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**rusculture** · 09-22-2012, 06:37 AM

G'Day,
On a recent trip to LoS my Thai hosts arranged and kindly paid for my minibus fare from Nakhon Phatom to Khrung Thep. As soon as we got out onto the highway I knew it was a BIG mistake because the driver was an insane lunatic. He tail-gated other cars at 120 km/hr and pulled out to pass when there was oncoming traffic. It seemed he was making a lightning decision as to the social status of the oncoming vehicle and if he considered he was "suung khwaa" the other driver he would pull out in a head-on confrontation that forced the other vehicle off the road. My question is: should I have stopped him and berated him in front of the other passengers? (serious loss of face) or demanded to be dropped off in the middle of nowhere? What I actually did was nothing, but sit with my eyes tightly closed for a white knuckle ride I will never forget. What would you guys have done in that situation?

09-22-2012, 06:37 AM	#46
rusculture Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 454 Senior Member	Crazy Thai Drivers G'Day, On a recent trip to LoS my Thai hosts arranged and kindly paid for my minibus fare from Nakhon Phatom to Khrung Thep. As soon as we got out onto the highway I knew it was a BIG mistake because the driver was an insane lunatic. He tail-gated other cars at 120 km/hr and pulled out to pass when there was oncoming traffic. It seemed he was making a lightning decision as to the social status of the oncoming vehicle and if he considered he was "suung khwaa" the other driver he would pull out in a head-on confrontation that forced the other vehicle off the road. My question is: should I have stopped him and berated him in front of the other passengers? (serious loss of face) or demanded to be dropped off in the middle of nowhere? What I actually did was nothing, but sit with my eyes tightly closed for a white knuckle ride I will never forget. What would you guys have done in that situation?
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