Police Stopped Me Yesterday...

[Tywais]

On topic - I first drove in Thailand in 1968-1969 but with a military vehicle so I could pretty much turn anyway I wanted.

No songtell's back then......bet you scared the som tam out of those state of the art samlor drivers.

Surprisingly there were baht buses then and one baht. They plied the route from Ban Chang, Kilosip area (Utapao), to Sattihip. I remember being tossed into the back of one after a bit too much Mekhong whiskey and Singha mixes.

Not my photo but from 1969:

Utapao photos

And another one:

Source

[uptheos]

And now, 43 years later it's 15 Baht.....outrageous!!

Edited June 4, 2012 by uptheos

[phl]

What are us un-educated people who can't read thai suppose to do ?

Learn to read Thai.

If you can't read Thai road signs, you shouldn't be driving in Thailand.

Is that so , i didn't realize that one of the conditions of driving in Thailand was that you had to be able to read Thai

It's not however, it is a condition that you can recognise road signs. There are many signs that are only in Thai and you only have to memorise them.

Considering that most drivers on the road could not care less what the signs say or road rules are, i really do not see a point of worrying.

Just follow the rest and you will be fine, the moment you try to "re-invent the wheel" you start to have problems

If police want to stop you, do not worry they do not need an excuse

PS. Doctors also suppose to speak/read/write English as well as some Latin, and yet vast majority of local Docs can not even string 3 words together and yet it does not stop them from practicing medicine

Edited June 4, 2012 by phl

[jacnl2000]

Note: one-baht bus will only be displayed properly in previous post after having logged on explicitly into the Thaivisa site ...

Some 4 year olds have difficulty catching the one-baht bus in the morning at 07.00 hours.

Then a much more expensive car will need to follow approximately the same route but one hour and a half later for reaching the exact destination at 09.00 hours.

Quite a complicated mess, but a pleasant one ; - )

Edited June 4, 2012 by onthedarkside
off topic comment removed

[anselpixel]

Why not just learn to read Thai? It really isn't that difficult.

Fair warning.

Once you do learn to read it, the words are still in a foreign language.