Thread: 358 deadly days begin with a bang

Police pick-up crashes into passenger van on Bangkok tollway...









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Train vs. garbage truck....SuratThani...





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Good point HM, well made. Have a blob.

Train vs. chicken truck.....Surin.....



Train hits chicken truck on Surin crossing | Bangkok Post: news

Car vs. trees...Suranaree Road Nakhon Ratchasima...





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Tomato truck driving too fast to ketchup.....Paholyothin Road...





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To protect and to serve vs. container truck...Kanchanapisek Road...1 dead...





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Tour bus vs. hillside.....Kanchanaburi....driver dead....



Tour bus crash kills driver in Kanchanaburi, injures 22 passengers | Coconuts Bangkok

The u-turn that wasn't.......? Rama II road inbound....



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Hans, maybe I'm, missing the point?

Umm, err ... what actually is your point?


Driving on Thai roads ... actually any roads on this planet have their relevant inherent risks.

There is little point i policing the 7 deadly days of new year, when it has zero impact on accident rates, and the other 358 days are just as bad.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Hans, maybe I'm, missing the point? Umm, err ... what actually is your point? Driving on Thai roads ... actually any roads on this planet have their relevant inherent risks.

He is pointing out the Thai's drive like shit. In fact the 2nd most road fatalities per year in the world. Dont try and say the Thai's drive well.

There just wasn't enough passing space....



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There's a Facebook page called Bad Driving Thailand. It's regularly updated with photos and dash-cam footage of fuckwittery on the roads at its finest. To say it's alarming would be an understatement...

Van vs. car.....Sukhumvit Road....Chonburi.....7 injured....







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Suwintawongse Road....Minburi NongJok.....1 dead....

Sedan vs. truck....Pahonyothin Road.....





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Van vs. motorcycle vs. power pole......4 burn to death...Nakhon Si Thammarat....







4 passengers burned alive in a van - Thai PBS English News

Kanchapisek Road outbound....5 injured....





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Soi Nana Nua.....Fortuner vs. Coffee vendor.....



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A bit of luck the gas bottle did not blow.

Pick-up vs. pick-up vs. pick-up.....1 dead - 5 injured...Rayong area....







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Van vs. tree.....Tak province....4 dead - 5 injured.....



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The never ending story.

Originally Posted by aging one

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Hans, maybe I'm, missing the point? Umm, err ... what actually is your point? Driving on Thai roads ... actually any roads on this planet have their relevant inherent risks.

He is pointing out the Thai's drive like shit. In fact the 2nd most road fatalities per year in the world. Dont try and say the Thai's drive well.

Aging one, I appreciate your thread count, but it doesn't give you the right to tell me what to say or imply that your opinion on driving is superior to mine.

Thai driving is, what Thai driving is. It's how the Thai's drive.

A smart driver, when driving in different countries adapts to local conditions.
If you drive in Thailand like you do in the West, issues will arise.

Same as if you are from the USA and drive, with that style in say a country like Germany. You will get hammered.


I used to drive professionally, well, 'ride' actually. I was a motorcycle courier.
Worked in London, Australia, rode all through a lot of Europe.
Cycled many places also.

Drove/rode in the States, Ireland, the list continues.


One common theme carried through. Learn how the locals drive, adapt your style to suit.


Not for a moment am I saying that Thai drivers are good, bad or indifferent ... I don't judge them.

I just try and learn how to drive here and adapt.

Your comment about Thai's having the second worst fatality index in the World is, well ... questionable.

How about posting the official stats to back the claim.

Having enjoyed motoring in both Cambodia and Russia/Ukraine I might suggest that their death rate per 1,000 drivers might shade Thailand.



BTW, I'm not from England, but I'll tip my hat to them, well, the Londoners anyway.

What they excelled in was adaptive driving.


That's my personal experience, others may vary from this.