Motorbike driver dies, another person injured after car driver slams into them

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Motorbike driver dies, another person injured after car driver slams into them

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

A female motorbike driver has died while a male car driver has sustained injuries after a second car driver fell asleep at the wheel in Thalang crashing into them.

 

The incident happened on Srisoonthorn Road in Thalang at 2pm yesterday (Wednesday).

 

Police and emergency responders arrived to find a damaged motorbike and two damaged cars.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/motorbike-driver-dies-another-person-injured-after-car-driver-slams-into-them

 

 

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[LivinginKata]

Far too many deaths on bikes this week.  And drivers falling asleep at the wheel.

[giddyup]

No way you'd ever get me on a motorbike here, living on borrowed time.

[stevenl]

2 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

Far too many deaths on bikes this week.  And drivers falling asleep at the wheel.

Agreed, it seems really bad at the moment.

[stevenl]

2 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

Far too many deaths on bikes this week.  And drivers falling asleep at the wheel.

Agreed, it seems really bad at the moment. 

Bad connection, double post, sorry.

Edited March 21, 2019 by stevenl

[Paul Henry]

Would not think that a car driver would kill someone if they slammed into him. Now the car is another story. So who or what hit the motorbike?

[terminatorchiangmai]

R.I.P to the woman.

Maybe a ban on eating sticky rice for lunch can help.

Makes me sleepy all the time.

[Burma Bill]

Driver fell asleep at 2pm - I wonder how long he had been at the wheel, all night and well into the day!!!

[sawadee1947]

2 hours ago, giddyup said:

No way you'd ever get me on a motorbike here, living on borrowed time.

Well, that's what I posted already many times. However there are too many heros in farang community. 

[canthai55]

2 hours ago, giddyup said:

No way you'd ever get me on a motorbike here, living on borrowed time.

 

5 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

Well, that's what I posted already many times. However there are too many heros in farang community. 

I have been borrowing for over 50 years. Still here

Heros ? Heroes

[Happy Grumpy]

2 hours ago, giddyup said:

No way you'd ever get me on a motorbike here, living on borrowed time.

I ride here, and have adjusted. But of course nothing can guarantee you from the unexpected or the Thai.

 

What bewilders me, are Westerners that are so moronic that they put their kids on their scooter or motorbike and take them onto Thai roads. 

 

Absolute stupidity. 

[sawadee1947]

1 minute ago, canthai55 said:

 

I have been borrowing for over 50 years. Still here

Heros ? Heroes

Maybe the next time you rent a bike will be your last time. On your head stone is engraved "The last Hero".????

[moe666]

9 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

Maybe the next time you rent a bike will be your last time. On your head stone is engraved "The last Hero".????

If you live here you do not rent a bike we own them. You can get killed setting at a shop drinking coffee. Some guy in the states got up to get a pack of sauce for his food and a car ran thru the door and hit his table lucky him and by the way no Thais involved.

[arithai12]

3 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

Far too many deaths on bikes this week.  And drivers falling asleep at the wheel.

Every week, and everywhere. Phuket gets special focus here for obvious reasons, but if we consider about 20,000 deaths per year in Thailand and that most of those (if I remember correctly 70%?) are people on motorbikes, there should be well upward of a hundreds deaths on motorbikes every week in Thailand on average. I assume most don't get reported.

 

[sawadee1947]

12 minutes ago, moe666 said:

24 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

Maybe the next time you rent a bike will be your last time. On your head stone is engraved "The last Hero".????

If you live here you do not rent a bike we own them.

Maybe most own a bike but "canthai55" unfortunately has to rent.... and this since 50 years already. So what? 

[giddyup]

1 hour ago, moe666 said:

If you live here you do not rent a bike we own them. You can get killed setting at a shop drinking coffee. Some guy in the states got up to get a pack of sauce for his food and a car ran thru the door and hit his table lucky him and by the way no Thais involved.

Yeah, you can get struck by lightning, but what's more likely, that or being killed on a motorbike in Thailand?

[Deli]

The island actually seems to be very busy with (partly idiot) tourists, specially on rental bikes. Witnessed totally brainless Maghreb people wearing only shorts between Kamala and Patong, chasing each other and others on rented big bikes and borrowed time. These people really look for accidents. And deserve them.

[ttrd]

5 hours ago, giddyup said:

No way you'd ever get me on a motorbike here, living on borrowed time.

So you don't know how to drive - fair enough ...

[Richard Kuklinski]

6 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

Far too many deaths on bikes this week.  And drivers falling asleep at the wheel.

Don't you just mean, "far too many deaths?" 

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, giddyup said:

Yeah, you can get struck by lightning, but what's more likely, that or being killed on a motorbike in Thailand?

 

The risks are obviously elevated in Thailand...  the safety risks with pretty much everything are elevated in Thailand...

....Walking down the pavement (boiling oil at the street stall, holes in the drains, bikes riding down the pavement etc)...

....Driving cars jumping lights, lorries with brake failure, other vehicles overtaking into you, dunks..

 

So... of course, riding a motorcycle comes with a degree of elevated risk. Only a fool would suggest that motorcyclists do not place themselves under an elevated degree of risk when riding motorcycle... BUT...  some of the comments on here are a little daft and make the assumption that many 'trained foreigners' ride the same way as 'helmet-less somchai'.... very rarely do you hear of an experienced Foreign rider, wearing protective gear getting caught up in a serious accident or killed, it happens, but not as commonly as some as the comments suggest. 

 

Motorcycling is inherently dangerous everywhere and more so in Thailand, but so are many things we enjoy...  it just depends on our risk profile, how we evaluate that risk and how we respond, riding intelligently can significantly cut down our risk but it will never go away. 

 

 

 

 

 

[emptypockets]

4 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

I ride here, and have adjusted. But of course nothing can guarantee you from the unexpected or the Thai.

 

What bewilders me, are Westerners that are so moronic that they put their kids on their scooter or motorbike and take them onto Thai roads. 

 

Absolute stupidity. 

What bewilders me are the ageing farang who continue to breed well into old age. 

Absolute stupidity. 

[Happy Grumpy]

1 hour ago, emptypockets said:

What bewilders me are the ageing farang who continue to breed well into old age. 

Absolute stupidity. 

Can't say I've ever thought of it. Maybe I will in 20 years time when I'm in my 50's. 

 

Have you another odd thoughts to share with us? ???? 

 

 

[giddyup]

13 hours ago, ttrd said:

So you don't know how to drive - fair enough ...

No, I value my life and limbs too much.

[TumblinDice]

What are these idiots thinking when they get drowsy & then fall asleep at the wheel, that the vehicle is going to navigate by itself?

The stupidity of Thai drivers is just mind boggling. They just don't get it. Stupid <#@&*s>

[JimSaints]

Why does so many fall a sleep at wheel here … don't see this in other countries. Try get some sleep at night fools

[Happy Grumpy]

28 minutes ago, JimSaints said:

Why does so many fall a sleep at wheel here

Working so hard, due to their strong work ethic. 

[Thrip]

On 3/21/2019 at 5:54 PM, Paul Henry said:

Would not think that a car driver would kill someone if they slammed into him. Now the car is another story. So who or what hit the motorbike?

After your comment all I could see was a heavyset guy flying along on roller skates completely out of control.

[Just Weird]

On ‎3‎/‎21‎/‎2019 at 3:54 PM, Paul Henry said:

Would not think that a car driver would kill someone if they slammed into him. Now the car is another story. So who or what hit the motorbike?

It's all in the link, try reading it.

[canthai55]

On 3/21/2019 at 4:21 PM, sawadee1947 said:

Maybe the next time you rent a bike will be your last time. On your head stone is engraved "The last Hero".????

Rent ?  I own

 

[canthai55]

On 3/21/2019 at 4:47 PM, sawadee1947 said:

Maybe most own a bike but "canthai55" unfortunately has to rent.... and this since 50 years already. So what? 

Hogwash