Originally Posted by
jpatokal
And oh,
maskedavenger, since you asked about "abject terror", I've had a taxi blow a tire at 160 kph on the old Don Muang (Uttaraphimuk) tollway. Fortunately, the cabbie managed to bring the car under control and exit the highway gracefully, but the end result could have been much worse...
and this is one reason why I'll be patronizing the airport link whenever I can.
A blown tire only happens in Thailand? Interesting.
On my taxi rides I find that they do drive fast, rarely signal, change lanes with minimal space available, tailgate etc. In the US they'd be called morons. In Mumbai they'd be called conservative.
The train won't help get me to my normal haunts unfortunately. If only they would have constructed it to Victory Monument which is a hub of transpo activity.