Tropposurfer Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 falang prerequisites for driving in Thailand: have a bloody big bull bar on your SUV or truck have tonnes of top flight car insurance have tonnes of cash in the bank always drive to thai conditions io.e.anything bizarre can and will happen at any moment. Reset your brains to Thai roads not reasonably well maintained and trafficked western ones. learn the language so when folks are trying to stitch you up for any collision you may have you can at least understand whats being said and go get a damn good lawyer have said cash at hand at a moments notice to pay the bribes necessary to not get stitched up for crushing a dumb <deleted> in a scooter or in a car on Thai roads. drive like its your very life and obey the laws (not that this means much in reality on the ground there). never, never drive with any booze of substances in your system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globe Trotter Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 6 hours ago, jackdd said: I somehow doubt that there was a 12 year old asian girl riding a R1, this bike has a seat height of 855mm, i don't see how she would even reach the ground. Maybe she was riding a R15. I know my bikes, and I know what I saw. She seemed fairly tall for her age, but her facial features made it obvious she was 12-13. She of course had no helmet on, and I expect it was her Dad's bike or something. Still crazy none the less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timebandit Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 The most memorable lesson will come later as they are sliding across 6 meters of broom finished concrete. I certainly do not wish this on them but it is a lasting lesson in life. Look at many Thais knees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaanbiker Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 6 hours ago, essox essox said: yeah they work in the dark too.....just like THAI DRIVERS DO every hour of the day !! Most of them in Bkk are Isaanjeros and one of them really scared the shi_e out of me that I had to tell him to slow down on the way to the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 When my son turned 18 he asked if I would buy him a motorcycle. I agreed on the condition that he take the motorcycle course run by Honda Thailand, at the end of which, if you pass the tests, you get the documentation to get a motorcycle license. He agreed and I joined him on the course. It was much more detailed than the courses provided by the LTD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaanbiker Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 45 minutes ago, Globe Trotter said: I know my bikes, and I know what I saw. She seemed fairly tall for her age, but her facial features made it obvious she was 12-13. She of course had no helmet on, and I expect it was her Dad's bike or something. Still crazy none the less Her "facial features" made it obvious she was 12-13, already a year more. A 12 year old would be in grade six, pretty hard to believe that you've seen a 12 year old on such a bike. "She" was perhaps a 23 year old ladyboy, without Hoi. On the bike of her Farang lover. Is it possible that your eyes aren't that good anymore? That's not a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 8/26/2019 at 11:29 AM, Laza 45 said: ..they could start by banning any student from school grounds that doesn't have a helmet.. perhaps subsidise or give helmet free.. waste of time and money, they still dont wear free helmets ! or if that was the rule put on 20 meters before school and AFTER passing the cop with his head cam,who waves them through every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 8/26/2019 at 2:55 PM, dougiemac52 said: Yea prime candidate for a pass. It's just a lot of garbage. There is no way that thai people can afford the training needed for a license. Do they actually think that a couple of hours is good enough Chanthaburi has a good driving school, with a test track that has a roundabout and hill start, 1,000 baht for M/C test 2 day course. Car test 5,500 20 hrs in all and have dual control car that includes being tested on a real road, if you fail they keep testing you until you pass at no extra charge,take you to get medical 115 baht,take you to get your govt licence,take and show you to cheap hotel nearby, the first time i have been impressed by a Thai company that makes no attempt to rip you off. I believe they also have school near pattaya. Well done wifey for passing the computer Questions first time. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essox essox Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 8/26/2019 at 3:43 PM, Vacuum said: Phones have a mirror nowadays? ITS CALLED A built in camera DUH !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 It must be a very long wire from the bike to the telegraph pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almer Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 50 minutes ago, brianthainess said: Chanthaburi has a good driving school, with a test track that has a roundabout and hill start, 1,000 baht for M/C test 2 day course. Car test 5,500 20 hrs in all and have dual control car that includes being tested on a real road, if you fail they keep testing you until you pass at no extra charge,take you to get medical 115 baht,take you to get your govt licence,take and show you to cheap hotel nearby, the first time i have been impressed by a Thai company that makes no attempt to rip you off. I believe they also have school near pattaya. Well done wifey for passing the computer Questions first time. ???? Yes and as i posted before, a friend of my mrs went on such a course and the very same evening she passed !! We got a phone call would i go to her house as she couldnt back the car into her drive, the next day she cut a corner at slow speed mounted a high kerb and did considerable damage to the car, wheel suspension front and most of all underbody, in floods of tears because it was farang money from abroad and she had to tell him after openly saying " she cant drive", so thats my experience of the dual control method of training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pellets Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 8/26/2019 at 6:19 AM, mercman24 said: i would like to bet 99% of the middle to older generation do not have a licence or any insurance, ( i know of 3 in my local bar) now multiply that be a few thousand, they come to the big city after riding for years in their village and think, no have, not need. never have accident, me Thai have amulet, and that my friend leads to 25,000 dead people, just imagine that figure in your home country. Where did the 99% come from? 21 mill bikes, 13,3 mill licenses... Yes agree to "terrible" numbers in this country, but 99%??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 8/26/2019 at 3:59 AM, Globe Trotter said: It is a common occurrence for sure. But last year I saw something quite insane. There was a girl who must have been about 12 years old, wearing a school uniform riding a Yamaha R1 home lol.. Perhaps her scooter was in the shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Teaching them how to ride? Better late than never, I suppose. But that doesn't solve the 'riding without a licence issue', given that no licence means no valid insurance, and no valid insurance means when - not if - they have a collision with a road-legal motorist, that motorist has to have his own insurance pay for the motorcyclist's carelessness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 On 8/29/2019 at 12:29 AM, Damrongsak said: Perhaps her scooter was in the shop. But at least she was wearing her uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 On 8/28/2019 at 10:25 AM, brianthainess said: Chanthaburi has a good driving school, with a test track that has a roundabout and hill start, 1,000 baht for M/C test 2 day course. Car test 5,500 20 hrs in all and have dual control car that includes being tested on a real road, if you fail they keep testing you until you pass at no extra charge,take you to get medical 115 baht,take you to get your govt licence,take and show you to cheap hotel nearby, the first time i have been impressed by a Thai company that makes no attempt to rip you off. I believe they also have school near pattaya. Well done wifey for passing the computer Questions first time. ???? I'm relieved to know that they keep testing them until they pass. A relief that is tempered by the knowledge that, having passed, they can then be let loose on the roads with roughly the same level of ability that they demonstrated pre-pass. And in a variation on a theme: computers don't offer the chance to demonstrate competence on a real road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 17 minutes ago, Jonmarleesco said: But at least she was wearing her uniform. That's the Thai MotoGP team. 3 riders, one bike and a helmet in the basket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 On 8/27/2019 at 9:27 AM, essox essox said: an examiner.....who actually PASSES a person to be an examiner.....what qualifications are required ?? Thai nationality ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 P 2 hours ago, Jonmarleesco said: But at least she was wearing her uniform. The Thai ladies team practising for the Moto GP in Buriram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonhia Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Good idea plus intention wasted on a nation that cannot respect, life, each other, foreigners and the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttrd Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 On 8/26/2019 at 9:31 AM, miamiman123 said: Absolutely foolish concept!!! these motorbikes should be banned for students Ban me here and ban me there - we shouldn't accidentally miss CrackDowns - do we … ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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