wow. they're so smooooooth. they function as ANTS because they naturally create their own pathway without recklessly hurting anyone. this concept is the same as this.

@Dezinerdreams - Unbelievable! Driving is juggling! Thanks! I can't help laughing when watching the film.

@Dezinerdreams - You made my day.

@Dezinerdreams - @choyshinglin - You sure that wasn't shot here in Bangkok? =)  They cheated a bit, though, and sped up the video.  It makes it look crazier than it is.  Although I did consider speeding up my posting, too...

@christao408 - I failed to notice that the film was speeded up. It would not look so crazy if it was not speeded up. The moral is: don't believed what is shown on films.

that was interesting-

I didn't ask if my brother was Thai because he loved it there but I asked if your partner is Thai? jilly

I was going to say, India is just like that, except people in India don't smile when they are crossing the intersections.They ALL think it is their God-given right to make it through that intersection before any one else does.

However, Chris, I have seen streets in Paris with similar chaotic problem. Yeah not too different from Italy.

@Redlegsix - A few years ago, the government mandated that all taxis switch to compressed natural gas for fuel.  This went hand-and-hand with a mass updating of the fleet, so most of them are relatively new Toyota Corollas.

@murisopsis - "color inside the line" - LOL  That's hard to do here.  No lines but lots of color.

@yang1815 - What's the expression?  "Don't knock it till you've tried it."

@iso_whiteSnow - Interesting comparison.  Yes, viewed from above, it does kind of look like a colony of ants hard at work, flowing smoothly around each other.

@stevew918 - Interestingly, it is this uncontrolled chaos that makes bicycling pretty safe.  All in the all, the drivers really do pay a lot more attention and have a lot less of this "this lane is my rightful space" attitude that I find in the US.

@XXKimPossibleXX - That's eactly how to describe it.  Make room where there is room, yield to someone who has already started to cut in front of you, and don't lose your cool.  You'll get where you are going.

@lil_squirrel4ever - My experience, though, is that Canadians are a little better on the roads (just a teensy bit) than their American neighbors.  Generally, speeds seem slower up there.  My first trip to YVR, a drive up from San Francisco, I was pulled over in downtown for making an illegal left turn.  They left me off with a warning, thankfully, as I was a lost tourist.

@icebladz - C'mon... it will be fun! 

@TheCheshireGrins - With your nice personality, I'm sure you'd do just fine driving here.

@Jillycarmel - Yes, Tawn is a native of Bangkok.  We've been together more than nine years now.

@Wangium - That is what really amazes me, Jason.  There are so many fewer accidents than you would expect.  Sadly, when Thais get out on the open road, their inner speed demon is unleashed and there are some horrific results.

@ZSA_MD - I like to say that my training for driving in Bangkok was a week spent driving in Milan.  =)

@ElusiveWords - Yes, it is the amulets.  See, you're getting past your farang-ness.  =)

@christao408 - 

I thought with the name Tawn he might be. So you have been there how long now?

my brother loves it over there and would live there now if his wife would agree.

@Jillycarmel - It will be four years in October.  Life here is quite good.  Of course, I suppose it wouldn't appeal to everyone.

4 yrs is along time. 

 My brorher really likes it and wants his wife to go over there to visit since she just retired recently. We had a cousin over there but for years but he's recently moved back to the states.