Yeah,... some regulations or laws about the use of roads, highways, etc... are pretty old and not really up to date anymore...
but as long as there are the same old people (politicians) making or deciding about laws, not much will change.
(No worries... i will not do any talk about politics here... this is a forum about a really nice bike and their even nicer riders
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I think, the lack of teaching the people here in Thailand properly how to drive gets mirrored in the fact, that they have one of the highest death toll rates in traffic accidents world wide.
When i did my driving licences in Germany, years back, there was a minimum amount of hours on the bike (a 27HP Honda and Kawasaki) which you had to fullfill, before you even could get to the exam.
Some of the training and also tests were done on a training area without any traffic and 2/3 of the training and also the exam were done on the public road... in town and over the countryside...
you alone on the bike...connected with a headset and the driving teacher together with the examiner behind in the car.
But after passing the test, you could just go to a Bike Dealer and get a 100HP racer... and kill yourself.
I think, it's not such a bad idea to restrict the max. HP for a bike for the first year ... just to give the rider the chance to gain enough experience, before maybe getting something really big... and especially fast...
I saw 2 guys i knew dying because they couldn't handle the power under their butt...
to accellerate a 160HP monster even a 5year old can do... but to break properly and slow down early enough especially in critical situations is another thing.
sometimes,... laws are also some kind of protection for some individuals.
Ok,... here in Asia the problem with the really big and fast bikes is anyway not soo big, since they are usually damn expensive here and therefor not many can afford one...