Thread: Give way. Left or right?

Originally Posted by hick

Well, I've never fucking done it with cars on my ass.

A lifetime of NZ driving where everybody stops at pedestrian crossings. Good habits die hard

Originally Posted by Neverna

And at any junction, I always allow cars coming from my right to pass before I proceed, unless they actually stop for me.

This is correct for right-hand traffic but wrong for left-hand traffic...

So is it correct, as claimed by some, that legally you have to give way to traffic from the left in Ting Tong Land?

An alternate Uturn indicator could be useful here...

It ain't the West nor has it ever been nor expected to be.
Adapt and acclimate for local standards without the fucking angst and whinging.

If ya can't - get the fuck out.

Originally Posted by HuangLao

It ain't the West nor has it ever been nor expected to be.
Adapt and acclimate for local standards without the fucking angst and whinging.

If ya can't - get the fuck out like I did.

FTFY............

Originally Posted by Klondyke

This is correct for right-hand traffic but wrong for left-hand traffic...

My post was for the real world (in Thailand), not for some "this-is-what-it-should-be-in-my-theory" world.

Is that your right or my right, jesus where's me shoes mum gave me with the words in green and red on the toe caps.

Originally Posted by Neverna

My post was for the real world (in Thailand), not for some "this-is-what-it-should-be-in-my-theory" world.

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This explains in part why mocys joining from the left never look?

I find Thai drivers are very wary of roundabouts. There is one in Nan near the airport. More often than not a Thai driver on the roundabout will stop to allow you in. If you stop to give them right of way then it often results in both cars sitting there. Thankfully when on this roundabout I'm yet to experience another car entering and cutting me off.

Originally Posted by BoganInParasite

I find Thai drivers are very wary of roundabouts.

It's because they know that nobdy knows how to use them. Also, many seem to think that turning traffic has to give way to straight through traffic, thus the stopping to let cars in.
Then there's stop signs. Perversely, here in Hatyai everybody drives straight through them and as a result, on intersections where north-south traffic is controlled by the stop sign, it's the east-west traffic that stops, knowing that the north-south traffic won't.

Originally Posted by Maanaam

It's because they know that nobdy knows how to use them. Also, many seem to think that turning traffic has to give way to straight through traffic, thus the stopping to let cars in.
Then there's stop signs. Perversely, here in Hatyai everybody drives straight through them and as a result, on intersections where north-south traffic is controlled by the stop sign, it's the east-west traffic that stops, knowing that the north-south traffic won't.

And I was thinking size matters!

Has no-one driven in Germany? The same principle applies, when there is no yellow diamond you give way to the right. The problem is in Thailand, there are no yellow diamonds to let you know you're on the primary road. Anyway, I use the same guidelines as i do in Germany and give way to people joining the road from the left. It has saved the day on more than one occasion. I don't care for whose right or wrong in an accident, preferring not to be in one at all.