People injured after car smashes into parked motorbikes on Pattaya Beach Road

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People injured after car smashes into parked motorbikes on Pattaya Beach Road

 

Picture: We Love Pattaya

 

A number of people required hospital treatment after a car smashed into a row of motorbikes parked on Pattaya Beach Road.

 

Footage taken in the aftermath of the incident showed a badly damaged black Fortuner that had crashed into the motorbikes.

 

People can be seen receiving treatment on the side of the road.

 

 

Images shared to the We Love Pattaya Facebook page showed two ambulances at the scene.

 

The incident took place at around 11am on Tuesday morning.

 

 

No further details regarding the incident were known.

 

This is a developing news story, which we we will update when we receive more information.

 

Source: We Love Pattaya

 

 

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[Happy Grumpy]

Any members that take their kids on scooters should look at that first picture and imagine them and their child sitting on the bike closest to impact. 

[Dmaxdan]

Thankfully no one was killed. The Fortuna seems to have faired the worse. That's seems a lot of damage considering it crashed into some motorbikes. 

[RotBenz8888]

And the driver made a run as usual?

[darksidedog]

While we can't say how the accident happened without further information, looking at the extent of damage to the car, excessive speed would appear to be a contributing factor. Very lucky that nobody was killed, because anyone getting hit by a car travelling as fast as it must have been going, would have had no chance, and one hopes the charges for the driver reflect that.

[smedly]

playing facebook more important than driving and lives

 

I have seen smartphones on holders right on the dash in front of the driver streaming Thai TV soaps, FB etc. The stupidity is unsurpassed, and what is even worse the police/authorities are doing nothing to stop it along with drunk driving and other moving traffic violations - the carnage continues unabated 

[DeeMak9]

29 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said:

And the driver made a run as usual?

Looking at the vids, he's there, and foreign, and not attacked.

[sammieuk1]

Looks from the damage like he was doing a 100 in a 30 zone how sensible ????

[Justgrazing]

Was it making a bit of parking space as its near impossible to find one for a car on Beach Road ..

[champers]

Traffic police activity on Beach Road seems to be mostly outside the cop shop stopping motorcyclists with no helmet. They need to fan out a lot more to catch speeders and red light runners. 

[dblh]

Is that a Fortuner spare wheel middle of the road or from some other car?

[dcsw53]

Brake failure meant he had to use the bikes to slow himself down. No way he could have been distracted by texting or chatting on the mobile. His phone records will confirm that.

[bender92]

1 hour ago, Happy Grumpy said:

Any members that take their kids on scooters should look at that first picture and imagine them and their child sitting on the bike closest to impact. 

Or you could be crossing the street. Will you stay indoors?

[Vacuum]

58 minutes ago, smedly said:

playing facebook more important than driving and lives

 

I have seen smartphones on holders right on the dash in front of the driver streaming Thai TV soaps, FB etc. The stupidity is unsurpassed, and what is even worse the police/authorities are doing nothing to stop it along with drunk driving and other moving traffic violations - the carnage continues unabated 

You can't regulate stupid.

[Destiny1990]

Well those 24/7 parked rental motorcycles are just a nuisance.

 

[tlandtday]

As I posted earlier about speeding idiots driving Fortuners the madness continues...

[RichardColeman]

1 hour ago, Dmaxdan said:

Thankfully no one was killed.  

That may change when they take their rented bike back and see the bill the shop insist they pay

[KhunBENQ]

1 hour ago, RotBenz8888 said:

And the driver made a run as usual?

From the voice on the video "the guy" was too drunk to run.

Drunk as a skunk?

 

 

Edited February 26, 2019 by KhunBENQ

[tlandtday]

11 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

You can't regulate stupid.

no but you can make laws to deter people from doing stupid things it's called enforcement

[madmen]

7 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said:

Well those 24/7 parked rental motorcycles are just a nuisance.

 

They were supposed to banned from beach rd during a 5 minute crack down a few years back.

Drivers of black SUV's with dark tint all around believe they are the only car on the rd and drive accordingly

[TTSIssues]

Who is to say someone didn’t run out in front of him and he had to swerve to avoid them. Speed limit is 80 I believe. Don’t criticize unless you know the facts. 

[CGW]

11 minutes ago, tlandtday said:

no but you can make laws to deter people from doing stupid things it's called enforcement

First you need a functioning Police force! 

[tlandtday]

7 minutes ago, TTSIssues said:

Who is to say someone didn’t run out in front of him and he had to swerve to avoid them. Speed limit is 80 I believe. Don’t criticize unless you know the facts. 

Could be the case but the odds are stacked against it being a responsible sane act.  Of course it could be another "brake failure".

[chickenslegs]

4 minutes ago, TTSIssues said:

Who is to say someone didn’t run out in front of him and he had to swerve to avoid them. Speed limit is 80 I believe. Don’t criticize unless you know the facts. 

AFAIK the maximum speed limit on Beach Road is 60.

Yes, there are a dozen things that could have caused the driver to swerve. Beach Road often resembles a 4-lane race track, but at least all the traffic is going in the same direction (well, not always).

[Pilotman]

51 minutes ago, champers said:

Traffic police activity on Beach Road seems to be mostly outside the cop shop stopping motorcyclists with no helmet. They need to fan out a lot more to catch speeders and red light runners. 

God forbid that they should move far away from the air conditioning. 

[johng]

12 minutes ago, TTSIssues said:

Who is to say someone didn’t run out in front of him and he had to swerve to avoid them. Speed limit is 80 I believe. Don’t criticize unless you know the facts. 

There used to be (till they mostly faded away ) painted on the road 40KPH speed signs 

no one drives along there at 40 KPH.

[findlay13]

Brake failure?

 

[atyclb]

18 minutes ago, madmen said:

27 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said:

Well those 24/7 parked rental motorcycles are just a nuisance.

 

They were supposed to banned from beach rd during a 5 minute crack down a few years back.

Drivers of black SUV's with dark tint all around believe they are the only car on the rd and drive accordingly

 

those parked bikes serve a purpose providing seating for beach road freelancers otherwise too lazy to stand.

[HAKAPALITA]

Id give that Phone Camera to someone i didnt like. How old is it.!.?. Like a Seventies Super 8 Cam Coder.

[johng]

5 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

far away from the air conditioning.

Who would want to be out in the blazing sun 30 degrees C   80% humidity wearing a tight brown uniform

breathing in traffic fumes all day ??