The road to nowhere

Published: 22 Feb 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: Guru

Since you all faithfully follow my life-changing columns each week, you probably know that it has been a while since I used this space to rant and rave about the horrendous driving habits in Thailand.

And while that topic is about as original as stating that it's perpetually hot here and that we love to eat spicy food, a recent incident has forced me to ease up on the brakes and speed head-on into the issue again. I can only hope that this article will crash straight into some of the misguided "experts" who need a reality check.

Following last week's tragic death of a British couple who were killed by a pickup truck in Chachoengsao province while on a cycling trip around the world, authorities have come out to offer solutions on how to make our roads safer. Rightfully so, as accidents happen every day and measures must be taken to prevent casualties when possible.

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bucktoui
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Discussion 5 : 24 Feb 2013 at 00.005
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WHERE IS THE ROAD (patrol) POLICE? If police can't do their job right the town will have a lot of robber and traffic accident. Thailand didn't have good policing because POLICE didn't get pay enough for their dangerous services. So that the police can be bought easily and with disrespectful from people. What consequence Look Ahsia or Jaonai will lose,if they bribed the officer? Not much more than the bribe money. In USA here, if the son of president bribed the police, his father might lose his job or election. In high school from age 15 all kid have a chance to learn how to drive safely and have to pass the test before get driver license.
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bucktoui
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Discussion 4 : 23 Feb 2013 at 22.584
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Most people in Thailand(and the world) are right handed, but Thailand weirdly drive in the(wrong)left side; I think this is the problem why Thai don't know how to drive safer like the rest of the world.
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Discussion 3 : 23 Feb 2013 at 15.003
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You can always judge a nation by the way it drives.
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Discussion 2 : 23 Feb 2013 at 10.552
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Dear Khun Sumati, thanks for the artical. I feel you (and I) are banging on about the same subject, with no-one taking a blind bit of notice.

Why not try the following:

1, Teach people to drive correctly in the first place. Done !

IMHO
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Discussion 1 : 22 Feb 2013 at 21.531
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Wrote basically the same article - http://www.khonkaen.ws/thailands-roads-unsafe-in-any-language
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