Thailand To Change From Left To Right Hand Driving

[ChaiLor]

I've heard that they were going to bring this in a long time ago in a staggered fashion going province by province around the country, after the cars they're doing the same thing with motorbikes, as of 2015 they aim to have all motorbikes converted to left hand drive only. Its bad enough getting served beer in a left handed bottle, but this is taking things way too far!! TIT!!

[fakename]

Well, happy April Fools day!!

[Eric Tarleton]

Yes, too obvious.

If you had said that on even dates you drive on the right and on odd dates you drive on the left, then it would have sounded perfectly logical and I would have believed it completely.

sounds like an April Fool!

[Johnnie99]

Hellfire! Driving in the traffic this morning I KNOW it to be true! Clearly it is a gradual change, blue cars one day, red the next and so on.

Edited April 1, 2013 by Johnnie99

[HarryMilton]

My son is a policeman in Chiang Mai, and he told me about this months ago.

Preparations for the impending change will start to be implemented in some areas of Bangkok on September of this year.

This is the reason why the waiting times for new cars have been so long. From the start of next month, all new model vehicles will be left hand drive.

No he didn't, no they won't and no it's not, to your three comments respectively.

[uptheos]

Dont you realise it is April Fools Day !! This has got to be a joke, but most of you believe it. Read it again carefully. Only 1 name is quoted and I bet that is a fictitious name.

Try getting up a little earlier.

[SolarGolf]

I love some of these over the top comments where people actually believe the Government would do such a thing. Lighten up guys, it's a joke! They got you good

[Teddy3943]

What about the headlights, they have to be changed as well :-) - this will never happen...

You know Thai creativity: Turn the lenses upside down... Fit or not mai pen rai.

April 1 2014 Turn them back...

Edited April 1, 2013 by Teddy3943

[jadeybug]

Is this an April Fool's Day joke?????????????????

[uncleRoy]

April fool !!!!!

Cannot believe that some of you fell for this 555555

[coreyp2]

It is April 1st

[uptheos]

And they say jokes, sarcasm and irony are lost on the Thais!

[chiang mai]

The thread that keep on giving, people will keep posting their surprise and it'll be weeks before the outrage ceases, too funny.

[BMF1960]

Cannot believe that you haven't worked out this is an April Fool's Day joke! Guess it is true - most people leave their brains at the Airport!

[stubzi]

Anybody noticed it's 1st April today??

[crazygreg44]

Today I encountered a few near misses with bikers and trucks who obviously thought the new rule was already in effect . . Why can't they wait . . .

[bonobo]

The last country to change was, I believe, Sweden in the late 60s.

Italy changed between the wars, and in typical Italian fashion, changed gradually. Cities with trams were allowed to continue driving on the left (Rome was one) provided they posted signs at the city limits.

I was in Okinawa on the day they changed from the right (under US occupation) to the left (staying part of Japan.) That was a pretty amazing couple of days there!

[mca]

Bloody hell George you're reeling them in today.....

[COXYATCITY]

HELL! thats gonna be dangerous . Anyhow, a large % of them drive on the wrong side already.

April fools day in Thailand

[djayz]

I'm pretty sure that this is just an April fool's day gag...

I don't see it happening.

[uptheos]

I'm pretty sure that this is just an April fool's day gag...

I don't see it happening.

You're not 100% sure are you?

[navara]

This has got to

be the most idiotic idea, and to suggest it will be implemented, if it gets

passed, by January 2014.

The number of car manufacturers here in Thailand could not make the changes to all the tooling processes

and assembly lines in time. Does that mean they will have to import sub components (That will be a popular interim decision) and what happens to all the RH drive tooling that has not been amortised through current production vehicles.

Oh yes and not to mention majority of RHD pickups are exported from Thailand so if they maintain both the expense to the car companies is well you can just imagine. (Oh its to create more jobs)

Gosh what are they on to let us drive RHD vehicles on the right hand side of the road.

It is such a great idea. I suggest a Nobel Prize. There a many smart ideas from this Government. Let's have a 300km/h train or buy boats to push the water forward. Perhaps we can dig out all the roads and create a high speed canal, instead of cars. The boat man can decide where to drive ;-) So we have solved all the problems with one solution, including the flooding!!! Great!

[Putu94]

haha It looks like a joke maybe you could say it is the first of april , Fools day

[balkanbluerumba]

Good 1 April Joke!!!!

[R10wota]

April Fool?

[petertucker48]

APRIL FOOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[luckyluck]

No way will this ever happen..............

April 1st today...

April Fool?

[Costas2008]

Somebody has to make sure they inform the police.....probably they will be waiting for you on the wrong side of the road, trying to figure out why the cars are coming the wrong way!!!!!!!!!

[uptheos]

No way will this ever happen..............

That's what they said in Burma, until Ne Win changed it overnight, without changing the infrastructure

[richard_smith237]

My son is a policeman in Chiang Mai, and he told me about this months ago.

Preparations for the impending change will start to be implemented in some areas of Bangkok on September of this year.

This is the reason why the waiting times for new cars have been so long. From the start of next month, all new model vehicles will be left hand drive.

No he didn't, no they won't and no it's not, to your three comments respectively.

That was such an obvious attempt by Beetlejuice at 'topping up' the April fool.

Retired men cannot marry a few years ago was much much better... Nice try though...