Video: Driving blind!? Yet again Thai motorcyclist fails to see the level crossing barrier

[oldlakey]

1 minute ago, essox essox said:

i agree with you.....I was trying to make the point that the video we ALL should have watched did NOT contain anything regarding level crossings and what one should do when the barriers come down !!

Yes I can see the dilemma there I never thought of that 55555555

[Get Real]

Crazy people at work! Makes me think about Manfred Mann and the song " Blinded by the Light"

In her case it was "Blinded by the Phone"

[oldlakey]

6 minutes ago, Get Real said:

Crazy people at work! Makes me think about Manfred Mann and the song " Blinded by the Light"

In her case it was "Blinded by the Phone"

It looked like no real harm done thankfully so as entertainment this incident with cctv and thread has been good value 

Edited May 3, 2018 by oldlakey

[essox essox]

23 minutes ago, oldlakey said:

The problem here my man is not lack of vids but a condition commonly known as being as thick as two short planks 

totally agree should not be on the roads .......

[manarak]

lucky silly girl

[essox essox]

4 minutes ago, Nicebus said:

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i see it as I see it....been a GOOD driver for forty seven years....NOT motorbike though....

[manarak]

4 hours ago, Just Weird said:

Nothing to suggest that she was on her phone at the time apart from Thaivisa wishful-thinkers.

looks like a phone all right

[Get Real]

13 minutes ago, oldlakey said:

It looked like no real harm done thankfully so as entertainment this incident with cctv and thread has been good value 

Of course you should be happy about that she didn´t get seriously hurt or ended up dead. Sometimes, though, you wish that they break at least a leg. That might get them to think a little bit more in the future. What happened here is only that she will consider herself a very lucky person, and the final insult will be that she buys a lottery ticket the day after with her own license plate number.

Edited May 3, 2018 by Get Real

[oldlakey]

1 minute ago, Get Real said:

Of course you should be happy about that she didn´t get seriously hurt or ended up dead. Sometimes, though, you wish that they break at least a leg. That might get them to think a little bit more in the future. What happened here is only that she will consider herself a very lucky person, and the final insult will be that she buy a lottery ticket the day after with her own license plate number.

Plus a couple from her telephone number

[essox essox]

5 hours ago, johng said:

Looks like a brand new  CB150R !   she hit her head on the road quite hard,  how the hell she didn't see the barriers ?  

I NOT SEE any in the vid  are there some??

[mommysboy]

Wonder why they are so awful at riding/driving?  Nevertheless, that barrier just looks like a bit of bunting.  Does it come from Toytown?

[rtr4]

I think there was a stop sign on the left side amd the driver just passed it without stopping.

[ttrd]

4 hours ago, atyclb said:

 

my thai american friends and thai that did university overseas comment on this also.  it is not uncommon for people to walk into you, walk into your path or cut you off and they seem not aware of much of anything

 

thai term is "sabai sabai walking" lack of awareness, lack of focus. their education system is mainly rote learning without debate or question to teachers. it does not teach the mind how to think.

Nobody else than yourself can teach you how to think, but other can activate Your thinking mode by challenge you in one way or another....

[JAZZDOG]

5 hours ago, Just Weird said:

"The video is too blurry to tell..."

So why say it, twice, then?

Chill, it's called statistics, they are on the phone 90% of their time while awake.

[KKr]

It was not there when I last looked. The movetherailroadbarrierupNdownman did not pay attention.

Logical.

[JAZZDOG]

4 hours ago, natway09 said:

One of the messages that our Beloved Late King tried to teach his people was in quite a few of his speeches

"self preservation" Obviously the Thai people have forgotten or not listened.

This lady was very lucky that her neck is still attached to her head

Not true, saw a family of 4 on a moto doing a U-turn on Pattaya Tai the other day. Mom, dad and 2 kids all had their surgical masks on to avoid getting sick.

 

But not one of them had a helmet.

[wvavin]

This is definitely a very lucky girl to live for another day!

[JAZZDOG]

3 hours ago, Norrad said:

To be fair I did say my comment tongue in cheek :-) But looking again I am pretty convinced she has a phone in her hand now.

She said in a report she was on the phone. Look around they all on phones when driving.

[farcanell]

5 hours ago, Megasin1 said:

its a black cased Samsung, or Samsung copy :)

All to many times I do see people riding whilst using a mobile... all to often, so your claim does have merit.

 

however... I’m agreeing with weird.... I can’t see a phone... shoes yes, but no phone, although that might explain not “noticing” the stupid looking barrier coming down.

 

if your scrutinizing it on a big tv.... at what point do you see the Samsung?

Edited May 3, 2018 by farcanell

[ttrd]

15 minutes ago, Norrad said:

Haven't seen the new report yet, but at least it's confirmed that she was on the phone - if she says so in it. Wonder if Just Weird will make a stop in here to say anything.

The phone is guilty - case closed - NeXT...

Edited May 3, 2018 by ttrd

[PEE TEE]

With any luck it could have knocked some sense into her . 

[wealthychef]

7 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

I will wager that she doesnt do it twice

I'll take that bet. 

[ratcatcher]

1 hour ago, mommysboy said:

Wonder why they are so awful at riding/driving?  Nevertheless, that barrier just looks like a bit of bunting.  Does it come from Toytown?

Yes, that's the one she hit, available at Toytown and other novelty stores..................

 

 Bunting. See the similarity now?

 

 

[Lupatria]

2 hours ago, essox essox said:

yeah a nice BIG barrier with STOP LIGHTS.. not silly little things they have in this country....where is this by the way???

Germany. It's mandatory for all major roads. On remote country roads they have smaller ones covering only one lane but these also have big X signs,  stop lights, and even a bell sound when it is closing.

[jenny2017]

2 hours ago, essox essox said:

yeah a nice BIG barrier with STOP LIGHTS.. not silly little things they have in this country....where is this by the way???

They have these in Sisaket, the poorest province in Thailand. The one in the photo is from Ubon R. 

Edited May 3, 2018 by jenny2017

[XB12X]

She was saved by her handbag. Her head landed on it.

[farcanell]

3 hours ago, Norrad said:

You can still hold the throttle open with something in your hand (you only need two fingers and your palm or even just one finger and your palm, but you lose all front brake control.

Yes indeed... one can still operate a hand throttle with an object ( like a phone... or a beer) in your hand.

however..... it’s not so easy to operate a hand throttle, whilst your hand is holding the phone to your ear.

that said... occasional razor, right? (Mobile phone use being the simplest answer)

[metisdead]

Some baiting troll posts and the replies have been removed. 

[Just Weird]

1 hour ago, Norrad said:

Haven't seen the new report yet, but at least it's confirmed that she was on the phone - if she says so in it. Wonder if Just Weird will make a stop in here to say anything.

Yes, he will.  It may have been reported since this started that she admitted that she was on the phone bit that wasn't the issue!  The issue was you lot claiming without being able to see it that it looked like she was on the phone.  It could not be seen in the dash cam video that she was on the phone.

[hobobo]

8 hours ago, johng said:

Looks like a brand new  CB150R !   she hit her head on the road quite hard,  how the hell she didn't see the barriers ?  

Her drivers licence was in "Handicapped" category: BLIND