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kleinbl00  ·  2972 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Car owners of Hubski, what do you drive?

Be

Really

FUCKING

CAREFUL.

The other scooter riders around you have a more comfortable relationship with death than you do. They ride accordingly.

When you see a scooter gang, particularly at night, keep your eye out for the unmarked station wagon or truck that follows them. It may have lights, it may not. It's the body carrier. Because healthcare in Thailand is largely privatized and since those scooter gangs tend to collect injuries and fatalities, they can make a living by following them like sharks, waiting for someone to wipe out or die. Most of the time they take the casualties to the temple because it makes them more money than taking them to the morgue.

Any traffic system that includes "body cleanup" as part of the ecosystem is a bad system to ride in. Watch your ass.

    he city has an average of four violent crimes and three fatal road accidents reported each hour of the night; there is no shortage of work.