I took the test once while I was there and failed it because the way the questions were worded it seemed like all or none of the answers could be correct. I later would find out that the test got better because initially it was poorly translated by people with degrees in English.

I do agree the roads are chaos in Thailand but a lot of the road death stuff could be prevented by a serious overhaul of helmet policies. In the over-a-decade that I lived there I knew several people that died on motorbikes and it was always from head wounds and people that habitually wore no helmet. People in the towns I lived in would keep the helmet in the front basket for when they saw a police checkpoint in the distance, others would wear it on top of their head but without the neck strap attached.

If we were able to get statistics about how many of these road deaths are skull trauma from no helmet, I think it would bring the number down by 50%. That's obvious speculation on my part though. My own head met the pavement in such a violent way during a motorbike crash that I was knocked unconscious. Had i not been wearing a helmet I would not be typing to you today but instead, my brains would have been all over that street.