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A Couple Survives Extreme Crash

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A Couple Survives Extreme Crash

by CityNews

 

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CityNews – A couple survived an extreme crash.

 

On the morning of August 8th, a pick-up truck transporting fish crashed into a tree on its way from Chiang Mai in Ban Mae Wan, Doi Saket district. 

 

Full Story: http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news/couple-survives-extreme-crash/

 
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Damned good amulets to get out of that one ?

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cudos because of honesty for the driver.

He ADMITTED that he had dozed of.

Btw what country does he come from?

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5 minutes ago, Samuel Smith said:

How are the fish?

They were wearing a seat belt.

Either these pick-ups must be made of cardboard OR, more likely, it was going at a hell of a speed to end up like that.  Obviously, crashes happen in every country but I have rarely seen such mangled wrecks as I have seen time and time again in Thailand. 

Perhaps, when the driver falls asleep at the wheel, there is an automatic knee-jerk reaction to put more pressure on the accelerator, although one might have expected  that, with sleep, there would normally be a relaxed touch, thereby reducing speed.

17 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Damned good amulets to get out of that one ?

Maybe they were sitting in the back and the pick-up was on auto-pilot?

Or they thought it was a Google driverless car?

18 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Damned good amulets to get out of that one ?

Those damn trees jumping in the road like that.

18 hours ago, Samuel Smith said:

How are the fish?

How is the tree ?

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The man, who was the driver, admitted that he had dozed off.

The seats in the pick-up trucks must be too comfortable since falling asleep at the wheel seems to be endemic!

 

6 hours ago, Retiredandhappyhere said:

Either these pick-ups must be made of cardboard OR, more likely, it was going at a hell of a speed to end up like that.  Obviously, crashes happen in every country but I have rarely seen such mangled wrecks as I have seen time and time again in Thailand. 

Modern vehicles are designed (for safety reasons) to deform/disintegrate in order to dissipate the huge forces often created in a crash, whilst having a very strong protective frame around the occupants' area. It's the technology which was originally in single seater race cars e,g. Formula 1 & IndyCars. Obviously there is a point in the design at which the laws of physics take over, & the wearing of seatbelts by both front & rear cabin passengers is another crucial aspect of minimising injury or increasing survival chances.

 

Like you, I have never seen so many mangled vehicles as I have over here in Thailand - generally speaking car driving/bike riding awareness &  standards are pi$$poor!

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