Road Safety
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stattointhailand
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Re: Road Safety
From every day experience approx 70 - 80% of Thais would fail the UK test as they are unable to read a road sign 2 yards (let alone 25 yards) in front of them. When you have a "No entry" sign AND 2 "Turn left only" signs and they still drive past them, what hope have you got apart from to say TIT shrug your shoulders, get as far left as you can and watch them drive past.
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Have you ever driven in Rome? If you don't drive like them, you will become a statistic.Marcosteffano wrote: ↑February 27, 2018, 10:12 amOh yeah the old guest thing again.next it'll be the culture and we should except their ways while living here and all drive like maniacs.you know the old when in Rome do as the romans done..reality and truth are not part of Thai culture either.kopkei wrote: ↑February 24, 2018, 6:38 pmit is strange how degrading some falang think about the thai people in a country they are guest ...
let us see how many falang would pass the drivers license examination in thai language , as it is thailand here , why should this be in an other language ? , (is there in the uk an option to do the test in thai language?)
Same applies here.
Mind how you go out there and don't use the horn too much, ok?
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What is the relevancy of any single Thai being able to pass a UK road competency test if they are driving in Thailand?stattointhailand wrote: ↑February 27, 2018, 10:45 amFrom every day experience approx 70 - 80% of Thais would fail the UK test as they are unable to read a road sign 2 yards (let alone 25 yards) in front of them. When you have a "No entry" sign AND 2 "Turn left only" signs and they still drive past them, what hope have you got apart from to say TIT shrug your shoulders, get as far left as you can and watch them drive past.
Anyone?
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I like that. All those eastern European dick head drivers getting out all shirty like, "Whyfor you not see me?"Marcosteffano wrote: ↑February 27, 2018, 10:39 amNo chance but we need this guy out here.https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7f9_1519599836tamada wrote: ↑February 27, 2018, 6:56 amWhy?Marcosteffano wrote: ↑February 23, 2018, 1:50 pmWould like to see a Thai take a U.K. Driving test let alone the bike test. ..
Is your driving superiority here being suddenly challenged by the locals?
And NO tinted windows either!
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semperfiguy
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Re: Road Safety
I was just discussing road safety with my wife last evening. Her daughter's roomy has a bad habit of pulling up to a red traffic light and immediately shifting the automatic transmission into neutral to wait for the light to change green. I told her the story of the two times in my life when I was nearly rear-ended while stopped at a traffic light. Each time a car was approaching at a high speed and either had brake failure or was unable to stop in time for some strange reason, but I saw them coming in the rear view mirror and was quick-minded enough to pull around the car in front of me and get out of the way just in time. Just that split second that it takes to shift from neutral back to drive would have resulted in a terrible accident for me had I been in the habit of sitting at the red light in neutral. With all the red light runners in Thailand one must have eyes going 360 degrees at all times at traffic lights and be prepared to get out of the way at any given moment. My wife replied that when she took her driver's training course at Smart Drive, the instructor taught her to put the car in park when stopped at a traffic light. Go figure!!!!!!!!!!!! The blind leading the blind!
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semperfiguy wrote: ↑February 27, 2018, 4:17 pmI was just discussing road safety with my wife last evening. Her daughter's roomy has a bad habit of pulling up to a red traffic light and immediately shifting the automatic transmission into neutral to wait for the light to change green. I told her the story of the two times in my life when I was nearly rear-ended while stopped at a traffic light. Each time a car was approaching at a high speed and either had brake failure or was unable to stop in time for some strange reason, but I saw them coming in the rear view mirror and was quick-minded enough to pull around the car in front of me and get out of the way just in time. Just that split second that it takes to shift from neutral back to drive would have resulted in a terrible accident for me had I been in the habit of sitting at the red light in neutral. With all the red light runners in Thailand one must have eyes going 360 degrees at all times at traffic lights and be prepared to get out of the way at any given moment. My wife replied that when she took her driver's training course at Smart Drive, the instructor taught her to put the car in park when stopped at a traffic light. Go figure!!!!!!!!!!!! The blind leading the blind!
I do the same on my bike. I keep it in first gear until the vehicle behind me is fully stopped. Then shift to neutral.
On two separate occasions, at red lights on Hwy 2 between Khon Kaen and Khorat, I had to accelerate and veer toward the other lane to keep from being rear-ended on the bike. On both occasions, it looked like the driver (one a male, the other a female) was on a cell phone as I saw them approaching. As a result of those near misses, I modified my rear brake lights to be better seen. No incidents since.
"Head on a swivel" is required for survival on the roads.
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Lone Star wrote: ↑February 27, 2018, 4:58 pmsemperfiguy wrote: ↑February 27, 2018, 4:17 pmI was just discussing road safety with my wife last evening. Her daughter's roomy has a bad habit of pulling up to a red traffic light and immediately shifting the automatic transmission into neutral to wait for the light to change green. I told her the story of the two times in my life when I was nearly rear-ended while stopped at a traffic light. Each time a car was approaching at a high speed and either had brake failure or was unable to stop in time for some strange reason, but I saw them coming in the rear view mirror and was quick-minded enough to pull around the car in front of me and get out of the way just in time. Just that split second that it takes to shift from neutral back to drive would have resulted in a terrible accident for me had I been in the habit of sitting at the red light in neutral. With all the red light runners in Thailand one must have eyes going 360 degrees at all times at traffic lights and be prepared to get out of the way at any given moment. My wife replied that when she took her driver's training course at Smart Drive, the instructor taught her to put the car in park when stopped at a traffic light. Go figure!!!!!!!!!!!! The blind leading the blind!
I do the same on my bike. I keep it in first gear until the vehicle behind me is fully stopped. Then shift to neutral.
On two separate occasions, at red lights on Hwy 2 between Khon Kaen and Khorat, I had to accelerate and veer toward the other lane to keep from being rear-ended on the bike. On both occasions, it looked like the driver (one a male, the other a female) was on a cell phone as I saw them approaching. As a result of those near misses, I modified my rear brake lights to be better seen. No incidents since.
"Head on a swivel" is required for survival on the roads.
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stattointhailand
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Re: Road Safety
You really are a slow coach Semp 
You need to practice how to improve your reaction time 
In the "split second" it takes you to get into gear and move out of the way Lone Star has managed to identify that the vehicle isn't gonna stop in time check whether the driver is male or female (hard enough in day & night let alone inside a car), ascertain what they are doing (using their mobile phone), turn back round to face forwards get into gear and take action to get out of the way.
You need to practice how to improve your reaction time In the "split second" it takes you to get into gear and move out of the way Lone Star has managed to identify that the vehicle isn't gonna stop in time check whether the driver is male or female (hard enough in day & night let alone inside a car), ascertain what they are doing (using their mobile phone), turn back round to face forwards get into gear and take action to get out of the way.
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& keyed up a "friend" on speed dial ready for when the BIB arrive
May the bridges I burn light the path in front of me
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stattointhailand
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Both male and female were probably on their phone to their doctor for advice about epileptic fits caused by strobe brake lights 
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Yes, or updating their Facebook profiles to say they've just seen a middle age farang trying to be down wit da kidz by attaching little gimmicks to the bike like the 14yo Thais do
May the bridges I burn light the path in front of me