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**RokeIdeadioke** · 09-22-2012, 05:25 AM

today I was forced off at 130 KPH this side of Phetchabun.

And you were LEGAL and SAFE at that speed?

Thai drivers, unfortunatly, lack education, experience and, consequently, skills.
Without any meaningful laws and enforcement, there is a lack of proper training.
Without training the wrong skills are practiced and developed. Hence the problems faced today on Thailand's roads.

And before I get flamed as a tourist, I have been driving in Thailand since 1963, intermitently but regularly, and with a Thai license! I drive there just as I would on the M25, (The Road To Hell!), have seen my share of accidents, many horrific, but fortunatly have never been involved in one, either in Thailand or the U.K., and I put that down to MY due care and constant attention. It takes a lot of practice!
I treat all other road users with respect, and always allow that the next one may be a total idiot or less experienced, and probably both.
I beleive the British Police call it DEFENSIVE Driving.
It has certainly helped me attain a long and happy life on the road, whichever country I have been driving in.
Remember, Thai drivers do not learn to drive at schools, they must learn by experience and example, so the way you, as a foriegner drive, could be taken as an acceptable lesson by one not so experienced.

09-22-2012, 05:25 AM	#43
RokeIdeadioke Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 569 Senior Member	today I was forced off at 130 KPH this side of Phetchabun. And you were LEGAL and SAFE at that speed? Thai drivers, unfortunatly, lack education, experience and, consequently, skills. Without any meaningful laws and enforcement, there is a lack of proper training. Without training the wrong skills are practiced and developed. Hence the problems faced today on Thailand's roads. And before I get flamed as a tourist, I have been driving in Thailand since 1963, intermitently but regularly, and with a Thai license! I drive there just as I would on the M25, (The Road To Hell!), have seen my share of accidents, many horrific, but fortunatly have never been involved in one, either in Thailand or the U.K., and I put that down to MY due care and constant attention. It takes a lot of practice! I treat all other road users with respect, and always allow that the next one may be a total idiot or less experienced, and probably both. I beleive the British Police call it DEFENSIVE Driving. It has certainly helped me attain a long and happy life on the road, whichever country I have been driving in. Remember, Thai drivers do not learn to drive at schools, they must learn by experience and example, so the way you, as a foriegner drive, could be taken as an acceptable lesson by one not so experienced.
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