Seat Belts in Thailand.

[Don Giovanni]

Do Thais just not like them?

Are they averse to wearing them?

 

Does putting your seat belt on in Thailand as a passenger make the driver lose face by insinuating that he/she may have an accident, and therefore isn't capable enough behind the wheel?

 

I've even heard stories of Thais cutting the seat belt buckles off in a new car as they believe that something supernatural will protect them anyway, so why bother?...

 

I also know plenty of Thais who never wear their seat belts, even when driving home drunk...

 

The Don.

[hotsun]

My saying is, you put your seatbelt on in the US to avoid a ticket. In thailand you do it to save your life.

 

i dont know how many thais put their seatbelts on, i know the ones ive been around never did, nor my wifes family put the seatbelt on my child which made me very angry

[Don Giovanni]

Just now, hotsun said:

My saying is, you put your seatbelt on in the US to avoid a ticket. In thailand you do it to save your life.

 

i dont know how many thais put their seatbelts on, i know the ones ive been around never did, nor my wifes family put the seatbelt on my child which made me very angry

Yep.

 

Many Thais seem very averse to seat belts...

 

Is it a cultural thing?

 

The Don.

[hotsun]

1 minute ago, Don Giovanni said:

Yep.

 

Many Thais seem very averse to seat belts...

 

Is it a cultural thing?

 

The Don.

They go to lengths not to put it on. I would think its a male machismo thing but the females also dont do it. I conclude its an IQ thing

[Don Giovanni]

3 minutes ago, hotsun said:

They go to lengths not to put it on. I would think its a male machismo thing but the females also dont do it. I conclude its an IQ thing

Good point, and I also deduce a similar reasoning behind it.

 

The Don.

[Gsxrnz]

For the same reason they don't wear crash helmets on motorcycles - their conviction that they are superior and infallible in every respect, and physics is a social construction. 

[Harrisfan]

18 minutes ago, Don Giovanni said:

Do Thais just not like them?

Are they averse to wearing them?

 

Does putting your seat belt on in Thailand as a passenger make the driver lose face by insinuating that he/she may have an accident, and therefore isn't capable enough behind the wheel?

 

I've even heard stories of Thais cutting the seat belt buckles off in a new car as they believe that something supernatural will protect them anyway, so why bother?...

 

I also know plenty of Thais who never wear their seat belts, even when driving home drunk...

 

The Don.

I thought you lived in Kobe.

[bunnydrops]

They will give a ticket at traffic stops if you don't have it on. I wouldn't think they would cut them off.

[Don Giovanni]

3 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

I thought you lived in Kobe.

I do, but as previously stated I am here against my will until next week.

 

The Don.

[Don Giovanni]

11 minutes ago, bunnydrops said:

I wouldn't think they would cut them off.

So why, over the decades I've been visiting Thailand, do many taxis not have belt buckles available in the backseats?

 

they are not even under the seat - they are completely absent.

 

The Don.

[IvorBiggun2]

8 minutes ago, bunnydrops said:

I wouldn't think they would cut them off.

They connect the the 2 parts of the seatbelt and then sit on them.

[quake]

Everyone has a seatbelt on in my car.

Or they can get out.

Never been a problem with Thais on this issue traveling in my car.

 

[Don Giovanni]

2 minutes ago, quake said:

Never been a problem with Thais on this issue traveling in my car.

I have had the exact opposite experience to this.

 

The Don.

[Jeff the Chef]

Madam puts hers on to shut the bells off and knows I'll go ballistic if she don't. I've taught the rear seat passengers to put there belts on by brake testing within 100 yards of starting off, a smack into a front seat and they soon get the idea.

[quake]

Just now, Don Giovanni said:

I have had the exact opposite experience to this.

 

The Don.

 

No surprise there, then Bob.

[Ralf001]

27 minutes ago, Don Giovanni said:

 

 

Is it a cultural thing?

 

 

 

Doubt it.

 

I do not wear seat belts.

[Don Giovanni]

2 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Doubt it.

 

I do not wear seat belts.

Why not?

 

The Don.

[henryford1958]

Don't most car issue an annoying bonging sound if the seat belt is not attached, mine does.

[Ralf001]

3 minutes ago, Don Giovanni said:

Why not?

 

The Don.

 

Why?

 

The Ralf.

[Don Giovanni]

1 minute ago, henryford1958 said:

Don't most car issue an annoying bonging sound if the seat belt is not attached, mine does.

Newer cars do - older ones don't.

 

The Don.

[Don Giovanni]

Just now, Ralf001 said:

 

Why?

 

The Ralf.

To save your life if you were in a head on collision?.........

 

The Don.

[steve187]

19 minutes ago, quake said:

Everyone has a seatbelt on in my car.

Or they can get out.

Never been a problem with Thais on this issue traveling in my car.

 

does that include the rear passengers

[Ralf001]

5 minutes ago, Don Giovanni said:

To save your life if you were in a head on collision?.........

 

The Don.

 

I dont give a <deleted> if I die.

[Don Giovanni]

1 minute ago, Ralf001 said:

 

I dont give a <deleted> if I die.

Fair enough.

 

What time you leaving?

 

The Don

[quake]

6 minutes ago, steve187 said:

does that include the rear passengers

 

Everyone means just that.

[Ralf001]

4 minutes ago, Don Giovanni said:

Fair enough.

 

What time you leaving?

 

The Don

 

Planning for early to mid next year at this stage.

[Don Giovanni]

Just now, Ralf001 said:

 

Planning for early to mid next year at this stage.

Are you serious?

 

What's brought all this on?

 

The Don.

[Ralf001]

1 minute ago, Don Giovanni said:

Are you serious?

 

What's brought all this on?

 

The Don.

 

100% serious.

Will go before I require dialysis.

[Jeff the Chef]

1 minute ago, steve187 said:

does that include the rear passengers

 

I hope so, a rear passenger is more likely to kill a front passenger wearing a seat belt in a head on smash,

 

 

[Harrisfan]

4 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Planning for early to mid next year at this stage.

Have you done the mhs loop yet?