webfact Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Video: Terrible driving as one car driver causes damage to five in Chonburi Picture: 77Jowo Dash cam footage from a delivery pick-up travelling in Chonburi showed what happened when an irresponsible driver tried to push into a line of cars. Taking up an entire lane the Honda was hit at speed by the pick-up that was unable to brake. Jakkrit Musikorn, 25, was driving back to Bangkok after making a delivery of electrical appliances in Sri Racha. The accident happened at the Khiri intersection on Sukhumvit Road in Samet sub-district in the direction of Chonburi. Five vehicles suffered damage though injuries were fortunately only minor. Source: 77Jowo -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-04-04 Video starts at 0:56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KittenKong Posted April 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2018 I think that most people who have ever driven in Thailand know perfectly well that Thai drivers often pull out or change lanes without even glancing at what might be coming. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post darksidedog Posted April 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2018 Hmmm! To my mind this accident was totally avoidable and is caused by the truck coming down the road way too fast. He can see from some way back that cars are moving across to the U Turn lane, but carries on without slowing down at all. 21 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kannot Posted April 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2018 If I do it really really slowly everyone will see me right???? I like the ones who now use the right hand lane at traffic lights to jump the queue and then go straight on. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 3 minutes ago, darksidedog said: Hmmm! To my mind this accident was totally avoidable and is caused by the truck coming down the road way too fast. He can see from some way back that cars are moving across to the U Turn lane, but carries on without slowing down at all. In BKK they try to push their car into the line all the time while blocking other lanes...especially the taxi's and german cars like to do it. Now they place plastic poles to prevent this from happening but within a week they are all broken and laying on the road. And for motobikes those poles are very dangerous as well since we don't expect them to be there or laying on the road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, darksidedog said: Hmmm! To my mind this accident was totally avoidable and is caused by the truck coming down the road way too fast. He can see from some way back that cars are moving across to the U Turn lane, but carries on without slowing down at all. To mine "twatty" should have waited until the lights changed to "stop" or waited for a space which undoubtedly could have been sometime, also difficult to see if "twatty" had ample time to get in the right lane or not as many simply "dont have a clue" Those SOLID white lines are there for a reason, he crossed them Edited April 4, 2018 by kannot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cornishcarlos Posted April 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2018 Mr "cut across last minute" and Mr "I can drive faster than you while not paying attention" are both responsible for this accident... Just another example of the lack of driver training, compounded by the lack of any enforcement or deterrents !!! It will be a couple of decades, if ever, that Thailand manages to see any significant reduction in road deaths... 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotsak Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) That continuous white line has a purpose but not a single <deleted> is given.. SSDD Edited April 4, 2018 by kotsak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeEyedRaven Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 I suspect there is a feeder road onto the highway not long before the accident site. You see a small black car make a tight turn into the U Turn lane, 50m before the second car moves across. Regardless, the truck has about 4 seconds to take evasive action, but does nothing, not even noticeably slow down. Even at 70MPH he had enough room to stop unless of course he was distracted. Using a mobile phone rather than concentrating on the road can have devastating effects on a driver’s stopping distance https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/learning-to-drive/stopping-distances/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted April 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) How else can the locals drive and text at the same time? i mean there are very important updates on FB and twitter he has to pay attention to, and don't forget Line, on line porn and football, who's has the time to watch where they're going?.... Edited April 4, 2018 by ezzra 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEVUP Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Both their faults , but mainly the truck drivers Truck had time to slow - Should of done that 50 mtrs prior to to little black car doing a last minute lane change If he had done that he would of been able to stop or avoid the id*%t who wanted to sit in the wrong lane to try & make his way into the turning lane 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Maverell Posted April 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2018 I can never understand why drivers faced with missing a turn just do not safely carry straight on and turn around at the next opportunity and go back instead of carving up other road users. Not just in Thailand ! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trainman34014 Posted April 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2018 Normal driving habits for Thailand. 'I'm going there' or 'I'm going fast' are the two most popular thinking patterns and bugger anyone who gets in the way ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunBENQ Posted April 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2018 2 hours ago, darksidedog said: but carries on without slowing down at all Slowing down, looking/thinking forward is for sissys but not for Thai men. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post marko kok prong Posted April 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2018 Both at fault,pickup going too fast and car changing lanes suddenly,typical Thai driving really. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Maverell said: I can never understand why drivers faced with missing a turn just do not safely carry straight on and turn around at the next opportunity and go back instead of carving up other road users. Not just in Thailand ! LAZY, SELFISH, pretty simple to understand really 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Andersen Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Normal Thai driving Me first generation Just wait for songkran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms22 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Evidence of typical Thai intelligence from all concerned, I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 6 hours ago, darksidedog said: Hmmm! To my mind this accident was totally avoidable and is caused by the truck coming down the road way too fast. He can see from some way back that cars are moving across to the U Turn lane, but carries on without slowing down at all. I agree, he can see the cars, he just can't process what he is seeing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxe1200 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 ...typical brake failure of the truck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Thai pride number 1 forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminatorchiangmai Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 one word only comes trough my mind. IDIOTS ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 8 hours ago, darksidedog said: Hmmm! To my mind this accident was totally avoidable and is caused by the truck coming down the road way too fast. He can see from some way back that cars are moving across to the U Turn lane, but carries on without slowing down at all. Agreed.... but easily and totally avoidable by both drivers... By the Civic who can clearly see cars passing through at speed, but nevertheless decides to negotiate the gauntlet of speeding traffic instead of U-turning further down the road. And again, by the speeding Pickup who can clearly see other cars crossing traffic and failing to slow down. Road design also plays a roll, often permitting idiots to make galactically moronic decisions which endanger the lives of others. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 4 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said: Normal Thai driving Me first generation Just wait for songkran I , like may others I suspect will be going out as little as poss. over soakran , but there will be plenty to see on here . Have a brew and count the accidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banana7 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, darksidedog said: Hmmm! To my mind this accident was totally avoidable and is caused by the truck coming down the road way too fast. He can see from some way back that cars are moving across to the U Turn lane, but carries on without slowing down at all. The car did not signal a lane change and also the car was not permitted to change lanes because he has a solid white line lane marker between his lane and the truck's lane. It's illegal to cross a solid white line and it's illegal to change lanes without signaling using lights or hand signals. Truck was going fast but probably at or below the speed limit. In summary, car is at fault because it violated rules of the road . Edited April 4, 2018 by Banana7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Another great example of a manoeuvre learnt at the "one day academy" of getting licence to kill!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 That's an everyday occurrence nationwide. If you're not driving defensively, you're in an accident. Thais are uniformly insane when it comes to driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobobo Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 11 hours ago, Thian said: In BKK they try to push their car into the line all the time while blocking other lanes...especially the taxi's and german cars like to do it. Now they place plastic poles to prevent this from happening but within a week they are all broken and laying on the road. And for motobikes those poles are very dangerous as well since we don't expect them to be there or laying on the road. I hear you, but..... a lot of German cars are made in China these days... so what is your point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 15 minutes ago, hobobo said: I hear you, but..... a lot of German cars are made in China these days... so what is your point? Benz is made in thailand by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobobo Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 2 minutes ago, Thian said: Benz is made in thailand by the way. The comment was about German cars, not the Benz. Many German cars are made in China. And, by the way, Thailand assembles only some Benz models, most of the top end models are still made in Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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