The North East

[wandrinstar]

I recomend Seperate Number Plates for this Area,to signify Dangerous Drivers.

[wandrinstar]

The last week of every Month i do the N.E.Area.The relief to escape back to Suphanburi is indescribable. Do any of you Hi Milers have the same feeling.?.To me id approve of any Government Plans to declare it an Independent State, give it back to Laos and the Red Shirts, they have their own rules anyway. When i came here it was all Cart Tracks up there, yet they haven't noticed the Traffic Light System as yet .. C.M., C.R and Ubon Rat are part of the World, not too bad, but the Buri Ram / Yasathon areas must be Buffalo City personified... I suggest Green Plates for New Cars and make the Red Plates mandatory for the N.E. as a warning sign to others.

[phutoie2]

Yep must be a bane to leave your 3 and 4 lane super highways and drive on rural roads avoiding all the Kubota's and buffs.

[wandrinstar]

Yep must be a bane to leave your 3 and 4 lane super highways and drive on rural roads avoiding all the Kubota's and buffs.

Dont mind the Buffs Mate, they are the Bright Ones.

[transam]

The last week of every Month i do the N.E.Area.The relief to escape back to Suphanburi is indescribable. Do any of you Hi Milers have the same feeling.?.To me id approve of any Government Plans to declare it an Independent State, give it back to Laos and the Red Shirts, they have their own rules anyway. When i came here it was all Cart Tracks up there, yet they haven't noticed the Traffic Light System as yet .. C.M., C.R and Ubon Rat are part of the World, not too bad, but the Buri Ram / Yasathon areas must be Buffalo City personified... I suggest Green Plates for New Cars and make the Red Plates mandatory for the N.E. as a warning sign to others.

We up here get acclimatised to daft road behaviour, expect the unexpected. When you've been up here a while you will usually see daft stuff before it happens.

Yesterday a twonk tries to overtake me on a blind bend and l had cars in front of me, he had nowhere to go if he met up with someone in the other lane. And yep it happened, he tried to force me in the weeds, noooooooo sonny boy, put my hand on the hooter and left him out there, sorry if it was you coming the other way, the guy had to slam the anchors on and crawl back behind the queue, .

[Kwasaki]

No pun intended but I thought you liked the Dodge City cowboy ways.

So when do you and Trans get your " Seperate Number Plates " then.

[wandrinstar]

No pun intended but I thought you liked the Dodge City cowboy ways.

So when do you and Trans get your " Seperate Number Plates " then.

You dont live in a Free Fire Zone,or Me, so just be happy in your Kevlar Socks.

[Kwasaki]

No pun intended but I thought you liked the Dodge City cowboy ways.

So when do you and Trans get your " Seperate Number Plates " then.

You dont live in a Free Fire Zone,or Me, so just be happy in your Kevlar Socks.

It's been a bit boring on the Motor forum lately, I like your style , keep it up.

[jombom]

Driving in Isaan is fairly easy ---- many roads being partially deserted. Bit of a doddle.

The people are nice --- friendly and helpful --- even the police can be welcoming to tourists. Some of you guys must have had sheltered childhoods, or perhaps only learnt to drive recently.

[sezze]

Driving in Isaan is fairly easy ---- many roads being partially deserted. Bit of a doddle.

The people are nice --- friendly and helpful --- even the police can be welcoming to tourists. Some of you guys must have had sheltered childhoods, or perhaps only learnt to drive recently.

Agreed ... :jap:

[wandrinstar]

I aint on about the People or Hospitality, i was in Ubon in the Nam Era, before Robinsons. I refer to the shock Ferangs may encounter if they are used to Patts or Mango..E.G.., they may be acustomed to drivers pulling out of side roads,and hugging the left, but not straight into your lane,when you cant go over right cause the lanes full..Also the Young Turks have this Black Window Challenge, if the Traffic Lights Colours show through , your forced to ware a baseball cap the right way round.. If you can read Thai Plates, you always look for a N.E. Plate, round Bkk, just to be on the safe side, and take more care, it could vere off at anytime with no warning. Lights are only turned on if the Driver drops his Low Cow Bottle, walking towards the Car, and should only be turned quickly off again on well lit 3 Lanes,where only City Folk cant see without them. Wipers should never be used, they smudge the Raindrops, and Squeak.

[transam]

Driving in Isaan is fairly easy ---- many roads being partially deserted. Bit of a doddle.

The people are nice --- friendly and helpful --- even the police can be welcoming to tourists. Some of you guys must have had sheltered childhoods, or perhaps only learnt to drive recently.

Nooooooooo, seems that you have adopted Isaan driving etiquette. Some of us can't shake off a lifetime of sensible driving eh.

[Semper]

The last week of every Month i do the N.E.Area.The relief to escape back to Suphanburi is indescribable. Do any of you Hi Milers have the same feeling.?.To me id approve of any Government Plans to declare it an Independent State, give it back to Laos and the Red Shirts, they have their own rules anyway. When i came here it was all Cart Tracks up there, yet they haven't noticed the Traffic Light System as yet .. C.M., C.R and Ubon Rat are part of the World, not too bad, but the Buri Ram / Yasathon areas must be Buffalo City personified... I suggest Green Plates for New Cars and make the Red Plates mandatory for the N.E. as a warning sign to others.

Nice rant.

[SantiSuk]

The last week of every Month i do the N.E.Area.The relief to escape back to Suphanburi is indescribable. Do any of you Hi Milers have the same feeling.?.To me id approve of any Government Plans to declare it an Independent State, give it back to Laos and the Red Shirts, they have their own rules anyway. When i came here it was all Cart Tracks up there, yet they haven't noticed the Traffic Light System as yet .. C.M., C.R and Ubon Rat are part of the World, not too bad, but the Buri Ram / Yasathon areas must be Buffalo City personified... I suggest Green Plates for New Cars and make the Red Plates mandatory for the N.E. as a warning sign to others.

You are right to exempt Ubon province at least partially. I reckon they must spend more on road widenings in that province than anywhere else in Thailand - have many four laners (2 each way) going out of the City into the region now, where most towns would live with 2.

Still not exempt from wingnuts on the road though. Yesterday I spent 45 minutes at a railway crossing between Ubon and SiSaket because they had closed all but one lane to allow for replacement of the road bed under the rail crossing. The long delay was not weight of traffic - it was entirely down to selfish a$holes who insisted on driving the wrong side of the road to steal a march in the queue, causing logjams because no traffic could get through from the other way.

[wandrinstar]

You must have seen the B52 Landing Strip Road, cant remember exactly where,i was going to the Nong Ki area and came from single B road to a Runway.. Emergency Stoped, couldnt believe it , no one there. That was Creepy, never foreget it, No lights, or signs. It must be in use now. Bout 22 Years back.

[Gary A]

If you think Isaan is bad, you have never driven south of Hua Hin. My friend in Krabi used to complain about the terrible drivers in his area. I do believe him now since I have driven down there several times to visit.