circusman Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Why such an aversion to truth here in the LOS? Does anyone just simply confess here? I screwed up. Sorry. He that ever been said? The relationship many Thais have with truth is perverse. Spidermike Chaiyaphum, Thailand Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Plenty of guilty people confess to the cops. Just read the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 74 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Not quite sure why the pickup keeps trying to get past to be honest. The truck has made it pretty clear that he doesn't want that, and is prepared to use all ~40 tons of his truck to stop it. Pull over and let him get away. The truck is legally obliged to stay in the far left lane, and thus was daring to stray in to the other's territory. This results in TME. Thai Male Explosion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 74 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Where's a photo of the lad anyway. My money is on very dark and thin, gritting his teeth and screaming 'Thailand number 1'. Call me experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unanimosity Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Good thing this lunatic was finally caught and arrested. I wonder what the punishment will be? Ha loy baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post unanimosity Posted March 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2014 Do truck drivers need a special license in LOS, or are they just driving on car licenses ? Licence?? What licence? The same kind of licence that James Bond has. The encouraging thing about this story is that the police were spurred into action by social media. Now if more people can film this kind of driving and post it online it would be a big help. It would be a good thing if a Thai TV station could run a program where people could send in videos of driving like this. I'll bet it would get a huge response and it would put the frighteners on the maniacs, who would never know if someone was filming their driving. Forget it. You actually think there is a chance of this when you can't critique a restaurant for fear of defamation litigation? Nah, Buddha don't authorize causing somebody to lose face. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 74 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 ^^ 500 baht? Please. He didn't stab a 70 year old Westerner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unanimosity Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Do truck drivers need a special license in LOS, or are they just driving on car licenses ? Licence?? What licence? National driving license. It is pink in color and has the numbers 100 on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nisakiman Posted March 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2014 Where's a photo of the lad anyway. My money is on very dark and thin, gritting his teeth and screaming 'Thailand number 1'. Call me experienced. Actually you're not far off the mark. I saw a photo (the usual, sitting at a desk flanked by smug looking cops) on a Thai website my wife showed me. Slim, dark but not gritting his teeth. In fact he looked very chastened, as well he should. It was an appalling piece of driving. I drove semis (22 wheelers) interstate in Australia for several years in the '70s, and one of the lessons I learned was not to get uptight about other stupid drivers. I just shrug my shoulders, maybe mutter a few well chosen expletives and leave it at that. If you drive with the assumption that every other driver on the road is an idiot, you keep your stress levels down, since nothing surprises or upsets you. Succumbing to 'road rage' is both pointless and dangerous. Someone trying to cut you up? Back off, let them in and carry on serenely. It's not a competition. It will cost you a few seconds of your time, nothing more. I also saw longer footage of the video, including the minute or so before all the lunacy started. The pick-up did cut in front of the truck - trailer unit, but it didn't seem to me to be a particularly dangerous manoeuvre, just a bit thoughtless, and may have necessitated the truck driver braking a bit to avoid shunting the pick-up. It certainly didn't warrant the extreme and highly dangerous reaction that we saw unfold on the video. The guy could have killed any number of other road users. Stupidity personified. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBobThai Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 If the Thai police were a little more observant, they could arrest several hundred drivers like this a day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan michaud Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> This is one of the reasons I have a car cam filming every km I drive in LOS. And for the two drivers..... grow up and let the other go his own way, have a break and grab a tea or a cup of coffee "grab a tea or coffee" Sadly I think it might be more a case of just pop another pill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thhMan Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Throw the truck driver in jail for driving dangerously... But more importantly, throw the driver of the small truck in jail for a VERY LONG TIME for diverting the course of justice and making it PUBLIC that this Thai bullshit lying is just as out of control and examples will be set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenterry Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 someone obviously wants to meet Buddha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Why such an aversion to truth here in the LOS? Does anyone just simply confess here? I screwed up. Sorry. He that ever been said? The relationship many Thais have with truth is perverse. Spidermike Chaiyaphum, Thailand Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Lying when caught breaking the law is not a Thai phenomenon. I arrested plenty of people back home who came up with all sorts of excuses, reasons, lies, etc. One only has to read the paper and when non-Thais are caught breaking the law here in the LOS, they often try to run, lie, explain away, etc. Just my 2-Satangs worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4u2mad Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Do truck drivers need a special license in LOS, or are they just driving on car licenses ? License? What's that then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 If the Thai police were a little more observant, they could arrest several hundred drivers like this a day. Back home I've been told "Why don't you arrest "real" criminals instead of lurking to catch traffic violators. One can't put a cop on evey corner or intersection. It's catch up for law enforcement in the LOS. Too little pay, too little funding, too much corruption, too little technology (LIDAR, RADAR, sped cameras, computers in patrol cars, training, etc, etc, etc). It would be nice if they brought in police trainers from Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, etc. Considering the xenophobic tendencies, I don't see that happening any time soon. Perhaps ASEAN 2015 will drive change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre0720 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Just as I thought any type of driving was ok in Thailand... I stand corrected, darn, here is an exception... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tullynagardy Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 how the majority of drivers on these roads ever passed an actual driving test is beyond me. They dont! I rememeber reading an article last year from a Songran crack down on drink driving that stated just 25% of those stopped had a license! This was in Surin which is probably worse than Bangkok and its fair to say a lorry driver is more likely to have one than a car, however it is very clear that in many areas of Thailand the majority of those on the road have no license. if pulled over 100 baht will fix the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar God Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 The only reason I can think of why the driver of the pickup truck would say it was just a "mix-up", after having an 18 wheeler ram him and knock him into the ditch it that he Was pointing a gun at the driver of the 18-wheeler. Sometimes people just need to put their crack pipe down and chill the <deleted> out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIWIBATCH Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Do truck drivers need a special license in LOS, or are they just driving on car licenses ? Licences?...for driving trucks ?.....what the hell are those.... (said the Thai truck driver) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriswillems Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Safety is my biggest worry here. The maximum speed I drive here is 80 km/h. I try to stay far away from all U-turns. I avoid using the most left lane, where all the motorcycles are. I avoid using the most right lane that is "misused" to jump the queue at U-turns. I try to go with the flow, but keep a safe distance with the car in front of me. But I am almost sure that within 1 year I'll have another accident. I never had an accident in my home country. Here I had 2 accidents in 2 years (1 serious). But I see so many accident daily, that soon I must be involved in one again. I need to drive 100km per day, on the same dangerous road. My neighbor lost 3 children on that road. Another neighbor has only half brain and head left and is paralyzed. He can still walk a bit, but can't talk. He collects and sells garbage now. The restaurant owner nearby was crashed to dead (together with several others) by a truck while sitting in the songteaw, leaving a husband and children behind. At least once a month I see a body covered with blankets. I love Thailand, but if there would be one reason to go back, it would be safety in general. This kind of image just makes me sick. No-one needs to drive 100k a day. The solution is always simple. Find a job, then find accommodation as close to your job as possible, within walking distance. Maybe you are a traveling salesman. Also the value and condition of your vehicle must be in steep decline.Our business is here and it's running very well - we can't move. The school of my son is 25 kms away. We tried to let him study closer to home but due to not wanting to pay corruption money to get him into the school, we've to let him study far from home. He's too young to take the bus. Also, our business requires that we drive a lot. I use a pickup on CNG to save money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 74 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 If the Thai police were a little more observant, they could arrest several hundred drivers like this a day. But then the drivers would cry over-policing and blockade the highways. You know what Thais are like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lineofentry Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I avoid all trouble on the road by being much faster than everyone else. It ain't hard here, so many slow <deleted>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiftyTwo Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 2 months ago, I got an accident with a driver that changed lanes at the very last moment because he entered the wrong lane and tried to get in front of me, so he wouldn't have to wait in the long queue. He tried to push me of the road, but I just went straight on and didn't move a bit. So, he hit my car on the side. My insurance came and we made pictures, he admitted he was wrong. It was very clear from the pictures. His insurance paid everything. I thought it would be a good lesson for him. He was pretty upset he lost 2 hours time. He said I was selfish because I didn't let him go first. Now, 2 weeks later, the same guy in the same car, at the same place, had another accident by trying to push another car of the road.... One would have thought a sensible person would have let him push in, and avoid a collision. Anyway, nice to see a driving 'nutter' confess to all on ThaiVisa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar God Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 If you drive fast enough, you don't even need mirrors. "What'sa behind me, isa not important" I avoid all trouble on the road by being much faster than everyone else. It ain't hard here, so many slow <deleted>. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbeam1 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Do truck drivers need a special license in LOS, or are they just driving on car licenses ? What's a license jb1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim walker Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 He was only driving normal Thai style so whats the big problem weave about all over the highway and stay in front of the other vehicle at all costs nothing wrong or out of place here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kriswillems Posted March 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) 2 months ago, I got an accident with a driver that changed lanes at the very last moment because he entered the wrong lane and tried to get in front of me, so he wouldn't have to wait in the long queue. He tried to push me of the road, but I just went straight on and didn't move a bit. So, he hit my car on the side. My insurance came and we made pictures, he admitted he was wrong. It was very clear from the pictures. His insurance paid everything. I thought it would be a good lesson for him. He was pretty upset he lost 2 hours time. He said I was selfish because I didn't let him go first. Now, 2 weeks later, the same guy in the same car, at the same place, had another accident by trying to push another car of the road.... One would have thought a sensible person would have let him push in, and avoid a collision. Anyway, nice to see a driving 'nutter' confess to all on ThaiVisa. Honestly, if I knew he would choose to have a collision, I would let him push in. I have to leave my car 1 week in the center for fixing....it's not worth it. I was totally surprised by his aggressive driving style. It's just a fact that if you let everyone push in that is too lazy to get into the queue, you're not moving at all. He was no exception. Aggressive, egoistic driving is the standard here. Before I used to stop at zebra crossings to let the pedestrians cross, especially if they were old, pregnant or have children. By stopping and trying to be kind I almost killed someone, because the motorcycle and car behind me choose to overtake me when I stopped, almost killing a mother and her children that were crossing. Now I don't stop anymore. If you drive in Thailand you can not drive like you would in your home country. Edited March 4, 2014 by kriswillems 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaullyW Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Why such an aversion to truth here in the LOS? Does anyone just simply confess here? I screwed up. Sorry. He that ever been said? The relationship many Thais have with truth is perverse. Spidermike Chaiyaphum, Thailand Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Lying when caught breaking the law is not a Thai phenomenon. I arrested plenty of people back home who came up with all sorts of excuses, reasons, lies, etc. One only has to read the paper and when non-Thais are caught breaking the law here in the LOS, they often try to run, lie, explain away, etc. Just my 2-Satangs worth. I won't claim to speak for spidermike007, but I think what's being noted is the consistency with which Thais remain steadfastly opposed to confessing even in the face of a preponderance of evidence. The proportion of Thais involved in disputes who do not confess would also seem high. There is also the noted lacking of Thais confessing in very high profile matters (politicians being the biggest offenders). More often than not in most people's daily dealings here, I think we would agree that Thais are known for their strong aversion to admitting mistakes and confessing to the truth if it will be regarded as a mistake. I've had all kinds of things happen to me (perpetrated by Thais), some serious and others less so, and I can count a single time in many, many years visiting and living here that a Thai has admitted a mistake and apologized to me. 1 time in hundreds or thousands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeThePoster Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 ....he saw an occupant brandishing a weapon.... In other words.....driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I watched the video 3 times but didn't spot anything unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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