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Driving in Thailand
Driving in Thailand
Many people like the thrill of riding fast motorbikes and
driving rally cars, some enjoy driving 4 X 4 vehicles in wild
terrain at speed or just seeing how fast their 10 year old car
can go, whilst others prefer a complicated game of Mah Jong or
chess, maybe even the occasional game of Russian roulette. The
psychology of Thai drivers includes all these traits and more.
Driving in Thailand is not for the feint-hearted. If you happen
to be from one of the few countries in the world who drive on
the Left side of the road you have a slight mechanical advantage
because you are used to driving on the "wrong side of the road,"
and with the steering wheel on the "wrong" side, but even these
benefits will not help you much in Thailand.
Whilst the laws of the road are very similar to your home
country's, the Rules of Engagement are quintessentially and
pragmatically Thai. Compared with Western countries the passing
of a driving test is a minor formality which takes around 10
minutes in a car park with red cones. Until you pass this "test"
you can drive anyway without 'L' plates if you are with another
driver.
The general knowledge of any sort of Highway Code is virtually
non-existent and such things as undertaking at speed and a total
lack of signalling, even when turning across several lanes of
traffic is normal practice.
In towns and cities motorbikes will cut you up left and right at
the same time. Another will probably pull out in front of you
and expect you to stop for it, whilst pedestrians weaving
between traffic queues do not seem to notice cars or motorbikes
heading for them at 50 kms per hour and only inches away.
In country districts where the roads or tracks seem to be
appallingly potholed in places, any rules of the road are
entirely forgotten by the local drivers who have been driving
round these hazards for years. They will of course use the bit
of the road without holes which may or may not be the correct
one. It is possible to find yourself on entirely the wrong side
whilst someone going in the opposite direction passes you on his
wrong side. 4 X 4 vehicles are a must for country tracks as cars
suspensions and ground clearance just won't cope.
If you have a driving licence from your own country as well as
an international one, you have the patience of a holy-man, have
eyes in the back of your head, the reflexes of Michael
Schumacher in a Formula 1 Farrari, a crystal ball for checking
out the local traffic and to make sure that the 'puddle' in
front of you is not a metre deep, then you may wish to come to
South-East Asia to check out this dangerous pastime.
It's actually very good fun!
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