Never ever believe a thai person or entity for that matter, as we all know they’re out there to get us ! I very much doubt it’s the westerner’s fault but hey we all humans we do make mistakes just not as often as the Thais that’s for sure ????????‍♂️

Whether he jumped the lights or thai did the same.the farang fault everytime.

4 hours ago, marcusarelus said:

For future reference, if you ever visit, in Thailand they don't accelerate meters they simply turn them off. 

For future reference, if you ever visit old B. airport...

... try a taxi parked outside !

Edited January 14, 20197 yr by marqus12

I think you are right and I hope the Volvo had a camera recording 

9 hours ago, smedly said:

lets have a poll

 

Which one is more likely to have run a red light

 

- farang

or

- Thai

and the result is...???

Irrespective of who's fault it was - the Farang will pay. One of the reasons could be, that the accident would have never happened, if the Farang would not have been here in the first place. 

How many bikes smashed my tailgate, more than once I had severe scratches along the car by bikes which raced irresponsibly - not to mention all the dents I collected over the last 30+ years driving in Thailand when parking in parking lots of shopping centres and supermarkets. 

Interesting is, that "Sanook" now is in charge of fact finding; next will be finger pointing. What a zoo .......... 

Been there worn that T-shirt, I came out of a carpark  my tires facing left a young guy ran into me blue bike mark on the back of my tire N

cont..... No licensce….no tax.... no helmet 4 police men came. Back at the police station the one bike became 16. Knives were in the mobs hands and this was outside Lumpini police station  I had to pay 2000 baht otherwise I would have died. 

Irrespective of who's fault it was - the Farang will pay. One of the reasons could be, that the accident would have never happened, if the Farang would not have been here in the first place. 

How many bikes smashed my tailgate, more than once I had severe scratches along the car by bikes which raced irresponsibly - not to mention all the dents I collected over the last 30+ years driving in Thailand when parking in parking lots of shopping centres and supermarkets. 

Interesting is, that "Sanook" now is in charge of fact finding; next will be finger pointing. What a zoo .......... 

These people that damaged your vehicle just left the scene, without you confronting them?

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The Thai guy is lucky. I experienced the opposite: hit by a Thai who then fled. Even if all was captured on CCTV, the Police in Patong refuses to go after the culprit (and the Insurance Company MSIG refuses to pay because no guilty party)

8 hours ago, mok199 said:

hey hey safest cars on the roads..love the Amazon 122 and the P 1800

Safe cars indeed - but that breeds a dangerous class of complacent,  pipe smoking, cardigan wearing drivers proceeding down the road cocooned in a little world of their own...

6 hours ago, hobobo said:

and the result is...???

if you really need an answer to that then it would be wasted on you 

hmmm..... now let me guess.Farang has big money... Thai has small money.Say no more....

I have never had a problem with riding all over NE Thailand but I have often thought, friends from NZ and the UK driving in Thailand and thinking Green means it's OK and safe to go would get into a lot of trouble. Green means it MIGHT be ok to go if you are a Farang. If you are Thai, Red and Green means it MIGHT be OK to go.

Edited January 14, 20197 yr by milesinnz

13 hours ago, Easy Come Easy Go said:

I saw an accident in HH two days ago, of a Farang guy (around the age of 60) who had been knocked off his bicycle by a Thai driver. Is that in the news? 

Easily explained: stupid falang not know how to ride bicycle. 

 

Red light is good, means good luck, right? 

 

 

13 hours ago, marcusarelus said:

For future reference, if you ever visit, in Thailand they don't accelerate meters they simply turn them off. 

They have Turbo meters too

15 hours ago, MJCM said:

We have at the moment 2 cameras in our car (one facing forwards and one facing backwards) but I am looking to install another 2 (one facing left and one facing right)

Someone will hit you from above, having gone over the edge of a flyover. 

The only time I burn a red light is at the big Asoke intersection if I'm in a rush as those lights you can end up waiting literally 8 minutes for your section to turn green again if you arrive just as they've gone red. Not that it makes it okay and obviously I'm in the wrong, but if you can time it right there are about 3 or 4 seconds when all the lights are red before the next one turns green, there's your chance. I learned that from the Thais of course after a month or two when I first got here and having a ninja 650 gives me enough torque to get away from the scene and the other who jump the lights. I'm sure one day I will pay my price though for it. Over my time on and off in Thailand the last few years I'd say I've racked up about 14 months of driving every day in Bangkok and witness about 2 or 3 accidents a day on average, but if you think Thai drivers are bad you should visit China. Chinese drivers make Thais look like motogp riders.

4 minutes ago, hello55060 said:

The only time I burn a red light is at the big Asoke

Pulling up can also be a danger as the bus behind you likely won't and be accelerating!

Driving around this area of Thailand and observing the locals I estimate 95% proceed through intersections without looking left or right - knowing this I stop at every intersection since sight lines are often blocked bu shrubbery or signage.  So far I have been lucky!

I have never had a problem with riding all over NE Thailand but I have often thought, friends from NZ and the UK driving in Thailand and thinking Green means it's OK and safe to go would get into a lot of trouble. Green means it MIGHT be ok to go if you are a Farang. If you are Thai, Red and Green means it MIGHT be OK to go.

If I remember, green light in the UK means, proceed with caution.

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12 hours ago, roo860 said:

These people that damaged your vehicle just left the scene, without you confronting them?

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I would, if I could. Ever been in a traffic jam, getting hit in the back and the bike disappears like a snake while you continue to be stucked? 
In Big C Extra (during the Carrefour days) I got a seriously nice scratch along the car; by expert comment made by a shopping trolley. I went to see the security office for viewing the CCTV which ........ was not available as Somchai had forgotten something. It took the (French) manager to face the music who compensated the damage with shopping vouchers - not for the damage but for not being on top of CCTV issues. Any other damage was paid by me, out of my own pocket. 

On 14 January 2019 at 1:16 PM, Pattaya46 said:

I know this intersection well, and if the car was really coming from South Road (same as the bus on 2nd pic) then I really doubt that the car drove at red light.

By experience I would bet that the bike burned the red light by too many seconds... as too often the case there.

 

You know as much about the cause of this accident as I do,which is zilch. Give it a rest. 

3 hours ago, Prairieboy said:

Driving around this area of Thailand and observing the locals I estimate 95% proceed through intersections without looking left or right - knowing this I stop at every intersection since sight lines are often blocked bu shrubbery or signage.  So far I have been lucky!

Yes, because they are only going straight ahead, why would they have to look left, right or behind their bike?

20 hours ago, MJCM said:

We have at the moment 2 cameras in our car (one facing forwards and one facing backwards) but I am looking to install another 2 (one facing left and one facing right)

Driving in Thailand you will need another two. One facing up and one facing down ????????????

On 1/14/2019 at 2:05 PM, StayinThailand2much said:

And the news is???? 

They called the Thai a man. At best he’s a male.

so it is news when a foreigner does it but not when Thais do it tens of thousands of times a day. Unlike a Thai he actually stopped!
 

Exactly. It's so unusual to be the fault of a foreigner that it made the news.



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On 1/15/2019 at 7:27 AM, hello55060 said:

The only time I burn a red light is at the big Asoke intersection if I'm in a rush as those lights you can end up waiting literally 8 minutes for your section to turn green again if you arrive just as they've gone red. Not that it makes it okay and obviously I'm in the wrong, but if you can time it right there are about 3 or 4 seconds when all the lights are red before the next one turns green, there's your chance. I learned that from the Thais of course after a month or two when I first got here and having a ninja 650 gives me enough torque to get away from the scene and the other who jump the lights. I'm sure one day I will pay my price though for it. Over my time on and off in Thailand the last few years I'd say I've racked up about 14 months of driving every day in Bangkok and witness about 2 or 3 accidents a day on average, but if you think Thai drivers are bad you should visit China. Chinese drivers make Thais look like motogp riders.

You basically are saying your life is not worth 8 minutes.

Sorry, I would get some professional help if I were you.

I bet the unfortunate rider was seeing dollar signs from the moment he stopped rolling.

If we look at the location of the car on the road and at the intersection at the back, we will see that most likely the car was driving straight, and the Thai man was riding a motorcycle from a nearby street, and how often this did not look around. Why look around? After all, the stars say that today is my lucky day. I can drive today even at a red traffic light. The stars say so.