Hi there, Pattaya, especially the Naklua Road area has become taken over by tour buses. They show no regards to anyone. They park where it's no parking, even blocking off full lanes on major roads and they break every road law in the book. Many drive at around 80 kms/hr where the whole area is very well marked as 40 kms/hr. They ignore stop signs, they overtake over double lines, even cut corners making right hand turns. They are on the wrong side of the road and they no idea what's coming the other way, they probably don't care. They drive with the Thai motor bike riders mentality. One day there's going to be a major accident caused directly by these reckless drivers.

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What a weird thread. Opening post about buses and then the rest of posts about wifi packages 😆 

8 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

What a weird thread. Opening post about buses and then the rest of posts about wifi packages 😆 

Well I never changed the subject, I only answered questions.

34 minutes ago, Mason45 said:

Well I never changed the subject, I only answered questions.

 

No point in getting yourself all upset over the coaches. Though they are a dangerous annoyance. That's why I changed it to something more useful to you 😊

5 hours ago, Mason45 said:

They drive with the Thai motor bike riders mentality. One day there's going to be a major accident caused directly by these reckless drivers.

Already have been many times...they are reckless because they think they are invincible due to their greater size  and often that is true  they escape major injury whist inflicting devastation on the smaller road users.

And they often do U-Turns in the middle of street, blocking traffic.

I lived in Hawaii for almost 20 years.  The Gray Line tour busses were always a major annoyance in Waikiki.  Now, after over 15 years in Pattaya/Jomtien, I can honestly say the tour bus situation here is approaching world class annoyance levels.

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6 hours ago, LALes said:

I lived in Hawaii for almost 20 years.  The Gray Line tour busses were always a major annoyance in Waikiki.  Now, after over 15 years in Pattaya/Jomtien, I can honestly say the tour bus situation here is approaching world class annoyance levels.

I totally agree LA Less, where I walk on my way back to my condo the tour buses are always illegally parked blocking off one lane of traffic in Naklua Road. Also the passengers stand in a mob in the middle of the foot path with their luggage. So I have to brave it and walk along the road. Naklua Road can be a very dangerous road, especially when the cretins  on motor bikes go speeding down the hill towards the Dolphin Roundabout.

 

mate, it's thailand, it's thai road users, sorry to say, but what do you expect? (for balance, other, non-thai, road users can be idiots too)

Edited September 26, 20241 yr by it is what it is

I totally agree but non Thai's can't drive tour buses for a living in Thailand.

On 9/26/2024 at 3:34 PM, it is what it is said:

 

mate, it's thailand, it's thai road users, sorry to say, but what do you expect? (for balance, other, non-thai, road users can be idiots too)

Yep I even noticed tourists and expats riding motorbikes like there in the last race of there life, no helmets, bullet proof, ignorant to everything else.