I call Malaysia the most dangerous place to ride a bike, people here have little or no regard for bikes, the moto is "If I can still drive away I will, unless they are on an expensive bike, then I will blame them and sue".
In the 30 years that I have been driving I have had 4 accidents (only one where I was seriously hurt, none my fault) and all but one were in Malaysia. I have been hit by 3 scooters, 2 at the same time, I think they were racing, that accident the cops refused to even come. I refused to pay any damages and my company car got fixed by the company. The 2 guys on the bikes accused me of running them over, funny all the damage was to the rear end of the car, they actually hit the rear bumper of the car while I was stopped at a red light. The other scooter that hit me was without a doubt planned, he was after cash and side swiped my car, no damage to anyone, I called the cops and guess what, they declined to come.
Here you have to be an Offensive driver to survive, if you are meek you will be driven over.
When I drove in Thailand I had the same reaction that you had, like I said that is the part of the trip that makes me a little scared, ok a lot. I figure I will have to drive about 2600 km in Thailand and that is through some of the bad sh!t as far as I know, maybe shipping the bike to Vietnam
