Popular Post jack71 Posted March 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2021 Nearly everyday I find I'm in the right lane of a 2 or 3 lane busy road and I'm stuck behind a brain dead driver going really slow. I usually proceed to flash high beam and mostly they move over but sometimes they do not. A typical situation occurs when a car is driving slow in a right lane because they are going to turn right or do a U turn further up the road- Even though it might be 1 to 2 km away.... I recently renewed my DL again for 5 yrs. I noticed they had the same video as before. Its presented by a slightly overweight/ chubby thai guy with a funny smiling face. Presumably he is acting out the road rules. They clearly need to update that video as I cant believe its the same one as 5 yrs ago. It looks like it was shot 20 yrs ago. I think its time that we all teach the Thai drivers to drive slow in the left lane only. Please take a stand and flash your high beam at any slow drivers in the right hand lane. cheers Jack 4 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shy coconut Posted March 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2021 Have you tried tooting your horn? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Surelynot Posted March 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2021 I understand them not using the slow lane when it is rough or deeply rutted........but the outside lane or when the slow lane is perfect.....mental....they just sit there totally oblivious...not a care in the world 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shy coconut Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Some people, for whatever reason , take comfort in staying in the same lane. My former Sister in law in the UK when joining s 3 lane motorway would automatically move into the middle lane and stay there, she didn't like overtaking and claims she was taught to do so in a lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post toolpush Posted March 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2021 12 minutes ago, shy coconut said: Have you tried tooting your horn? Tooting your horn can have extremely negative consequences in Thailand. Right up there with giving someone the bird. Can result in severe road rage, pulled guns, chasing you down, machetes, etc, etc 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jackdd Posted March 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2021 Yes, annoying. Sometimes I flash at them, then sometimes they move, sometimes they don't. But generally it's easier for me to just overtake on the left. 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Me too, but, there's nothing you can do about it except pass on the left (with extreme caution). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted March 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2021 Vacancy.. Thats all it is.. The mind is vacant and they are plodding along. The probably don’t know they should move over, or if they do they don’t care. The issue described by the Op is so prevalent the only thing to do is to copy everyone else and undertake. As another poster wrote, I understand it when the road on the inside is in such poor condition that almost all traffic is forced to use the right hand lanes, but on good roads its just ‘fvckw!ttery and selfishness’... It causes traffic to bunch up... It causes frustration... its the route cause off some accidents... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surelynot Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 22 minutes ago, toolpush said: Tooting your horn can have extremely negative consequences in Thailand. Right up there with giving someone the bird. Can result in severe road rage, pulled guns, chasing you down, machetes, etc, etc Yes.....I had forgotten....first few times I did this, the wife went ballistic......having read of many incidents, including the use of guns, I can now see why. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 15 minutes ago, jackdd said: Yes, annoying. Sometimes I flash at them, then sometimes they move, sometimes they don't. But generally it's easier for me to just overtake on the left. well that is the whole point... there is nothing wrong with moving to another lane and resuming your journey! - there are many who are scared of travelling faster than another vehicle that is in the lane to their Right (they seem to want to call that 'undertaking' ???? (LOS, just like Australia and many other countries) ; are Not like the US, UK and Europe that have that weird No Undertaking Law ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfHuy Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Or when they drive slow and stay on the right lane. Or when they overtake you left, right and soon fly overhead. I came back from Koh Chang and had 3 idiot bus drivers in convoy. They just stayed on the right lane and if someone trying to overtake from the left, they just would accelerate and not let in the other driver. Has ever someone here done a real driving school? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surelynot Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, tifino said: Not like the US, UK and Europe that have that weird No Undertaking Law ) ...and significantly fewer accidents???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dmaxdan Posted March 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2021 Have a heart.... they might need to do a u-turn 20km further down the road! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfHuy Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 42 minutes ago, shy coconut said: Some people, for whatever reason , take comfort in staying in the same lane. My former Sister in law in the UK when joining s 3 lane motorway would automatically move into the middle lane and stay there, she didn't like overtaking and claims she was taught to do so in a lesson. was probably a "cooking" lesson. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shy coconut Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 32 minutes ago, toolpush said: Tooting your horn can have extremely negative consequences in Thailand. Right up there with giving someone the bird. Can result in severe road rage, pulled guns, chasing you down, machetes, etc, etc The suggestion wasn't entirely serious! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, tifino said: well that is the whole point... there is nothing wrong with moving to another lane and resuming your journey! - there are many who are scared of travelling faster than another vehicle that is in the lane to their Right (they seem to want to call that 'undertaking' ???? (LOS, just like Australia and many other countries) ; are Not like the US, UK and Europe that have that weird No Undertaking Law ) In my opinion the "no undertaking" laws make sense and increase road safety. But they do of course depend on people following the "stay in the left lane unless there is an obstacle or overtaking" law. The latter isn't adhered to by many Thai drivers, so a "no undertaking" law wouldn't make sense in Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 4MyEgo Posted March 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2021 Welcome to Thailand, learn to just go with the flow, no point on getting worked up, it won't change here or in any other country in your life time. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sammieuk1 Posted March 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2021 My advice would be get annoyed at nothing on the road and you may live longer ???? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 "Keep Left Unless Overtaking" is so much a simpler way to exist on the roads ... (at least that is how Australian Roads have it signposted) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) Not only that. I see many bicyclists who think they own the road by cycling slowly and blocking traffic coming from behind in narrow roads. I don't know how the drivers got their driving licences in the first place? If you are slow, turn to the left and let the faster cars pass first. The same goes to bicyclists who are obliviously selfish and think they own the road. Edited March 8, 2021 by EricTh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Probably on their phones like everyone else. Just slow incompetent texters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, bkk6060 said: Probably on their phones like everyone else. Just slow incompetent texters. I've seen moronic motorcyclists texting while riding on their bikes slowly, oblivious to the back traffic. Edited March 8, 2021 by EricTh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) some of them think they'll get to where there going faster, because they are in the fast lane but the death toll on the roads should be highlited more, its not bad luck or Karma, its lack of knowledge about what can/could happen Edited March 8, 2021 by bolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 23 minutes ago, Surelynot said: Yes.....I had forgotten....first few times I did this, the wife went ballistic......having read of many incidents, including the use of guns, I can now see why. It can be the other way around also,Ann can get so annoyed with these bad drivers that she sometimes says:'Good i do not have my gun!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 17 minutes ago, jackdd said: In my opinion the "no undertaking" laws make sense and increase road safety. But they do of course depend on people following the "stay in the left lane unless there is an obstacle or overtaking" law. The latter isn't adhered to by many Thai drivers, so a "no undertaking" law wouldn't make sense in Thailand. No law makes sense over here,nobody cares about the laws because they are not enforced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HungDonger Posted March 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2021 I was recently driving on a Highway in a country area. There were signs about every 5ks stating "Keep left unless overtaking". After seeing so many Thai drivers ignoring the instruction I asked my Thai GF why. She answered "They can't read" !! Enough said. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Surelynot Posted March 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2021 1 minute ago, jvs said: No law makes sense over here,nobody cares about the laws because they are not enforced. I try to view them more as a rough guide, suggestions with work arounds. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 47 minutes ago, jackdd said: Yes, annoying. Sometimes I flash at them, then sometimes they move, sometimes they don't. But generally it's easier for me to just overtake on the left. I just undertake them pull in front and slow down to a crawl, they move over then but not before they've flashed their lights at you oblivious to the fact it's exactly what they are doing. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 8 minutes ago, bolt said: some of them think I find that hard to believe! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 34 minutes ago, Surelynot said: Yes.....I had forgotten....first few times I did this, the wife went ballistic......having read of many incidents, including the use of guns, I can now see why. What nonsense I use the horn and no ones cut my head off or shot me, only the other day motorcycle got the full BLAST. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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