Road rage

[georgegeorgia]

Those of you who drive a car in Pattaya,do you ever see "road rage " as we have in the West 

 

Are they mostly farang drivers or Thai ?

I did have someone mentioned this to me but frankly my dear that's none of your business or mine !

 

All I'm interested in the statistical data on road rage 

[brewsterbudgen]

Been driving here for 12 years and never experienced road rage, but the I'm a brilliant and very courteous driver!!  

[scubascuba3]

Last year in Pattaya Thapphraya i saw a thai guy get out of his pickup with a claw hammer and go towards a mouthy farang on a motorbike, he sh it himself and sped off

[Cardano]

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Last year in Pattaya Thapphraya i saw a thai guy get out of his pickup with a claw hammer and go towards a mouthy farang on a motorbike, he sh it himself and sped off

So you'd have stayed and let him tw at you with the hammer?

[richard_smith237]

I’ve seen it a few times…

 

Usually one driver pi$$es of another & they start driving erratically - brake testing, stop start, swerving etc… almost as if they want to cause an accident. 

With the uptake of dash cams it’s something we see fairly often in the media these days. 
 

 

I had it happen to me once years ago…

 

Two lane road towards Bkk from Hua Hin…. Flowing but very busy traffic…

I’m following the car in front in the 2nd (right) lane & am about to pass the slower lorry (which is in the left lane).

A BMW screams up the inside, swerves in front of me, into the impossible gap - impressive that he neither hit the truck or me, I had to slam my brakes on, I blasted my horn….

…. and that was that…. For the next 20mins the BMW driver slowed to about 30kmh, stopped, started, swerved, blocked all traffic… caused a massive hold up… 

Lots of scenarios went through my mind…. Including him getting out of the car with a gun & me ruining him over !!! 
 

Some mentally unhinged lunatics out there….

 

(I’m sure some pr!cks on this forum will now now use that to question my driving which is to be expected from to$$ers trying to point score)…. 

 

 

 

[Ralf001]

3 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Those of you who drive a car in Pattaya,do you ever see "road rage " as we have in the West 

 

 

 

Often, I usually play along..... until a pistol comes out the window.

[NickyLouie]

Yes had a fat slob thai pull a gun on me, watch out as many are armed here and won't fight after acting like tough guys behind the wheel.

[steven100]

when the machete  or pistol is waved at the window .....    you have to show them a shotgun

[novacova]

Aggressive drivers are apt to road rage, impatient risking life just to gain a car length to arrive a few seconds early to wait and doesn’t matter where they come from, just mental weaknesses of children trapped in adults bodies that come under a spell of psychosis while driving. 

[steven100]

1 minute ago, novacova said:

Aggressive drivers are apt to road rage, impatient risking life just to gain a car length to arrive a few seconds early to wait and doesn’t matter where they come from, just mental weaknesses of children trapped in adults bodies that come under a spell of psychosis while driving. 

thank you professor  

[Ralf001]

3 minutes ago, steven100 said:

when the machete  or pistol is waved at the window .....    you have to show them a shotgun

I show em the finger.

[novacova]

1 minute ago, Ralf001 said:

I show em the finger.

That is engaging in the mental weaknesses road rage psychosis.

[Ralf001]

6 minutes ago, novacova said:

That is engaging in the mental weaknesses road rage psychosis.

 

Have train air horns to provoke em too... and massive <deleted> off spotlights on the front.

[scubascuba3]

9 hours ago, Cardano said:

So you'd have stayed and let him tw at you with the hammer?

No but it wouldn't of happened to me in the first place

[jesimps]

13 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

I’ve seen it a few times…

 

Usually one driver pi$$es of another & they start driving erratically - brake testing, stop start, swerving etc… almost as if they want to cause an accident. 

With the uptake of dash cams it’s something we see fairly often in the media these days. 
 

 

I had it happen to me once years ago…

 

Two lane road towards Bkk from Hua Hin…. Flowing but very busy traffic…

I’m following the car in front in the 2nd (right) lane & am about to pass the slower lorry (which is in the left lane).

A BMW screams up the inside, swerves in front of me, into the impossible gap - impressive that he neither hit the truck or me, I had to slam my brakes on, I blasted my horn….

…. and that was that…. For the next 20mins the BMW driver slowed to about 30kmh, stopped, started, swerved, blocked all traffic… caused a massive hold up… 

Lots of scenarios went through my mind…. Including him getting out of the car with a gun & me ruining him over !!! 
 

Some mentally unhinged lunatics out there….

 

(I’m sure some pr!cks on this forum will now now use that to question my driving which is to be expected from to$$ers trying to point score)…. 

 

 

 

Happened to me on Sukhumwit Ban Amphur a few years back when a Thai female squeezed into the small gap in front of me and kept slamming on her brakes, nearly causing me to go into the back of her several times. Still don't know what I did to annoy her, but there was definitely something about my driving that she didn't like. She eventually stopped completely, blocking the outside lane and daring me to get out and confront her, which I didn't do. I just waited until she drove off and then I moved to an inside lane staying well away from her.

[SAFETY FIRST]

17 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Are they mostly farang drivers or Thai ?

Always foreigners. 

 

I'm often sitting at an intersection then without notice some crazy fool foreigner starts yelling and screaming, blasting their horn expecting the traffic to magically start moving again. 

 

I politely yell at him, SHUT UP 😡

 

It shuts them up quick smart when they see an extremely fit middle aged guy beside them. 

 

 

 

[pomchop]

14 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

I show em the finger.

so you take a finger to a gun fight?  great idea...lets see how that works out.

[Ralf001]

11 minutes ago, pomchop said:

so you take a finger to a gun fight?  great idea...lets see how that works out.

 

been fun thus far but always make sure the car has a full tank of fuel.

[georgegeorgia]

5 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Always foreigners. 

 

I'm often sitting at an intersection then without notice some crazy fool foreigner starts yelling and screaming, blasting their horn expecting the traffic to magically start moving again. 

 

I politely yell at him, SHUT UP 😡

 

It shuts them up quick smart when they see an extremely fit middle aged guy beside them. 

 

 

 

Middle aged? Between 35 & 50

[SAFETY FIRST]

53 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Middle aged? Between 35 & 50

Wrong again..... 

[chickenslegs]

6 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

It shuts them up quick smart when they see an extremely fit middle aged guy beside them. 

Who is this "extremely fit middle aged guy"?

And, why is he in the car with you?

[richard_smith237]

12 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

Who is this "extremely fit middle aged guy"?

And, why is he in the car with you?

 

It's MalcomB....    living in the same delusion, they are handsome guys to whom the bars girls flock...   they are the only ones who see the reality of Thailand that its only ever foreigners who do anything wrong and Thai's are always perfect... 

... Sometimes they'll invite Gottfrid along for their 'farang bashing' Ménage à trois 3 up spooning on their honda scoopy !!! 

[Centigrade32]

6 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

It shuts them up quick smart when they see an extremely fit middle aged guy beside them. 

 

To whom are you referring? You posted pictures of yourself here already, so we know it cannot be you.

[richard_smith237]

2 minutes ago, Centigrade32 said:

To whom are you referring? You posted pictures of yourself here already, so we know it cannot be you.

 

Was that the guy washing in the fountain at Nana ???....  or the one on the floor of the prison cell posted recently ?

[Centigrade32]

Just now, richard_smith237 said:

 

Was that the guy washing in the fountain at Nana ???....  or the one on the floor of the prison cell posted recently ?

 

Actually it was him showing off at the Business Class bar on a flight. He's not in shape. But you know people here try to project an image that has little to do with reality.

[MadAtMatrix]

20 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

I’ve seen it a few times…

 

Usually one driver pi$$es of another & they start driving erratically - brake testing, stop start, swerving etc… almost as if they want to cause an accident. 

With the uptake of dash cams it’s something we see fairly often in the media these days. 
 

 

I had it happen to me once years ago…

 

Two lane road towards Bkk from Hua Hin…. Flowing but very busy traffic…

I’m following the car in front in the 2nd (right) lane & am about to pass the slower lorry (which is in the left lane).

A BMW screams up the inside, swerves in front of me, into the impossible gap - impressive that he neither hit the truck or me, I had to slam my brakes on, I blasted my horn….

…. and that was that…. For the next 20mins the BMW driver slowed to about 30kmh, stopped, started, swerved, blocked all traffic… caused a massive hold up… 

Lots of scenarios went through my mind…. Including him getting out of the car with a gun & me ruining him over !!! 
 

Some mentally unhinged lunatics out there….

 

(I’m sure some pr!cks on this forum will now now use that to question my driving which is to be expected from to$$ers trying to point score)…. 

 

 

 

I think part of the purchasing of a BMW, is that they must certify that the buyer is a čůņť

[richard_smith237]

13 minutes ago, Centigrade32 said:

Actually it was him showing off at the Business Class bar on a flight. He's not in shape. But you know people here try to project an image that has little to do with reality.

 

Yeah.... I saw that one....     Its always embarassing when you go to the back on one of the Buiness Class bars and the Alco's are there there getting their photo taken with the Emirates hat on behind the bar - as if its the first time anyone ever had that original thought !!....   Still, not to be taken too seriously, its a bit of a laugh and he was probably on high spirits after returning from 4 weeks of being abused as a lowly HSE rep.

[richard_smith237]

15 minutes ago, MadAtMatrix said:

I think part of the purchasing of a BMW, is that they must certify that the buyer is a čůņť

 

I never realised you'd be able to afford one Malcy.... 

 

But, if it makes you feel better, I've seen fools in Suzuki Swifts and blobs on Honda Scoopi's behaving in the same manner...  and even guys pretending they are hi-so while drunk in a CRV, so there's still plenty of scope for to embed yourself in the culture endear yourself to the locals !!!! 

 

 

 

[SAFETY FIRST]

35 minutes ago, Centigrade32 said:

7 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

It shuts them up quick smart when they see an extremely fit middle aged guy beside them. 

To whom are you referring? You posted pictures of yourself here already, so we know it cannot be you

You should wear your reading glasses, your eyes aren't what they used to be. 

 

If you need help, I'm second from your left. 

 

Do you know your right from your left? 

 

[SAFETY FIRST]

33 minutes ago, Centigrade32 said:

 

Actually it was him showing off at the Business Class bar on a flight. He's not in shape. But you know people here try to project an image that has little to do with reality.

Yes that was me Emirates A380 business class bar, upstairs. 

 

Your memory is working well but I'm not out of shape, never have been.