Word: pratheep
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...first tuk tuks were imported from Japan in 1959, but within a year the Thais started making their own, much cheaper version, which quickly displaced its pedal-driven cousin, the samlor. "I can still remember hopping into my first tuk tuk," says Pratheep Sieangwarn, who switched from pedal power to one of the first Japanese imports when he was 24. "Oh boy, were they fast. It was fun." A month shy of 70, he quit driving only two years ago and remains president of the Tricycle Association of Thailand. "I miss driving every single day," he admits. "I'd never...
...Pratheep enjoyed a charmed life behind the handlebars: not a single serious accident, although he says countless driver friends were maimed or killed over the years. "But I don't believe tuk tuks are more dangerous than other vehicles, as long as you are trained to drive them," he says. Ask Pratheep what the future holds for the tuk tuk, and he gets misty eyed. "Will there be tuk tuks in Bangkok in five years? I think so. In 20? I doubt it. One thing I know?Bangkok won't be the same without them." How so? "I think they...
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