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

[evadgib]

6 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

...even when they are indignantly wrong.

You are entitled to my opinion.

[Rimmer]

Some flames and general racist slurs have been removed

[The Teacher]

8 hours 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.

No road sense by the Soi rider as usual in Thailand , they operate under the thinking it will never happen to me.... He caused it but the will throw the book at a third person guaranteed 

[IamNoone88]

Dreadful, he was more interested in his frigging phone than helping. What type of moron is that?

[catman20]

8 hours ago, Wiggy said:

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

hope soi boy meets the same fate to save other lives. he should be charged with murder.

[nickmondo]

why is anyone surprised by this?

until the bozos learn to ride, get some common sense, learn basic road safety, this will happen more and more.

the crash helmet law coming in soon cracks me up.

they wont enforce it.

apart from with farangs.

[gunderhill]

2 hours ago, dfdgfdfdgs said:

And by the way, I can't ever recall a car trying to turn inside a car at a junction, I only see motorbikes doing this.  I'm not saying it doesn't happen with cars, but it doesn't happen to any extent that warrants a rant complete with diagram on the internet.

You need to live by me then 

[wvavin]

Base on this scenario anybody can comprehend what is the mental state of everyone in Thailand. The educational system just don't make these people not so stupid at all. Next, the guy that came out from the Soi did not even bother at what happened to the boy at all. Finally, the mai pen rai attitude is still deeply entrenched in their under utilized brain because I did not see any helmet worn by the dead kid!

[Franko666]

8 hours ago, Wiggy said:

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

True, and there are thousands of these side soi boys, girls, ferangs blah blah who have no concept or interest in road rules. This is not to say the school kid is any less responsible either, 2 bad drivers meeting in an unfortunate spot. Nothing new here just bad luck and timing, as we all know but for the grace of god.................

 

[holy cow cm]

So sad

[spidermike007]

The absolute nitwit who was entering the highway barely even looked to his right, before entering the lane. He is responsible for manslaughter. One can only hope he spends 10 years in prison for this terrible misdeed, and this enormous mistake. What a complete fool. What a horrific lack of consideration for his fellow man. What a dimwitted nincompoop. Driving here is extremely dangerous, because of half men like him. People who simply do not take responsibility, and are unwilling or incapable of behaving in a respectful manner. His parents should also be charged with a crime. Raising a very stupid child, who became a very stupid man. 

 

Getting on a scooter, or a motorcycle anywhere in Thailand, much less Phuket, Phangan, Dark Tao, or Samui without a very good helmet, is like playing Russian Roulette with three or four bullets in the chamber. It is absolutely asking for problems. The degree of recklessness here is astounding. And many foreigners come here thinking "how much trouble could I get in on a little scooter, on a tropical island"? Well, the answer is alot. The amount of foreigners who are killed on the Southern islands is staggering. Most are not reported in the media. I had a friend who worked for Samui rescue for many years, and said the numbers were about 30-60 a month, on Samui, Phangan and Koh Tao. The official number is about 3 a month. Rider beware. Use as good a helmet as you can afford, and do not use these eggshells pieces of crap. They crack at the first impact, and what lies underneath them? Your skull, which is very delicate. 
 
Just ask yourself- do I have enough problems already, without a broken skull, or smashed head, or face injury, or lost eye? I have two friends who have been in motorbike accidents on Samui within the last two years. One still cannot walk, or talk or function on her own, from a motorbike accident, where she hit her head on the pavement going only 20 kph. The other one has lost alot of his mental capacity after hitting his head. He insisted for years he would never wear a helmet. Now, he seems 15 years older. 

 

I was told by a very reliable source. He did not have an agenda. He rescued alot of the survivors. He attended to alot of the ones who did not make it. The press here is highly censored. The report only what the so called leaders want them to report. Nothing else. Social media? Why would social media report these statistics? They report individual accidents, but not overall statistics. Anything you read about accidents on Samui in the media would be false. 

 

 

• Road deaths are now calculated based on fatalities on-site. Victims dying later in hospital not counted.
• In 2000 there was an average of 30 deaths a month on Koh Samui (official figures released each month).
• Now it is stated that Koh Samui has 3-5 deaths each month (using the new way of reporting road deaths).
• In the last ten years the population has almost doubled and there are now 5x more vehicles on Koh Samui.
• Based on ‘official figures’ today it is possible to estimate that Koh Samui currently has 60 deaths per million per year. (Compared to 23 in London.) Based on the population and traffic density statistics from 10 years ago Koh Samui has in reality 720 deaths per million per year. This is probably the highest rate of road deaths in the world. Samui is a fatality death spot that nobody is willing to acknowledge!
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In the world that I come from, respect has to be earned, and it is never freely given. The authorities here deserve little respect, as they do not earn it. The police care little for the people, do not engage in any sort of traffic safety, only show up after an accident has taken place, do not ever pull anyone over for reckless driving, threatening lives on the highway, speeding, or driving while drunk. Sure, they nab people at checkpoints. But, most of those checkpoints just slow up traffic on the highway, and rarely result in making the highways safer. So, unless and until they start doing their jobs, they will continue to get little respect from the public. You get what you earn in this life. Most cops here cannot be taken seriously, as they are not serious people, and treat their job as a private franchise, rarely engage in law enforcement, or protection of the public.

[tandor]

8 hours ago, Wiggy said:

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

..looks to me he doesn't care about the other rider..not even a casual glance to where he would be left of screen..didnt go to check..just wandered around like a lost duck checking out his clothes/phone and hair.

So sorry for the young school-boy..RIP.

[Gold Star]

7 hours ago, Ugothai said:

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

‘Year 10’ in school is like the tenth grade.  He could in fact be older than the guy that knocked him under the bus. Still sad.

[Bangkok Barry]

2 hours ago, dfdgfdfdgs said:

most people emerging from that junction won't have in-depth knowledge of the highway code.

 

Yes. that's the problem, isn't it.

[tgeezer]

3 hours ago, dfdgfdfdgs said:

 

What exactly is your problem with this that makes you think they might be clueless?

 

There is no traffic for the blue car/vehicle to negotiate or worry about, other than the red car.  With that in mind, the blue car/vehicle only has to get past the red car.

 

To cut across the red car, especially if the red car is indicating/turning right (as the position of the red car on the diagram suggests), makes complete and total sense.

 

I can only assume you take an issue with this as it is the opposite of what you were taught in whatever western country you came from.

There should be no discussion on this point between foreigners who drive in Thailand, why do people expect Thai drivers to behave well when we do exactly as they do?  It is often said that "When in Rome do as Romans do" but that is wrong, "When in Rome follow the rules of Rome". To cut the corner and pass behind the emerging vehicle is to do as Romans do not to follow the rules. Well trained drivers see lines on the road where no lines exist, bad drivers see no lines ever.  Has anybody heard of "squaring the corner"? Many Thai drivers don't because they are at heart motorcyclists and if not that, then they are reluctant to apply full lock where necessary. 

 

[alwaysrainsinUK]

7 hours ago, Wiggy said:

Meanwhile......

 

 

There's just no hope at all.

The Thais are the most dopey drivers ever, they all think they have the right of way ..... time they were given some pharmacy or something to wake them the F up . The driving tests are a joke also

[wealthychef]

8 hours ago, Jip99 said:

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

 

Yes, the not stopping part kind of makes it hard for me to muster any sympathy for the driver.  What kind of monster is he?  I have the opposite of sympathy and feel like he should be in jail for a long time for that.  And "side soi boy" never even looked to see if traffic was coming.  This is why I drive as if everyone is out to kill me every day.  

[Top Chef]

1) Manslaughter charges should be levied on the motorcyclist...!!!

 

2) And hit and run murder charges should also be applied to the truck            driver regardless whether he couldn't stop or not

[oldlakey]

3 hours ago, 4737 Carlin said:

Just caused the death of another road user, inspects his bike for damage, then stands their playing with his phone. This is the reaction of a sociopath.

Its the typical I'm alright jack attitude, sad really sad

[fdimike]

I'd charge the police for failing to enforce the traffic laws!

[Top Chef]

"Quality of Life" certainly doesn't apply in T-land

[Lupatria]

Even though it looks he did not cause the accident (except the speed maybe) the parents should go to jail to let a 10 year old ride a motorbike.

[Jonmarleesco]

It would be something were this an unusual occurrence. Sad to say, in the land of crossed fingers and necktie amulets, it's anything but.

[Rally123]

8 hours ago, Jip99 said:

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?"

Because they see the hard shoulder as a feed in lane. No need to look, cars and motorcycles drive in the outer lanes.

[dunroaming]

9 hours ago, dyertribe said:

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 ...

True but at least he didn't run away like the Samrong driver did.  I would charge him with leaving the scene of an accident and the motorbike rider with dangerous driving.  There was little the Samrong driver could have done to avoid the boy but just driving away is unforgivable.

[terminatorchiangmai]

i keep repeating my self in the hope it might happen one day.

 

Road safety lesson should be given at elementary school at the age of 10 already.

Hopefully then in 10 years time the situation in Thailand will improve.

[helloagain]

9 hours 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.

Truck could not do much. The person that caused the death 10 year jail.

[midasthailand]

8 hours ago, Ugothai said:

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

M3 = 15/16 years old not 10

[SunsetT]

8 hours ago, Get Real said:

Until these total morons without any kind of respect for human lives that we see on the Thai road everyday grow some brains,

They all have brains but through the appalling Thai education system they are not taught to use them.

[tinca tinca]

9 hours ago, Jip99 said:

 

Overtaking on the left is not illegal on that road.

 

Perhaps it should be .....

your wrong IT IS ILLEGAL to UNDERTAKE in Thailand......but many drivers do it check it out on google if you NOT believe me.....I HAVE