Abnormal traffic behavior in Thailand

There is a lot of stress in society and there are many more drugs.
Nowadays there are also the overtired people who have played all night with their mobiles instead of going to sleep.

You also notice that on the road.

The annoyance about not granting free passage to emergency services who drive with bells and whistles is also great among the Thai. At least as far as I can tell when I talk to my Thai friends about it if some *beep* didn't let an ambulance through. Or see the reactions in the Thai media to such incidents. Recently even about an ambulance that had to wait because of a royal procession, a hashtag went viral on Twitter.

And yes, the Thai also know that emergency vehicles must be granted free passage. So I don't think it's a matter of not having learned (I haven't spoken Thai yet who doesn't know that an ambulance with siren has to go first), but that some people nevertheless have a 'me first' attitude. The traffic law states, among other things:

“CHAPTER VII
EMERGENCY VEHICLE

Section 75.
While driving an emergency vehicle to perform the
duties, the driver has the following rights:

(1) to use blinking traffic light signal, siren sound signal, or other sound
signal determined by the Commissioner-General;
(2) to stop or park the vehicle at a no-parking area;
(3) to drive faster than the determined speed limit;
(4) to drive passing any stopping traffic signal or traffic sign; provided
that the vehicle must be slowed down as appropriate;
(5) to refrain from compliance with the provisions of this Act or the
traffic regulation concerning driving lane, direction or turning conveyance determined.
In the operation under paragraph one, the driver must be careful as
appropriate for the case

Section 76.
When a pedestrian, driver, rider or controller of animal
sees an emergency vehicle using blinking traffic light signal, siren sound signal, or
other sound signal determined by the Commissioner-General in the performance of
duty, the pedestrian, driver, rider or controller or animal must allow the emergency
vehicle pass first, by following the instructions as follows:

(1) the pedestrian must stop and keep away to the edge of the road or up
to the safety zone or the nearest road shoulder;
(2) the driver must stop or park conveyance at the left edge of the
road, or in case there is a bus lane at the extreme left side of the road, he or she
must stop or park conveyance at the lane next to the bus lane, but it is prohibited
to stop or park conveyance at the junction; (…)”

Source: http://web.krisdika.go.th/data/outsitedata/outsite21/file/Road_Traffic_Act_BE_2522_(1979). Pdf

I thought there were also quite dramatic commercials about the importance of giving way to an ambulance. Would it help to send police cars along for a while to accompany other emergency services and to deal with violators of the law and to have this reported clearly in the news?

"In the Netherlands, Germany and other countries there are clear guidelines that must be adhered to."
Clear guidelines do indeed apply in the Netherlands, but unfortunately these are virtually unknown to many drivers. This is evident time and time again when drivers drive through a red light to allow an ambulance, police and/or fire brigade to pass through at a traffic light that is on red. If flashed, this simply costs the driver a fine (!). You may never drive through a red light, even if the flashing light and/or the siren of an ambulance, police car and/or fire brigade are on. Easy. But unfortunately you still see many drivers driving through a red light, causing dangerous situations. It is the task of the ambulance, police car and/or fire brigade to search for a passage THEMSELVES.

I drive an average of 60 kilometers a day on my motorcycle (155 cc) in Bangkok and regularly see taxis here, but also buses shooting from the middle or even rightmost lane to the left to pick up or let customers get off.
If the bus doesn't make it, it will even stop up to 3 meters from the sidewalk to let people get in and out, where could all those traffic jams come from anyway? On a straight road, no exit to be seen, yet change lanes and then find out after 100 meters that your previous lane is going faster, so back again with, of course, all the following traffic on the brakes.
And then there are those drivers who just hit the brakes in the middle of no where and then drive on without even a car or scooter in sight.
You can also drive without lights and cross the street dressed as darkly as possible where there is no lamppost in the distance, I almost had a heart attack and a Thai under my front wheel.
Police ? too busy with ? TIT