Originally Posted by
DiscoMick
I thought of a few motoring rules in Thailand. How do they compare with Doom?
1. Five people can easily be carried on one motorcycle. Optional are chickens, dogs, bags of concrete, gas bottles and other items.
2. Utes can carry at least a dozen people in the tray, plus any item. Buffalo may need restraining by tying a rope to the nose ring.
3. Indicators are only for pussies and need not be used.
4. Horns may be blown frequently, but not continuously, as in Vietnam.
5. Tyres need not match in any way.
6. Speed limit signs are redundant since everyone ignores them.
7. Highway police are only interested in the behaviour of drivers if they have already crashed or can be forced to hand over a 'fine' to avoid having their licence consficated and taken to the police station. A typical fine is 4000 baht, but foreigners have to pay more. The size of the 'fine' increases if the driver protests. Police officers usually have at least 2 families to support, since a second wife is affordable if the monthly salary exceeds 50,000 baht, although beautiful university student second wives are high maintenance and cost more.
8. Trucks and buses always have right of way - the more dented they are, the more right of way they have.
9. Pedestrians are fair game at all times.
10. Taxi and tuk tuk drivers regularly consume various chemicals to stay awake longer on the job. Fares double for foreign passengers. Long distance bus drivers are clinically depressed and suicidal.
J
