Another Near Death Experience!

[greenwanderer108]

What a tiring day...Running errands around Bangkok, must have burned hundreds of calories, walking a total of 8+ km in between skytrain commutes...

So I get off the BTS near my soi...I'm worked out from all the day's walking and sweating...Dinner's waiting at home...could walk another kilometer into the soi, but my legs are soar and starting to rash from the fit jeans I'm wearin today. Man, I've got huge thighs and buttocks now, pushing 38 on the waist and 43 on me behind at solid 88 kgs, 2 down from last week...

Anyway, aching and tired, I decided to pay up the 10 baht for a swift ride home on the motorcycle. And yet, I'm honored to say I live to tell about it!

I haven't been that exicited since the Tea Cups at Six Flags! Who does this guy think he is impressing racin down the dark soi at 70-80 kph! Can't he see my huge farang arse will do some damage to his rims, if not deflate his skinny 125 cc bike tire...

Excuse me certiified soi motorcyclist with a numbered vest, those are speed bumps, intending for you to slow down! This is not the x-games nim rod! What's the frigin rush? I wanna live damm it!

Ring ring ring goes the ring tone on his hand-held...

Oh no! Don't answer it you bafoon! Well, atleast park the frigin bike or slow down...don't speed up, watch the road, it's a speed bump not a bike rally jump ! Hang up the phone already! I want To Live, heavens hear me!!!

Now home, alive, yet again...another maniac BAngkok transportation 'specialist' takin my life in his hands...Worst thing was, he probably thought he was doing me a favor the entire time! Soi Bike Express...

Any newcomers / newbies / potential travellers of Thailand, or all expats period, My ode to you :

If you value your life or other loved ones life, keep them away from hired motorcycles and motorbikes in general! Boycott those pycho, football gambling, carabao dang drinking, krong thip ranchy lao kao hangover Motor Cy Rup Jangs...

[britmaveric]

Love a motorcycle taxi - def a thrill ride. Mind you probably not the smartest thing to do after seeing so many Thai people scarred up from road rash, but want to get somewhere quick, can't be beat.

[backflip]

That's what you get for referring to your children as "mutts".

[Totster]

I took a motorbike taxi nr Tesco on Lad Phrao, through the back soi's.. it was a very white knukle experience, he wasn't slowing down for the speed bumps, in and out of the cars, very fast... obviously showing off, he got to the destination so quickly that I had to wait for a few minutes for the wife to arrive on her motorbike taxi, we left at the same time ...

Still.. It didn't put me off, I love 'em ...

totster

[skippybangkok]

My staff's mother died on a Soi Motor cycle during a simple slip on a corner. Stay away if you can. If you need to take one, tell him that you are already happy in this life, and no need to accelerate your entry into the next.

Edited May 2, 2006 by skippybangkok

[Phil B]

My last trip to pattaya is something i wont forget. the girlfriend went to her place because the company bus picks her up for work every morning so i decided to hit the town. wound up at a cozy place pub/hotel over by the telecom building. got a little drunk ... maybe a lot drunk and decided to have a little company and got a room. the next thing i remember is my mobile ringing and it is the gf with my wake up call so i didnt miss my ride to bkk. i couldnt find a bhat bus and had to get to jomtien before my ride. still staggering down the street toward 3rd road all i could find was a scooter taxi so i picked the one that looked the most respectable and jumped on. that morning i was thankful he was related to evil kenevil.

[seonai]

PhilB - serves you right for being an unfaithful sod

[Totster]

PhilB - serves you right for being an unfaithful sod

Well... seeing as nothing bad happened to him, I can't see how it would serve him right... unless him succesfully managing to conceal his infidelity and getting away with it, serves him right ..?

totster

[seonai]

I was hoping PhilB might have gotten a wee scare on the bike Tots..... but I see your point

[Sir Burr]

Want a relatively safe ride on a bike taxi?

Easy, pick a woman driver, or, an old boy.

[Youbloodybeauty]

Yeah this is one thing I'm paranoid about, seen the results of a relative come to grief too.

Problem is there are so flippen cheap/convienient/fun.

Hate my wife getting on them to get to the shops about 3-4km's away and thought of buying some head protection for her, even a light bicycle helmet would be better than nothing. Better get a car taxi.

YBB

[Tingnongnoi]

Want a relatively safe ride on a bike taxi?

Easy, pick a woman driver, or, an old boy.

That isn't always the case, I took one with a women driver in Pattaya once from the bus station and it was the scariest bike taxi ride ive ever had, she was going just as fast as the male ones and even crashed into another bike taxi that a mate was on when we arrived at the destination

[Nawtilus]

Anyone who stays on a motorbike or even a taxi that is speeding or driving crazy has only themselves to blame if something goes wrong.

There are so many bikes and so many taxis that all you have to say is slow down or stop and get another one.

Two simple words to learn in Thai may save your life.

[Phil B]

PhilB - serves you right for being an unfaithful sod

Well... seeing as nothing bad happened to him, I can't see how it would serve him right... unless him succesfully managing to conceal his infidelity and getting away with it, serves him right ..?

totster

one tiny indescretion and i am braned an awful sod. at least i am not married and doing it.

totster that is a secret i will take to my grave i want to keep my bits and pieces.

[Phil B]

I was hoping PhilB might have gotten a wee scare on the bike Tots..... but I see your point

ok ok ok i see everyones point .... i am an awful sod. do you take a kid to the candy store and tell him he can only look

i know maybe it was my gf fault. if she hadnt gone home to sleep for work in the morning i wouldnt have gone out and gotten myself in such a mess.

no that cant be it because it lets face it i am an awful sod

[Totster]

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one tiny indescretion and i am braned an awful sod. at least i am not married and doing it.

totster that is a secret i will take to my grave i want to keep my bits and pieces.

Well.. it's not for us to judge really...

Anyway.. your secret is safe with me.. !

totster

[Tippaporn]

I beg to differ - I like moto-taxis. But, hey, I'm one of the few who thoroughly enjoys driving in Thailand.

[Phil B]

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one tiny indescretion and i am braned an awful sod. at least i am not married and doing it.

totster that is a secret i will take to my grave i want to keep my bits and pieces.

Well.. it's not for us to judge really...

Anyway.. your secret is safe with me.. !

totster

THANKS. i will be back in the LOS on the 15 and think i will stay away from pattaya. even though i always get a good laugh just watching the wild life there.

[greenwanderer108]

Let's face it guys and gals,

More people die in motorcycle fatalities than any other non-natural cause of death in Thailand, and probably many other countries too. Just take a look at any front page newspaper in Thai. During the holidays and late hours, it's nothing but a body count for foundations like Por Tek Tung and Ruamkatanu...

A motorcycle helmet might come in handy for a 30 kph slip up on an empty road at 3 in the morning...but won't cut it in any accident that occurs going quicker than 50-60 kph, especially in cases where more than one vehichle is involved...

I'd hate to come off as some health-risk free freak on a high pedistool...cause I'm a hyprocrat...I must admit that even after my near death experience, I took the soi bike on two additional instances yesterday...The heat and my laziness made me skip the walking. Now that the wretched summer is in it's closing half, plan to start the habbit of walking more as to avoid the motorcycle...

It's like a cigarette or heroin addiction. A thrill ride, that once you've been on, you can't get enough of. Especially if you've ever owned / rented a motorcycle and cruized the Thailand streets and sois. It's such a great feeling of freedom. No hot traffic jams to sit through. No cloggy, drowsy airconditioned cars...Just riding through the cool wind...express orgasm second only to actually flying!!!

In the end of the day...it's a loaded gun. Alcohal ups the stakes to russian roulette. Even if you steer clear from drinking, and have convinced yourself you're in full control of your common senses...you're still walking the plank. One small luck of the draw, slip up, distraction, unpredicatable (which is how Thai driving and roads are) bump in the road, and you're life has ended.

I've had many friends life being ended on a motorcycle, both in the US and Thailand, whoms' final contribution / legacy to 'life' was as another statistic...

Is risking all those years of growth, development, and maturity worth the cost of being a motorcycle fatality statistic???

[Fast Eddie]

No, it is obviously not worth it. Most people fall into the mindset of thinking 'it won't happen to me', until it actually does. I have been knocked off a motorbike by a pick up truck in Thailand before, thankfully i was not seriously hurt. It is my intention that i will not ride on a motorbike again in Thailand, or anywhere else in South East Asia for that matter, unless it is on particularly quiet roads in a rural area. You only have to look at the statistics of the number of deaths and serious injuries in Thailand where a motorbike is involved to realise that you're playing russian roulette.

[English Noodles]

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QUOTE(Phil B @ 2006-05-03 08:07:14) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

PhilB - serves you right for being an unfaithful sod

Well... seeing as nothing bad happened to him, I can't see how it would serve him right... unless him succesfully managing to conceal his infidelity and getting away with it, serves him right ..?

totster

one tiny indescretion and i am braned an awful sod. at least i am not married and doing it.

totster that is a secret i will take to my grave i want to keep my bits and pieces.

This is what happens Seonai when guys who cant pull a bird in there own country go to pattaya and find girls will sleep with them for a little bit of money.

[Tippaporn]

Let's face it guys and gals,

More people die in motorcycle fatalities than any other non-natural cause of death in Thailand, and probably many other countries too. Just take a look at any front page newspaper in Thai. During the holidays and late hours, it's nothing but a body count for foundations like Por Tek Tung and Ruamkatanu...

A motorcycle helmet might come in handy for a 30 kph slip up on an empty road at 3 in the morning...but won't cut it in any accident that occurs going quicker than 50-60 kph, especially in cases where more than one vehichle is involved...

I'd hate to come off as some health-risk free freak on a high pedistool...cause I'm a hyprocrat...I must admit that even after my near death experience, I took the soi bike on two additional instances yesterday...The heat and my laziness made me skip the walking. Now that the wretched summer is in it's closing half, plan to start the habbit of walking more as to avoid the motorcycle...

It's like a cigarette or heroin addiction. A thrill ride, that once you've been on, you can't get enough of. Especially if you've ever owned / rented a motorcycle and cruized the Thailand streets and sois. It's such a great feeling of freedom. No hot traffic jams to sit through. No cloggy, drowsy airconditioned cars...Just riding through the cool wind...express orgasm second only to actually flying!!!

In the end of the day...it's a loaded gun. Alcohal ups the stakes to russian roulette. Even if you steer clear from drinking, and have convinced yourself you're in full control of your common senses...you're still walking the plank. One small luck of the draw, slip up, distraction, unpredicatable (which is how Thai driving and roads are) bump in the road, and you're life has ended.

I've had many friends life being ended on a motorcycle, both in the US and Thailand, whoms' final contribution / legacy to 'life' was as another statistic...

Is risking all those years of growth, development, and maturity worth the cost of being a motorcycle fatality statistic???

Again, I beg to differ . . .

[Nawtilus]

You might be 'begging' to on any sukhumvit corner that you can get an available franchise if you keep it up.

[Donz]

I dont mind motorbike taxi's I think there good.

But i hate the Tuk Tuks, Ive been on one and we nearly got hit by a truck coz he just cut in. When going around the corner he would turn the engine off (i think he thought it would save petrol)

Lunactics

[tutsiwarrior]

I've had motorbike taxis up here in Suphanburi where there is no traffic to speak of. My concern is that the driver is less than half my weight (110kg) and would have difficulty in handling an emergency when he weighs less than half my weight...(the back suspension can't support the load and the tire contacts the fender when over a bump)

I have been found riding a pushbike in the blazing heat of central Thailand because of my fears...

you guys that takes mototaxis in BKK is clazy...

Edited May 4, 2006 by tutsiwarrior

[jdinasia]

What a tiring day...Running errands around Bangkok, must have burned hundreds of calories, walking a total of 8+ km in between skytrain commutes...

So I get off the BTS near my soi...I'm worked out from all the day's walking and sweating...Dinner's waiting at home...could walk another kilometer into the soi, but my legs are soar and starting to rash from the fit jeans I'm wearin today. Man, I've got huge thighs and buttocks now, pushing 38 on the waist and 43 on me behind at solid 88 kgs, 2 down from last week...

Anyway, aching and tired, I decided to pay up the 10 baht for a swift ride home on the motorcycle. And yet, I'm honored to say I live to tell about it!

I haven't been that exicited since the Tea Cups at Six Flags! Who does this guy think he is impressing racin down the dark soi at 70-80 kph! Can't he see my huge farang arse will do some damage to his rims, if not deflate his skinny 125 cc bike tire...

Excuse me certiified soi motorcyclist with a numbered vest, those are speed bumps, intending for you to slow down! This is not the x-games nim rod! What's the frigin rush? I wanna live damm it!

Ring ring ring goes the ring tone on his hand-held...

Oh no! Don't answer it you bafoon! Well, atleast park the frigin bike or slow down...don't speed up, watch the road, it's a speed bump not a bike rally jump ! Hang up the phone already! I want To Live, heavens hear me!!!

Now home, alive, yet again...another maniac BAngkok transportation 'specialist' takin my life in his hands...Worst thing was, he probably thought he was doing me a favor the entire time! Soi Bike Express...

Any newcomers / newbies / potential travellers of Thailand, or all expats period, My ode to you :

If you value your life or other loved ones life, keep them away from hired motorcycles and motorbikes in general! Boycott those pycho, football gambling, carabao dang drinking, krong thip ranchy lao kao hangover Motor Cy Rup Jangs...

wow ... "Mai tong rew na khrap" must be too complicated to say (or any of the other 13 ways you can say not to go fast

[Donz]

You just reminded me once in chaing mai, Me and my gf took a motorbike taxi up to a mountain on a dirt road to this village.

Uphill the guy couldnt really control my weight and im only 80kgs.

once a steep part came up and i had to get off and run with him up the hill.

[tutsiwarrior]

You just reminded me once in chaing mai, Me and my gf took a motorbike taxi up to a mountain on a dirt road to this village.

Uphill the guy couldnt really control my weight and im only 80kgs.

once a steep part came up and i had to get off and run with him up the hill.

that reminds me of sumpin' off topic...I was in Marin Co. in CA once just north of SF about 1970 an a bunch of us long hairs was in a 30 HP Volkswagen van with bad compression when there was an undulating road..de driver he said 'you guys gets out an' I'll meet ye at the top of the hill'...we did that 2-3 times 'till we got to the city...buncha crazy folks...but we was always resourceful in them days...

[tyler2uk]

Only use the bike in Thailand for short journeys, anyone who has ever had an off will know what i mean, when in uk always full leathers and even then putting it over at 30mph will eat the arse out..

Two years ago in korat was heading down a small soi in the centre and this bus was heading our way, was on the back of a motocyle taxi and the guy pulled right over to the right as the bus left us no room at all. We were pushed right over to the right onto another bike who was hard to the wall and as the bus crawled past it caught the bike...

Wasnt until we pulled away again that i noticed this bloody awfull smell, wasnt until another few seconds that the pain kicked in and i realised my leg had been leaning on the other bike and had burnt my skin to a crisp

Moral of the story is...it dont matter how fast you are going, you can still get hurt

Edited May 4, 2006 by tyler2uk

[Tippaporn]

You just reminded me once in chaing mai, Me and my gf took a motorbike taxi up to a mountain on a dirt road to this village.

Uphill the guy couldnt really control my weight and im only 80kgs.

once a steep part came up and i had to get off and run with him up the hill.

that reminds me of sumpin' off topic...I was in Marin Co. in CA once just north of SF about 1970 an a bunch of us long hairs was in a 30 HP Volkswagen van with bad compression when there was an undulating road..de driver he said 'you guys gets out an' I'll meet ye at the top of the hill'...we did that 2-3 times 'till we got to the city...buncha crazy folks...but we was always resourceful in them days...

It helps to be high, too.