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Not to mention the sand and particles that fly into your eyes

You really don't know .... just find out what a detailed crash report involves and then see how inadequate the Thai system is.

You haven't a lot of experience in road safety have you?

Still on the elementary level. The family of any road accident victim are incapable of being unbiased and in Thailand they or anyone else getting a true account of the incident is virtually nil....yet you persist in paying this guessing game. It because they THINK he was breaking the law that they seem to be trying to deflect blame on the pick up...thety are looking for sympathy, not facts. The chance to analyse that crash as gone now, that ship has departed.... no calibration to find out relative speeds, no tracing the vehicle paths, .... there isn't even a diagram of the crash to work from..... yet people seem to think they know better....I ask you!

Try Zeus helmets, Panda helmets or https://www.yourhelmetshop.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwn9CgBhDjARIsAD15h0Ch74rSuqovmCaUkSeOt6vItZqr_ualKfSGdWVc2K53zOWWts0mLBoaAoIcEALw_wcB There is a plethora of good helmets suitable for the tropics in Thailand. Just do a little research As someone who crashed a bike when was 16 and was only wearing short gloves I know that you don't need to be going at speed to put both hands out of action for nearly 3 months. Visors are an essential piece of kit and they are now optically clear. Again from experience when hit it the eye by a large flying insect (about 8cm) and had my eye closed for about a week.

It not just the make..you need a hetdesigned for hotweather. When imoved from UK to Oz i had to review all of my M/C clothing. Carbon fibre is the way to go in clothing as well as heads hands and feet..

The police are usually "involved" quite often to the detriment of the truth

You seem to have a very elementary approach to this... in fact somewhat naive. Firstly the family are the last people to look objectively at this and have already made unfounded allegations about the pickup. Then you cite that they might be citing the police, another notoriously unreliable source of information too. Have you read the crash report? I'd suggest no, because there probably isn't one. In fact just about everything on this incident is assumption speculation and conjecture....not to mention little bit of spin.

Sounds like you have little experience of well ventilated hot weather helmets.

Unless you ride a recumbent?

That is simply not true...it is usually Head and hands

Most accidents happen within 5 km from home. The length of your journey has nothing to do with it and even speed is only a part of it. You can come off a stationary bike and die. You just can't imagine the possibilities and of course that's when crashes happen.

As I said there is no reliable information... there is no reason to suppose they know any more than you do.

Well how about your "responsibilities" to your fellow man....don't see much of that in your posts.

The main chronic injuries in Thailand are to feet...... flip-flops just don't hack it as M/C footwear.

I don't see the point in going over what this guy has done wrong....apart from stating the obvious and making some contributors very smug. Can anyone give a reason for their criticisms other than gratuitous virtue signalling?

I'm more perplexed that you are perplexed.

The cost is relative, but those claims you refer to don't involve injuries, minor, serious or fatal.....these are the ones that would register as statistics anywhere including Thailand. Remember, Thailand has the sane number of crashes as the UK.

So what are you saying should happen now?

It is the lack of speed that reduces the impact of collisions. Helmets only protect glancing blows but that can be enough to save a life. If you disregard sped, it is the drop from sitting on a bike to road height that can cause the most damage. Imagine standing up and just falling flat on you face with any protection.

Which would be the same anywhere

The normal procedure in the event of any RTI is thatsomeone involved the very first thing they do install the insurance company. This is done even before police and ambulance. Of other parties are not insured they are likely to have the insurance company on there backs to pay anything they owe. This has registered the accident. If all parties Gree that no claims will be made then this may not register.....but this is the same in any country. Why would those involved not claim...whether vehicle damage or healthcare you still have to pay.

Take a look at the hospitals on Samui...all foreigners....thousands of them....many claiming on travel insurance....which comes back to the OP.

But that is the same everywhere...if there is no death, injury or claim then the stats aren't picked up. I do have a list of organisations that compile R/S stats in Thailand but as I'm in a car, I can't access it. For meaningful stats to be compiled you need a wide range of sources. Stats are not just numbers they are collected, collated and analysed. There is a paper in the WHO library that explains how they compile comparative statistics for their Global reports. It's worth reading to get a picture of how Thailand falls way below international standards on this. However anecdotal evidence from one doctor is very shake ground to make any significant conclusions.

Then all his patients will appear as statistics one way or another.