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Call: Documentary maker is looking for victims/witnesses of dangerous traffic in Bangkok
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Dear Thailand lovers, Let me introduce myself. My name is Mick Ras and I am currently working on a documentary about Bangkok's dangerous traffic. For this documentary I would like to get in touch with people who have experienced a serious traffic accident in Bangkok.
Do you know someone who has had a traffic accident or have you experienced this yourself? Send an email to [email protected] or post a comment with your e-mail address under this post and I will send you an e-mail.
I don't think the traffic in Bangkok is that dangerous, but mostly busy. You can't easily cause an accident if you're stuck in a traffic jam. It is mainly the provincial roads with the U-turns that are life-threatening. Another problem is speeding, alcohol abuse in traffic and motorcyclists without a helmet. Most road casualties are motorbike drivers.
And don't forget driving without proper training. Obtaining the Thai driver's license is nothing. If the drivers already have a driver's license. Many run without it.
Road safety is not that bad in BKK.
Of course many accidents happen there, but usually only damage to the roof. Logical because of the many files.
Before you are up to speed, you already brake again.
Outside of Bangkok, highways and secondary roads can be dangerous, especially due to the high speed of some pilots.
Overtake left and right on the straight stretches of tarmac and panic ensues as soon as there is a bend.
Many use the right turn signal to turn left or merge in and out without signaling.
Or it is not possible to estimate if traffic coming from behind is approaching them, for example to overtake a truck on the right. They step on the brakes while they have enough time to overtake the same truck.
I've gotten used to it.
Adjust and fit and keep an eye on the mirrors.
And yet there are pilots who out of nowhere overtake me on the right side of the hard shoulder.
The heart beats in my throat.
I completely agree with Keith. It lacks an appropriate driving course. Nobody has a suitable education and just does something. I drive regularly in Bangkok with no problems, but you have to have eyes in the back of your head.
Motorcyclists go about their business, and cars against traffic. But that is the same throughout Thailand.
Just watch out what other road users are doing.
Hi Hank,
I would like to learn more about your experiences with traffic in Bangkok. If you are open to this, could you email me at [email protected]?
Regards,
Mick
I agree with the comments above. In Bangkok it is not that dangerous compared to the rest of the country. Indeed the u-turns, especially when trucks go through them with a wide curve. The emergency lanes are scooter lanes. Harder than 50, no helmet, glass up… Every Thai knew someone who met his or her end like this. Me too, after a friend of mine died in an accident last year.
Fortunately, I never saw or experienced an accident. Well once, that was in Bangkok, saw a scooter on a busy main road. A few feet away lay a man. A few officers directed traffic, but otherwise did nothing. I hope the man was still alive.
Since the Covid crisis and the related fact that the boat on the river no longer sailed, I went to the office every day by car. From Talingchan to Bang Rak, on the main road. Every working day, at approximately 08.00:10. What I have seen cannot be described in words: an accident every other day, ambulances, people who drive too fast every day, overtaking on the emergency lane, bombers that rush past you like flies; in XNUMX years, two students died in traffic in Bangkok.
Now in Udonthani, daily on the road. Yes, strange u-turns and the occasional driver who thinks he is Max Verstappen. But on average people drive slower here, and there is less traffic and more tolerance.
So in Bangkok less dangerous? Absolutely not.
Hi Stan,
We are sorry to read that you have lost a friend due to traffic in Thailand. Condolences with this loss. I would like to ask some questions about your experience with traffic in Bangkok. If you are open to this, could you email me at [email protected]?
Regards,
Mick
I have a confession… for many years now I have been going to Koh Chang by car every year… back and forth from BKK.
This year, for some reasons, even from Koh Chang to Koh Samui by car…. and never I say never seen an accident let alone experienced it ... heard a lot.
Accidents on Koh Chang, mostly tourists on motorbikes, an average of 50 people per year, this is two per week if one takes into account the tourist season ... I know this from various reliable sources, but never seen anything of it myself (is not smeared either ).
This haunts me a bit because people read and hear that Thailand is one of the … in the world …
I find this strange because I don't think they ride like cowboys .. freight transport is another thing, yes sometimes I have to hold my breath ... especially when I see a mother with her three children on the motorbike ...
Maybe I'm an exception.
U-turns dangerous in Thailand?
I don't have to remember that there are intersections on these types of roads (without traffic lights) in Thailand
Kris V, and do you think intersections with traffic lights are safe? Yes, if you are a truck driver, then: a dot of gas at yellow, press that big horn and 'might is right…' Then give me a U-turn; then at least one takes back gas.
I recently learned that there are indeed driving schools in Thailand.
My friend's daughter got her driver's license. She proudly showed that piece of paper through a photo while standing next to the lesson car.
Apparently the Thai driving schools don't drive around so flashy with a sign on top of the car, but with text printed on the side of the car.
Thai driving schools almost only drive on their own enclosed grounds and not on public roads.
Apparently my wife was the exception to the rule. She took 20 one-hour lessons with a driving instructor in Pattaya. With her own car and without double controls etc. She drove everywhere in Pattaya and the surrounding area. I was not happy with that at the start. But she did pass cum laude and now drives like the best.