How Do You Defend Yourself Against Thai People

[fanta rood]

So how do you guys defend yourself against the thai people that are trying to intimidate you in daily life. Wether it's at a pub or in traffic. Or that red guy at a roadblock that wants to inspect your bag. Especially against the thai guys who are very insecure and are desperately looking for power.

I am sure it's the safest thing to ignore him and move on. BUT IS THAT ALSO THE MOST SATISFYING THING TO DO?!

[meom]

I've never come across any intimidating Thai so far. Except for once when there was this guy in the street asking me for money. After I told him to fvk off he started throwing coins at me which was kinda hilarious. I just walked away and that was the end of it.

[fanta rood]

Assume you are driving a car but you are going too slow! And the guy behind you is moving in on you at a very high speed but the road is too small for him to overtake you. He's trying to intimidate you, flash his high beams. And then pulls over and makes you stop and goes in an very aggressive one-sided argument. Are you just going to ignore him? Is it the best thing to just let him drive home while thinking he is the victor and he has won in life. He bluffed you and you lose. He is not a failure regardless of the size of his sausage. He will have success in life.

[rgs2001uk]

I live in Bkk and have no experience or idea of what you are talking about.

[Explorer]

better to lose your ego than to lose your life while in Thailand

Just keep in mind - life is cheap here.. really dirt cheap

[meom]

And then pulls over and makes you stop and goes in an very aggressive one-sided argument. Are you just going to ignore him?

If he's alone I would try to beat him up first

[losworld]

Assume you are driving a car but you are going too slow! And the guy behind you is moving in on you at a very high speed but the road is too small for him to overtake you. He's trying to intimidate you, flash his high beams. And then pulls over and makes you stop and goes in an very aggressive one-sided argument. Are you just going to ignore him? Is it the best thing to just let him drive home while thinking he is the victor and he has won in life. He bluffed you and you lose. He is not a failure regardless of the size of his sausage. He will have success in life.

What I usually do with tailgaters is let them get close - stay on the gas pedal and lightly touch the brake with my left foot. The brake lights go on and it usually scares the crap out of the tailgater and he lets up. If that doesn't work start throwing things out the window... bottles, tire wrenches, kitchen sink.

[yabaaaa]

Assume you are driving a car but you are going too slow! And the guy behind you is moving in on you at a very high speed but the road is too small for him to overtake you. He's trying to intimidate you, flash his high beams. And then pulls over and makes you stop and goes in an very aggressive one-sided argument. Are you just going to ignore him? Is it the best thing to just let him drive home while thinking he is the victor and he has won in life. He bluffed you and you lose. He is not a failure regardless of the size of his sausage. He will have success in life.

What I usually do with tailgaters is let him get close - stay on the gas pedal and lightly touch the brake with my left foot. The brake lights go on and it usually scares the crap out of the tailgater and he lets up.

Tempting as this is, and you know the handbrake is better as it gives "no warning light" I actually slow down and aggravate them more for a few kilometres then move very very slowly over if they want to pass, i mean very slowly.

[daoyai]

Assume you are driving a car but you are going too slow! And the guy behind you is moving in on you at a very high speed but the road is too small for him to overtake you. He's trying to intimidate you, flash his high beams. And then pulls over and makes you stop and goes in an very aggressive one-sided argument. Are you just going to ignore him? Is it the best thing to just let him drive home while thinking he is the victor and he has won in life. He bluffed you and you lose. He is not a failure regardless of the size of his sausage. He will have success in life.

If he is behind you, how does he pull over and make you stop? If he did that, I would then expect him to take his sausage home. Sometimes these really stupid threads become the most entertaining....next?

[jdinasia]

Seems like the OP has some real anger/insecurity issues of his own.

[fanta rood]

Assume you are driving a car but you are going too slow! And the guy behind you is moving in on you at a very high speed but the road is too small for him to overtake you. He's trying to intimidate you, flash his high beams. And then pulls over and makes you stop and goes in an very aggressive one-sided argument. Are you just going to ignore him? Is it the best thing to just let him drive home while thinking he is the victor and he has won in life. He bluffed you and you lose. He is not a failure regardless of the size of his sausage. He will have success in life.

If he is behind you, how does he pull over and make you stop? If he did that, I would then expect him to take his sausage home. Sometimes these really stupid threads become the most entertaining....next?

as the road gets larger hes trying to squish through the narrow space thats opening up. you automatically move as far away as possible to the left almost off the road. He's going to pass you but you see in the mirror that hes moving so incredibly close to you that you get scared he might scrape or hit your car from the sides. you just brake because you hope he will pass you as soon as possible but then he also pulls over next to you and both drivers open their windows. That's how it happend. Are you calling me a liar? It's a hypothetical situation anyway.

[Heng]

97% of the time you won't get shot at (not necessarily hit) for doing that, because you'd have to run into someone who was having a bad day + big ego/chip on his/her shoulder + happened to be armed at the time + has the ability to shoot with any accuracy from a moving vehicle. Those are pretty good odds.

I'd say you have even better odds, perhaps around 99.7% that they wouldn't force you off the road and shoot you in the head and then go off to sing karaoke.

I instruct my driver to avoid any kind of obstacles on the road, including those trying to overtake us at high speed (which is often, because I have stipulated that our max speed is 100 kph cruising and 120 kph if I'm in a hurry: which is rare).

[mjnaus]

If this is something you're struggling with in daily life, you might want to ask yourself what causes this....

Been here for some 6 years now and never had to defend myself agains any Thai person....

[doggie888888]

What type of siege mentality results in a foreigner feeling the need to "defend" against locals? I think by the time I think like that I'd be better off on the first flight out of Thailand!

[daoyai]

Quote "That's how it happened. Are you calling me a liar? It's a hypothetical situation anyway."

[IanForbes]

I've never been intimidated either. But, if it was just the driving thing and people continually tailgated me then I'd have an extra strong bumper built with spikes sticking out to puncture anyone's vehicle who rammed me. We had that once on a Landrover and it did severe damage to an idiot who once tried to play games with me. I just backed into him when we stopped and then drove off. He had a punctured radiator and he didn't get far trying to follow me. The guy following in the rear is always wrong.

In Thailand I just let the speeding idiots pass me. I'm not about to be intimidated. Lots of times I don't want to keep up with the speeders. Crazy people everywhere don't bother me. That is THEIR problem, not mine.

[jdinasia]

Quote "That's how it happened. Are you calling me a liar? It's a hypothetical situation anyway."

Like I said .. seems like the OP has anger and insecurity issues of his own. I would not hesitate to suggest that he not be allowed to drive in ANY country.

[SomTumTiger]

Better thread would be "How do I defend myself from some of the idiot TV posters, should I ever encounter them." I'm libel to be bludgeoned, poisoned, shot, burned, cursed, spat at, etc. No wonder you guys move halfway around the world to marry a girl who doesn't' speak English. No English speakers would have you.

[Crossy]

I think we can close this as in breach of the rules:-

5) Not to post inflammatory messages on the forum, or attempt to disrupt discussions to upset its participants, or trolling.

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for a start.