NormanW Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 5 minutes ago, Danthai said: Multiply that by Few hundred thousand. Is that one of the many reasons tourism might be down? Yep! Along with a few other reasons. And combined with certain other nationalities 'it's a jungle out there!' Most places in the world have changed for the worse in my life time. Don't get me started lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggy Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 On 7/14/2019 at 12:09 PM, BobBKK said: They want to win, at all costs, that's Thais for you and they don't care if you were first and in front as this would never enter their consciousness. Hasn’t worked for them in Formula 1 or Moto GP!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moe666 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Whats up guys not enough accidents lately to get your daily dose of Thai bashing in. Afew of you just have too much time on your hands. Been living here for around 10 years driving a car and riding a bike cannot remember once of being jumped in front of. I guess the folks up in CM have a better disposition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautifulthailand99 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 On 7/14/2019 at 3:09 AM, BobBKK said: They want to win, at all costs, that's Thais for you and they don't care if you were first and in front as this would never enter their consciousness. That said they have an election stolen , a sh**tshow at the top when once they had love and rising prices getting a few small 'wins' over the farang pumps up their balls now and again is a small price to pay to stay in their country. I'm never in a hurry when I'm there so if anything like this happens I let it go with a smile and an inward thought of thank god I don't have their life - mai bpen rai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formaleins Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I have just had the "pleasure" of driving from Chiang Mai up to Chiang Rai and back twice in two days. There are a couple of sections with some horrific roadworks (Route 118) - You would not believe the impatience displayed on these section, blind overtaking, three vehicles abreast fighting to get passed each other, I have seen nothing like it before. It was a shit fest, talk about stress, then into the bargain you have the average Thai driver, the one who can do 120kmh on a straight piece of road but has to slow down to 40kmh every time he hits a bend or an oncoming vehicle appears. They really are complete <deleted> on the roads, it amazes me that the entire route is not strewn with dead bodies and wrecked cars. Hats off to the Kamikaze coach drivers going up that route and trying to keep to a schedule, it is like something out of Death Race 2000 - If you are too young to remember that movie, go look it up! I did feel sorry for a few of the foreign tourists heading either up or down that route on their hired scooters, merrily plodding along, totally unaware as to the gates of hell they were about to enter, some were getting an unplanned shower from some of these water trucks that were chugging along up and down turning dust into slippery mud on very steep gradients, not something I would like to try going two up on a Honda Wave with flat balding tyres and absolutely no experience of driving a motorcycle in my life. The photo is a quiet section where I was able to use the camera and drive at the same time, I can do weddings, funerals and other photo shoots for the right price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Smith Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 On 7/14/2019 at 11:25 AM, cornishcarlos said: Wait out on the road till you see another car coming out, then barge in past them.. Wait? Not in my vocab ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Smith Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 9 hours ago, Henryford said: What really annoys me, and happens a lot, is when Thais go down the turn right lane at traffic lights, thus jumping the queue to go forward, then push into the go forward lane when the lights change. Try it, it's fun ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 11 minutes ago, Samuel Smith said: Try it, it's fun ???? I go up the inside if someone is in the turn right lane, then we have a 4 abreast drag race off the line... Tbh the average Thai, even the ones who think they are F1 drivers, have the reaction speed of a Jamaican tortoise so it's an easy move to slip back across to the fast lane after the lights go green ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonetrueaussie Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Happens everywhere here, you can be heading towards a red light with a timer of 100 and some fool will fly past you in his car at 100kph just so he can get to the red light and have to stop and wait faster.....no common sense!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 On 7/13/2019 at 1:53 PM, NormanW said: Unbelievable. Yep most can't wait for a second. It's a strange mentality alright! Thais can do whatever they want ,,, they feel that they are above any other race and law,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundspeed Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I was standing in line at departing Immigration here some years ago when a very tall well built Japanese guy stepped into the line in front of me as it moved. I was not only annoyed by that but also by the fact that he turned to his other 'team members' in the next line and gave a small bow, they all laughed. So I waited until the Immig. officer called him forward to the window and as he moved off I stepped on the back of his shoe and it came off. He stopped to recover it and I passed him by and went to the window. When I was finished at the window I turned gave a small bow and smile to the other team. I felt good about that all the way to Australia. Never forget that old age and treachery will defeat youth and exuberance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khunangkaro Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 1 hour ago, cornishcarlos said: I go up the inside if someone is in the turn right lane, then we have a 4 abreast drag race off the line... Tbh the average Thai, even the ones who think they are F1 drivers, have the reaction speed of a Jamaican tortoise so it's an easy move to slip back across to the fast lane after the lights go green ???? Yes, works for me too. When the light changes green, I'm moving and wondering what they all waiting for. After 500 meters I'm already more than 450 meters ahead. I'm not in anyone's way and have a free track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 1 minute ago, Khunangkaro said: Yes, works for me too. When the light changes green, I'm moving and wondering what they all waiting for. After 500 meters I'm already more than 450 meters ahead. I'm not in anyone's way and have a free track. Just be super alert for the possibility of the red light jumpers coming from other directions and it's game on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from the home of CC Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 when you're not led by the nose in all your travels in society and the government is not your mother you tend to get that 'every man for himself' mentality, imo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Spend some time in Singapore. They drive like absolute ****heads, so selfish, try to cut you off and squeeze ahead as much as possible. No manners at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khunangkaro Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 14 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said: Just be super alert for the possibility of the red light jumpers coming from other directions and it's game on... Nice to see you... Not crash... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivor bigun Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Its the Thai way ME FIRST ,Sent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 get a similar thing in the UK, sometimes I am only going to get the van washed so I pull up short of the car was and not block it because there maybe someone parked at the pumps paying for fuel and buying a car wash token at the same time, yet often some jerk will pull up blocking the entrance and then go and purchase a token thereby jumping the queue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireland32 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 On 7/13/2019 at 1:53 PM, NormanW said: Unbelievable. Yep most can't wait for a second. It's a strange mentality alright! A very selfish society Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadWarrior371 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 36 minutes ago, Ireland32 said: A very selfish society Try getting your luggage down on any Air China flight. Most Asians think if they can cut you up, they are shrewd. Plant an elbow in their chest and watch them cry victim......???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomahawk21 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 On 7/13/2019 at 5:42 PM, Kim J said: No brains no manners. Seems to be a common trait in many you meet around Pattaya. farangs also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrissables Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 It's called "The Hurry Up and Wait Syndrome!" After pushing in they and sit around doing nothing ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenon Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 When I take the BTS or MRT it's always older women that cut the queue and stand in front of the doors to board first. I always kneecap them. : ) I tip the servers in a bar and they let me know when there is new talent. Human nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 20 hours ago, ivor bigun said: Its the Thai way ME FIRST , Sent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app You are married to one so how is it then being #2?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivor bigun Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 You are married to one so how is it then being #2??She learnt to drive in England,so obays the higheway code.Sent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike787 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 On 7/13/2019 at 2:42 PM, mercman24 said: why are thais so dam impatient, Because Thias Ego is so massive it easily displaces any gray matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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