Motorcyclists break limbs in Sattahip wreck

[Rimmer]

Motorcyclists break limbs in Sattahip wreck

SATTAHIP:--Two people were injured when they plowed their motorcycle into the side of an SUV making a U-turn in Sattahip.

 

Driver Manoon Reungrit, 25, suffered a broken arm and passenger Parita Moontama, 26, broke both legs when their 300-cc Benelli 302R slammed into left side of a Mitsubishi Pajero driven by Walaporn Mutchaporn, 44.

 

They were rushed form the accident scene at the 173-kilometer marker on Sukhumvit Road to Queen Sirikit Naval Medical Center.

Walaporn said she made the U-turn and never saw the motorcycle.

 

-- PATTAYA MAIL 2019-01-25

[Moonlover]

25 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

Walaporn said she made the U-turn and never saw the motorcycle

Nothing more needs to be said.

Edited January 25, 2019 by Moonlover

[Just1Voice]

Walaporn said she made the U-turn and never saw the motorcycle.

 

TRANSLATION - "I never bothered to look." 

[NCC1701A]

26 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

Driver Manoon Reungrit, 25, suffered a broken arm and passenger Parita Moontama, 26, broke both legs when their 300-cc Benelli 302R slammed into left side of a Mitsubishi Pajero driven by Walaporn Mutchaporn, 44.

yes but they looked cool as hell on that bike and that is all that is important. I like that bare foot after a crash look on a biker. Real riding boots are such a drag. 

Edited January 25, 2019 by NCC1701A

[toofarnorth]

I can only picture the car was coming towards the U turn and the bike was going towards it when the driver just did the turn without looking , so often when on my bike in this situation I say ' please stop , don't continue turning '. U turns are a menace but the locals would never understand roundabouts.

[scubascuba3]

Bike was probably going too fast, should have approached a potential U-turner with care. In a lot of accidents both are at fault

[mok199]

check out the SUV's mirrored out windows ,how can anyone see anything anymore with all this window tinting..not too mention the driving skills .Thailand is the last place on this planet that needs a disadvantage when it comes to visability on  the roads

[LazySlipper]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Bike was probably going too fast, should have approached a potential U-turner with care. In a lot of accidents both are at fault

Let's agree to disagree... I disagree cause too fast or not the bike had right of way and the suv should have freakin looked before engaging. Just hate those suv drivers who feel entitled because they think they are rich...

[Lungstib]

A motorbike equals nothing coming. Something most of us m'bike users know and allow for. What right could you possible have getting in the way and slowing down us SUV drivers!

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, Lungstib said:

A motorbike equals nothing coming.

Absolutely 100%  correct!

[Moonlover]

3 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

I can only picture the car was coming towards the U turn and the bike was going towards it when the driver just did the turn without looking , so often when on my bike in this situation I say ' please stop , don't continue turning '. U turns are a menace but the locals would never understand roundabouts.

And always, ALWAYS assume that they are NOT going to stop.

 

It has saved me from disaster many times here.

[Ulic]

1 hour ago, Lungstib said:

A motorbike equals nothing coming. Something most of us m'bike users know and allow for. What right could you possible have getting in the way and slowing down us SUV drivers!

Truer words have never been written.

[SAFETY FIRST]

4 hours ago, Moonlover said:

4 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Walaporn said she made the U-turn and never saw the motorcycle

Nothing more needs to be said.

Maybe the motorbike was travelling at 130km/h or faster.

 

This is the problem, these guys buy these bikes and all of a sudden they think they're on the race track.

 

Travelling too fast through intersections = ACCIDENT

[thaiguzzi]

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Bike was probably going too fast, should have approached a potential U-turner with care. In a lot of accidents both are at fault

 

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

probably

Probably.

Were you there?

How do you know it was going to fast?

Maybe they were going at a normal legal speed minding their own business.

19 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Maybe the motorbike was travelling at 130km/h or faster.

 

This is the problem, these guys buy these bikes and all of a sudden they think they're on the race track.

 

Travelling too fast through intersections = ACCIDENT

 

19 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Maybe

Maybe.

Maybe not.

Were you there?

How do you know the bike was going fast or that it was at a normal legal speed, minding their own business?

 

************************

 

The two above quotes are your typical non motorcyclist/car driver only quotes of assuming the motorcycle is always at fault and the car driver (doing a u turn) is fault free.

 

Edited January 25, 2019 by thaiguzzi

[scubascuba3]

Maybe.
Maybe not.
Were you there?
How do you know the bike was going fast or that it was at a normal legal speed, minding their own business?
 

I often see motorbikes going too fast, just luck there aren't more accidents. We know here people do U-turns without properly looking so as a bike rider you need to take this into account. If you are dead, being right or wrong in an accident isn't much consolation

[kannot]

5 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

Walaporn said she made the U-turn and never saw the motorcycle.

 

TRANSLATION - "I never bothered to look." 

also  not  helped in anyway by the fact they allow  vehicles  travelling in both directions to do it at the same  point on the road where both then obstruct each others  view of the road.

Although U  turns are awful anyway by staggering them  at 500metre intervals theyd  save a lot of  lives.........but who gives a flying fart!

[fantom]

I agree these uturns are lethal and this woman in her blacked out SUV is not just wrong but culpable, however I am reminded of an old old saying:

 

This is a story of John O'Day
Who died maintaining his right of way
He was right, dead right, as he sailed along
But he's just as dead as if he were wrong.

[johng]

Walaporn Mutchaporn

what a name thats a lot a porn !

[Disaantri]

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

 

 

I often see motorbikes going too fast, just luck there aren't more accidents. We know here people do U-turns without properly looking so as a bike rider you need to take this into account. If you are dead, being right or wrong in an accident isn't much consolation

 

Absolutely, whinge all you want about lack of training, testing, discipline, enforcement .... sadly lacking for sure - so moderate your expectations of driver competence and drive accordingly.

[SAFETY FIRST]

3 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

7 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Bike was probably going too fast, should have approached a potential U-turner with care. In a lot of accidents both are at fault

 

7 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

probably

Probably.

Where you there?

How do you know it was going to fast?

Maybe they were going at a normal legal speed minding their own business.

3 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Maybe the motorbike was travelling at 130km/h or faster.

 

This is the problem, these guys buy these bikes and all of a sudden they think they're on the race track.

 

Travelling too fast through intersections = ACCIDENT

 

3 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Maybe

Maybe.

Maybe not.

Where you there?

How do you know the bike was going fast or that it was at a normal legal speed, minding their own business?

 

************************

 

The two above quotes are your typical non motorcyclist/car driver only quotes of assuming the motorcycle is always at fault and the car driver (doing a u turn) is fault free.

Hey mate, what’s with the hostility?

 

I’ve been riding bikes over of 1000cc since 2008 here in Thailand.

If you are a foreigner and ride on the Thai roads you must see these idiots, mostly on their small Ninjas, riding around on various bikes, even some larger bikes, racing in between cars at speed.

I’m very annoyed with their riding attitude, I’m amazed, you of all people – a biker, not noticing this irresponsible riding attitude.

 

 

BTW, what's with the "were you there"?

I'm bouncing it back, who are you to say I'm a non-motorcyclist, with statements like that you lose your credibility, chill mate, be cool, you are a biker. see you at the Burapa bike week.

[johng]

Burapa bike week.

Weekend !

[SAFETY FIRST]

31 minutes ago, johng said:

1 hour ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Burapa bike week.

 

Weekend !

 

they have added another day this year, its the 3 days, but from the Monday on its full on, lots of stalls selling bits and bobs.

[catman20]

every day same crap with Thai driving nothing changes move on

[jacko45k]

12 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

I often see motorbikes going too fast, just luck there aren't more accidents. We know here people do U-turns without properly looking so as a bike rider you need to take this into account. If you are dead, being right or wrong in an accident isn't much consolation

Probably see more of this as there are more bigger bikes around now and we have the same people driving them. There is no extra licencing or training requirement between riding a 125 cc Wave, or a Ducati Monster. As a frequent smaller bike rider I can only say I am pulled in front of, what I consider dangerously, every day I am out on it. Mostly from adjoining roads on the left (they just come straight out  and studiously avoid even looking out for traffic already in the lane, or 'oh it's a bike, no problem'. Then the danger of dangers, pulling out across the fast lanes at a U-Turn on a highway as they have been waiting and got impatient. I would be much happier on a bigger machine, but have been so glad I was doing 70 kph, rather than 120 kph too many times!

You are often 'buzzed' too, impatient drivers undertaking between you and another vehicle in the fast lane just inches from your right. 

Edited January 25, 2019 by jacko45k

[mikebell]

A motor cycle slammed into me at 90 kph whilst I was waiting to turn right.  The drivers had no insurance/licence & one helmet between 'em.  Sattahip police judged the farang was in the wrong; my insurance paid up + I was required to pay a sweetener to the victims.

[monkeycu]

18 hours ago, Moonlover said:

And always, ALWAYS assume that they are NOT going to stop.

 

It has saved me from disaster many times here.

You don't have to assume they wont stop, they wont

They usually have others things to worry about

Such as what will I eat when I stop

[oldrunner]

Every time I see/hear one of those 300cc boys WHINNNNNNNNNNNNNNIIIIIIGGGGGGG OUT I wish for a

Pajero to come and make a "U" turn.