Video of Thai bus driver dangerously overtaking truck causes outrage

[Thian]

Today on the highway from PAttaya to BKK there was an escorted colonne of 3 blue buses who had a Tourist policecar with running emergency lights infront and behind them.

They drove on the fast lane 130 km-hr where traffic signs said 90 is the max and it was very busy on the highway.

Who can they be if the tourist police escorts them this way is the question.

The behaviour of bus convoys certainly shows that the Thai police have no understanding of eve the basics of road safety.......that fact they have convoys at all is deplorable......do you EVER see convoys in your home country these days???? (even military convoys?)

Nope, convoys are very rare but at our driverslicense-exam we had to learn a lot about how to treat them.

And if we see busdrivers speeding we can call the police and they will get a severe fine for that or loose their license. Busdrivers have special driverslicenses though, not the same as for a truck of the same size.

Busdrivers driving on the incoming lane i have never seen in Europe. They would loose their license instantly and they all know that. Maybe they would even go to jail for it.

That's how you treat Quality Tourists and probably why we get the rich chinese tourists and Japanese.