A guest with questions

Since I took up residence in Thailand two years ago, I have been shocked by some of the things that happen here. But I am a foreigner, a guest in your country, so I put up with these “cultural differences”.

In PostBag, Jan 11, it was interesting to see three letters echoing some of the problems we all find in Thailand.

1. Khlong of death: “Khlong Saen Saep has been turned into a racetrack, rubbish dump and death trap”. This applies to almost every khlong in Thailand.

2. Asleep in the room: Manual Traffic Management never works as well as computerised traffic management. In the UK we say, “put a cop in charge of traffic lights if you want to create chaos”.

3. Drivers and questions: Blacked out windows. Using a mobile phone while driving. Shoulder check while changing lanes. The practice of “undertaking” on all roads from motorways to small town centre sois. Motorbikes with almost zero insurance.

Are these legal in Thailand? If not, legislation needs to be enacted. If yes, then get the police to do their job.