Popular Post Sticky Wicket Posted January 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Tounge Thaied said: It seems you've found your facet. This is what you signed up for Mate. Get over it or go home where all is better. Sick and tired of the petulance displayed in these forums... Like my grandmother used to say, if you don't have something nice (constructive) to say, don't say anything at all... It's not welcome. You're living in the wrong place if you want everything neat and tidy for you all the time. It's part of the adventure... embrace the suck!! People have a basic right not be garroted or caused to crash due to utter negligence and laziness on the roads Do you think that a society with absolutely no personal responsibility or regard for life is something to praise? Highlighting these matters may eventually bear fruit, in another millennium or so. Plus there are a lot of constructive comments on here, mixed with a bit of fun and jest! Maybe when you come a cropper to such imbecility you will change your tune. Edited January 22, 2020 by Sticky Wicket 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobobo Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 3 hours ago, bkk6060 said: I agree. Experienced riders avoid them especially when they are wet. Pattaya hasn't had rain for many weeks now, and motorbike taxi drivers were told not to urinate there ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherHun Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 6 minutes ago, hobobo said: Pattaya hasn't had rain for many weeks now, and motorbike taxi drivers were told not to urinate there ???? And if it rains better use a jetski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said: 555 What do they want? Warning signs all over the resort? Maybe every 50 meter or how often would be convenient? If they know the hazards are all over the resort maybe they should drive accordingly all over the resort. correction ,,,,,,,world class resort 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beggar Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Chazar said: correction ,,,,,,,world class resort It is a world class FAMILY resort !!! If you correct please do it correctly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 4 hours ago, webfact said: Thai media "We Love Pattaya" said on Facebook that dangers are everywhere in Pattaya as the authorities bury cables and dig up roads Thailands roads are a mess full-stop... expect anything to snag you when out on two wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ54 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Driving conditions change and people should know how to adjust and change at moments notice... 2 wheels and wet can be dangerous ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Concur about dufus rider ... no sympathy at all. Anybody who actually knows how to ride a bike knows that steel plates on roadways are slippery slides and if they cannot be avoided need to be ridden over very slowly and with bike absolutely vertically with no , no direction changes, braking or accelerating while crossing them. Was the d...head wearing a helmet at all as well? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Lucky, let's see the next driver cut in half when the metal sheet bounces up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherHun Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Tropposurfer said: Concur about dufus rider ... no sympathy at all. Anybody who actually knows how to ride a bike knows that steel plates on roadways are slippery slides and if they cannot be avoided need to be ridden over very slowly and with bike absolutely vertically with no , no direction changes, braking or accelerating while crossing them. Was the d...head wearing a helmet at all as well? Agree copletely maybe except the "very slowly". Just stay exactly straight, never brake and let you hands realxed. (And then hope that the sneaky xenophobic metal shield does not bump up one meter and cut you into pieces). It looks like he had a helmet. The thing in front of him at the ground could be one. Hopefully he wore it instead driving it around in the shoping basket of his hell machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaver Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 It's the local Evel Knielvel ramp. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericthai Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Tourists come to thailand for an experience and then complain about everything. They want everything just like home. I hope Thailand dont become another nanny state in the future 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tounge Thaied Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 12 minutes ago, ericthai said: Tourists come to thailand for an experience and then complain about everything. They want everything just like home. I hope Thailand dont become another nanny state in the future Thailand needs to embrace itself and not rely so much on Tourists... Tourists and the greed for money from tourists will ruin Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie59 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 18 hours ago, JustAnotherHun said: Look at the street, dumbhead. Maybe he never drove a motorbike before. Plenty of old farang here tumbling around on ther Honda Waves without having a DL. But as always: The Thais are to blame. Those large metal sheets are dangerous and unfit for purpose. Even when dry they are a skid risk and when wet are lethal for motorbikes. They should at least have a textured top surface so they don't act like a permanent sheet of ice waiting for the next victim to come along. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 19 hours ago, marko kok prong said: Be fair,at least they covered it. Well, part of it.???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinnock Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 13 minutes ago, Geordie59 said: Those large metal sheets are dangerous and unfit for purpose. Even when dry they are a skid risk and when wet are lethal for motorbikes. They should at least have a textured top surface so they don't act like a permanent sheet of ice waiting for the next victim to come along. And they move. There's a few on my regular commute in Bangkok, and I notice the action of the traffic makes them creep a few inches each day, eventually uncovering the hole. But it may be the tarmac rippling torque of my powerful Honda Supercub that's causing them to move? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 13 hours ago, Tropposurfer said: Concur about dufus rider ... no sympathy at all. Anybody who actually knows how to ride a bike knows that steel plates on roadways are slippery slides and if they cannot be avoided need to be ridden over very slowly and with bike absolutely vertically with no , no direction changes, braking or accelerating while crossing them. Was the d...head wearing a helmet at all as well? I reckon he panicked, grabbed the front brake and bike went down, rest is history 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 21 hours ago, marko kok prong said: Be fair,at least they covered it. can not see any twigs/branches to indicate that there is a problem ahead !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jacko45k Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 21 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: Falang 75% to blame Thais know the lack of safety measures here. Tourists get off the plane unaware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, jacko45k said: Thais know the lack of safety measures here. Tourists get off the plane unaware. Knowing and understanding are 2 different concepts. Road death stats tell us a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 17 minutes ago, jacko45k said: Thais know the lack of safety measures here. Tourists get off the plane unaware. so is getting on a motorbike without that awareness stupidity? Let's say yes. Most tourists wing it and get away with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrobay Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 On 1/22/2020 at 4:00 PM, Sticky Wicket said: People have a basic right not be garroted or caused to crash due to utter negligence and laziness on the roads Do you think that a society with absolutely no personal responsibility or regard for life is something to praise? Right nice try telling one of these Thai apologists, IE. It happens everywhere, it's so quaint, if you don't like it... Ad- nuaseum. That come out of the woodworks every time someone calls spades spades. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansnl Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 On 1/22/2020 at 12:52 PM, JustAnotherHun said: Look at the street, dumbhead. Maybe he never drove a motorbike before. Plenty of old farang here tumbling around on ther Honda Waves without having a DL. But as always: The Thais are to blame. Oh, come on, maybe the man had a driving license, maybe a steel plate over a hole in the road without any signs is a very bad idea, maybe yes, the Thais are to blame? How are things done in JustAnotherHun country, then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherHun Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, hansnl said: Oh, come on, maybe the man had a driving license, maybe a steel plate over a hole in the road without any signs is a very bad idea, maybe yes, the Thais are to blame? How are things done in JustAnotherHun country, then? In JustAnotherHun's country the once very good streets are crumbling apart piece by piece. BUT, we have an overwhelming huge bureaucrazy there which loves to put warning and prohibition signs wherever it is possible or even not :-). Have a look at the picture. The shield is huge, the street is straight and dry. There's no way to go down if you don't make a driving fault. The rider may have seen it too late and panicked, overbraked, teared the handlebar sharply to avoid the shield in the last moment instead of keeping his speed and go straight on. So he must be unexperienced, distracted, drunk or all together. Fortunately Thailand is not Europe or US. If the farang was an expat, he should have known about Pattaya's steadily "under construction" streets and Thailand's streets and drivers. As tourist and as unexperienced with or without DL driver one should not ride on two wheels. But as you see here, the haters, complainers and whiners will use every chance to put the blame on Thailand and the Thais. Edited January 23, 2020 by JustAnotherHun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
androokery Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 The roads are a mess here and I don't know this driver, but according to the photo he was driving in flip-flops (facepalm, shaking-my-head, all-at-the-same-time)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 On 1/22/2020 at 12:01 AM, VYCM said: Yep, it takes a special breed to survive on Thai roads. People think they can hop off the aeroplane and ride these roads. It takes a unique skill set. Most of them survive by sheer dumb luck and the statistics that say even in crazy dangerous traffic, only one in 3,000 people die each year. There but for the Grace of God... (Luck of the draw for you atheists...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 9 hours ago, androokery said: The roads are a mess here and I don't know this driver, but according to the photo he was driving in flip-flops (facepalm, shaking-my-head, all-at-the-same-time)... yeah blame the flip flops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said: yeah blame the flip flops I won't wear them because they can slip off when riding, as can many other shoe types like crocs. Anyhow, all the controls are on the handlebars for scooters. Only need feet when you stop... that is when you loose such a poor choice of footwear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, jacko45k said: I won't wear them because they can slip off when riding, as can many other shoe types like crocs. Anyhow, all the controls are on the handlebars for scooters. Only need feet when you stop... that is when you loose such a poor choice of footwear. Flip flops are the least of the worries. Helmet first, then upper body armour then leg, hip and knee armour, might as well get a car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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