all countries with no thought about whether they are relevant, logical, needed and more. Simple example, when i was kid all men wore hats. When we went into a restaurant (and other places) my mom or my grandma would quickly tell the men in the group to remove their hats. Local tradition. Logical? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harveyboy Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 17 hours ago, scorecard said: But can the cops count? good question sir ..but id say give them an envelope and they would know how to count ..ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunglom Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said: Exactly, the RTP spokesman didn't! Always nice to get a quote from the other end of the chain. Edited August 23, 2022 by Thunglom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worrab Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 On 8/22/2022 at 10:43 AM, KhunBENQ said: Sorry but which part of Thailand do you live? I may hear a horn about once in five trips. My wife always reminds me that I am on the edge of death when honking the horn. In Tambon Changraek, Bang Saphan Noi. close to the Highway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger101 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 On 8/22/2022 at 5:04 PM, phetphet said: What about the taxis and songthaews that are always beeping at pedestrians? If you think it's bad now you should have heard it years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiSePuede419 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 It's a much more delicious idea to order 3 Pad Thai dishes. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patman30 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 On 8/22/2022 at 9:55 AM, webfact said: He cited 1979 laws saying that beeping of the horn is only allowed when used to avoid accidents. beep, beep, beep get away from the road kids before you have an accident.......????♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFETY FIRST Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 (edited) On 8/22/2022 at 9:55 AM, webfact said: stop "three beeps" Thailand is quite civilized regarding blowing horns, apart from the annoying foreigner in his car or motorbike at the soi Buakaow intersection blowing his horn aggressively it's quite calm. Go to Vietnam, omg, these people are obsessed with the horn blowing, they can't travel 20 meters without hitting the horn. Edited August 28, 2022 by SAFETY FIRST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshadow Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 and just how/when will these NOISY motorists be caught.....they cant even stop/catch helmetless bikers....unless they have checkpoints...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshadow Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 On 8/23/2022 at 10:34 AM, mnomad said: Meh, soon you won't even be able to use hazard lights to tell the driver behind that you are slowing down or to indicate you are currently waiting at a red light why would one use hazard warning lights when waiting for lights to change?? hazard warning lights are not on vehicles for this....likewise NOT on vehicles to indicate that one is going straight os when approaching a junction !!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlyai Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 3 minutes ago, blackshadow said: why would one use hazard warning lights when waiting for lights to change?? hazard warning lights are not on vehicles for this....likewise NOT on vehicles to indicate that one is going straight os when approaching a junction !!!!!!!!!!! Just did a 12 hr drive from Chonburi to near Mukdahan and for nearly all of 700 odd km there are road works. At 0200 hr most road work places are dark, plus rained most the way and nearly all the trucks stopping at traffic lights engaged their worning lights as they slowed down before the traffic light stop. There's gotta be a reason for that. Seems obvious to me. I do it too if stopped at lights and can see the next wave of vehicles coming in the rear mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlyai Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Drove into our local Mo Baan Friday arvo. and kids on bikes all giving the 3 finger sign to cars. Some cars tooting some not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 32 minutes ago, carlyai said: Just did a 12 hr drive from Chonburi to near Mukdahan and for nearly all of 700 odd km there are road works. At 0200 hr most road work places are dark, plus rained most the way and nearly all the trucks stopping at traffic lights engaged their worning lights as they slowed down before the traffic light stop. There's gotta be a reason for that. Seems obvious to me. I do it too if stopped at lights and can see the next wave of vehicles coming in the rear mirror. Well if your concern is safety on the roads. May i suggest you do your driving in daylight hours. To many dogs, drunks, idiots at night on the roads for me. .I assume you meant 02:00 am. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoguy21 Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 On 8/22/2022 at 10:15 AM, OneMoreFarang said: Good luck that I don't use fb or twitter or any of that and I don't know that these things exist. Ok, I didn't know until a minute ago. Are you sure you didnt know or are you covering up for your 3 beeps. Not sure if it is true but they say 3 beeps a day keeps the doctor away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlyai Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 13 minutes ago, Orinoco said: Well if your concern is safety on the roads. May i suggest you do your driving in daylight hours. To many dogs, drunks, idiots at night on the roads for me. .I assume you meant 02:00 am. ? Correct and hence the warning lights. I would normally not leave that early but I had to get to Kalasin Road Transport early enought to change over my number plates. 0200hr is 2 am. Got you covered mate. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Photoguy21 said: Are you sure you didnt know or are you covering up for your 3 beeps. Not sure if it is true but they say 3 beeps a day keeps the doctor away. There was a time when I could answer that with a confused-icon. Sorry, I don't understand what you try to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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