Four injured in Pattaya pile up as smoke from burning rubbish blamed

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Four injured in Pattaya pile up as smoke from burning rubbish blamed

 

Image: We Love Pattaya

 

Four people were taken to hospital after a pile up on Sukhumvit Road by Banglamung Soi 7 yesterday.

 

The We Love Pattaya page on Facebook that one of the four - a female pedestrian - was in a serious condition.

 

The accident happened due to smoke from roadside rubbish being burnt, said the media.

 

This obscured the view of a 63 year old Buddhist teacher called Phum Phim whose Mazda pick-up collided with a Mitsubishi car coming out of the soi.

 

There was then a multiple collision with other vehicles. 

 

Wandee Sutklang, 39, a pedestrian by the side of the road was hit and after treatment at the scene was taken to Banglamung Hospital along with the teacher who caused the accident. 

 

Other vehicles involved were a Vigo pick-up and a Honda Jazz that both suffered rear damage. 

 

Police are investigating and will interview all parties again before proceeding with prosecution according to the law. 

 

Source: We Love Pattaya

 

 

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[overherebc]

Why don't they start enforcing the 10,000 baht fine for burning rubbish?

It's on the books.

[wgdanson]

What a load of rubbish. It's in the middle of the town. I think the phrase 63 yr old Buddhish teacher explains it all. And as for the cars with rear end damage....the ones at the back are to blame.

[jaywalker]

6 hours ago, wgdanson said:

What a load of rubbish. It's in the middle of the town. I think the phrase 63 yr old Buddhish teacher explains it all. And as for the cars with rear end damage....the ones at the back are to blame.

Could be the BOZO that pulled out in the traffic off a soi.

 

If the guy that hit him couldn't see him, then he couldn't see oncoming traffic (asumming he even LOOKED for oncoming traffic). He tossed a coin and lost.

 

Agreed for the folk that rear-ended others. 

 

But then again, TIT. The folks who GOT rear-ended will probably get a ticket for "Stopping too suddenly".

Edited December 9, 2017 by jaywalker

[gk10002000]

driving too fast, driving too close to the car in front.  Not doing that probably would prevent 90% of all accidents on secondary roads and hiways

[mikebell]

If you leave a safe braking distance some Thai prat will fill it.  So you drop back and another prat inserts himself till eventually you are going backwards.

[JSixpack]

10 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

driving too fast, driving too close to the car in front.  Not doing that probably would prevent 90% of all accidents on secondary roads and hiways

 

Too fast for a sudden onslaught of smoke obscuring your windshield? How much slower than normal should one go to account for that hazard?

 

And you must mean driving too close to the car pulling out of the soi in front you, right? I'm wondering how that works as well.

[worgeordie]

20 hours ago, overherebc said:

Why don't they start enforcing the 10,000 baht fine for burning rubbish?

It's on the books.

They are too busy trying to catch someone smoking on the beach !,

just imagine the carnage on the roads if they had ice and fog here

 

regards worgeordie

[overherebc]

24 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

They are too busy trying to catch someone smoking on the beach !,

just imagine the carnage on the roads if they had ice and fog here

 

regards worgeordie

Just watching BBC news and the snow and ice causing problems on the road. minus 6 tonight. ?? just imagine ----------------'------------

??

[Pattaya28]

Yeh. 

Big smoke.

Why slow down ?

Drive into the thick smoke and hope for the best 

Smoke not to blame.

Speed into smoke / blocked vision  to blame.

[JSixpack]

24 minutes ago, Pattaya28 said:

Yeh. 

Big smoke.

Why slow down ?

Drive into the thick smoke and hope for the best 

Smoke not to blame.

Speed into smoke / blocked vision  to blame.

3

 

How do you know the teacher didn't slow down, didn't intend to slow down, or even had time to slow down?

 

You don't. Hope that little bash made you feel better.

[gk10002000]

12 hours ago, JSixpack said:

 

Too fast for a sudden onslaught of smoke obscuring your windshield? How much slower than normal should one go to account for that hazard?

 

And you must mean driving too close to the car pulling out of the soi in front you, right? I'm wondering how that works as well.

You should leave enough room to allow for reaction time, lost attention time, and normal braking distance.  Basically should leave enough room so that if for whatever reason the car in front of you decided to come to a screeching halt, you could safely stop.  And you should be looking ahead and and considering the road and traffic conditions.  Smoke, fire, rain squall, lots of brake lights being applied, whatever

[Pattaya28]

9 hours ago, JSixpack said:

 

How do you know the teacher didn't slow down, didn't intend to slow down, or even had time to slow down?

 

You don't. Hope that little bash made you feel better.

Smoke drifts.

Smoke just doesn't appear from nowhere.

When vision is blocked, smoke, fog, a driver should slow. 

Not rocket science.

Are you a "leftie" ? 

[craigt3365]

Happened to me last year.  At the cop station on Huay Yai road and Sukhumvit.  They were burning stuff and the smoke 100% obscured the view on the road.  Couldn't see a thing.  Horrible.