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    ^ There's only one way to get that lorry up the road again without it turning over. Backwards, in it's own tracks.
    And look what they are trying to do

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    Crazy, by the way do Thai's have to do a driving test of some sort? or they just handed out like the Uk? as we got some right muppets driving around here at the min.

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    Quote Originally Posted by k1klass View Post
    Crazy, by the way do Thai's have to do a driving test of some sort? or they just handed out like the Uk? as we got some right muppets driving around here at the min.
    The driving test in Thailand is no way of assessing driving ability or proficiency in handling a motor vehicle. Like most things in Thailand it only functions at face value.

    Having seen 75% of candidates fail to do a simple hill start and the rest fail to parallel park in a huge area with a maximum of 7 gear changes evidently the standard of new drivers here is woeful. It was apparent that a majority of drivers did not take lessons or even take the time to acquire basic skills before attempting to get a proper licence. Dumb.

    It was quite amusing watching some Bangkokians with brand new cars on red plates fail the test because they were just simply incapable of controlling a motor vehicle at a basic level, then still drove away angrily without a licence.

    I've been driving here for a few years now and their proficiency levels don't improve with experience. Most Thai drivers are only masters of the near miss, nothing more.

    Taxi drivers seem to be the worst offenders in Bangkok with dangerous manoeuvres and erratic driving. Nearly every time I am behind the wheel I see taxis involved in incidents and dangerous driving.
    Sycophantic ThaiVisa posters with no driving experience in Thailand will disagree.
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    ^I've been driving about 8 years in Thailand, both in Bangkok and in the south. I think the Bangkok drivers are the best of all drivers, so not sure what that says. People in the south are the most dangerous, overtaking on hills without visibility - all sorts of dangerous things.

    I think some of the worst are the speeding work and labor truck drivers barreling down the road at breakneck speeds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chinthee
    I think some of the worst are the speeding work and labor truck drivers barreling down the road at breakneck speeds.
    Makes you wanna stay alive, dosent it...

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    Quote Originally Posted by EmperorTud View Post
    Taxi drivers seem to be the worst offenders in Bangkok with dangerous manoeuvres and erratic driving. Nearly every time I am behind the wheel I see taxis involved in incidents and dangerous driving.
    Sycophantic ThaiVisa posters with no driving experience in Thailand will disagree.
    I don't disagree, (nor am I longer a TV poster!), but I think taxi drivers (and many others) often play a game of chicken, thinking that you will loose your nerve before hitting them, and thus give way. Especially if you happen to drive a nice new or expensive car, and they drive a battered old Toyota.
    Any error in tact, fact or spelling is purely due to transmissional errors...

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    Quote Originally Posted by chinthee
    People in the south are the most dangerous, overtaking on hills without visibility - all sorts of dangerous things
    No Dude, they are the same all over Thailand,, and they all pass when ever they want to and just depend on their flashing high beams to protect them.

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    What I always wonder about is the overturned trucks in the middle of a straight stretch of road.

    How do they get there?

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    I've noticed that Thai drivers tend to speed up when it rains - as if rain will damage their vehicles and they need to get through it in a hurry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EmperorTud View Post
    I've been driving here for a few years now and their proficiency levels don't improve with experience. Most Thai drivers are only masters of the near miss, nothing more.
    They just drive faster, in the belief that the monk who blessed their car/truck solves the problem of having to be cautious under any circumstances.

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    I just loved the "ambulance" in the first picture. Nothing like a pick up truck and a couple of body snatchers to take you somewhere.
    Yeah. To the Hospital that gives them the biggest handout......

    And one would be lucky to have any money/credit cards/gold when you arrived!

    Thieving bastards most of them.......

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    The ambulance staff gets 10% commision from the farangs hospital bills so of course they're gonna take them to the most expensive place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chinthee View Post
    ^I've been driving about 8 years in Thailand, both in Bangkok and in the south. I think the Bangkok drivers are the best of all drivers, so not sure what that says. People in the south are the most dangerous, overtaking on hills without visibility - all sorts of dangerous things.

    I think some of the worst are the speeding work and labor truck drivers barreling down the road at breakneck speeds.
    We counted 19 in the back of a "mighty X" and thought "Oh shit !"

    Last week though, outside my house, they managed to get 47 into a 3 ton truck!!
    By the time I ran in to get the camera they were gone
    As the site is shut for a couple of days should have the opportunity soon though.

    Naturally the driver had his seat belt on !

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    Did you check the trailer coupling Somchai?
    No. It's your turn.
    No it isn't I did it last time.
    Anyway, what trailer?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Luckydog View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
    I just loved the "ambulance" in the first picture. Nothing like a pick up truck and a couple of body snatchers to take you somewhere.
    Yeah. To the Hospital that gives them the biggest handout......

    And one would be lucky to have any money/credit cards/gold when you arrived!

    Thieving bastards most of them.......
    Another thai myth I think.

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    Not sure how this ended up where it did, Pattaya somewhere in January this year.





    Don't know how to make theses sodding pictures bigger?

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    On my way back from Korat about 10 days ago, I passed an accident scene the like I've never witnessed and sure to spook the Thais who also saw it.

    A pick-up truck carrying several monks and a large Buddha statue was collecting money for a temple on Hwy 2 between Udon and Nong Khai. One of those trucks that travels very slowly through the village with a giant speaker mounted and the monks chanting prayers...

    Evidently the truck was done for the day and was on Hwy 2 when it veered off the road and smashed into a giant tree in the median. There were at least five monks sprawled out on the grassy median and most of them weren't moving. The cops and one meat wagon were already on scene as I rolled past, so I just kept moving. Dozens of Thais pulled their cars over on both sides of the road to gawk. It was one of the worst accidents I've seen here. Nobody was assisting the injured and the cops seemed more interested in keeping the traffic moving.

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    ^ Does that mean they have ascended? Seriously.

    Have an accident and are not injured = protected by Buddhism

    Have an accident and are injured = protected by Buddhism

    Have an accident and die = Transported by Buddhism


    Always an excuse.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Texpat
    On my way back from Korat about 10 days ago, I passed an accident scene the like I've never witnessed and sure to spook the Thais who also saw it. A pick-up truck carrying several monks and a large Buddha statue was collecting money for a temple on Hwy 2 between Udon and Nong Khai. One of those trucks that travels very slowly through the village with a giant speaker mounted and the monks chanting prayers... Evidently the truck was done for the day and was on Hwy 2 when it veered off the road and smashed into a giant tree in the median. There were at least five monks sprawled out on the grassy median and most of them weren't moving. The cops and one meat wagon were already on scene as I rolled past, so I just kept moving. Dozens of Thais pulled their cars over on both sides of the road to gawk. It was one of the worst accidents I've seen here. Nobody was assisting the injured and the cops seemed more interested in keeping the traffic moving.
    The first real accident I saw in Thailand were two pickup trucks collided on the Trat road.

    Half a dozen or so bodies scattered around the two trucks. Two drivers just stood there scratching their heads.

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    There were some danes riding a tuk tuk all the way to Denmark some years ago....and I think a 50 bath ride is quite a long journey in one of those things....It could be qouite fun to refit it with a decent engine though........

    Tuktuk - fra Bangkok til Aarhus anyway thats the link to their webpage.....


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    Jomtien Car Accident

    This was quite a boring accident without much damage but quite funny to watch, the guy in the yellow t shirt was the car in front, the road here slopes down to the left, the guy in front started rolling back down the slope, the car behind him started beeping him, wallop he rolls down into the car behind him, he then drives forward 2 meters and gets out of his car to go and see what sort of damage he has caused, he stands and stares in amazement as his car rolls back down again and whacks into the car a second time, probably hasn't heard of a handbreak before.






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    probably hasn't heard of a handbreak before.
    Must admit neither have I, my only experience is with a handbrake
    Oh god ! just can't help myself, I am such a funny old fvcker.

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    A nice straight road, no other vehicles involved


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    Nothing better to brighten my mood on a rainy day than to see one of Khon kaens horrendously expensive-to-ride-in tuk tuks, smashed to bits

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