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In Topic: Thai Truck Drivers..
2011-11-26 09:23:57
SimonD, on 2011-11-26 02:35:39, said:
WarpSpeed, on 2011-11-26 00:59:16, said:
...looking well ahead to read the road and driving defensively without tunnel vision.
Spot On!
Any decent professional driver is not just concentrating on reading 'his' own road, but everybody else's around him as well. He (or she) wil be aware what the 'average idiot road user' is likely to do before that thought has even occured to the 'average idiot' (which includes pedestrians). When you are driving a multi-tonne vehicle at any reasonable speed it doesn't stop on a sixpence when the brakes are applied. Also, when turning a corner, a long vehicle may have to swing out wide to clear the roadside before moving back in. So, give it room (give way), keep within braking distance and drive defensively and hopefully you will get you are going in one piece. Applies to any country in the world, but especially in those with poor traffic discipline, like Thailand.
Remember the old adage: 'Better to get there half and hour late than 30 years early...'
I agree totally. bad driving is just bad driving no matter what vehicle you are in.
I think singling out trucks because they are bigger is a soft target, especially if you have no qualification to understand just how differently a large vehicle responds compared to a car. Those of us that do know how to read what other vehicles might be about to do.
