I never thought I would be able to say this, but each and everyday I see examples of driving that can only be discribed as dangerous and life threatning.
The first picture is a common sight, your driving along at 100kmh in the left hand lane of an expressway. From out of no where, some idiot (usually a Taxi driver) comes up on the left and side of you, his wing mirror can only be a fag paper thickness away from knocking your mirror off. Is isn't worth worth flicking the V's. They never look at you. The problem is it is an excepted part of driving in Thailand. The Police are too busy collecting fines/bribes off moped riders to care.
Another major worry is the ability to stack unsafe loads on vehicles that at best should have been scrapped ten years ago. The second picture shows a lorry with what must be a ten tonne load being held up only by its greedy bars.
I have had discussions with several Thai people as to the Thai driving style. They get very affronted when you criticise the driving. It as to be said, even allowing for little quirks and traditions, Thai driving is shocking. If someone drove like this in the UK, if the Police didn'y book them first an angry mob of road ragers would have baseball battered him to death at the side of the road.
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