Chinese tourist injured in Pattaya motorcycle accident

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Chinese tourist injured in Pattaya motorcycle accident

By The Nation

 

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A Chinese tourist was injured along with a Thai motorcyclist in a motorcycle crash on a Pattaya road overnight on Tuesday, police said.

 

Police said the accident happened at 2.50am in front of Soi Pattaya Sai Song 14 in Tambon Nong Plue in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district.

 

The Chinese tourist was identified as Guo Xiao, 33, and the Thai as Watcharapong Loonnud, 24.

 

Witnesses told police that they saw the two riding their motorcycles. They said the Chinese tourist suddenly changed lanes from the right side, apparently to make a turn into the soi, and cut in front of the other bike, leading to the crash.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30351617

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-08-07

 

[mok199]

the famous thai ..far right lane , left turn, most of us know it too well...

[sammieuk1]

Scoters and boats proving a challenge to far for the Chinese right now?

[scubascuba3]

Thais are mostly good riders, its the tourists who are the biggest hazard as this accident proves

[Vacuum]

3 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Scoters and boats proving a challenge to far for the Chinese right now?

They'll learn...and within 50 years, so will the Thais.

[NCC1701A]

is there a Chinese VIP lane at the hospital like at the airport?

[ezzra]

As far as the local authorities are concern, the Chinese maybe riding driving on the wrong side of the road but their wallets are on the RIGHT side of thai economy...

[bluesofa]

47 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

is there a Chinese VIP lane at the hospital like at the airport?

I thought you meant a Chinese VIP lane on the road. That's the cause of the accident - straying out of the VIP lane.

 

Luckily it doesn't appear to be raining, or he might have drowned.

 

[KhunBENQ]

1 hour ago, mok199 said:

the famous thai ..far right lane , left turn, most of us know it too well...

Just that here the Chinese tried this stunt.

[DoctorG]

2 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Just that here the Chinese tried this stunt.

When in Rome ....

?

[Benmart]

7 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Thais are mostly good riders, its the tourists who are the biggest hazard as this accident proves

Research proves otherwise.

[stanleycoin]

The Chinese behave the same as the Thai's on the roads here.

Dumb and Dumber have an encounter on the roads of Pattaya.

Ah, yes, Next.  

[stanleycoin]

7 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Thais are mostly good riders, its the tourists who are the biggest hazard as this accident proves

Wot,  

Please Stop posting whilst still pissed up. 

 

[scubascuba3]

Research proves otherwise.

I'm basing it on my experience riding around, but it is popular to say Thais are bad. I saw 2 foreigners crash today on Pratamak hill, at least one on the bike was on his phone

 

[KneeDeep]

4 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

I'm basing it on my experience riding around, but it is popular to say Thais are bad. I saw 2 foreigners crash today on Pratamak hill, at least one on the bike was on his phone

 

 

I've seen Thais watching soap operas on their mobile phones whilst riding. Phone sitting on the dashboard, not even secured.

[scubascuba3]

 
I've seen Thais watching soap operas on their mobile phones whilst riding. Phone sitting on the dashboard, not even secured.

Yes i wouldn't recommend it, the difference is the Thais have a lot of experience riding from a young age, falang are often on a short holiday like the ones today

[KneeDeep]

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

5 minutes ago, KneeDeep said:

 
I've seen Thais watching soap operas on their mobile phones whilst riding. Phone sitting on the dashboard, not even secured.

Yes i wouldn't recommend it, the difference is the Thais have a lot of experience riding from a young age, falang are often on a short holiday like the ones today

 

Doesn't make the Thai a good rider. Just less crap than some foreigners. I had a Thai drive straight across Sai Song(Second Road) from one side soi to another without even slowing down. If it wasn't for my ability to 'stop on a sixpence', he and his passenger would have been toast.

Then there are the 'Win' who think they are the best in the business. Also many idiots taking chances for which others have to compensate.

Not that I don't make mistakes. But to suggest they are all good riders is way off the mark.

[morrobay]

5 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

9 minutes ago, KneeDeep said:

 
I've seen Thais watching soap operas on their mobile phones whilst riding. Phone sitting on the dashboard, not even secured.

Yes i wouldn't recommend it, the difference is the Thais have a lot of experience riding from a young age, falang are often on a short holiday like the ones today

It's really high time to put the shovel down. 

[scubascuba3]

 
But to suggest they are all good riders is way off the mark.

Who said that? There are bad riders everywhere, you'll see loads back in farangland

[scubascuba3]

It's really high time to put the shovel down. 

Is that the best you've got? Ride much?

[Snow Leopard]

Thais my be nuisance and some for sure are really dangerous. They have a bit of a 6th sense though. I have seen some really stupid farangs as well but over time they develop a 6th sense. For sure the average Chinese tourist has no sense at all.

[lvr181]

Surely the BIG question is:- Did the Chinese tourist have travel insurance?     

 

[morrobay]

20 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

 

 

Who said that? There are bad riders everywhere, you'll see loads back in farangland

 

Sure and there are loads of bad foreign riders in Pattaya but that doesn't make Thais good riders. 

[user343434]

The Rental forgot to tie one of these silly red or blue flags to the steering bar so the Chinese was getting disorientated and made a turn back.. 

I have seen that they all follow these flags like a herd of sheep when leaving the bus at beach road.

[NoshowJones]

15 hours ago, KneeDeep said:

 

I've seen Thais watching soap operas on their mobile phones whilst riding. Phone sitting on the dashboard, not even secured.

How did you get close enough to see what the Thais riding a motorbike were watching?

[stanleycoin]

16 hours ago, KneeDeep said:

 

I've seen Thais watching soap operas on their mobile phones whilst riding. Phone sitting on the dashboard, not even secured.

where's the Dashboard on a motor bike ? 

[KneeDeep]

7 hours ago, possum1931 said:

How did you get close enough to see what the Thais riding a motorbike were watching?

 

How close did we need to be? She rode past us whilst we were standing on the pavement. We could both see the phone's screen. She had headphones in. 

[KneeDeep]

7 hours ago, stanleycoin said:

where's the Dashboard on a motor bike ? 

[stanleycoin]

Just now, KneeDeep said:

That's an instrument panel. 

[KneeDeep]

3 minutes ago, stanleycoin said:

That's an instrument panel. 

 

I knew you would try that....

 

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A dashboard (also called dash, instrument panel (IP), or fascia) is a control panel located directly ahead of a vehicle's driver, displaying instrumentation and controls for the vehicle's operation.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashboard