Things I love about Thailand

[midlifecrisis 4,048]

I saw some photos on the Cherry Book Facebook page that remind of why I love going to Thailand.

 

It is just so wonderfully different than our way of life.

 

 

These are not my photos and there was no credit given on the Cherry Bar Facebook page.

 

 

[Grandpollo 366]

That is a huge load on the moto.

 

I saw a Dominican once with two propane tanks on his moto and another one with a built in dishwasher on his lap. Both at highway speeds.

[Butch 3,456]

The first is a photoshop, suspension on the black pickup isn't compressed, and there seems to be a driver with half a head in the one on top!...

 

The second one seems pretty par for the course in SEA, while family on a 150cc moped...eek!

[midlifecrisis 4,048]

The first is a photoshop, suspension on the black pickup isn't compressed, and there seems to be a driver with half a head in the one on top!...

 

The second one seems pretty par for the course in SEA, while family on a 150cc moped...eek!

Good catch. They had others on the site that are similar but I don't see them today. We all know the score.

 

The bottom line for me is that there is more risk to life in Thailand and the government doesn't feel the need to fforce to people to do things for "their own good" as much as in the sterilized USA.

 

As a kid one could ride in the back of a pickup truck here. There were no seatbelts in cars and motorcycle riders almost never were seen wearing helmets. Now the former is illegal, and the other two are mandatory and subject to tickets and fines for not doing so. I understand that it is safer but every time the government makes us do something for our own good we lose a little liberty. Perhaps I just have a small streak of libertarianism in me.

 

In Thailand you do have to wear a motorcycle helmet but when I get on a taxi the helmet they give me to wear would do much to protect me. The added risk over there is exhilarating. Even crossing the street is an adventure. How many times have I tripped on the sidewalks over there as I was not expecting the uneven payment?

[BigDUSA 71]

Good catch. They had others on the site that are similar but I don't see them today. We all know the score.

 

The bottom line for me is that there is more risk to life in Thailand and the government doesn't feel the need to fforce to people to do things for "their own good" as much as in the sterilized USA.

 

As a kid one could ride in the back of a pickup truck here. There were no seatbelts in cars and motorcycle riders almost never were seen wearing helmets. Now the former is illegal, and the other two are mandatory and subject to tickets and fines for not doing so. I understand that it is safer but every time the government makes us do something for our own good we lose a little liberty. Perhaps I just have a small streak of libertarianism in me.

 

In Thailand you do have to wear a motorcycle helmet but when I get on a taxi the helmet they give me to wear would do much to protect me. The added risk over there is exhilarating. Even crossing the street is an adventure. How many times have I tripped on the sidewalks over there as I was not expecting the uneven payment?

My wife and daughter are BSN Registered Nurses. They call guys who ride a motorcycle without a helmet organ donors. Last year we were involved in a very serious auto accident. All the government mandated safety features worked and saved our lives.

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My wife and daughter are BSN Registered Nurses. They call guys who ride a motorcycle without a helmet organ donors. Last year we were involved in a very serious auto accident. All the government mandated safety features worked and saved our lives.

I don't disagree that these mandated regulations save lives.

 

Why do people climb mountains, or base jump off of them? Why do people skydive?

 

The threat of danger is very liberating and exhilarating.

 

Our society gets safer and safer and we continue to try to remove all potential risk to our lives.

 

I was on a motorbike taxi who jumped into Second Road traffic from a side soi. First, we don't have motorbike taxis here, they are too dangerous. Second, surviving the moment was exhilarating.

[TheFiend 1,181]

The first is a photoshop, suspension on the black pickup isn't compressed, and there seems to be a driver with half a head in the one on top!...

 

 

I tend to agree it's a photoshop, but a good one at that. Looking at the way its "loaded" the black one should be dipping down on the passenger side as well as the white truck isn't centrally loaded.