Firstly, I don't like overtaking on the LHS, I've seen many of these incidents end in tears but having said that I'm not going to get too worked up about it either, this is LOS.....Have you actually seen how many people overtake up the left hand side? It occurs by the minute on just about every road in Thailand.
The other day I was just bobbing along a road not unsimilar to that one in the video doing my 60-65km/h, in my own little world. Vehicular traffic was going left right and centre, all at warp fact 120 plus and I spent the majority of my time as far left as I could get, with at least one eyeball pinned to my RHS rear vision mirror, waiting for that jerk who was going to run me down in cold blood .....
I've even had cars undertake me on the dirt verge to the road, so get real.
The little stunt by Jimknight in this video was fairly boring to say the least & would hardly qualify him for evil knievel status
^Anyway, irregardless of which side you overtake them on or which ever way they are traveling, you need to take great care because they can suddenly diverge left or right without warning & do so without indicating, checking mirrors or even a slight headcheck.
Of course after diverging so carelessly and crashing they will be quick to look for a few $$$$ baht & try and blame someone else for the whole thing . Its a mad and bad world out there, you need to have eyes everywhere to avoid trouble.
Funny........ yes you might only get wasted if another driver does something stupid, but that is the whole point! Minimizing that risk is what makes a good rider. Like it or not, undertaking on a narrow patch of one lane road puts yourself and others in a very risky position. It has nothing to do with over regulation etc.....
If you were only putting your own life at risk, then it would be all fine, however, by driving recklessly you are risking other peoples lives as well. If you were trained to ride a bike properly you would know that and as I am sure you are a decent guy, I just don't really understand it.
Look Madjbs, you're in Thailand now, get used to it.
You need to leave your Euro-highway code head at the airport and put on a 'will it hit me, is it dangerous, can I make it? Yes I can' head on.
Otherwise they'll always be the JKs, Neverdies and so on on the one side and you, with all your 'do it the 'safe-farang way' on the other.
Listen to some of this before you answer and get your groove on to the adventure beat!
I must admit JK, after watching many of your videos I can say I don't ride like you. I also don't enjoy riding here in Thailand as much as I do back home and thats only got to do with the idiots on the roadway. I still cover a few miles here, but not as many as I use to cover back home.
I guess when I move away from the area I live, perhaps northwards, I will find less cars and idiots and a few more clicks on the doobie may tick over.
I must admit JK, after watching many of your videos I can say I don't ride like you. I also don't enjoy riding here in Thailand as much as I do back home and thats only got to do with the idiots on the roadway. I still cover a few miles here, but not as many as I use to cover back home.
I guess when I move away from the area I live, perhaps northwards, I will find less cars and idiots and a few more clicks on the doobie may tick over.
Get with the groove dude, but do it safely.
The groove is safe dude, the duel vid took place in the wastelands of isaan.
I doubt the driver was even aware you were there. This is just how Thai's drive. Pass whenever you can and sometimes when you can't. It's like having a country full of 16 year old boys behind the wheel in terms of judgment, common sense, and in most cases, experience. Go=pedel to the floor.
I second that. Doubt the driver was aware of the bike behind. And if he were, it was not his duty to slow down and go on the verge to make passing space for you. And he was slowing because he could not ram a slower vehicle when there was no room for passing. This is normal on roads in Thailand and most other countries. You say you had been on the road for two days and was tired? The easy thing would have been to ease off the throttle for a minute or two and let him disappear. But no, you had to show him, didn't you? One reason I decided against having a bike in Thailand, was for all these braindeads on bikes who think they are immortal. Oh, and before you ask, I have been riding and racing motorcycles for over 40 years. Bigger than 400cc.
And Scuba, I'd like to change your figure to 12 year olds!
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