I lived in Chiang Mai Thailand.
at the end of the dry season it gets horrendously polluted.
all the farmers burning off their silage.
I have a scooter and have driven there.
dangerous.
if you get hit from behind stopped at a stop sign or stop light.
by a drunken thai doing 100 kilometers an hour
with a bottle of vodka in one hand.
and a baby in the other.
you are liable for any damages
done to the Thai.
if he breaks his neck and the baby dies.
you're screwed.
the logic ????? goes like this.
the accident would not have happened had you not been in Thailand.
got robbed 4 times.
my passport twice.
ran off the road once.
and I have heard numerous other stories worse than mine.