Driving Test - this video should be shown in every Land Transport Office.
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Ivor the Engine
Nowhere man
I see this so many times, it infuriates me (being a biker too).
They just don’t look or F*cking care, not sure.
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mahdam
Surin Founding Father
The gutless cnut never went near the casualty to try and help. seemed more worried about his jeans, bike, and f**king phone!! they should string the twat up by his balls, if they could find them!! But then I suppose it's not his fault? as it was the unfortunate truck driver actually hit the kid.
nomad97
Resident Geek
Going to SI this morning several vehicles pulled out from a side road or filling station forcing me to brake or take evasive action. Each time I got an earful from my wife for 'my' bad driving. "FFS", I replied, "You should be shouting at those 'fu#kers' who are not looking and certainly not following the basic principle of waiting until the road is clear before joining the major road". 
CO-CO
Rather wrinkly & occasionally cantankerous member
Going to SI this morning several vehicles pulled out from a side road or filling station forcing me to brake or take evasive action. Each time I got an earful from my wife for 'my' bad driving. "FFS", I replied, "You should be shouting at those 'fu#kers' who are not looking and certainly not following the basic principle of waiting until the road is clear before joining the major road".
A classic example of how the Farang cannot win!
Prakhonchai Nick
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Looking at the vdo.I noticed how many motorists overtook on the hatched yellow central divider. People in the back of pick up trucks. Motorbike drivers with no helmets, and motorists hogging the outside lane. Whilst none of these illegal acts were directly responsible for the poor lads death, if motoring laws were strictly enforced with the threat of massive penalties 5,000/10,000baht fines and confiscation of vehicle for a minimum of 3 months, people would drive more carefully, and responsibly and this accident might not have occurred
Yorky
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On my three monthly trips to KC I've notice that these maneuvers are common. There now appears to be a move to replace the hatchings with a central reserve (between Surin and Prassat, anyway) which should prevent these actions. However, from my observations it appears that the central reserve is being constructed directly onto the blacktop thereby preventing any drainage. TiT.
Georgemandm
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Show that video to my thai wife , told My thai who has a thai driving license and is a good driver, because I was her teacher, now has to go for her driving license in Australia this month, told her you will see how hard it is to get a license in Australia not like thailand.
Yet Australia still has some bad drivers.
The thai Man my wife works with in Australia, who has been in Australia from the age of 16 years old now 26 years old , was taught to drive by a school here got his license here and when he went to Thailand last year could not believe how bad the thai drivers are , go to show it gets back to the thai government not making licenses hard to get and teaching Thais to be good drivers.
Yet Australia still has some bad drivers.
The thai Man my wife works with in Australia, who has been in Australia from the age of 16 years old now 26 years old , was taught to drive by a school here got his license here and when he went to Thailand last year could not believe how bad the thai drivers are , go to show it gets back to the thai government not making licenses hard to get and teaching Thais to be good drivers.
Ivor the Engine
Nowhere man
Same as here in Sisaket, Y.
BTW, road ‘drainage’ hasn’t been invented yet in Thailand
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Georgemandm
Well-Known Member
So, so sad to watch that , the thai government need to be made responsible for that carnage
On the roads
As they not care about thai people, to let the bad drivers continue .
Ivor the Engine
Nowhere man
Right, same as our own governments. Unless it impacts on them or the rich, it’s low priority.
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Georgemandm
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Not the same at all ,when it comes to the road toll on the roads.
The thai government has a lot to answer for with the road deaths .
Ivor the Engine
Nowhere man
Rice
Resident Smart Arse
Well, they have noticed. It is hurting the economy. Having so many young trained working aged people being removed from the work force has to hurt.
They have done studies and determined that speed is the number one killer and that is why speed trap campaigns are waged these days. Yes OK, I hear you say "That is the BIB just lining their pockets" Does it matter if it gets a result.
Anyway.. They did this big study paid lots of money for it. So it least they care enough to do something. Mind you I disagree with their findings.
What I believe they found was the result of lack of education and lack of care. Which leads to speeding. Drinking alcohol leads to speeding. Not knowing the risks of driving at speed, leads to speeding.
Not caring for others and peer group pressure leads to speeding. Recognising speeding as the number one cause of death is like blaming high rise condominiums for farangs falling out of them.
Getting a Thai drivers licence has indeed started to get harder to obtain. A new growth industry is road law and skill driving centres, they are springing up just about everywhere.
To get a licence you must attend a centre like that in the future.
There is one being built in my Tambon not 3 Km away.
Georgemandm
Well-Known Member
No not care but they should, look at the poor mother and father.
Place is a joke thailand, just ask thais that get out and come to a great country like Australia.
CO-CO
Rather wrinkly & occasionally cantankerous member
Just because it is harder to get a licence does not mean that driving standards have improved.
They may, if the will is there, but when you can still buy a licence for less than $40 it has little real value...