Dear Poolie the cleaner,
While driving to my school on saturday an idiot taxi driver drove straight into my car. The damage wasn't huge but the things I had been through stressed/surprised me a lot and made me wonder what should we, foreigners, do to avoid conflicts or physical confrontation.
I popped out of my car and went straight to the driver to ask him to call his insurance company. He started saying something, in a nice way with loads of khrups at the end, in Thai that I didn't understand. He thought I'm a Thai cos I look like one. The guy changed his tone when he found out that I'm a foreigner. He raised his voice and started using words such as arai waa, mee arai pa etc. He even turned agressive and attempted to give me a good blow but somehow I managed to avoid the occurance. He went back to his car and drove away. I managed to note his car's number plate. I called my insurance company who directed me to report it to the police, which I did.
My question is .....
How to avoid such unpleasent situation and what should be done when a local turns agressive?
You're the man, Poolie the cleaner.