Driving us all crazy

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Published: 3 Mar 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

Yesterday morning seven people were killed on the highway from Chon Buri to Rayong when their minivan ran off the road and exploded in a fireball.

I was driving from Rayong to Pattaya and passed the scene of the accident within minutes of it happening.

Why am I writing this letter? Because even before I saw the carnage across the highway, I was in a state of sheer terror.

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nipper240
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Discussion 7 : 04 Mar 2013 at 11.357
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Don Donn: Wasant Techawongtham wrote they should have dedicated part of their lives to public service, she did not say they needed to be politicians before hand. Much like your mentioned Italian comedian Beppe Grillo. You beat your own argument!
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Discussion 6 : 03 Mar 2013 at 16.176
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David Brown, you are exactly correct. However you missed one key ingredient - the complete lack of any police. They simply do not exist on the highways. My only explantion for this is either 1) there are no traffic police in Thailand, or 2) they can not break away from their soap operas.
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Discussion 5 : 03 Mar 2013 at 11.265
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All interesting letters,pleasure to read.David:never!Dom:agree with your last alinea.Vint;and good looking too.Lincold:feeling cheated indeed.
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Discussion 4 : 03 Mar 2013 at 11.114
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David Brown is not exaggerating. One sees these stupid actions every day both on main highways and in towns. Sadly I conclude that even a meaningful driving test would not have any impact on these morons who are blind to every aspect of safety to themselves and more importantly, others. Selfishness and a total disregard for others seems ingrained in far too many Thai drivers. The severest of penalties are required to address this situation but that is unlikely to happen.
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Discussion 3 : 03 Mar 2013 at 09.113
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Its funny how everyone tries to show how polite and calm and cool they are until they get behind the wheel .They chat on their phones ,cut people off ,weave all over the road ,double park because they are too lazy to look for parking ,aim for pedestrians like they are points in a game .Pretend not to see people right in front of them so they can save a second in traffic while they waste hours of their lives everyday .People who are truly polite calm and cool don't have to go around telling everyone .Their actions speak louder than their words .
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Discussion 2 : 03 Mar 2013 at 09.082
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Not only Nootsara deserves our thanks but also her teammates representing Thailand and their coach. Without them, Nootsara would not have shined and leave us with great taste of victory over many die-hard teams like China, Japan, Cuba. Credit goes to teamwork and attitude despite their relative short height. One person also stands out prominently is Onuma Sittirak, a hardest striker. An English announcer just could not calm down in praising our players. Never have I heard anyone praising Thailand as a team and nation so vividly and at time I feel kind of coy to the good words.
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Discussion 1 : 03 Mar 2013 at 07.041
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The picture of road rage described by David Brown is nothing unusual because it happens everyday on every roads and highways in this country, and this latest road deaths of seven lives is just another statistic for the authorities to add on the annual report at the end of the year as usual.
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