Driving in Thailand - Tip No.1: Keep your eyes on the road..

[chopsticks]

In any rear-end shunt the driver behind will be blamed for following too close or driving too fast to stop in time regardless of what the vehicle in front did or didn't do.
Bull bars for the front and rear, or at least a towing hook, may help to avoid some of the more expensive bodywork damage that can result.

[Pleng]

I didn't realise it was a road safety ad. when I posted it. It wasn't dramatic enough - if I showed it to my students they'd probably be singing along and laughing at the end.

I think for Thailand it's a massive step forward. Safety videos here usually have ridiculous slapstick faces at the point an incident is about to take place, accompanied by the ridiculous 'boingy' sound effects that accompany most Thai 'comedy'.

As for students singing along at the beginning, that's the point of these videos - get somebody trapped into some warm feeling they associate with before hitting them with a harsh moment of realization. If you think they'd be laughing at the end... well.. I really don't know what to say.