Part of the reason I am moving back to Canada. Driving on Thailands roads is crazy. They are absolutely insane and no one in this country knows how to drive. Just designated the msot dangerous country in the world to drive.
24,000 people dead per year and the crazy part is the statistic is actually much, much higher than that. In Thailand it is not considered a traffic fatality if the person was alive upon arrival to hospital. If the person dies in hospital, even if only minutes later, then it doesn't count.
Every day I see the craziest videos on Facebook. Just the other day a bunch of people were ran over in traffic because a car driver high on meth claimed to have a seizure. 2 died at the scene, multiple died at hospital apparently. 2 weeks a modified pickup truck carrying like 15 people crashed into a tree because the husband and wife driving got into a physical fight. 5 teenage school girls were killed, again more died at hospital.
I know I can die in a traffic accident in Canada but it's far less likely. Plus there is some semblance of law and order which can't be said about Thailand. I'm going to try and reduce mine or my families risk of dying randomly. Hopefully I can manage not to trip over my dog on the way to the toilet and die tonight.
Since living in Asia I finally get where the "asians are bad drivers" stereotype comes from. Drivers in Asia are freaking aggressive as hell and the right of way goes to whoever has the biggest vehicle. I have a lot of immigrant friends in Canada and they always ask me "why do you look over your shoulder before switching lanes?" They have no idea what shoulder checking is ---
