Malaysian big biker dies in road accident in northern Thailand

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Malaysian big biker dies in road accident in northern Thailand

 

BANGKOK: A Malaysian big biker was killed after crashing his high-powered motorcycle into a roadside light pole while participating in a five-bike convoy at Khunyuam district in Mae Hong Son, northern Thailand yesterday.

 

Khunyuam Police Chief Col Thanadet Prasarnseang said the Malaysian biker who was killed in the 4.30pm (local time) accident was identified as Anthony Dass Pitchai Matu, 55. His place of origin in Malaysia was unclear.

 

"He lost control of his bike after hitting a road light reflector and crashed his bike into a light pole," he told Bernama when contacted today, adding that the victim was rushed to a nearby hospital but succumbed to several major injuries.

 

Full story:  http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2017/12/31/malaysian-big-biker-dies-road-accident-northern-thailand

 

-- The Sunday Daily 2018-01-01

[steven100]

RIP poor fella.

He died what he loved doing best ....  just riding his bike.

Condolences to his wife and family members.

[ChrisY1]

The Malaysian, Singaporean and Thai bike riders that travel in groups, have become a law unto themselves! They ride however they want.....often with police escorts!

 

[Enoon]

4 hours ago, steven100 said:

RIP poor fella.

He died what he loved doing best ....  just riding his bike.

Condolences to his wife and family members.

 

I can assure you that the split seconds of a high speed motorcycle accident, or similar circumstance, are not filled with thoughts of "oh great, I'm dying doing what I love doing".

 

 

[FitnessHealthTravel]

road light reflector are meant to save lives. RIP to the biker.

[Cereal]

He must have been moving pretty fast.

[steven100]

24 minutes ago, Enoon said:

 

I can assure you that the split seconds of a high speed motorcycle accident, or similar circumstance, are not filled with thoughts of "oh great, I'm dying doing what I love doing".

 

 

I think you missed my point ....  I said he died while doing what he loved ...  riding his bike.

[Enoon]

5 minutes ago, steven100 said:

I think you missed my point ....  I said he died while doing what he loved ...  riding his bike.

 

Try it sometime.......see how much it feels like "lovin it".

 

 

Edited January 1, 2018 by Enoon

[Russell17au]

3 minutes ago, Enoon said:

 

Try it sometime.......see how much it feels like "lovin it".

 

 

either your totally not able to understand what has been said by steven100 or you are still drunk from last night but your response is totally stupid

[connda]

Just finished a trip though Mae Hong Son a couple of days ago. I watched more than one bike go squirrelly as I rounded a blind corner to find a big bike 'laying it over' in my lane.  Unlike the trucks and cars who would simply maintain their line thought my lane and force me and other oncoming traffic off to the shoulder <Lane? What lane? I have big truck, get out of way little people>, the motorcycles would almost always correct their line in an attempt to return to their own lane or at least not intersect the line around the corner you were taking in your own lane.  So hearing someone coming off the road with 5 large motorcycles, probably playing motorcycle grand-prix on those mountain roads like most I saw is no surprise.  Well, at least none of the big bike convoys I saw were taking it slow and enjoying the fresh air.
RIP.

Edited January 1, 2018 by connda

[just bob]

It has always been a problem with group rides that the inexperienced rider will try to keep up with faster riders often resulting in crashes.  RIP.

[VocalNeal]

Which is why, as a rule, there needs to be agreements as to who rides with whom, speeds traveled, knowledge of eventually destination etc. 

Riding at the back can be more fun! 

 

RIP. Died doing what he liked. 

[overherebc]

21 minutes ago, just bob said:

It has always been a problem with group rides that the inexperienced rider will try to keep up with faster riders often resulting in crashes.  RIP.

I was always Tail End Charlie, and not because my bike was the slowest, it wasn't. I did it the way I wanted, slow and enjoyable.

Sad for the guys family.

[Sig]

4 hours ago, connda said:

Just finished a trip though Mae Hong Son a couple of days ago. I watched more than one bike go squirrelly as I rounded a blind corner to find a big bike 'laying it over' in my lane.  Unlike the trucks and cars who would simply maintain their line thought my lane and force me and other oncoming traffic off to the shoulder <Lane? What lane? I have big truck, get out of way little people>, the motorcycles would almost always correct their line in an attempt to return to their own lane or at least not intersect the line around the corner you were taking in your own lane.  So hearing someone coming off the road with 5 large motorcycles, probably playing motorcycle grand-prix on those mountain roads like most I saw is no surprise.  Well, at least none of the big bike convoys I saw were taking it slow and enjoying the fresh air.
RIP.

I also just finished a 10 day ride around Maehongson about a week ago. Sure am glad I never experienced any bike groups (big or little!) driving as you mentioned! I did however think I was surely going to witness numerous incredibly insanely stupid car and truck drivers kill themselves and others. Is passing around blind corners and over blind rises in the road some kind of exciting pastime joy for these idiots!? I even had a number of drivers slow and pull to the side of their lane to let me pass, which was nice, since I had been following them for quite a while. But I was following them for so long precisely because there was no safe place to pass them yet! And then they try to get me to pass them by slowing and pulling a bit to the side JUST BEFORE A BLIND CORNER! It's like an invitation to suicide! In every case, there were plenty of opportunities for them give that gesture in a safe place, but they all chose to do it just before a blind corner. I found this trip a very bizarre experience and surprised that the death toll is not MUCH higher. I only witnessed one idiot motorcycle do anything dangerous. And, yes! It was the same thing - passing on a blind curve! And if he was in a car, somebody would have likely died. A police truck came barreling around the corner at just the right/wrong moment. If that cop would have had any sense, he would have radioed back to the police checkpoint that was about a kilometer ahead, and had them stop the idiot farang. He just barely squeezed between the two vehicles around the corner.

Nothing like driving for days on end with all senses on high alert and driving as defensively as possible.....

[geriatrickid]

6 hours ago, FitnessHealthTravel said:

road light reflector are meant to save lives. RIP to the biker.

And it did.

One less road thug to take over the roads with a self  appointed convoy.

[tolsti]

But  I thought they were safer because they are louder..... No??

Edited January 1, 2018 by tolsti

[Coconutman]

8 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

I can assure you that the split seconds of a high speed motorcycle accident, or similar circumstance, are not filled with thoughts of "oh great, I'm dying doing what I love doing".

 

 

Ive had 2 close calls one being hit by a semi truck on my motorbike and another where my car almost went off a bridge when another car went through a red light.

 

My thought at the time, (motorcycle accident)if i dont hear a crunching sound im ok

 

Car off bridge looking down at highway traffic below the bridge.

so this is how i die.

[farcanell]

4 hours ago, Sig said:

Is passing around blind corners and over blind rises in the road some kind of exciting pastime joy for these idiots!?

Yes.... or at least that’s as good an explanation as any

 

4 hours ago, Sig said:

And then they try to get me to pass them by slowing and pulling a bit to the side JUST BEFORE A BLIND CORNER! It's like an invitation to suicide!

Yes.... very typical, and a major part of your amazing Thai experience.

[VocalNeal]

4 hours ago, Sig said:

Nothing like driving for days on end with all senses on high alert

Isn't this how one is supposed to ride/drive?  Is there another way? 

 

I assume you mean that one of the joys of riding is that there is no time to think about anything else. Which is why riding is good therapy for psychological problems and also good for preventing onset of dementia. So they say!

 

[Thian]

11 hours ago, FitnessHealthTravel said:

road light reflector are meant to save lives. RIP to the biker.

Not in thailand. Many times i see them broken laying on the road in BKK.

 

Last week i drove close behind a VIP-escort and suddenly those reflectorpoles popped up behind the escorting bmw, the driver drove over them so they bent and popped up behind the car.

 

Also many times the reflectors don't work anymore (very dirty) and those poles are just on the road, hard to see if you keep left.

 

My neighbour also had a big bike accident last month in thailand, he has braindamage now and can't see/hear well.

[Gold Star]

12 hours ago, FitnessHealthTravel said:

road light reflector are meant to save lives. RIP to the biker.

Yes, that is the intent. Unfortunately, these damn reflector bumps placed in the centre of the road really mess up your corners, as your eye immediately focuses on these killer obstacles, when you should be actually looking far ahead on the line your bike should be following. The thing is, if you look somewhere at a point on the road, your bike tends to always go to that spot.

I'm now off to ride Malaysia with my Thai bike, so I guess I'll be giving them a chance to even the score.

[Stargeezr]

Dying while riding your motorcycle is not what you planned for, and I bet

not what this guy was planning to do. If he was not from Thailand and did not

know this road, he had the bad luck of running over the reflector, which was likely

meant for cars, lost control and died of his injuries. Bad luck or fate or what ever

else for the excuse or reason, is moot as he is dead. RIP biker guy.

Geezer

[ChouDoufu]

19 hours ago, Sig said:

Is passing around blind corners and over blind rises in the road some kind of exciting pastime joy for these idiots!?

 

....slowing and pulling a bit to the side JUST BEFORE A BLIND CORNER!

standard procedure in asia.  it's a kind of neo-zen metaphysical driving philosophy.

ask not whether another vehicle could be coming around the corner.

there exists nothing there NOW.

 

those slowing and pulling over before blind corners?  non-adherents

considering what the future may bring.

 

[Sig]

On 1/1/2018 at 10:11 PM, VocalNeal said:

Isn't this how one is supposed to ride/drive?  Is there another way? 

 

I assume you mean that one of the joys of riding is that there is no time to think about anything else. Which is why riding is good therapy for psychological problems and also good for preventing onset of dementia. So they say!

 

I've been riding for 30+ years (on and off road). It's not the same at all in the Maehongson "mountains" (hills) during the holidays. Not even remotely the same. I can relax and enjoy a drive through the Japanese Alps, the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada Mountains, etc. without wondering if a car is gonna be coming at me in my lane around every blind curve. It is of course something to be aware of, but it hardly even enters your mind when driving where most of the people on the road are sane.
Interesting idea about the dementia thing though.

[Sig]

On 1/2/2018 at 1:11 PM, ChouDoufu said:

standard procedure in asia.  it's a kind of neo-zen metaphysical driving philosophy.

ask not whether another vehicle could be coming around the corner.

there exists nothing there NOW.

 

those slowing and pulling over before blind corners?  non-adherents

considering what the future may bring.

 

I definitely wouldn't lump all of Asia in on that, not in the least. I've driven pretty good distances in 6 Asian countries. None of the others compare at all.
There is a good reason that Thailand has earned their world ranking for traffic fatalities. Take a look at the stats sometime. Pretty much only African countries come somewhat close to Thailand's horrific death toll. Other Asian countries don't come close at all.
Otherwise, I like your idea about how nothing exists there now. I wouldn't be surprised at all if that figured in their thinking somehow.... :/