Phuket tourist passenger van driver takes out motorbike on second day of work

[webfact]

Phuket tourist passenger van driver takes out motorbike on second day of work

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The van came to a crunching halt after hitting barriers installed on the far side of the roundabout. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: Two men on a motorbike suffered injuries last night, one seriously, after they collided with a Phuket passenger van whose driver was attempting to go round the Heroines Monument.

 

The van driver, Pongsakorn Kongderm, fled the scene, leaving behind his girlfriend, who was riding as the sole passenger in the van at the time.

Lt Sopanat Nayaw of Thalang Police was notified of the accident at 00:25am today (Dec 12).

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[mok199]

Wow with all this bad news ,its really time for an ''honest taxi driver'' tall tale....

[1337markus]

It was Pongsakorn’s second day working as a driver, the girlfriend explained.
 

 

Amazing stuff he survived the first day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AhFarangJa]

Thai drivers and roundabouts are definitely not compatible with each other...

[bluesea]

Lack of Understanding, GIVE WAY TO THE RIGHT

[NanLaew]

6 minutes ago, bluesea said:

Lack of Understanding, GIVE WAY TO THE RIGHT

What's Thai for 'give way'?

[marko kok prong]

I presume he will not get a third days employment.

[grumpy 4680]

     Abandoned his girlfriend,    CHARMING FELLER.

[Srikcir]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

whose driver was attempting to go round the Heroines Monument.

I don't think the driver understood "round."

[madmitch]

If Thai drivers knew how to use roundabouts properly there would be no need for these barriers to be in place anyway.

 

But he'd probably have caused more damage if the barrier hadn't been there!

 

I wonder what test was involved for him to get his passenger van licence?

[MickeyR]

I think the girlfriend was holding the gearstick mmmmm….

[PETERTHEEATER]

From the headline I thought it was about a tourist driving a passenger van!

[monkeycu]

3 hours ago, madmitch said:

If Thai drivers knew how to use roundabouts properly there would be no need for these barriers to be in place anyway.

 

But he'd probably have caused more damage if the barrier hadn't been there!

 

I wonder what test was involved for him to get his passenger van licence?

Breathing  ????

[seahorse]

5 hours ago, grumpy 4680 said:

     Abandoned his girlfriend,    CHARMING FELLER.

I wouldn't be surprised if her presence in the van had something to do with the accident. 

[Colabamumbai]

8 hours ago, NanLaew said:

What's Thai for 'give way'?

Give away. 

[300sd]

If "Good Luck Service Co. Ltd." chose their drivers more carefully, then they would have better luck. Maybe check if he has a license...

[stevenl]

9 hours ago, bluesea said:

Lack of Understanding, GIVE WAY TO THE RIGHT

Only on roundabouts since that is considered the main road.

In general in Thailand GIVE WAY TO THE LEFT.

[LivinginKata]

1 hour ago, stevenl said:

Only on roundabouts since that is considered the main road.

In general in Thailand GIVE WAY TO THE LEFT.

 

Sorry Steven. You lost me there. Maybe you need to rethink that.

[stevenl]

9 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

 

Sorry Steven. You lost me there. Maybe you need to rethink that.

Rethink what? In Thailand the rule is: on equal roads, give way to the left. A roundabout is considered the more important road, so on roundabouts the rule is: give way to traffic already on the roundabout, therefor to the right.

 

General rule in Thailand is give way to the left.

[LivinginKata]

4 hours ago, stevenl said:

Rethink what? In Thailand the rule is: on equal roads, give way to the left. A roundabout is considered the more important road, so on roundabouts the rule is: give way to traffic already on the roundabout, therefor to the right.

 

General rule in Thailand is give way to the left.

 

Still lost me.... so you say traffic on main road gives way to traffic exiting from left.  Think  that traffic gives way to the right as well.

[stevenl]

4 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

 

Still lost me.... so you say traffic on main road gives way to traffic exiting from left.  Think  that traffic gives way to the right as well.

No, that is not what I said. On equal roads give way to left. On main road, like roundabouts, traffic on main road has right of way.

[LivinginKata]

36 minutes ago, stevenl said:

No, that is not what I said. On equal roads give way to left. On main road, like roundabouts, traffic on main road has right of way.

 

I give up. Don't know what you mean. I am out of here.

[stevenl]

1 hour ago, LivinginKata said:

 

I give up. Don't know what you mean. I am out of here.

It really is very simple.

 

Somebody said: give way to the right in Thailand. I corrected and said: not correct, give way to the left in Thailand, except of course on main roads where the main road has right of way. And since a roundabout is considered a main road we give on roundabouts way to traffic on the roundabout, so we give way to the right there.

[xylophone]

11 minutes ago, stevenl said:

It really is very simple.

 

Somebody said: give way to the right in Thailand. I corrected and said: not correct, give way to the left in Thailand, except of course on main roads where the main road has right of way. And since a roundabout is considered a main road we give on roundabouts way to traffic on the roundabout, so we give way to the right there.

Irrespective of the "discussion" on this, I have a saying that as Thais don't know how to use a roundabout there is no hope for them coming out of the developing/3rd world (I know, I know) category...........something so simple yet they can't fathom it out, just all pile on thereby creating gridlock. Pure stupidity.