from what Ive read Thai road law is based on UK and US rules....that made me laugh
read an article in the BK Post a while back that stated most of what we all see is very illegal....the cops just dont bother unless theres a buck in it.
Also a survey in BKK found that 25%+ of highway police had NO formal training in road law.....shows eh?
Im lookin to buy one of these babys:
ooooohhhh mama!!!!
hit me with a stick now y donkeys
"Science flew men to the moon. Religion flew men into buildings."
My wife ride's around on our mighty Honda Wave 100( with go faster exaust pipe ) she allways puts the helmet in the front basket so i allways say to her "put the hemlet on it's there to protect you and it's the law " she allways reply's " if you have accident get brain damage your then cuckoo your better off dead" no problem.
Kendo.
kendo wrote
You won't ever change this free for all, in the event of an accident it would be a good idea to keep a camera in your car or camera phone and take some pictures as soon as you can, if your the foreigner it will beyour fault, if you have some photos it might help your defence.
if your going to get blamed then don't stop. i don't, just drive off. have tried doing things correctly here but now i look after number one. i will not take the blame when its not my fault.
miked
I bought my daughters crashhats last time in LOS.
will the buggers wear them?
You know the answer.
But look around.
How many Farangs wear helmets?
I would hope it was just holiday makers,
lost in the moment of madness.
Sadly i think many expats also decline the safety of wrapping there brain in a safety cage.
SO WE COULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE!
Unfortunately getting hit by a truck, driven by a drunk tired driver, a crash helmet isn't going to make a monkeys testicle of difference.
It would be arrogant to think that expats could, or should change Thai driving habits.
However. I shall be teaching my wife and kids defensive driving.
It won't be easy.
As a 28 year serving paramedic. Not only have i had to pick up the pieces.
I am authorised to break the normal driving laws.
However, should i have a crash. I would always be at fault. (sounds a bit like a farang Thai accident)
SO.
I work on the theory that everyone is trying to kill me.
Seems to work.
I hope i don't sound patronising.
But please people.
Take care out there.
Great post komfortablynumb, the question is would farangs even think about not wearing a lid in their own country? No chance ... so why do it here, is the concrete softer?
One thing to shock kids into wearing one is the melon test or some gruesome footage of accidents. I still blame the police, if they sat outside a school and nabbed everyone for not wearing a lid things would soon change. Instead they hide in the trees near the railway station.
Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed? - Hunter S Thompson
the wearing of a crash helmet in the u.k. is compulsory. without you wouldn't get very far. riding with lights on is not compulsory. unless the law has changed recently.
yet nearly all u.k. bike riders ride with lights on for safety, this i think is down to education. can you educate the thai's in road safety.? i don't think so. why worry, just try and avoid them, expect the unexpected and be ready to drive off quickly. after all this is what thai's do.
miked
Education in schools works. There need to more road safety included in the curriculum. Now there is none.
At least some of the ridiculous statements like ïf you wear a crash helmet you will be cuckoo"will be alleviated.
Education regarding self preservation seems to going backwards in Thailand. The thirty and aboves all know the dangers of eating sweets, cookie, cakes etc. but the younger ones seem quite happy losing their tgeeth and getting fat.
What chance is there for road safety?
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This hyper european BS is to me totally silly kids here and in europe learn to ride bicycles from age 2 and are riding them in traffic both in europe and here from a very early age and neither require a licence. Kids here start traveling on motor cycles from year zero and by the time they are 14 years old have probably traveled half way round the world as pillion in the basket or in front of parents uncles aunts brothers and sisters on motor cycles and are completely at ease with them whereas kids in Europe have POSSIBLY seen a motorcycle but most will never have ridden on one in any way let alone have one as their main /total form of transport. Kids here learn the balance and the way of the road from ALL other users and all riders. To keep going on comparing Europe with Thailand is akin to comparing apples and oxo cubes the number of motor cycles here and Europe also completely erases any comparison
Motor cycles in Europe are a very rare species
sargeant wrote:To keep going on comparing Europe with Thailand is akin to comparing apples and oxo cubes the number of motor cycles here and Europe also completely erases any comparison
Motor cycles in Europe are a very rare species
Hey sarge. I partly grew up in Rome, Italy and I can assure you that Vespa's, Lambretta's, Guzzies and Gilera's flooded the Italian streets in quite unimaginable numbers just like Japanese motosais does in Thailand nowadays.
My usual school day started and ended with a 10 minutes Vespa pillion ride, but because my ass wasn't big enough for the pillion seat I ended up standing between the drivers legs shouting "rapido - rapido".
I still miss those days!!
I learnt to ride my Motosigh here in thailand before i came here i only drove cars
My only experience of a pillion was on cav adams 250 BSA and we ended up in a hedge Bye Bye motosighs until i came here
) she allways puts the helmet in the front basket so i allways say to her "put the hemlet on it's there to protect you and it's the law 
" she allways reply's " if you have accident get brain damage your then cuckoo your better off dead" no problem. 
leading by example take a look at the speedo thread and the Gary Glitter 
