NoshowJones Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 19 hours ago, Pedrogaz said: Thailand appears to be run by idiots. As if the carnage on the roads wasn't enough at 90kph. "Thailand appears to be run by idiots." What do you know about Military Academy education? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 18 hours ago, kimamey said: A proper driving test would probably help. I am not sure if a proper driving test will be beneficial to most Thais. You can't fix stupid. although the less Thais that are driving the safer the roads will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 59 minutes ago, mikebell said: I counted NINE vehicles telescoped into each other on the 7 near Pattaya. I travel that route maybe twice weekly and see those types of accidents so often I have lost count. On the last trip I had one of the inadequate man-children driving one of those hi-end Toyota people carriers deliberately undertake and pull in front and brake check me in the outside lane when I was doing a steady 120kph in traffic. I am going to assume that he got annoyed with something because his brain cannot function like a normal adult and had to do something to 'prove' his masculinity. They will never solve the problems on the road here mainly because their face-saving and groveling culture prevents it, and because they are simply incompetent, corrupt, lazy and useless in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr mr Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 10 hours ago, whaleboneman said: What do good drivers look like? seeing as how thailand is pretty much the worst in the world....pick any other country and on average their drivers are better than thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patman30 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) so many silly and some racist comments in this thread yes in general road safety here is bad i see many foreigners driving worse than locals here some assume everything should be like back home, others assume they can do what they want, and at worst pay a small fine and silly comments about how "they" will now drive even faster.........????♂️ from what i read in OP the limit will be increased from 90 to 120kph only on roads WITH 4 LANES the highways have been improved over the years and widened with more lanes added they are just updating the limits to match the type of highway i do hope they increase to other roads too i drive on highway 21, its limit is 90 but everyone does around 120 nobody really goes screaming along and those who do, would do so regardless what the limit was but as 90 is really slow especially when road is empty once you are driving 95 kph, you might aswell do 120kph as speeding just a little does not give you just a little ticket increasing limit to 120kph gives everyone no reason to speed and finally something is being done about the sunday drivers who hog the outside lane Edited February 28, 2021 by patman30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiteman9 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, patman30 said: so many silly and some racist comments in this thread yes in general road safety here is bad i see many foreigners driving worse than locals here some assume everything should be like back home, others assume they can do what they want, and at worst pay a small fine and silly comments about how "they" will now drive even faster.........????♂️ from what i read in OP the limit will be increased from 90 to 120kph only on roads WITH 4 LANES the highways have been improved over the years and widened with more lanes added they are just updating the limits to match the type of highway i do hope they increase to other roads too i drive on highway 21, its limit is 90 but everyone does around 120 nobody really goes screaming along and those who do, would do so regardless what the limit was but as 90 is really slow especially when road is empty once you are driving 95 kph, you might aswell do 120kph as speeding just a little does not give you just a little ticket increasing limit to 120kph gives everyone no reason to speed and finally something is being done about the sunday drivers who hog the outside lane Incredible information and ideas on how to make the roads safe, great post. Raise the speed limit to speed up Thailands genocide plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisguidedPangolin Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 They should probably oil the roads to reduce friction and improve efficiency. I don't even know how surprised I'd be if they trialed that. Multiple speed limits for different types of vehicles on the same road with drivers of the mentality of the local demographic... what could go wrong. Good job, Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrests Father Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Sounds like a Top Gear Episode. What could possibly go wrong? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimamey Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 15 hours ago, patman30 said: so many silly and some racist comments in this thread yes in general road safety here is bad i see many foreigners driving worse than locals here some assume everything should be like back home, others assume they can do what they want, and at worst pay a small fine and silly comments about how "they" will now drive even faster.........????♂️ from what i read in OP the limit will be increased from 90 to 120kph only on roads WITH 4 LANES the highways have been improved over the years and widened with more lanes added they are just updating the limits to match the type of highway i do hope they increase to other roads too i drive on highway 21, its limit is 90 but everyone does around 120 nobody really goes screaming along and those who do, would do so regardless what the limit was but as 90 is really slow especially when road is empty once you are driving 95 kph, you might aswell do 120kph as speeding just a little does not give you just a little ticket increasing limit to 120kph gives everyone no reason to speed and finally something is being done about the sunday drivers who hog the outside lane As far as I can tell driving in the outside lane is normal here. It took me a while to get used to but the fact the left lane is so bad made me understand it a bit better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 20 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said: because they are simply incompetent, corrupt, lazy and useless in general. And that's just the police who condone this sort of driving! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelseafan Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) On 2/27/2021 at 3:01 AM, colinneil said: This so-called government have come up with some crazy ideas before, but this surely takes the prize for sheer stupidity. Roads here are crazy enough with speed limit of 90, but 120 absolutely stupid. 90kph / 55mph on a motorway is pretty slow IMHO. Most countries in the world allow at least 100kph and alot 120kph. Edited March 1, 2021 by Chelseafan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post colinneil Posted March 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, Chelseafan said: 90kph / 55mph on a motorway is pretty slow IMHO. Most countries in the road allow at least 100kph and alot 120kph. Why are you commenting on what other countries do? What other countries do has sod all to do with how the crazy bar stewards here drive. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 7 hours ago, colinneil said: Why are you commenting on what other countries do? What other countries do has sod all to do with how the crazy bar stewards here drive. U tell him our kid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelseafan Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 minute ago, colinneil said: Why are you commenting on what other countries do? What other countries do has sod all to do with how the crazy bar stewards here drive. Just puttting it into perspective. You could reduce the speed limit to 60kph but it woudn't lessen any of the carnage. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenon Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 So big-rig trucks can go full bore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightly Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 This is insanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 On 2/28/2021 at 12:21 PM, patman30 said: i see many foreigners driving worse than locals here Hey I resemble that remark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 On 2/28/2021 at 4:25 AM, SiSePuede419 said: On which highways is it safe to go 120kph? Certainly not the ring road around Chiang Mai. Does that ring road have U-turns? Then the new limit does not apply and will not be posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozdick Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 I didn’t notice that there was a speed limit that was adhered to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen65 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 On 3/1/2021 at 9:20 AM, Chelseafan said: 90kph / 55mph on a motorway is pretty slow IMHO. Most countries in the world allow at least 100kph and alot 120kph. Yes, but in most countries people have a brain ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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