Minivan, bus and road accidents

[europtimiste]

Yes, but it is unlikely the tow bar would have been even close to the length of the tow rope, and maybe it would have been thicker/more visible.

Maybe...if....etc..etc....The bikers wanted to drive between 2 large vehicles at a high speed.
The mistake is that nobody used a flag or anything to point out a danger.

[PeteC]

Same old story. Van...before dawn...into a ditch....people killed and injured. Conclusion: Driver fell asleep.

SURAT THANI: One woman was killed and 10 others injured when a van taking them to a popular temple in Nakhon Si Thammarat plunged into a ditch dividing a road in Kanchanadit district of Surat Thani before dawn on Tuesday......

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... urat-thani. (Photos)

[Felipesed1]

Eurotrash, I presume that you do not ride a motorcycle, and hope you do not drive a car, otherwise you would not have made such a stupid, thoughtless comment! You have no idea of the speeds involved, and to blame anyone other than the driver of the towing vehicle is beyond contempt. If the bus had run out of fuel it would have been easier and safer to go to the nearest petrol station and buy 5 litres of diesel.

[europtimiste]

Eurotrash, I presume that you do not ride a motorcycle, and hope you do not drive a car, otherwise you would not have made such a stupid, thoughtless comment! You have no idea of the speeds involved, and to blame anyone other than the driver of the towing vehicle is beyond contempt. If the bus had run out of fuel it would have been easier and safer to go to the nearest petrol station and buy 5 litres of diesel.

Sitting on your ass Felipetrash, it's easy to make any stupid comment. Did you look at the VDO ? Bikers speed ? You think going to a petrol station is easier than towing. I am a motorbike and a car driver and I hope you will be one day in the same situation if you have a car of course....and will be happy somebody offer you towing even with a rope or cable.

[buksida]

Three killed in head-on crash, one pregnant
Three people were killed, one a pregnant woman, and another severely injured when a car and a pickup truck collided head-on in Cha-uat district on Thursday evening.

The fatal crash occurred about 6.30pm in front of the PT petrol station in Nong Tao village on Bolor-Khuan Nong Hong road in tambon Bantoon, Pol Col Thian Banthip, chief of Cha-uat police, said.

Both vehicles, an Isuzu pickup and a Toyota Yaris, were hurled off the road and down the adjoining embankment by the force of the collision.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... e-pregnant

[caller]

Sky news has unexpectedly come up with a fairly major report about the deaths on Thailands Roads. Rather dryly comparing the couldn't care less attitude to how Covid was dealt with. And a harrowing story to start with.

https://news.sky.com/story/killer-roads ... d-12051841

[Big Boy]

No Helmet = 200฿
No Mask = 20,000฿

Speaks volumes

[DSB]

In the UK, it took a generation from the 1960's to convince the majority of people that drink driving was socially unacceptable, they are now successfully campaigning against speeding. Because of corruption, this process has not even started in Thailand yet. I think this thread is good for many more years yet!

[dtaai-maai]

In the UK, it took a generation from the 1960's to convince the majority of people that drink driving was socially unacceptable...

Yes, I'd say it wasn't until the 1980s that the message really got through, and then peer pressure kicked in.

[pharvey]

In the UK, it took a generation from the 1960's to convince the majority of people that drink driving was socially unacceptable...

Yes, I'd say it wasn't until the 1980s that the message really got through, and then peer pressure kicked in.

Not too sure on that being the '80's (along with "Clunk Clip On Every Trip") but we've also taken a backwards step in recent years in my opinion. Believe it or not, an increase in convictions during "Lockdown" so I've read.

[dtaai-maai]

Well, to be fair I was speaking from personal experience in the early 80s. I had a 'there but for the grace of God' moment on the way home from a post-work pint - fortunately one of the local bobbies a. knew me and b. was at the end of his shift...

[Dannie Boy]

In the UK, it took a generation from the 1960's to convince the majority of people that drink driving was socially unacceptable...

Yes, I'd say it wasn't until the 1980s that the message really got through, and then peer pressure kicked in.

so

Figures I looked at show about 85,000 motorists are convicted of drink-driving in England and Wales each year. I have no idea how many get away with it, but I doubt that 85,000 is more than 10% of those that actually drink and drive but don’t get stopped, so could easily be a million that haven’t bowed to peer pressure!!

[buksida]

Three killed, 9 injured in Ubon crash
Three workers of an air-conditioning company were killed and nine other people were injured when a van and a pickup truck collided in Warin Chamrap district of this northeastern province on Sunday, police said.

The accident occurred in heavy rain in the late evening near Tha Charoen village in tambon Tha Lat on the Ubon Ratchathani-Si Sa Ket road. A pickup truck heading for Ubon Ratchathani town slid across the middle line at a bend and turned sideways. blocking the road. It was subsequently rammed on the left side by an on-coming passenger van, which was heading for Si Sa Ket province.

Pol Capt Peerachai Hitarak, an investigator of Huay Khayung police station, said the pickup was loaded with workers of an air-conditioning company returning from work in Si Sa Ket.

Two workers died on the spot. They were Sommai Naloeng, 20, and Nanthawat Phitpong, 31. A third employee, Poempol Kaewkhonkaen, 30, was seriously injured. He died on the way to Warin Chamrap Hospital.

Nine other people were injured in the accident and admitted to the same hospital.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... ubon-crash

[Big Boy]

I don't know if this will make the news, but I was at Hua Hin Hospital Emergency Room earlier when 12 kids were brought in with what I'd class as minor injuries - cuts and bruises are all that I saw, but no idea about internal injuries. Their school minibus had been involved in am accident.

[buksida]

Brit motorcyclist killed by hit-and-run
A British national driving a motorcycle was killed by a hit-and-run driver at an intersection in Muang district late on Wednesday night.

Police and rescuers responded to a call to Phon Lan gate intersection, on Ratchasima-Chok Chai Road in tambon Nai Muang, about 11.35pm.

They found a male foreigner lying face down on the road in a pool of blood near a damaged motorcycle. The man had no pulse. Rescue workers immediately began CPR, but were unable to revive him, according to the police report.

The dead man was a British national, 43, whose name was withheld pending notification of relatives. He had a meal with friends not far from the scene before the crash.

Police believed he was hit by a truck which was driven away afterwards. They were examining footage from surveillance cameras in the area.

The man's body was taken to Maharaj Hospital for post-mortem examination.

The police investigation was continuing.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... it-and-run