Van driver at beer high tide visits Chon Buri sea at low tide

By The Nation

 

 

Police in Chon Buri say a van driver admitted he drank “four or five” bottles of beer before passing out at the wheel and ending up in seaside mudflats.

 

It was low tide at that hour Tuesday morning. Otherwise he would have been treading saltwater.

 

Nikorn Noompinpuk, 49, was looking for a place to pull over and nap but dozed off while still in motion, crashed through a guardrail in Tambon Bang Sai and woke up in a cosy bed of mud.

 

Muang Chon Buri police got the call at 5am and found Nikorn caked in mud but free of the van and unharmed.

 

Once he was hosed down, they took him in to be booked.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30350702

 

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36 minutes ago, webfact said:

Police in Chon Buri say a van driver admitted he drank “four or five” bottles of beer before passing out at the wheel and ending up in seaside mudflats.

4 or 5 .! What were they Special Brew or something ..

Van's .. Not good swimmers ..

Edited July 24, 20187 yr by Justgrazing
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500 baht fine and free to blunder on.

And a jackass like this will likely be charged for reckless driving... He probably will get a fine for parking in a restricted area. Instead of having the book thrown at him he gets a wide grin and a laugh. Had he killed someone chances he would have got a medal. Had he killed a falang the falang's family would have had to foot the hospital bill and he would have been elevated to national hero status. 

 

Fracking frack... ruined my morning reading this.

Edited July 25, 20187 yr by LazySlipper

16 hours ago, webfact said:

was looking for a place to pull over and nap

Excuse time........

He was simply following his  sat nav..........

 

 

 

 

20 hours ago, webfact said:

driver admitted he drank “four or five” bottles of beer before passing out

There is nothing worse than amateur beer drinkers. “Four or five” bottles of beer wouldn't even make a halfway decent bavarian breakfast, or qualify as motivation enhancer for an average Irishman to walk from the bar to the mens room.

Edited July 25, 20187 yr by Lupatria

2 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

He was simply following his  sat nav..........

 

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He went 20 metres when the machine said yards.

 

Feel thankful he's not a bus driver.

Bet it improved his complexion no end.....

" must've took a wrong turn .. Now where's my beer .. and the van ..

23 hours ago, LazySlipper said:

And a jackass like this will likely be charged for reckless driving... He probably will get a fine for parking in a restricted area. Instead of having the book thrown at him he gets a wide grin and a laugh. Had he killed someone chances he would have got a medal. Had he killed a falang the falang's family would have had to foot the hospital bill and he would have been elevated to national hero status. 

 

Fracking frack... ruined my morning reading this.

Rubbish.

Hopefully next time it will be high tide.