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Footage posted online showed a level crossing in Bangkok where many motorcyclists and pedestrians were playing a dangerous game as a train approached.

Some interesting points from 'The Nation', reviewing the expected horror of road deaths at this otherwise happy time:-

''A total of 236 people were killed and 2,265 others injured in 2,194 road accidents over the first four days of the New Year holiday period’s “seven dangerous days”'' and ''Chiang Mai and Nakhon Ratchasima had the highest cumulative fatalities of 12 deaths each''

80% yes 80% of accidents so far involved motorcycles and 65% would seem to have occured on 'local' rather than 'distance' trips ?

''Of the accidents, 80.31 per cent involved motorcycles followed by pick-up trucks at 6.39 per cent. About 39 per cent of the crashes took place on village roads while other 35.29 per cent took place on highway''

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30361400#cxrecs_s

2 bad pile ups today in the media. video below

what a mess we are in here, no matter how many campaigns, slogans, ideas they come out with nothing changes. a Woman dies after being crushed by a ten wheeler carrying earth. a report from dailynews.co.th they think the driver nodded off hit a bridge barrier and overturned.  more pics link



another brake failure VIDEO HERE facebook.com

a couple arguing on the outside lane on Sukhumvit to rayong road, as they argued on the tarmac a truck run them over, there was 4 people, 2 couples on the 1 motorcyc origially, but 2 went to the loo, then the other 2 were hit by a truck, more than once by the look of the video  tnamcot.com


WARNING graphic video

Armed driver in road-rage incident at govt complex  bangkokpost.com

A hot-headed motorist pulled a gun and pointed it angrily at a following vehicle during an unexplained road-rage incident inside the grounds of the government complex on Chaeng Watthana Road in Bangkok's Laksi district.

Video here facebook.com

Senior NACC official named as road-rage gun-pointer

The man who pointed a gun at another motorist at the government complex on Chaeng Watthana Road has been identified as a high-level official of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) after a video clip of the incident went viral on social media.

Media reports quoted NACC secretary-general Worawit Sookboon as saying the road-rage driver was assistant secretary-general, and he had ordered   to make a report on the incident immediately.

Mr Worawit said he had watched the video, in which the driver of a black Honda Accord car drew a pistol and pointed it angrily at the driver of the car behind him in the grounds of the government centre in Bangkok's Laksi district.

Pol Col Parinya Lueang-uthai, chief of Thung Song Hong station, was quoted as saying the owner of the Honda car lived in Thanyaburi district of Pathum Thani and police would bring him in for interrogation.

If it was a fake gun, he would be charged with intimidating another person. If it was a real gun, he would face firearms-related charges, Pol Col Parinya said.

A video of the incident was posted on a Facebook page titled hia khab rod (water lizard driving a car) on Monday. Voices were muted in the dashboard camera clip, which was dated last Wednesday afternoon.

Subtitles on the clip explain the vehicle with the dashcam travelled along Chaeng Watthana Road from Prapa Canal and turned right into the government complex.

The black Honda car followed as they entered the complex grounds. As the dashcam driver slowed down in the face of oncoming traffic, the driver travelling behind suddenly hooted the horn and overtook, travelling fast in the left lane.

After being followed by the dashcam car, the driver of the black Honda car is seen stopping, getting out, gesturing angrily and pointing a pistol at the following vehicle. A woman passenger also gets out and glares, pacing back and forth.

When two security guards quickly show up, the armed man is hustled back into his car by the woman, who also gets back in before the clip ends.

bangkokpost.com

Mother and child in lucky escape under the wheels of a truck - just one of the many accidents today, most caused out of plain stupidity. people who would rather risk their life and their kids to save time. impatience plays a big part in the bad driving of today. the beat goes on.

VIDEO HERE facebook.com

18-wheeler trailer truck loaded with soybeans lost control and fell on top of a passing car nationmultimedia.com

A man is in hospital after an 18-wheeler trailer truck loaded with soybeans lost control and fell on top of a passing car in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district on Sunday afternoon.

6000 Baht for drunk driving (report below)



Driver Fined 6,000 Baht For Lorry Crash That Flattened Car

criminal court on Wednesday found the driver of an 18-wheeler guilty of drunk driving for flattening another car in a May accident, in which the victim narrowly escaped death.

khaosodenglish.com

who is in the wrong

u turn accident


บิ๊กไบค์ชน จยย. อย่างจัง ล้มกลิ้งกลางถนน เจ็บ 3

The daily news keeps up their count on the deaths of Thailands dangerous roads, on wednesday alone 25 people died at the scene of accidents.

255 this month and 8,723 this year. closer to home On Wednesday they said a minivan overturned on the Friendship Highway near the u-turn at Don Yi in Korat. A forty four year old was thrown out and killed. Seven were injured. the total of hospital deaths is not included, quite appalling.

เหตุ9สค

Nah don't stop it's ok

เกรียนเอ๊ย ขับรถไม่มองทางเลย

minding your own when ...

คลิปหญิงยืนริมถนนอยู่ดีๆ ถูกรถไถลชน เดชะบุญแฉลบไปโดนเสาไฟก่อน รอดตายปาฏิหาริย์

lost control as the driver took a sudden turn to avoid colliding against another vehicle

education is badly needed,driving to close at high speeds.like there is no tomorrow and for some there is none.

this might be the reason

VIDEO HERE: facebook.com

driver was reported dead at the hospital. Daily News

ข้ามเลน

just one of the reasons for so much road carnage in Thailand. Two ten wheel trucks rather than wait for a U-turn, drive on the wrong side of the road to get to their turning quicker. pics & video mgronline.com both fined 2,000 baht, their excuse was they were in a hurry to pick up chickens

ยอมจำนน !! 2 หนุ่ม 10 ล้อ ซิ่งย้อนศร เข้าพบขนส่งเมืองกาญจน์ ถูกปรับคนละ 2,000 บาท

Eight die in motorway crash


Photo courtesy of @js100radio

Eight people were killed and four others wounded in a multiple-vehicle crash at Chonburi on the Bangkok inbound lane of Motor Way on Friday everning.

The accident involving an 18-wheel truck, a 10-wheel-truck, a sedan and a pick-up truck at the 57+800 kilometre marker took place at 7pm, resulting in a severe traffic jam.

nationmultimedia.com

citizen's arrest he's somewhat Mao Laew - tnamcot.com

ลุงวัย 70 เมาขับกระบะย้อนศร ชนจักรยานยนต์เจ็บ 1

thanks for stopping

Kid takes a fall

12 year old motorcycle rider killed head crushed by tour bus - thethaiger.com

COMMENT: What does it take to change driving habits?

Yesterday we had to report the sad news of a 12 year old  who fell off the motorbike he was driving whilst his 12 year old passenger had to watch in horror as his friend’s head was crushed by a tour bus which was following behind. On his own admission the two were travelling very fast, apparently racing another motorbike that had three other school friends on it.

None of them were wearing bike helmets.

12 years old, travelling at high speed on a busy road, no bike helmets, no motorbike licence – a recipe for disaster and a cautionary tale. As is often the case, we didn’t share some of the photos sent to us with the story. The boy’s head had been crushed and his brains were splattered all over the road. While many of these graphic photos are still acceptable with some Thai media we opt for the western sensibility and not share these challenging images.

We rarely report motorbike accidents at The Thaiger as there are so many of them around Phuket and Thailand. But this one hit home with our staff, some of them parents, aware that the boy’s family and friends will have to grieve their loss and go through the process of burying their son, brother and friend.

Statistically, if you wear a helmet, drive carefully and under the speed limit, are not driving carelessly, don’t drink and drive or are not a male between the ages of 17-24, you are no more likely to have an accident than the average in any other country. Our problem in Thailand is that there are so many people caught up in a culture where you don’t wear a helmet, where drunk driving is acceptable and speeding is second nature. So few Thais have real motorcycle licences and any training for motorbike skills is really only learned on the road. Underage drivers, driving with three or more on a motorbike, driving without helmets, drunk driving – all just part of life in Thailand.

Maybe, being Buddhists, we don’t fear death as much as other cultures. We believe our souls will be re-incarnated. Maybe we need more fear to start to change our habits. Many Thais now recognise we have a national crisis on our hands with the country registering the highest road toll in the world, mostly motorbike drivers and passengers. Mostly accidents involving drink driving or speed. I have been to two funerals for people I know dying in motorbike accidents already this year.

I would like to see our police and politicians taking a more serious role in promoting better driving habits and spending money on campaigns to promote better habits on the roads and to enforce, severely, drunk and speeding drivers on our roads. It’s worked in other countries. Why not Thailand?

We send the deepest condolences to the family of 12 year old whose death was avoidable and unnecessary.

thethaiger.com

i can go faster than you - oh! shight

แซงซ้ายเพราะติดพวกแช่ขวา ผลเป็นไงหล่ะ

Daily News reports two injured

เปิดคลิปนาทีชีวิตคนขับรถไถ บรรทุกพุ่งอัดกลางถนนเจ็บ2

Here in Kanada, if an emergency vehicle, police, fire, ambulance etc have their emergency lights activated one must pull to the right ASAP and stop. Large fine & demerit points for not doing this.

Also just enacted last year is a law requiring motorists when aproaching an emergency vehicle stopped on the side of the road, the motorist's MUST slow down and move to the left, another hefty fine & demerit points for this also.
(Just swap the left & right moves for Thailand)

A hefty punishment for drivers who fail to give way to ambulance with critically injured patient on board.

The administrator called for the increase of the current 500 baht fine for such offence to 10,000-20,000 baht, and a suspension of driving license from 1-3 months.  englishnews.thaipbs.or.th

So there needs to be a "critically" injured patient" on board? When the ambulance is still on its way to the accident scene without any patient on board it does not have the right of way, people can die at the accident scene, because the ambulance comes too late? Sounds to me like lawmakers, who don't know what they're doing!

The ambulance driver thought the pick-up driver might not have heard him so he uses his loud speaker twice, then after more than a minute the driver finally pulled over. The delay was vital and the victim died before the ambulance could get to him to help. dailynews.co.th

เจออีก!กระบะไม่หลบรถพยาบาล

This is an obvious case. In Germany recently there was a big discussion, that drivers often just don't know how to clear an emergency lane in a traffic jam, whether to move to the left or right, how to make the different drivers cooperate with each other and clear the emergency lane with the perspective of the ambulance.

A man has been arrested - article in en. below

samuitimes.com

What's got that vigilantism to do with driving? It's unclear, whose fault that scrape was, but in any case the guy attacked the lady. He might have read BF's posts in this thread and thought it proper to follow the portrayed "foreigners' Americans' style", taking the described American policemen's reaction into his own hands. She's gotta be glad, he didn't carry a gun! 

A bit uncalled for Johnnie....!!

Teacher, 50, dragged from her car and beaten by man

Driving in Thailand seems to be getting worse and worse, sanook.com reports   A 50 year old lady teacher was dragged from her car by a man in a pick-up over a minor scrape whilst driving, captured on CCTV She was assaulted with kicks and fists and wound up in hospital with multiple bruises and facial injuries.

 CCTV at a U-Turn showed a pick-up collide with a woman on a motorcycle and drag her along the road before seemingly fleeing the scene of the accident.

 

TNews presenters on TV were some of the first to suggest that police must hunt down the driver of the pick-up without delay. They expressed amazement that the driver didn't see the motorcyclist then drove off after running her down.

 

But the driver of the pick-up did not need to be hunted at all.

 

She was found to have stopped just meters down the road just out of view of the CCTV. Her name was Kaysorn Pensawat, 39, and she got out of her vehicle and went to see what she had done.

 

Fortunately the female motorcyclist was only slightly hurt. There were many Good Samaritans already on the scene - including a dog that came to help.

 

The police have charged Kaysorn with negligent and reckless driving causing injury and damage to property.

 

TNews reported in online media later that Kaysorn was a Thai tourist from out of town. 

Funny you should mention that

I was thinking the same, my licence expires in 2 yrs. I really hate having to drive into town, there are so many cars on the road as well, mrs.t yelling in my ear, mind that motorbike, you cannot take your eyes of the road for 1 second. i don't go any distance only chumpuon to korat for 90 day report, might not renew, there is always a car/driver on hand here, for a few hundred bht or mrs. has a licence, then i do start yelling when they cut her up on the road

PS: Don't get wound up it's only a forum, more important things in life    

I hear ya man. I'm seriously considering just hiring a driver.  Perhaps one of those mini-vans all decked out inside would be cool.  The more I think about it, the more I like the idea.

BF you might want to view this clip before you buy that Jeep Grand Cherokee.

FCA have a very bad track record of customer service et all.
I know first hand I have a 2008 Jeep grand cherokee Overland Diesel here in Canada. the service that I get from the stealer, yes that's what we call them here is atrocious, this is my first and last Jeep, its a 4 letter word any way.

The engine is the Mercedes Benz 3L v6 diesel which is fairly good but........
I could write a whole column on what else is wrong with my Jeep.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxICdmnvXiI

You're only interested in trying to find a way to attack me while hiding behind your keyboard...and frankly, I've just about had enough of your B.S.

you put a post up for discussion and you want the reply to be how you would like it. the guy was injured in the video and you put the post in half as serious. you never answered that, why.

POINT OUT where my attacking is /you posted the video twice,if my posts are insulting ask the admin to delete my account,i'm sure i'm bothered

have a nice day

posted in half as serious,sorry i missed the joke.
if the cameraman was not parked there then both vehicles involved in the accident might of had a better view of the road

Your typical Thai like response, shunning responsibility. IF IF IF.  Never mind the fact that the cyclist is speeding recklessly, no helmet.  I spoke with the lady in the car afterwards and provided a copy of the video which was also presented to her insurance company.  Obstruction of view was not the cause of this accident and she saw the motorcyclist clearly coming out of control LONG before the impact, weaving far to the left, then into her car, because she told me that and told the insurance company that. Look WHERE the point of impact took place.  LOOK at the rear view camera and the swerving LONG before the impact AND the guy on the motorcycle parked behind me who ALSO saw what's coming and tried to move out of the way...but you're not interested in the truth. You're only interested in trying to find a way to attack me while hiding behind your keyboard...and frankly, I've just about had enough of your B.S.

Who's to blame here?

If it's a farang driving the truck then the farang of course.

How honest of you

seen it before,already been posted

yes nan posted on April 24, 2017 in half-as-serious-and-less 

If it's a farang driving the truck then the farang of course.

Who's to blame here?  Dude actually brushed so close to my vehicle, you could see where his jacket rubbed off the dirt.  No damage to my vehicle, though.

Motorcycle Collision Korat Thailand (Scooter boy bites the dust).

Motorcyclist now charged with killing old scavenger

A charge of physical assault causing death is being brought against a young motorcyclist seen on video attacking an elderly scavenger in Bangkok, after the old man died in hospital on Thursday night.

Narathorn Sodtiyang, 21, had earlier been charged with assault causing injury.

Huai Khwang police chief Kamphon Rattanapratheep said Mr Narathon would now face the harsher charge of assault causing death after Charoon Maneepan, 82, was pronounced dead at Rajavithi Hospital on Thursday at 10.50pm.

The charge was brought against him under Section 290 of the Criminal Code.

Pol Col Kamphon said Mr Narathorn would be summonsed to acknowledge the charge.

On March 14, Mr Narathorn surrendered to Huai Khwang police and admitted assaulting Charoon in a fit of anger.

He claimed the elderly man knocked down his motorcycle with his push-cart tricycle in narrow Soi Chan Muang 2 in Din Daeng area on the evening of March 13 and drove off without offering to assist him.

Mr Narathorn denied reports on social media he was using a mobile phone while riding his bike at the time of the accident, and not paying attention.

He was held in police custody on assault charges.

Charoon was hit with a high, swinging leg kick and then knocked off his tricycle cart to the ground. He was left bedridden and suffered from pressure sores. He was treated at Rajavithi hospital, but his family later took him home.

On Thursday they took him back to the hospital, suffering from a high fever.

His daughter Nida Maneepan said hospital staff gave Charoon CPR for about 30 minutes after he went into cardiogenic shock, but were unable to resuscitate him.

Doctors said he had a blood infection, she said.

bangkokpost.com

Thai motorcyclist, tourist fight over use of pavement  nationmultimedia.com

Farrang fistycuffs

Hi BF. Thanks for your reply. If the Subaru was tailgating you before undertaking then you had even longer to find a way to opt out of the scrap. Sorry but the camera's show what was going on accurately enough. Please reflect on it for the safety of you and yours - but thanks for hearing me out politely and that does you credit. I hope my comments didn't come over as patronising - you did put it up for discussion. ATB

Roger.  As I stated, you did not see the Subaru who was right on my tail BEFORE he moved to the other lane.  He didn't just appear on my side. He had been tailgating me for quite sometime ( I couldn't even see his head lights) and attempted his little overtake stunt (the part you see in the video) when he passed then cut in front of me. The distances you see in the video are deceiving and I can assure you I did what I had to do to avoid being hit by this reckless Thai driver.  A touch on the brakes and he would have slammed into me for sure.  The clip I posted is only a very SMALL portion of the incident, highlighting the reckless part where he pulls his little stunt. Trust me, if you could see the incident in its entirety you'd see the dangerous situation I faced with only seconds to respond.  This video makes distances look farther than they really are.  The nimrod was a lot closer.....WAY too close, which seems to be another problem most Thais have here when they drive, which is tailgating.   Another would be the total disregard for pedestrians, which in most modern countries, have the right of way over cars. Not here in Thailand. We can talk about that in another thread and I can share some experiences I had when I stopped to let a pedestrian cross the road.  Big mistake.  Don't ever ever do it, because I can assure you, the other Thai drivers will not stop and the pedestrian will nod nicely to you thanking you for stopping to let them go, only to find a speeding car coming down the side of you who could care less and will not stop. Guess what happens next.

Nan, you seem to make a lot of generalizations and assumptions about foreigners here on the forum.  For starters, not everyone here is over 70+.  This "new generation" you talk about is not new to the rest of the modern world.  It sounds like it might be new to you, though.  I come from a gun country, you know, America?  Act and drive like you do here, in America, and you won't be getting a kick, you'll get a bullet to the head....and that's if the police don't chase you down and beat you to a pulp first. Another thing. I'm not sure which foreigners you are referring to when you say they need to wake up.  I think you'll find that many foreigners are wide awake to what goes on around here having lived here for many years......and many Thais do not like that.   In fact, I think a lot Thais do not want foreigners to wake up, because farang roo mak, mai dee (the foreigner who knows too much is not good).  I've lived here going on eighteen years straight and I know good and well what goes on around here and how things work, but I'm not going to sugarcoat anything or pretend everything is sa-bai sa-bai when it isn't.... and when people talk about things they don't like here, it doesn't mean they hate Thais or look down on the country. I do agree with you on one thing, though.  Thailand, and especially Korat, is certainly not what it used to be! Personally, I like this new generation of Thais, because they are starting to think for themselves instead of acting like the old-school Thais... and they don't take crap from anyone either! Bravo in my book! 

Back to the topic and driving.  A portion of the things I post here with regards to driving and such are opinions for the most part that many Thais have shared with me.  To quote, verbatim from some of the Thais I have spoken to in regards to driving.  I quote:

Dee (Thai, Educated in the states. Engineer in Bangkok)-
"Thai people drive very bad because they are always in a hurry and don't think about anybody else. It's mostly because no education."

Oh (Scrub Nurse at a local hospital, married to a Japanese Business man. Has lived abroad and educated abroad)
"Thai people looking for the easy way for do things. Not safe, but they don't care so they do it anyway. Like going the wrong way on the road. Many are poor and  no education so they don't think."

Bum (Business man and former Colonel in the Air Force)
"Liu-Lai!"  <--- translated this means irresponsible.

Interesting trend I noticed is that lack of education seems to come up a lot which could suggest that what NotABuffalo posted earlier might hold some merit. Lack of education isn't necessarily a put down either.  It simply means lack of knowledge and doesn't know. I can tell you that when my wife was first learning how to drive, I sent her to a driving school.  They told her, "we'll teach you how to pass the test."  Not "we'll teach you how to drive."  Most of the course took place in a class room with one of those car simulator things that looks like someone made in their garage. What I find amusing is how she too, now shares the same challenges I have to face on the roads here on a daily basis.  She understands now and I have heard her lose her cool on more than one occasion and blurt out something like, "fkcing idiot"  when a fellow Thai endangers her life on the road like cutting dangerously in front of her. I find it amusing at times because I say to her, "now you understand why I have a train horn?" 


 

So a new start here for a clean thread, have your say by all means, insults we can live without. were a friendly lot really  LOL!

how many pussies can you get on one bike

Man Rides Motorbike with Four Cats in Thailand

DO NOT DELETE any posts,let the readers see the way it is and the way some farang are, anyway you might need them for future reference. notice how the subject changes when challenged. Bravo roger probably the best post you have made. Thaiga by not posting will bring great delight to the koratfart  haters. then there is the Thaiga haters eaten out with jealousy,watching everyday,their stomach churning reading the posts knowing they have a problem trying to string a few words together

some of you guys must really wake up, you are old men 70 + most and the land of smiles is not what it use to be.
the new generation will put you down with one kick.on the tv the other day an 82 yr old man,collecting a bit of rubbish to earn some money is still in hospital after being attacked by a guy that clipped his bike.

Attack On Elderly Man

Hi roger, nothing in the log about your missing post and nothing has been deleted.

No sign of Thaiga for a few days, i'm here, not gone anywhere, just disappointed in the replies, the thread has turned itself into the life of one man.

Most expats are getting on a bit in life and have come here to retire, most don't want to know about the mafia life and the talk of weapons. These people are also putting there family at risk if someone you upset on the roads happened to follow you home and find out where you live. We all know how some  hold a grudge. I posted, that there is plenty of room on the forum for your family snaps, start a new thread, but that has fallen on deaf ears.

so there you have it roger, shouldn't have to keep deleting posts, maybe the admin will tidy it up. until then, for you roger just one more post. Biker On Phone.

Biker On Phone... Wait For It

BF. Thanks for your most Gentlemanly reply and it's good to see the young Man in action. I'll reply in more detail tomorrow. ATB

To add insult to injury, making things worse - just wearing the uniform without “having the spirit of a police officer”.

Bangkok traffic officer arrested and suspended for alleged extortion nationmultimedia.com

Hi BF. Long time no see. Hope you are OK. We've crossed swords before on driving matters and I'm sorry, but I just couldn't resist giving you my view on this 

The video you posted in Reply 199 - it looks to me that you are already closing quite fast on the pick-up ahead in your lane, who is about to overtake the bus. Indeed it seems that you then accelerate to close the gap, no doubt having detected the cheeky Subaru coming on the inside 

Not slowing at all for the hazard situation you see developing. Far from it, (it's personal with this Subaru blighter), you blaze through the turning lane and fortunately, the vehicle about to turn had conceded you space.

Cheeky Subaru. Aggressive BF ! For the safety of yourself and yours, I'd calm it down BF.
I commented before about your 13 accidents - that's a lot M8. Take some of the advice your other KF's have offered ? Adjust ?

The train horn is not a good idea apart from being illegal. In that video, you say you didn't have time for the train horn ? What ? No left hand wing mirror ? You were racing M8

I don't want to dollop you off but take care eh ? ATB

Hey BF,

Yes it's an interesting dichotomy.
 
Perhaps by acting the way you portray you actually endanger your Family even more??
 
We Farang are guests here every day we wake up here.  We cannot change them.  It's best not to join them with their ways either!
   
So for us, we turn a blind eye, OK yes swear in the car to ourselves, but do not antagonise them further.   They are probably too uneducated to ever learn more!
 
Also have probably never got a legal driving license, let alone had driving lessons........
 
Good Luck out there

With the greatest respect,  with your behaviour towards fellow road users,  sooner or later someone is going to punch your lights out... Or worse,  do you know that many thais carry guns in their cars.  Chill out before it`s too late.
Sounding a horn to"a thai is like a red rag to a bull.

What behaviour? That's a good one! With all.due respect, watch the videos again.

*By the way, some foreigners also carry guns and do so legally and have no qualms about using them either in order to protect themselves. Some foreigners are also very connected.

With the greatest respect,  with your behaviour towards fellow road users,  sooner or later someone is going to punch your lights out... Or worse,  do you know that many thais carry guns in their cars.  Chill out before it`s too late.
Sounding a horn to"a thai is like a red rag to a bull.

Never ends. Not even three minutes out of my driveway this morning.  Video volume was turned off, but he got the message loud and clear.   

https://youtu.be/KRzZ6sfNEVQ