Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2017 16:29:35 GMT 7
Traffic levels are getting out of control. Bottlenecks emerging everywhere including the infamous Maya junction.
Superhighway is undergoing construction work, another nightmare.
But the new hellhole is from Mae Fak through Mae Jo on a Friday evening. Deathwish 2017.
Three drunk drivers swerving all over the road, running across three lanes in Mae Jo. The usual mentalist drivers, the usual lunatic motorcyclists. Which is a bit unfair on the majority who recognise how dangerous this wide highway is and drive defensively.
But there's always one, or two, or two dozen in this case.
I'm at the point now I loathe driving in this city during daylight hours. Police checks all over the place, causing tailbacks. Immense amounts of commercial vehicles, and every day this week I've seen the aftermaths of motorcycle accidents.
As a pedestrian, crossing the road in Nimman or around the moat is a risky business. I often see tourists sranding bemused by the side of the road waitibg for a gap in traffic. And we all know that Thai drivers disregard pedestrian crossings, especially motorcyclists. I now fear sitting at a red light in case I get wiped from behind, as happened to my Muay Thai trainer. I spend more time looking in my mirrors and doing the 'lifesaver," look than looking at the road ahead at times.
And the worst of it all is? I can't see it getting any better.
Oh, well.
Superhighway is undergoing construction work, another nightmare.
But the new hellhole is from Mae Fak through Mae Jo on a Friday evening. Deathwish 2017.
Three drunk drivers swerving all over the road, running across three lanes in Mae Jo. The usual mentalist drivers, the usual lunatic motorcyclists. Which is a bit unfair on the majority who recognise how dangerous this wide highway is and drive defensively.
But there's always one, or two, or two dozen in this case.
I'm at the point now I loathe driving in this city during daylight hours. Police checks all over the place, causing tailbacks. Immense amounts of commercial vehicles, and every day this week I've seen the aftermaths of motorcycle accidents.
As a pedestrian, crossing the road in Nimman or around the moat is a risky business. I often see tourists sranding bemused by the side of the road waitibg for a gap in traffic. And we all know that Thai drivers disregard pedestrian crossings, especially motorcyclists. I now fear sitting at a red light in case I get wiped from behind, as happened to my Muay Thai trainer. I spend more time looking in my mirrors and doing the 'lifesaver," look than looking at the road ahead at times.
And the worst of it all is? I can't see it getting any better.
Oh, well.
