Thai man and two kids knocked off motor cycle by Russian at Pattaya intersection

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Thai man and two kids knocked off motor cycle by Russian at Pattaya intersection

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A Thai father and two children were injured when they were knocked off their motorcycle in the Jomtien area of Sukhumvit Road yesterday morning.

 

Hurt were Pornthep Phunark, 33, and his children who were riding pillion.

 

Nearby was a Pajero driven by a Russian woman named as Mrs Liudmila. The Pajero had marks from a collision.

 

The motorcyclist said he had been going through a green light on the way to Pattaya when he swerved to avoid a pothole and was hit by the car going in the same direction.

 

Na Jomtien police are investigating.

 

Source: Sanook

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-07-26

[mikebell]

Ludmilla is driving along and the Thai veers into her.  Huge compensation pay-out in the air.

'Na Jomtien police are investigating.'

Na Jomtien police are calculating.

[robblok]

Sounds a lot like the Thai being guilty here, though I am sure they can spin it that the foreigner drove too fast.

[JohnC]

This is why I have a dash cam, on more than one occasion I have proved the other driver was at fault! 

[pokerface1]

1 hour ago, JohnC said:

This is why I have a dash cam, on more than one occasion I have proved the other driver was at fault! 

Where an injury has occurred to the other driver or passengers it doesn't matter who's fault it is. You will have to pay compensation to them or let the court decide a fair amount. Of course foreigners pay through the nose. 

That's what Iv'e been told by my Thai Wife.   

[cornishcarlos]

7 minutes ago, pokerface1 said:

That's what Iv'e been told by my Thai Wife.   

 

Check you out, married to a lawyer.. Good score ?

[Thian]

1 hour ago, JohnC said:

This is why I have a dash cam, on more than one occasion I have proved the other driver was at fault! 

 

I don't think a dashcam would help much in this case.

 

It's what all thais do, swerving lanes...If there's an obstacle on their lane they just steer to another lane....simple as that. I think it's taught to them during  their drivinglessons since they all do it.

[Get Real]

Interrogate the pot hole.

[connda]

5 hours ago, JohnC said:

This is why I have a dash cam, on more than one occasion I have proved the other driver was at fault! 

Have a dash cam and first-class insurance and let the insurance company fight it out.

[Henrik Andersen]

police could start investigate the pothole 

because meny of small accidents happen because of bad roads 

so who to blame? The government? 

Thai driver? Or the tourist? 

Answer is,  tourist ofcores 

[Cheops]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai man and two kids knocked off motor cycle by Russian at Pattaya intersection

The title should be:

Thai man and 2 kids on motorcycle hit car after swerving to avoid pothole. 

 

But of course then nobody reads the article 

Edited July 26, 2018 by Cheops

[geriatrickid]

3 hours ago, Thian said:

 

I don't think a dashcam would help much in this case.

 

It's what all thais do, swerving lanes...If there's an obstacle on their lane they just steer to another lane....simple as that. I think it's taught to them during  their drivinglessons since they all do it.

Dashcam most certainly is of help. It will show what happened. It can be the difference of a small nominal amount and the equivalent of Somchai's  lifetime payday. 

[quandow]

5 hours ago, JohnC said:

This is why I have a dash cam, on more than one occasion I have proved the other driver was at fault! 

They don't always work. My UK friend had his CAR rear ended by a THAI  on her MOTORBIKE. Absolutely her fault, the whole thing was captured by the rear camera. He had to pay her 25k baht right then and there. Needless to say he was furious and had to scramble to come up with that kind of cash instantly. Kangaroo court at its finest!

[lust]

4 minutes ago, quandow said:

They don't always work. My UK friend had his CAR rear ended by a THAI  on her MOTORBIKE. Absolutely her fault, the whole thing was captured by the rear camera. He had to pay her 25k baht right then and there. Needless to say he was furious and had to scramble to come up with that kind of cash instantly. Kangaroo court at its finest!

No he didn’t. But he did.

[quandow]

54 minutes ago, lust said:

No he didn’t. But he did.

The BiB said he had to.

Edited July 26, 2018 by quandow

[topt]

15 minutes ago, quandow said:

The BiB said he had to.

And what was the threat (implied or given) if he didn't?

Presumably he had 1st Class Insurance?

[pennine]

7 hours ago, Thian said:

 

I don't think a dashcam would help much in this case.

 

It's what all thais do, swerving lanes...If there's an obstacle on their lane they just steer to another lane....simple as that. I think it's taught to them during  their drivinglessons since they all do it.

Or it's taught when they were kids standing in front of the parent driving. This is how bad driving is passed on from one generation to the next.

[thurien]

8 hours ago, JohnC said:

This is why I have a dash cam, on more than one occasion I have proved the other driver was at fault! 

 

I never had a crash in 13 years TH (and I do >25k km/y)

 

Else, a near-miss is nothing to mention about in this country even less to record or prove

Edited July 26, 2018 by thurien

[digger70]

7 hours ago, Thian said:

 

I don't think a dashcam would help much in this case.

 

It's what all thais do, swerving lanes...If there's an obstacle on their lane they just steer to another lane....simple as that. I think it's taught to them during  their drivinglessons since they all do it.

What Driving lessons?

[Capt Rob]

3 hours ago, connda said:

Have a dash cam and first-class insurance and let the insurance company fight it out.

Dash cam will get you a 5% discount on your insurance premium - which might well be the insurance company's attempt to rein in claims 

[Netease]

4 hours ago, Cheops said:

The title should be:

Thai man and 2 kids on motorcycle hit car after swerving to avoid pothole. 

 

But of course then nobody reads the article 

There could be a Deformation case here

[Rimmer]

Some troll an racist posts  have been removed

[captspectre]

10 hours ago, robblok said:

Sounds a lot like the Thai being guilty here, though I am sure they can spin it that the foreigner drove too fast.

the foreigner had the bad manners of trying to drive in Thailand! in most every other civilized country the lawyers would be standing in line to sue the city for the pot holes! here they are decorations!

[fullcave]

 So the father was wearing a helmet but not the children? Seems kind of selfish to me. 

[Expatthailover]

We all wish roads were safer and that all accidents would disappear. It isnt going to happen and it is the price we pay to live cheaply in a country where the infrastructure isnt as it is in 'good old back home where everything is great but I still left of my own volition'. There is a choice if 'immigrants' dont like roads or other aspects.

Find it a tad rich that people who move here bleat about what happens on the roads when it was clear it has always been like this. 

People also conveniently forget about what happens on the roads in good old back home. Incidents maybe different but no less disturbing. 

Cops in the uk and europe are also clearly treating people according to race, background and culture etc.

People in glass houses etc.

[stanleycoin]

12 hours ago, Capt Rob said:

Dash cam will get you a 5% discount on your insurance premium - which might well be the insurance company's attempt to rein in claims 

Don't claim the 5% discount. 

it may be used against you,   if the cam was not working in the event of an accident. They wouldn't,   would they !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

TIT. 

 

Edited July 26, 2018 by stanleycoin

[kannot]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

The motorcyclist said he had been going through a green light on the way to Pattaya when he swerved to avoid a pothole and was hit by the car going in the same direction.

admitted  his fault then, ultimately govts  fault for not repairing the road, no helmets, overloaded, probably no insurance  lucky if they even  have  adriving licence..................conclusion Russians  fault

[kannot]

20 hours ago, pokerface1 said:

Where an injury has occurred to the other driver or passengers it doesn't matter who's fault it is. You will have to pay compensation to them or let the court decide a fair amount. Of course foreigners pay through the nose. 

That's what Iv'e been told by my Thai Wife.   

id  take the  batteries out of  her if i was you and demand a refund  then

[Prairieboy]

The obvious question here is what kind of parent is dumb enough to take not one, but two helmetless children on his motorcycle?

[Prairieboy]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

Pajero

At least they didn't blame the Pajero (I suppose because it was a non-Thai driver).