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Home » Remarkable » 'That's how it can be' - Amazing Thailand (video)
'That's how it can be' - Amazing Thailand (video)
You can laugh about it, shrug your shoulders, marvel at it. But what this man is doing on the public road is of course very dangerous.
Thai people are practical and solve certain problems in their own way. You can ask whether that is wise. Often things go well, but sometimes things go wrong and then people are injured or even killed.
In this video you can see how an excavator is parked on a low loader. Not the way it should be, but the Thai way.
Video 'That's how it can be'
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Why do so many accidents happen in Thailand! Just read about the bus accident, and then you get to see another such example.
This truck is not a low loader! If only it were a low loader it would be a lot easier and safer! This is a tandem axle and not really suitable for this machine that is too heavy, it can also be seen that the truck has deliberately not been put on the handbrake, otherwise I don't think it will load it! Hopefully he has still lashed the machine, because your load is unstable on such a truck, it has to do with the height of the suspension, etc., in contrast to a low-loader that is low to the road, which means that your load is lower and more stable, and ensures that your load is not top-heavy, otherwise it can fall over at the first bend.
Oh well, if it doesn't go the way it should, it should be the way it goes.
But of course it's not wise.
Keep in mind that these kinds of scenes are not only common in Thailand but all over the world, this is not only related to amazing thailand.
After all, the money, material, regulations and knowledge that we have here in Western Europe are not available everywhere.
In these parts of the world you often have to make do with what you have and they do that, although it is of course not as safe as here, but if you can't handle that, you better stay in Europe
Dear Rick, (hopefully this won't be seen as chatting by the moderator)
This is the Thailand blog, so it's about what is going on in Thailand, we respond to that anyway and that things like this or worse happen in the rest of the world, is irrelevant anyway.
Should we then turn our heads away from everything that goes wrong in Thailand and pretend nothing is wrong?
Of course it's a funny sight when you see how that jerk is loading his car, and it's also a funny sight when you see a father and mother with two children tearing through Bangkok on a moped without a helmet, until the the moment you have to pick them off the asphalt.
Should I stay in Europe if I can't handle this, and money, regulations, and material are all present in Thailand, it's just used in the wrong way, is my humble opinion.
Sincerely,
John Hegman
I've never heard anyone complain about that rule.
I love how Thais get everything done with very primitive means.
Their spirit level is just a plastic tube, they move an old house with about 12 men in 1 day, and when you see how they do it and without grumbling, my respect.
A transparent hose with water for the measurement (height) works perfectly, 100%
accurate is also used in the west if there is no laser available, nothing wrong with that.
There are low loaders, but for small companies with such a dredge to get it on a normal truck, this is the only affordable solution, and this is something that happens throughout Thailand, only with one a bit neater than with the other. if the job is done. It is things like this that keep Thailand affordable
I have seen this piece of art in my street dozens of times, nothing surprises me anymore
But what control over his machines…
Well, here comes the problem again: rule enforcement.
What good are traffic safety rules and regulations if the traffic police are only interested in enforcing them as far as minor offenses are concerned.
People without an international or Thai driver's license, who have much more driving experience and traffic insight than many holders of a Thai driver's license, will probably get more money much faster and, above all, much easier and more frequently. Whether that is to feed the official government fines, we leave it in the middle. In the "best" case, the thus "raised" resources are used for a "noble" purpose, such as e.g. is embellishing and expanding the intangible police infrastructure. In the interest of better service, of course!
I witnessed it just yesterday, at an extremely busy intersection with traffic lights. A policeman had taken up a somewhat concealed position and within half an hour he verbalized a dozen unsuspecting motorcyclists who were waiting for the green light before the (barely visible) stop line. None of those motorcyclists hindered the traffic in the slightest (nor the crossing pedestrians - none, for example, stopped at the zebra crossing), let alone posed/caused/provoked any danger.
In that same period of time I saw at least twenty cars (mainly baht buses, but also large tour buses and light trucks) drive through the red traffic light, although it had already been red for at least a few seconds. Needless to say that - especially the heavy and unwieldy buses - each time many weaker road users (pedestrians and motorcyclists crossing the zebra crossing, who are always waiting at the front at the traffic lights) were in real danger.
Although the diligent policeman did see this several times, he apparently did not care and left all these would-be murderers undisturbed.
And this is just one very typical example of the Thai police approach to road safety. Police approach that can be designated as the number one cause without further ado and with a huge dot when talking about the dramatic traffic accident statistics in Thailand.
But maybe as a farang I see that completely wrong again, from my western background…
Gr Kito