There is a city legend in Russia: if you put a CD under a windscreen, it will cheat a traffic police speed gun (stupid, I know). But, in Thailand police uses radar guns rarely, mostly far outside cities and never inside. So, why Thais put bunches of old CDs on motorcycles? And why they prefer [...]

Don’t want to converse with friendly Thai policemans too often? Don’t want to pay fines? Want to have a green light everywhere? You need to know only 3 rules of Thai unofficial highway code. Rules applicable for foreigners only, because for Thai people 3 rules are too much to remember and follow – too much [...]

I found a very helpful and well-made website about life in Thailand – Freebeerforyorky. For us, motorcyclists, more interesting part is “Driving in Rural Thailand”. Yorky, the author of named after website, allowed me to republish typical manoeuvers, which Thai drivers use everyday. For Western drivers, who can lose driving license after 1 mistake, some [...]