Driver Fined 6,000 Baht For Lorry Crash That Flattened Car

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Driver Fined 6,000 Baht For Lorry Crash That Flattened Car

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

 

Scene of the accident on May 27.

 

BANGKOK — A criminal court on Wednesday found the driver of an 18-wheeler guilty of drunk driving for flattening another car in a May accident, in which the victim narrowly escaped death.

 

Narong Wongpetch, 33, was driving a 46-ton container on a road in Lat Krabang district when it toppled on a Toyota Fortuner, trapping the motorist for almost three hours before rescue workers could extract him from the flattened vehicle. He was later charged with DUI and reckless driving.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2018/10/10/driver-fined-6000-baht-for-lorry-crash-that-flattened-car/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2018-10-10

[BigBadGeordie]

6000 Baht for drunk driving. Is there no end to this madness!

[Wiggy]

So, he was convicted of drunk-driving; a 6,000 baht fine should be a deterrent.

[Henrik Andersen]

There is no justice in Thailand 

only 6000 b fine 

He was driving in a 18 wheeler and drunk 

No suspected license 

No time in monkey house  

Lucky the other man survived and hopefully he will sue this low life of a scumbag 

Thailand have again and again show it is OK to drive drunk because fine is so cheap 

 

[Moonlover]

The car driver was extremely lucky to survive than one. He did say he has yet to receive compensation, but is pursuing a civil case.

 

Truck driver should also be banned from driving for life and his (ex?) company should also be hauled into court. Watch the video (turn the volume down first) and have a look at the state of the trucks tyres.

Edited October 10, 2018 by Moonlover

[Formaleins]

3 hours ago, BigBadGeordie said:

6000 Baht for drunk driving. Is there no end to this madness!

Indeed, and this just goes to show how these morons think. Only a couple of weeks ago the fools were talking about fining drivers50K or 100K with long jail terms for not having a valid license. So no license gets you a whopping fine and jail, whereas driving an 18 wheeler pi$$ed, crashing and nearly killing an innocent person gets you a 6000 Baht fine, they are completely out of their tiny minds.

[Redline]

6000 baht is ridiculously low

[Justgrazing]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Narong Wongpetch, 33, was driving a 46-ton container on a road in Lat Krabang district when it toppled on a Toyota Fortuner,

Seems to be something about Toyota's that container trucks ain't liking .. 'ere's another .. 

[toofarnorth]

1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:

Seems to be something about Toyota's that container trucks ain't liking .. 'ere's another ..

Looks like a Toyota sports convertable to me.

[Justgrazing]

54 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

Looks like a Toyota sports convertable to me.

Now available at IKEA ..

[oldlakey]

5 hours ago, Formaleins said:

Indeed, and this just goes to show how these morons think. Only a couple of weeks ago the fools were talking about fining drivers50K or 100K with long jail terms for not having a valid license. So no license gets you a whopping fine and jail, whereas driving an 18 wheeler pi$$ed, crashing and nearly killing an innocent person gets you a 6000 Baht fine, they are completely out of their tiny minds.

It's a genuine pity that they can't see it for themselves

[Aussieroaming]

And thus the carnage will continue unabated.

[Road Warrior]

Thai driving again !!!!!!

[MichaelJohn]

I wonder what the fine would have been in UK/Europe/USA?

1 Year in Jail.

Thousands £$€in a fine.

and probably banned for a number of years.

Is there any deterrent in B6,000??????

[worgeordie]

No wonder there is no improvement on the roads,

6K THB fine for DUI,and crushing a car with someone inside,the Authorities

are not taking the issue seriously,and until they do more

than just talk,nothing's going to change.drive carefully,

the truck driver will most likely be back on the roads today.

regards Worgeordie

[Lacessit]

6000 baht is a lot of money for a Thai on 300 baht a day. Having said that, however, the driver should have been banned from the roads for at least 2 years.