Popular Post LarryBird Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 Here are some of my favorites... 'I've waited long enough, I'm entitled to pull out now.' 'I'm sorry, but my time is more important than yours, let me invent a new lane here because I am special.' 'Let me throw my door out into traffic, there's almost no chance there's a motorcyclist driving by that I could kill.' 'Oh you made a bad decision to pull out, I'm gonna flash my lights at you instead of slowing down.' 'That old lady crossing the road better hurry up, cause my Mia Noi is waiting and I don't want to be late.' 'Let me see how close I can drive to your bumper.' 'You can't see me behind these tinted windows, so I'm gonna drive like a complete maniac.' 'Sure this area is heavily congested and chaotic, but if I slow down, I decrease my fuel efficiency. I'm saving the environment, bro!' 'That U-turn is far away, I'm just gonna drive down the wrong side of the road.' 'Sure I've got a entire Burmese city in the back of my truck, but I need to see if I can get this thing on two wheels.' There's gotta be a bunch I'm missing, have at it. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LarryBird Posted February 28, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 'Red light? I'll slow down when I'm 2 meters away.' 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Thank I will have another beer so I can get closer to the sugar cane truck. Dead on impact. Midnight ,drunk and no lights on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthedarkside Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Not CM relative. Moving to motor forum ---> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 U turn is 800m away, i'll slow down to 5km/h now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Thai drivers are experts compared with the Russians, it seems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJxAYCSMf84 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Dog Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 'Red light? I'll slow down when I'm 2 meters away.' Unlikely. It is usually "pedal-to-the-metal", I gotta make it through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir charles IV Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Sharing driving to kham ta kla from bkk for my wedding. Will I make it? I admit I enjoy taking them on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir charles IV Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Live update. Motorbike with side cart and three kids in it driving 10km/h on highway in the right lane. The hat comes off the kid's head. What happened next? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir charles IV Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 He stops. Reversing slowly to the hat. Just passed them so not sure what happened! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir charles IV Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Trying to cut me off in your sh!t box? Think again. Back be hind me pal. Nice try lol. Cart racing when younger is paying off. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaorop Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 i dont care if your waiting to pass i'm coming from 6 cars back and will push you over/back because of the oncoming traffic. im truck driver i can only do 40kmh in an overloaded truck but am going to drive a close to the middle line as possible i will stop or drive very very slowly around an intersection to look at or do something, never mind that you are following behind me out in the fast moving traffic lanes. having just driven into bkk and around bkk and back, some 6hr+ of driving, i'm still reeling from the torture could be 10 pages before we finished 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sviss Geez Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 Perhaps you should have titled your post "Drivers (including US drivers) Do the Darnedest Things". None of your observations are particularly specific to Thailand. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pomthai Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 I am hell bent on pulling out in front of you regardless of your speed - now I am here I'm going to drive down the middle of the road at about 20% or normal traffic speed I drive a 3 wheeled samlor I need to be in the middle of the road Talking on the phone with the right hand while throttling the motorbike with the left hand whilst balancing a baby on your lap and holding an umbrella at 50kph is completely normal I don't need lights I can see where I'm going I will tailgate you and then dangerously overtake you so that I can stop at that 7-eleven 300 metres away 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post uptheos Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 " I don't care if that space isn't big enough, I'm parking next to the entrance door!" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 "Who needs lights, batteries cost money" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krey Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I always enjoy the across traffic turns such as you need to take a left hand turn on a 3 lane highway, instead of edging your way to the lane 1 that is closes to the left turn you instead do a turn from lane 3 across lane 2 and 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NoshowJones Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 "Who needs lights, batteries cost money" Who needs lights? They use to much fuel. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotsira Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I'm gonna hoot you on your motorbike to move out of my way, then sit in a traffic queue up ahead and watch you filter through past me, not to be seen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotsira Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I've got my hazard warning lights on, i'm entitled to stop and park in the middle of the road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thequietman Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 I'm turning right in 5 KM's, so I will drive in the right lane for that distance until my turn. I'm turning left in 5 KM's, so I will drive in the right lane for that distance and then take a hard left across the two lanes for my turn without signaling. I am not turning left nor right on this road, My destination is 120 Km's from here. I will drive the whole way in the right lane at 60 KM/Hr. There is a truck behind me flashing his lights and sounding his horn. I wonder should I move to the left lane and let him pass. Yes I will and when he passes, I will move back into the right lane. Oh! there's another truck behind me and he's flashing his lights and sounding his horn. I will let him pass and then....... move back into the right lane. Oh! Another truck is behind me flashing his lights.................. Oh! Someone is selling fruit on the left on the hard shoulder. I will pull across without signaling or looking from the right lane and make a purchase. These apples are tasty mmmmm, now to get back in that right lane. Oh! There's a pickup behind me flashing his lights and sounding his horn.......... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oztaurus Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Oh you have your left indicator on and you are slowing down and there is a street on the left and you are beginning to turn into it - well there is plenty of time for my motor scooter with myself and 3 friends on it to squeeze through, you should get out of my way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuananddon Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Where is the suggestion box for the Thai dept. of trans. I suggest that many baht could be saved by not painting lines on the roads because they are meaningless. It's just one big avenue out there that can fit 3,4,5 or whatever it will bare, no sense painting lines on the roads, use the money for something important like Lao cau. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> 'Red light? I'll slow down when I'm 2 meters away.' Greece calls Red lights "Greek Green". It isnt just Thailand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post northernphil Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 Why do Girls on Honda Waves adjust their hair at traffic lights ? 'cos they don't have balls to scratch. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneday Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Good list and pretty darn accurate, but really... "...Thai Drivers Do the Darnedest Things...". Wow! You are really putting that mildly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zimba Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I drove Sadao to Nong Khai last week, Holy crap Batman still wondering how the death toll remains so low but even as bad as Thai's can be, try Malaysia Islam really must give you a death wish jihad driving, must not be late to meet Allah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
off road pat Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Thai drivers are experts compared with the Russians, it seems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJxAYCSMf84 unbelievable how so many Russian drivers are stupid....this movie looks a lot like Thai driving style....with snow..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 In Saudi Arabia the cars only have two speeds. A dead stop and as fast as the car will go. They wait until there is a rise or a bend where they cant see past to overtake. I have personally witnessed a driver passing me at 120 k/h in thick mist with a newspaper on the steering wheel reading it. If you think driving in Thailand is bad try Saudi, it brings a whole new meaning to crazy driving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 "I'm turning left so get ready for me to move into the right hand lane" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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