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Happyman

I think we all agree that there are a load of prats on the road, but the couple I saw tonight win first prize!

We are all familiar with the nutters on souped up little bikes that do a Valentino Rossi impression at every opportunity but , as they all have custom exhausts you can hear them coming and get out of the way .

I have just got in from a run to the shops and was cruising along - no hurry, on my Airblade. I
In front of me was a Honda Jazz also pootling along at about 40 km/hr.
The Jazz slowed down to about 25 km /hr. No real problem.
The reason it slowed was that there were a couple of bikes blocking the road riding about 6 ft apart with the drivers and pillion passengers having an animated conversation.
The Jazz driver gave a gentle 'beep' but there was no reaction .
A slightly longer 'beep' also had no reaction.
When a gap in the oncoming traffic appeared the Jazz accellerated and passed the bikes with a longer 'angry beep'.

The bikes immediatly chased the Jazz to the next traffic lights when the pillion passengers got off and started to kick shit out of the Jazz doors and then drove off through the red lights !!!!

WTF!!!

Is this normal in the LOS ??

Any one seen similar ??

Rant over - just that I was amazed that nobody on the pavement even bothered to look !

puppy

Yes. I have seen this before. Sometimes the rider of one bike will put his foot on the footrest of the bike next to him so they can have a conversation and keep the same speed.

Only difference is, that I could get away with a long angry beep, as I live on Rama 2 (Samut Sakhon) where there are no traffic lights. If they chased me back to my village, they would not get past the guards.

What used to make me angry when I first moved there, was bikes driving down the wrong way on the one-way system. I used to dazzle them with my full-beam headlights, but I am so accustomed to seeing this, it doesn't bother me any more.

the dogcatcher

YA BA!

tsicar

baa, jung!!

somtamslap

Yes, you couldn't really refer to this as road rage could you..more like road twatness.

Fabian

Road twatness, I like that term.

jim1176

Thais are rude, violent, smiling, hating people.

Assume otherwise at your own risk.

Rural Surin

Yes.....hating, indeed.

Chairman Mao

When I'm on my bike in Isaan it's the oncoming pickups who pull out to over-take and flash their lights at you to move.

And keep on flashing their lights without any intention of slowing down.

You have the choice of drive over to the ditch or go head first into a speeding hilux, which will no doubt continue speeding away with you half maimed in it's grill.

Little cock disease. The poor fellas need any bit of power they can grab. I have no doubt that half of them get hard-ons from the sheer power of their presence forcing others to move into the ditch.

Sdigit

^ you forgot hating

Jim 1176

BarnacleBill

Taling of "Road Sense!" (You weren't I know ... but!) Did anyone attempt to drive down the Freeway from Rangsit to Bangkok this morning? We were in a bit of a hurry, but on approaching Don Muang Airport slip road we were met by a queue of traffic. Okay, so there was a free air show by the US Air Force, and we expected that kind of thing. However, a couple of miles further down, we started to see cars parked on either side of the FREEWAY, with doors open, people STANDING on the Freeway, with Umbrellas up! Within less than a few hundred yards there were TWO lanes of parked cars, on both sides, and get this, with motorcycle police guiding other traffic around them! The north-bound traffic queue stretched from the Don Mueng Airport, back down to the Rachadipisek slip-roads. Stopping on a Freeway? getting out of your vehicle on a Freeway? The mind does flips thinking about it!

Rigger

No they normaly shoot the drive in the head

BarnacleBill

^I forgot to mention - They were all waiting to see the air-show - for free - from an excellent vantage point!

MeMock

It was also free from inside the airport.

Marmite the Dog

Yes. A very high ratio of fucking retards. Just witnessed a load in action in downtown Udon City.

El Gibbon

one thing I"ve learned during my not so frequent driving in Thailand experiences is: If they can get the wheels stopped they can park it...


Beware

E. G.

Chairman Mao

Was coming down into Silom at lunchtime a few weeks back. Traffic jam right up past lumphini park. Squeezed down throught 5km long jam, thought it must be two things - big accident, or another road is closed... Saw the police, saw the police cones... but no, a 7-11 was having a Scott toilet paper promotion along Silom and two of the three lanes were blocked off (by the police) to allow the crowd to stand and listen to the TV soap stars talking on the stage outside the 7.

Block off 2 out of 3 lanes, at the 2nd busiest time of the day, on one of the busiest roads in the country, for a convenience store toilet paper promotion.

Hilarious... they really are a simple, simple people.

the dogcatcher

I used to drive like the Thais in Britain in the early eighties. It's now illegal to drive like that, ie like a total [at][at][at][at]!

Fondles

heavily tint all the windows of your car and drive exactly the same as them, i bounce atleast one scoot rider a week, fuck em.

Happyman

Another little gem ( that could have turned nasty for me at least!)

Driving along at my usual 40 kph- car about 30 yards in front doing the same speed.
Motocy overtook me and was between me and the car - about 5 foot off the back bumper.
Car driver realised that he had just passed his turnoff and slammed the brakes on - stopped dead!
Motocy smashed into the back and the rider ended up on the car roof.
Car and bike all over the narrow road so I stopped - bad move!
Car driver and his passengers and the motocy rider started a shouting match whilst one of them phoned the BIB.

Within a minute or two BIB arrived but by this time the motocy rider was pointing at me and shouting.
Car driver ( who spoke English) told me that the rider had said that I had not allowed him any room when he passed me and it was my fault !!!
Motocy rider started spouting off to the BIB and pointing at ME!

Bloody hell I was 25 yards behind him when he hit the Car even though I was now only 6 feet away.

At this moment two absolute angels appeared.

A couple of rather robust Thai ladies who had a drinks stall at the junction, wobbled into action - they had seen it all and proceeded to give a graphic demonstration to the BIB of what happened.
One of the BIB indicated that he wanted me to move my bike through the tangled mess and park it the other side so he could do his white paint bit.
I did that and was walking back fumbling for my licence and ID when the other caught my eye and made an unmistakeable 'F*ck off sign' a smile and a half salute !!

I did!!

Once again - referring to the OP - Why on earth do they act like this? ( the rider I mean)

Can they never admit a mistake or what ??

PS. I know knocking the BIB in this forum is akin to a sport but, in this instance there is at least one in Phuket who seems to be a sensible sort !