webfact Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Russian tourist struck and killed crossing Pattaya road By The Nation A Russian tourist was killed when he was struck by a motorcycle while crossing a Pattaya road on Thursday morning. Pol Capt Phakkapol Taninyanathorn, deputy inspector at Na Jomtien police station, said the accident occurred at 7.45am on Pattaya-Satahip Road in front of the Ambassador City Jomtien Hotel. The tourist, who appeared to be about 60 years old, was carrying no personal documents and has yet to be identified. Motorcyclist Rampheung Thepwarin, 39, and her daughter Sudarat Sawaengsuk, 19, riding pillion, were both injured and taken to a Navy hospital. Witnesses said the motorcycle was travelling at a high speed. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30340481 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-03-08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya46 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 - Pattaya Road? It's Sukhumvit Road and the Ambassador Hotel is about 10 km south of Pattaya... - No personal document; Not identified; but they know he is Russian ?? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nong Khai Man Posted March 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2018 Witnesses said the motorcycle was travelling at a high speed. Nothing NEW There then !!!!! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vogie Posted March 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2018 That stretch of road is so dangerous, there are some pedestrian crossings but they just add to the confusion, Thais will never stop at these crossings and tourist are unaware of this, it just gives a false sense of security. The only answer is at the moment is to build pedestrian bridges across that stretch of road. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post overherebc Posted March 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2018 In all honesty it can be a very difficult decision to make, stop or not stop. I tend to stop but have seen cars/motorbikes go past on the next lane at high speed and almost wiping out someone who is crossing in front of me. If they ever did hit the pedestrian and you are sitting there in your car what is going to be the reaction from the locals around who are mostly brain dead on traffic rules and regulations. Just sayin. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunBENQ Posted March 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2018 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Nong Khai Man said: Witnesses said the motorcycle was travelling at a high speed. And not really exceptional or forbidden on this stretch. Going 80 km/h would be the norm. Trying to cross Sukhumvit on foot is always playing with your life. Not much different from trying to cross a motorway in a western country. Even approaching a U-turn on motorbike is high on adrenaline. And what is the pedestrian bridge just near the entrance to Ambassador city meant for? Edited March 8, 2018 by KhunBENQ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 54 minutes ago, Pattaya46 said: - Pattaya Road? It's Sukhumvit Road and the Ambassador Hotel is about 10 km south of Pattaya... The headline referred to "...Pattaya road..." (meaning a road in Pattaya) not Pattaya Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gintis0604 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 1 hour ago, vogie said: That stretch of road is so dangerous, there are some pedestrian crossings but they just add to the confusion, Thais will never stop at these crossings and tourist are unaware of this, it just gives a false sense of security. The only answer is at the moment is to build pedestrian bridges across that stretch of road. There is a bridge close to 7/11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HLover Posted March 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2018 Wow, 8 posts in and not even a ridiculous insincere RIP for Boris? Very sad. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Just Weird said: The headline referred to "...Pattaya road..." (meaning a road in Pattaya) not Pattaya Road. " Pattaya-Satahip Road in front of the Ambassador City Jomtien" An inventive way to describe Sukhumvit road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 2 hours ago, vogie said: That stretch of road is so dangerous, there are some pedestrian crossings but they just add to the confusion, Thais will never stop at these crossings and tourist are unaware of this, it just gives a false sense of security. The only answer is at the moment is to build pedestrian bridges across that stretch of road. Is a pedestrian bridge already there but they are too lazy to use it!! There have been many Russians killed outside the Ambassador hotel, and most have been unreported in the media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultName Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Nong Khai Man said: Witnesses said the motorcycle was travelling at a high speed. Nothing NEW There then !!!!! If there's no traffic, the norm on that stretch is about 80. NOT doing the same speed as the rest of the road users is dangerous. Crossing any of these roads though, your head needs to be on a swivel, we all know the level of consideration that Thai drivers will give pedestrians. Perhaps this man was new here and expected western standards of behaviour. RIP anyway, someone, somewhere is grieving now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidJames Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I've seen them gather & sprint across the road in a groups. It's only a matter of time before a big vehicle takes out one of these groups with multiple deaths. There should be barriers up to stop pedestrians crossing directly across that road as there is already a foot bridge & traffic is coming at speed. We know that piece of road so will cover our brakes but strangers to the area would not be expecting people to come charging out in front of them to cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 3 hours ago, Pattaya46 said: - Pattaya Road? It's Sukhumvit Road and the Ambassador Hotel is about 10 km south of Pattaya... - No personal document; Not identified; but they know he is Russian ?? they could smell tthhee vodka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 4 hours ago, webfact said: Witnesses said the motorcycle was travelling at a high speed. At that time of the day very likely to happen. RIP Russian Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanleycoin Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 There is a foot bridge there. very few people use it. But the Russians do the chicken run all day long around that area. very dangerous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midas Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 (edited) How far ahead are these people looking when they're riding their motorcycles? If you can see something irregular occurring in the distance it should have given the motorcyclist enough time to at least slow down enough to avoid the pedestrian? Edited March 8, 2018 by midas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 4 hours ago, webfact said: Witnesses said the motorcycle was travelling at a high speed. Do they travel at any other ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanleycoin Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 1 minute ago, midas said: How far ahead are these people looking when they're riding their motorcycles? If you can see something irregular occurring in the distance it should have given the the motorcyclist enough time to slow down enough to avoid the pedestrian? Maybe she was playing on her phone. a very common practice . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Mostly Russians are staying at the Ambassador, and they all like to walk along Sukhumvit. I have seen people being hit in that area before. Russian tourists arrive here with no experience how to behave in the traffic . I think we have 5 deadly accidents in this area just the last year 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 4 hours ago, HLover said: Wow, 8 posts in and not even a ridiculous insincere RIP for Boris? Very sad. In all honesty how many RIP's in a day would be required considering the daily toll here. Not everyone believes in heaven and hell or all that crap so it's enough if you think to yourself 'that's sad to hear' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lonewolf99 Posted March 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2018 Chicken Run is the only way to describe that section of road. There is a pedestrian bridge but they never seem to use it. I was driving in Pattaya/ Jomtien at the start of the month and I lost count how many near misses I had with Soviet and Chinese tourists - if they were looking for traffic they were looking the wrong way - i.e. left instead of right for the first half of the road or never looked at all and marched out. In former Soviet nations it is completely normal that when a pedestrian gets close to the kerb to start to cross the road, traffic squeals to a halt. In LoS this is a suicidal move, coupled with morons who drive the wrong way up streets. Our male Indian cousins have a different approach they just wander all over the road in groups of four and more,with their pinky fingers linked....? I would hazard a guess that only regular Thai Visa readers and long term ex-pat residents know that Thailand is the deadliest place on the planet for road deaths. The average tourist never has that information in their holiday brochure. Just fake photos of clean empty beaches from south Thailand with the word Pattaya in Russian Cyrillic on them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 5 hours ago, KhunBENQ said: And not really exceptional or forbidden on this stretch. Going 80 km/h would be the norm. Trying to cross Sukhumvit on foot is always playing with your life. Not much different from trying to cross a motorway in a western country. Even approaching a U-turn on motorbike is high on adrenaline. And what is the pedestrian bridge just near the entrance to Ambassador city meant for? Standing underneath in the shade waiting for the next baht bus???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Andersen Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Rip to another tourists But I driving there meny times and it is dangerous because it seems a norm Chinese and Russian only walk and try cross the road not use the bridge I think it is just a freak accident nobody to blame because this is a high speed road but hello to Thai people driving from home 10 min before so you not need to drive so fast and please try think of your children meaby they loose a parent or you loose a child Lower the speed it safe life's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex8912 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 They really don’t use that bridge at all. It is slightly out of the way from where they want to cross the street and I think they think they have power in numbers a lot of the time when they cross there. But who will win a car doing 100k or poor Boris? I think the hotel should at least bring the death(s) to the attention of the Russians but they never will. Tons of them have strollers with kids as well. I have to make that U turn a lot when I stay at Ocean Porto Fino nearby and they are really aggressive when they get in the middle of the road there and I have almost hit people. I don’t mind giving right of way to pedestrians but not for 10 minutes! That Ambassador is like a Russian village. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) just another inconvenience,as pattaya turns a blind eye to scooter and tour bus, lawlessness..most of us have given up waiting for any changes to the madness of loud ,speeding lawbreaking wreckless thais.. Edited March 9, 2018 by mok199 speliing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 That crossing is notorious. The hotel even has an indecisive man with a red torch. The street lighting is appalling: at any one time 500 metres of lights are not working. There are no police patrols EVER to curb the high speed drivers. Yet you can often see the BIB bandits stopping traffic during the day close to this crossing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sattahip Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 There is a set of lights at this crossing. They are never turned on. Why? Is it a commercial decision to make access to competing shops difficult? This fellow is not the first and will not be the last killed here unless the lights are switched on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrzent Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 RIP on tragic death. However, have seen many groups of Russian tourists crossing the road without looking, and many near misses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSixpack Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 16 hours ago, RichardColeman said: Do they travel at any other ? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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