As we were stuck in standstill traffic, similar to that in Vegas on a Saturday night, motorbike after motorbike weaved through the parking lot of cars making their way to the front. Steve says that a lot of them are bike taxis, hired to take a person across the traffic. Last night we watched as two of them almost collided in front of us. As yet I have not seen one fenderbender, although I have seen a few cars that need to go to a wrecking yard just sitting on the side of the road. One thing I'm confused about is why there are lane dividers painted on the asphalt, because it seems that they are not considered when drivers are moving down the road. Sometimes drivers move to the opposite side of the road, driving towards oncoming traffic before squeezing back into the correct side. Intersections are almost always congested with cars and tuk tuks (pronounced tk tk), which look like an extended golf cart and are hired to move people. Survival of the fittest seems to be the rule of the road.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Anything Goes
My first impression of Bangkok was from the inside of a car as we were transported from the airport to our hotel in the heart of the city. My best description of the driving situation here is "anything goes". As far as I can tell, those who drive motorcycles can do anything and go anywhere. 
As we were stuck in standstill traffic, similar to that in Vegas on a Saturday night, motorbike after motorbike weaved through the parking lot of cars making their way to the front. Steve says that a lot of them are bike taxis, hired to take a person across the traffic. Last night we watched as two of them almost collided in front of us. As yet I have not seen one fenderbender, although I have seen a few cars that need to go to a wrecking yard just sitting on the side of the road. One thing I'm confused about is why there are lane dividers painted on the asphalt, because it seems that they are not considered when drivers are moving down the road. Sometimes drivers move to the opposite side of the road, driving towards oncoming traffic before squeezing back into the correct side. Intersections are almost always congested with cars and tuk tuks (pronounced tk tk), which look like an extended golf cart and are hired to move people. Survival of the fittest seems to be the rule of the road.
As we were stuck in standstill traffic, similar to that in Vegas on a Saturday night, motorbike after motorbike weaved through the parking lot of cars making their way to the front. Steve says that a lot of them are bike taxis, hired to take a person across the traffic. Last night we watched as two of them almost collided in front of us. As yet I have not seen one fenderbender, although I have seen a few cars that need to go to a wrecking yard just sitting on the side of the road. One thing I'm confused about is why there are lane dividers painted on the asphalt, because it seems that they are not considered when drivers are moving down the road. Sometimes drivers move to the opposite side of the road, driving towards oncoming traffic before squeezing back into the correct side. Intersections are almost always congested with cars and tuk tuks (pronounced tk tk), which look like an extended golf cart and are hired to move people. Survival of the fittest seems to be the rule of the road.
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