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passing 1000 cars in Bangkok traffic - One nigt in Bangkok

submitted by deathcow

1 decade 2 years 2 months 2 weeks ago

Here in America, some psycho would try to kill you with their car door. In Bangkok, this is normal and expected. Many times you will see snakes of 10 or 20 motorbikes weaving in and out of spaces between cars and steadily advancing to the front of each intersection. Commonly at red lights the first few rows will be packed with 20+ motorbikes.

4 Comments

cyberwire says...

upvote purely because I love the soundtrack, CHESS is an all-time favorite of my families.

Not in all of America, in California lane splitting is very common, I've never had anyone try to hit me and I haven't seen it happen to other motorcyclists. The worst I've seen is someone moving over and blocking their way.

Currently live in Thailand and have lived many other places in Southeast Asia. Not only do cars not try to block you or get annoyed by this behavior, but refusing to do this will just piss all the other motorcyclists off. I've never ridden a motorcycle in the US, but you do have to be hyper-aware of everything around you in this kind of situation. Actually, Bangkok isn't too bad, but in smaller cities there are tons of random things jumping out from the side of the road (bicycle taxis, food carts, animals) that make it even more hairy. That being said, once you are comfortable with it, it can be exhilarating and definitely time efficient.

Motorcycles Lane Splitting is Safe! has been added as a related post - related requested by deathcow on that post.

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