A new way to turn right at the intersection, Thai style?

[lordgrinz]

Why turn at the intersection when you can drive down the wrong side of the road and cutoff others..Second time this week! 🤬

[richard_smith237]

Nice one...  you held your path

 

I dont know what makes these guys drive the way they do... they're just moronic...  so utterly brainless.

 

The annoying part is the inconvenience they cause when they hit someone - or, through some brainless sense of loss of face they get angry because you drove normally and they couldn't cut you off...  total twits... 

... I find the Pickup based company box-truck drivers much worse though... 

 

Wife was driving yesterday...    One next to us on our left, another next to us on our right (we were in the middle lane) both wanted to join the middle lane and slowly edged towards us, but wife had nowhere to go...  they were getting closer and closer, forcing her to brake when all they had to do was slow and tuck in behind...   

 

Ok - so most drivers on the roads here are perfectly decent - but that is overwhelmed by a very visible minority of outright fools driving with complete stupidity.

 

 

[EVENKEEL]

Just everyday normal driving. 

[lordgrinz]

9 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Nice one...  you held your path

 

I didn't actually expect that, I only noticed him as he almost hit the side of my car. I had to open my window and look out over the edge, that's how close he was, wasn't sure if he made contact. The nitwit actually beeped at me just as he approached my drivers door. He then needed to backup, that's why I had to stop, as he was WAY TOO CLOSE!  If you look closely, he almost hit me when I went past him on the straightaway, he put his blinker on then started changing lanes while on the side of me, you can see me flinch ever so slightly as he moved a foot into my lane. 

Edited 4 hours ago by lordgrinz

[lordgrinz]

10 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Just everyday normal driving. 

 

That's the worst part, probably the biggest reason why I hate being here, just sick of it. If they would fix this with enforcement, I might be willing to change my mind about Thailand.

[EVENKEEL]

5 minutes ago, lordgrinz said:

 

That's the worst part, probably the biggest reason why I hate being here, just sick of it. If they would fix this with enforcement, I might be willing to change my mind about Thailand.

If they were able to fix the way Thais drive, little by little it would become just like the country you left behind.

[lordgrinz]

5 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

If they were able to fix the way Thais drive, little by little it would become just like the country you left behind.

 

Works for me, other than lots of shopping malls, there isn't anything here that I find better than back home.

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said:

If they were able to fix the way Thais drive, little by little it would become just like the country you left behind.

 

You mean, if the small minority if idiots on the roads followed the rules like everyone else, then the whole of the nation would be just like the UK ???...     I don't think so.

Making things safer etc is not going to turn Thailand into the West - its still going to be Thailand, just with less dangerous stuff around.

[EVENKEEL]

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

You mean, if the small minority if idiots on the roads followed the rules like everyone else, then the whole of the nation would be just like the UK ???...     I don't think so.

Making things safer etc is not going to turn Thailand into the West - its still going to be Thailand, just with less dangerous stuff around.

It's not a small minority as I see it. On Suk in Pattaya, the one right turn lane at a light suddenly becomes a 3 lane turn. Folks passing on blind turns, passing with a ridge ahead so they cant see oncoming traffic. Just so many things to rant over if you let it get to you.

[SAFETY FIRST]

If you are looking for support for some Thai bashing you've come to the right place.

 

The Thai style of driving was here well before we all arrived, it's going to be here well after we all leave, it's not perfect but the world is not perfect.

 

We are the visitors here, we should be more understanding, try to assimilate when in Thailand, be more aware of their behaviour. 

 

Edited 20 minutes ago by SAFETY FIRST