Video: Electioneering pick-up in smash at Phrae intersection

 

Picture: Daily News

 

CCTV footage from Phrae in Thailand's north showed a pick-up out canvassing for votes smashed to pieces in a collision at a T-junction. 

 

The Toyota was trying to get people to vote for candidate number 8, Rop Thungkham of the Palang Thong Thin Thai Party (PTTT). 

 

Khun Rop was not in the vehicle at the time. 

 

It was driven by Narin Thinjombadin who suffered head trauma. On the road and severely injured were two other unnamed people. 

 

The driver of a Bangkok registered Isuzu pick-up that collided with them - Natthakorn Wongkham, 36 from Lamphun - was only slightly hurt. 

 

Long district police said the electioneering pick-up was on its way back to Phrae when it developed a mechanical fault causing it to break down in the middle of the intersection. 

 

The CCTV showed it slow down unexpectedly. 

 

Thailand goes to the polls on Sunday. Thaivisa notes that no party is campaigning on a platform of doing something about the carnage on Thailand's roads that has seen it named as one of the most dangerous places in the world to drive. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

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no-look driving is the norm here

He should have seen the truck speeding towards him

but decides to follow the truck in front,as they do,I

am going too,...its as simple as that.

regards worgeordie

4 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

the truck speeding towards him

seems to make no effort to avoid the collision just drives straight on.

He may have screwed up a gear change halfway through the manouevre. Changing down perhaps after realising that pulling away in 2nd or 3rd gear was not going to get him out of the danger zone sufficiently quickly.

36 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

He may have screwed up a gear change halfway through the manouevre.

Of course a driver capable to handle a gearbox wouldn't have stopped halfway.

Doing a such a tight maneuver  you'd better not try to change gear halfway crossing the path.

They are just not capable to get their .... off the spot.

Same creeping/shaking like at the lights.

My recipe: automatic

 

EDIT: or did he simply stall the engine?

Gets my vote for a bad driving award.

Good publicity to get sympathy and more votes.

33 minutes ago, shady86 said:

Good publicity to get sympathy and more votes.

Or in other words prevent the opposition from getting their votes registered

I'm not voting for them, they can't even drive let alone run a country !

27 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

I'm not voting for them, they can't even drive let alone run a country !

An accident waiting to happen in both situations.

 

Are there any vehicle comings together that don’t seem to involve at least one Isaan Ferrari?

I think both drivers saw the potential for collision. 

 

But typically, they both estimated that they could proceed and carry on with the split-second near-miss which is normal here.

 

They were wrong. 

 

If each driver figures that they have only a 1 in 10 chance of a bad outcome it's worth the gamble. Helluva lot better than slowing down and losing precious seconds in the journey. 

 

It's not a driving problem, but one of mentality.