admin Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Songkran alcohol ban mulled in a move to reduce deaths during holiday The Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee will on Monday consider whether to issue a ban on the sale of alcohol during the Songkran holiday period, Songkran Pakchokdee, director of the Anti-Alcohol Organisations Network, told T Roads in Thailand the sixth most dangerous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaunitz Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Roads in Thailand the sixth most dangerous Well, since Friday, I can agree on that. Knowing that driving in Thailand is not a piece of cake, I am always screening all the wankers around me as far as I can see. Nevertheless, on Friday one of these bastards (without driving license) managed to hit me on our way to Ubon. Luckily, there were two policemen outside seeing what happened and I had my wife and brother-in-law in the car. So if everything goes well, it will be only the two-hours delay for doing all the paperwork at the police station, the rest will be paid by the insurance of my "encounter". Why? Very easy - they immediately found a guy in possession of a driving license who officially drove the car.... Traffic police also told my wife that if the guys make any problems, she could call the police station to sort it out. And, funny enough, although I am farang, they treated me really nicely. The damage doesn't seem to be a big one as per the pic, but I'm afraid the steering tie rod of the front wheels is damaged which would make repair a bit more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaunitz Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Well, since Friday, I can agree on that. Knowing that driving in Thailand is not a piece of cake, I am always screening all the wankers around me as far as I can see. Nevertheless, on Friday one of these bastards (without driving license) managed to hit me on our way to Ubon. Luckily, there were two policemen outside seeing what happened and I had my wife and brother-in-law in the car. So if everything goes well, it will be only the two-hours delay for doing all the paperwork at the police station, the rest will be paid by the insurance of my "encounter". Why? Very easy - they immediately found a guy in possession of a driving license who officially drove the car.... Traffic police also told my wife that if the guys make any problems, she could call the police station to sort it out. And, funny enough, although I am farang, they treated me really nicely.The damage doesn't seem to be a big one as per the pic, but I'm afraid the steering tie rod of the front wheels is damaged which would make repair a bit more difficult. Most annoying thing is that since more than 20 years, I am driving in countries where driving skills are towards zero (Syria, Afghanistan, Western Sahara, Kosovo and so on) and I even managed to survive one year (or 70,000kms) in Kuwait, the that time most dangerous country in the world, without a scratch. And now, this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarangFarang Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Most annoying thing is that since more than 20 years, I am driving in countries where driving skills are towards zero (Syria, Afghanistan, Western Sahara, Kosovo and so on) and I even managed to survive one year (or 70,000kms) in Kuwait, the that time most dangerous country in the world, without a scratch. And now, this! Or what about that couple that was biking around the world. They had made it about 3/4 of the way around the globe and, blammo, hit and killed by a truck in Thailand. Thailand's not the worst I've seen (India would rank higher) but it pays to be a defensive driver and never assume that the other driver knows what they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaunitz Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Or what about that couple that was biking around the world. They had made it about 3/4 of the way around the globe and, blammo, hit and killed by a truck in Thailand. Thailand's not the worst I've seen (India would rank higher) but it pays to be a defensive driver and never assume that the other driver knows what they're doing. Yeah, I see that my mishap was by far not the worst that could happen, so we are happy to be unharmed! India I only know from video documentation and it really must be a challenge moving there, no matter which means you use. But also Afghanistan, Syria, Jordan and, as i already said before, Kuwait (which is an extreme thing as no brains are mixed with strong cars over there) are hotspots where you really have to take care! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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