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**DownloadMan** · 09-21-2012, 07:28 PM

Thanks! Now I know why I don't have a problem with Thai drivers...

But seriously, I didn't see anything nearly as bad as what you've described on the roads (up to Singburi and down to Pattaya - I can't vouch for the whole country...). A little crazy, perhaps, but nothing as suicidal as your experiences. Maybe I'm just lucky

And VC said
[QUOTE]We take the bus from Mo Chit to Kalasin everytime we visit and I have never had a problem as far as concerns with driver safety. I guess some folks are just prone to bad luck. 555.
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But either one of you have never been on a long trip then as you have only been on good hyways and not far from the city.
Try a trip from Khon Kaen to Lom Sak to Chiang Mai,,Chiang Rai or Lom Sak to Loei and on to Nong Khai, where you are on narrow 2 lane hyways thru the mountains and steep grades, go around the country as a tourist and then tell me what you think,,some drive the way as was described by the first poster even on super hyways.

After a few of those trips even an atheist such I as starts to wonder about GOD.

I also have made some enjoyable road trips with fine courteous drivers, but they have been few and far between, But you still have the other drivers to keep things from getting boring..

But then I lived here for a few years while you both are not immigrants and come with a place in mind and go short trips as tourists, that makes a difference.:thank ya:

09-21-2012, 07:28 PM	#19
DownloadMan Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 633 Senior Member	Thanks! Now I know why I don't have a problem with Thai drivers... But seriously, I didn't see anything nearly as bad as what you've described on the roads (up to Singburi and down to Pattaya - I can't vouch for the whole country...). A little crazy, perhaps, but nothing as suicidal as your experiences. Maybe I'm just lucky And VC said [QUOTE]We take the bus from Mo Chit to Kalasin everytime we visit and I have never had a problem as far as concerns with driver safety. I guess some folks are just prone to bad luck. 555. QUOTE] But either one of you have never been on a long trip then as you have only been on good hyways and not far from the city. Try a trip from Khon Kaen to Lom Sak to Chiang Mai,,Chiang Rai or Lom Sak to Loei and on to Nong Khai, where you are on narrow 2 lane hyways thru the mountains and steep grades, go around the country as a tourist and then tell me what you think,,some drive the way as was described by the first poster even on super hyways. After a few of those trips even an atheist such I as starts to wonder about GOD. I also have made some enjoyable road trips with fine courteous drivers, but they have been few and far between, But you still have the other drivers to keep things from getting boring.. But then I lived here for a few years while you both are not immigrants and come with a place in mind and go short trips as tourists, that makes a difference.:thank ya:
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