webfact Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Loei teacher in lucky escape as "knot" smashes through her car window Picture: Thai Rath Police were called to the Loei - Chiang Khan Road after a teacher had a lucky escape from a flying object. Dararat Khemjorn, 40, was driving home from school when the object flew in via the driver's side window and landed at her feet. She managed to maintain control of her Yaris and park by the side of the road. She was slightly hurt by flying glass. Thai Rath said the object was a knot that came loose from the central reservation. They wondered how that might have happened. The incident happened yesterday evening between KM markers 9 and 10 in Muang district of the north eastern Thai province. Source: Thai Rath -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-11-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evadgib Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 I was expecting to see a bird ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Is it a knot or not? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanmyintmaung Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 It looks like a Cat Eye Glass Lane Divider. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo860 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 It looks like a Cat Eye Glass Lane Divider. It isn't a cats eye, it's a reflective road stud, these come in quite a few different forms.The original cats eye design was invented by a guy from Halifax. Sent from my SM-G920F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Teavee Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 21 minutes ago, roo860 said: It isn't a cats eye, it's a reflective road stud, these come in quite a few different forms. The original cats eye design was invented by a guy from Halifax. Sent from my SM-G920F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Percy Shaw (apparently related to my Grandma - Or so she used to always tell us when Granddad was driving down the road)... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 This, I suspect, is a bad translation of the Thai word, น็อต, which is pronounced knot or not and means nut in English. Thing is, it is neither a knot (bird, rope, shoelace, nautical mile, whatever) or a nut (edible or mechanical). So I give up on that front and just feel some empathetic relief and happiness at the fact the car driver was uninjured. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 well done to the lady driver for not panicking must have been a hell of a shock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 The described road is plastered with some reflective(?) markers for the center divider. Unfortuately the street view is too blurry to be sure if it's one of these. Could have come loose and thrown up by an other car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Considering the debris on most roads it could have been anything!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil2407 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 If I’m right he saw a cat sat on a fence while he was driving and the light reflected back - that’s why called cats eyes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post toofarnorth Posted November 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 22, 2018 22 minutes ago, phil2407 said: If I’m right he saw a cat sat on a fence while he was driving and the light reflected back - that’s why called cats eyes! Ok , I know its old but ...............if the cat was walking away he would of invented the pencil sharpener. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 In the Thairath linked article, they call it a หมุดเกาะกลาง. A หมุด is a peg, pin or thumbtack. So I guess they believe it's something like a reflective road stud for a traffic island or street isle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 17 hours ago, webfact said: They wondered how that might have happened. Knot enough No Nails by the look of things .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 18 hours ago, webfact said: Thai Rath said the object was a knot that came loose from the central reservation. who writes these things? this is worst than a google translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunsetT Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 On 11/22/2018 at 12:15 PM, Briggsy said: This, I suspect, is a bad translation of the Thai word, น็อต, which is pronounced knot or not and means nut in English. Thing is, it is neither a knot (bird, rope, shoelace, nautical mile, whatever) or a nut (edible or mechanical). So I give up on that front and just feel some empathetic relief and happiness at the fact the car driver was uninjured. Google translate plus Thai imagination! Re. bad and totally wrong translations: Has anyone noticed that some Thai telephone answering menu choices for banking etc. are wrongly translating the 'hash' key '#' as 'the pound sign"' e.g., "please enter your account number followed by the pound sign (£)" when they mean the hash key (#). How the hell did they balls that one up!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 6 minutes ago, SunsetT said: How the hell did they balls that one up!!! Our friends from the good 'ole US of A I'm afraid. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/what-is-the-name-of-the-symbol/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunsetT Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, Crossy said: Our friends from the good 'ole US of A I'm afraid. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/what-is-the-name-of-the-symbol/ Well I never! Thats totally new to me. Thanks Crossy and sorry to Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 She needs to do the lottery now she can knot be killed???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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