Buriram: So unnecessary as Year 10 student dies on his way to school

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Buriram: So unnecessary as Year 10 student dies on his way to school

 

Picture: Daily News

 

CCTV footage from Buriram showed the tragic moment when a Year 10 (M3) student was crushed on his way to school.

 

Surat Nijiram was on his way on a Honda Wave motorcycle perhaps thinking of the end of term exams he was about to sit.

 

Another motorcycle ridden by Sutthichai Songjit, 23, who was on his way to work, came out of a side soi causing Surat to lose control and be killed under the wheels of the Samrong to Buriram song thaew service.

 

The song thaew failed to stop but the driver was arrested later.

 

Both him and the rider of the other bike were charged with negligent driving, reported Daily News.

 

Source: Daily News

 

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[Blackheart1916]

Side soi boy didn't look,  schoolkid no helmet, schoolkid undertaking on the left side, so much wrong, so easily avoided. RIP.

[Wiggy]

Side soi boy will do the same again tomorrow and hope there's nothing coming.

[dyertribe]

And not once did he check on the state of the kid he killed.  More worried about dusting his pants off and picking up his bike ...

[Jip99]

Have to feel sorry for the song thaew driver - although no excuse for not stopping.

[Jip99]

35 minutes ago, Blackheart1916 said:

Side soi boy didn't look,  schoolkid no helmet, schoolkid undertaking on the left side, so much wrong, so easily avoided. RIP.

 

Overtaking on the left is not illegal on that road.

 

Perhaps it should be .....

[billy54]

Exact same thing happened to a friend of mine in January , this place sucks when it comes to Driving/Riding ability out on the roads 

[YetAnother]

per the video, one of the very first things the offending biker did was pickup his phone from the pavement;

highly suggestive that he was either on the phone or reaching for it; that would fit with the needless,careless wide turn he made when the wide shoulder was available

[Jip99]

4 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

per the video, one of the very first things the offending biker did was pickup his phone from the pavement;

highly suggestive that he was either on the phone or reaching for it; that would fit with the needless,careless wide turn he made when the wide shoulder was available

 

 

.............. or it may just have fallen out of his pocket......

 

 

Thais don't need a phone to ignore the Highway Code that says look right before joining traffic - and give way to the right.

 

A friend once asked .........."No one teaches them to do that, but drivers in Buriram/Surin/Pattaya/Chiang Mai'Phuket/Nan/Pai....etc (who have never met) - all pull the same manoeuvre.... why?"

[Jip99]

Just watched the video again....

 

 

That should be shown at all Land Transport driving test centres as part of the licence application process.

[Get Real]

Unnecessary, accident and could been avoided. Boring to hear all the time.

Until these total morons without any kind of respect for human lives that we see on the Thai road everyday grow some brains, all thoose words don´t mean shit.

I love living in Thailand, and I love the country, but I an also truly sad that I everyday have to see and read about the degenerated brain function that so many have in traffic.

[RichardColeman]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Both him and the rider of the other bike were charged with negligent driving, reported Daily News.

I'd charge the motorbike guy with causing death by dangerous driving  ! 

[Denim]

Spacial awareness is an unknown phenomenon in Thailand. Too many people living in their own dreamworld bubble which they then take out onto the road.

 

I have had so many people pull out from a soi in front of me that I now approach every one as a potential accident waiting to happen.

 

You are never going to stop this happening here. It is just the way it is. Probably happening right now somewhere in Thailand but not making the news.

[Ugothai]

They must charge the family that give motobike th a 10 yo !!!!!

[Wiggy]

Meanwhile......

 

 

There's just no hope at all.

[Maverell]

30 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

I'd charge the motorbike guy with causing death by dangerous driving  ! 

Definitely. Coming out of the side soi like that is typical. He needs 10 years in jail, completely reckless.

[Jip99]

44 minutes ago, Ugothai said:

They must charge the family that give motobike th a 10 yo !!!!!

 

 

 

Read the story again....... YEAR 10 Student, not 10 year old................. a well built lad if he was 10 yo.

[petedk]

39 minutes ago, Maverell said:

Definitely. Coming out of the side soi like that is typical. He needs 10 years in jail, completely reckless.

I see this happen so often.

 

Motorbikes and even some cars come out of side roads without looking or stopping.

[Jip99]

10 hours ago, Get Real said:

 
I love living in Thailand, and I love the country, but I an also truly sad that I everyday have to see and read about the degenerated brain function that so many have in traffic.

 

 

Agree with your sentiments, but......

 

 

Sadly, it is not limited to driving.

[2008bangkok]

The guy is thick as sh1t and should be charged but also there are no stop markings on that side road, even the motorcycle lane just joins the main road indicating no need to stop.

[Jip99]

8 minutes ago, 2008bangkok said:

The guy is thick as sh1t and should be charged but also there are no stop markings on that side road, even the motorcycle lane just joins the main road indicating no need to stop.

 

 

Such markings are unusual in Thailand - and I doubt they are understood.

 

 

 

However, the Thai Highway Code is crystal clear about joining traffic and giving priority to vehicles from the right.

[KhunBENQ]

13 minutes ago, 2008bangkok said:

The guy is thick as sh1t and should be charged but also there are no stop markings on that side road, even the motorcycle lane just joins the main road indicating no need to stop.

Wrong.

1) there is a clearly visible white line which stands for a STOP

2) as in most of the world there is the idea of a principal roadway just by width/state of the roads

3) the brain-dead left turner is surely from the region and should know very well how to behave at the crossing

 

Confiscate and crush motorbike.

Lockup the brain-dead for a least one year.

And a year in monkey house for the fleeing songtaew driver, DL revoked for lifetime. Did this ... really think he can get away with a local songthaew???

Ok, just fantasizing.

[KhunBENQ]

3 minutes ago, Jip99 said:

However, the Thai Highway Code is crystal clear about joining traffic and giving priority to vehicles from the right.

Wrong and irrelevant for this case (left has right of way)

As written, clear stop line and obviously entering a principal roadway.

 

This careless left turning by motorbike riders is a major pest on Thai roads.

[Jip99]

Land Traffic Act 1979.

 

 

 

 

ThaiDriving.pdf

[Jip99]

1 minute ago, KhunBENQ said:

Wrong and irrelevant for this case (left has right of way)

As written, clear stop line and obviously entering a principal roadway.

 

 

Have we watched the same video !!

 

The blue helmet motorcyclist is joining a main highway and should give way to the flow of traffic to his right .

 

Section 51 refers.

[KhunBENQ]

9 minutes ago, Jip99 said:

Land Traffic Act 1979.

 

 

 

 

ThaiDriving.pdf

I know this since years.

 

"Left side has right of way."

Something unclear?

[Jip99]

1 minute ago, KhunBENQ said:

I know this since years.

 

"Left side has right of way."

Something unclear?

 

You have already stated that the motorcyclist should have heeded the 'white stop line' on his side road.

 

So you understand the term "principle roadway"

 

 

Jesus, and we worry about the Thais...

[KhunBENQ]

14 minutes ago, Jip99 said:

So you understand the term "principle roadway"

Yes, that's why left/right is completely irrelevant in this case.

 

[Jip99]

2 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Yes, that's why left/right is completely irrelevant in this case.

 

 

 

I am guessing that your first language is not English - and we are probably debating the same belief.

 

Let's keep it simple.... the blue helmet driver was in the wrong.

 

He should have stopped/given way and looked to HIS right before proceeding onto the principle roadway.

[marko kok prong]

At least 70% of Thai's do this,joining a main road with out stopping or looking. There is a very dangerous crossroad near me ,the other day a Thai schoolgirl just went straight through the red light without stopping or looking,have seen more accidents here in 6 years than in my entire life before,lets face it they make two short planks look like a computer when they take to the roads.