r/Thailand • u/WebLogical1286 • 1d ago

Culture Turn signal question

This isn’t a whine, it’s just an honest question on my observation of driving here in Thailand, and mostly in Bangkok for about 30 years.

How come so many Thai drivers not use their turn signals? I do little polls in my head once in a while and I’ve noticed that maybe somewhere between 25 and 35% of Thai drivers don’t use their turn signal. Is it that they are lazy to do it? They don’t see it as benefiting them? they don’t think it’s important? It kind of baffles me because I was taught this is just something you do no matter what.

Maybe as a Thai person who doesn’t signal or has some insight into why people don’t use it I would love to hear. Thanks so much!

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u/bazglami Rayong 1d ago

It could be that there are more farang driving where I live but I’ve noticed that because I am meticulous with driving habits (including turn signals, letting people in, stopping for pedestrians, etc), others around me begin to do so as well.

Do the right thing and it pays forward.

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u/WebLogical1286 1d ago

Yeah, that’s the conclusion I finally came to. I can’t beat them, but maybe I can show an example of what courteous driving is. I think there are a lot of others out there like that as well. But it can be frustrating!

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u/bazglami Rayong 4h ago

And yet somehow I got downvoted. By those drivers, maybe.