Video: Why motorcyclists should not stop right in front of large trucks

[webfact]

Video: Why motorcyclists should not stop right in front of large trucks

 

Picture: Daily News

 

CCTV footage from Nakorn Nayok showed a truck trailer drive over a motorcyclist at a red light and propel him under the wheels for several meters. 

 

Daily News reported that the trucker was unable to see the biker who had stopped out of his sight.

 

The footage appeared on the page of the Ban Na police in the city north of Bangkok. 

 

Chief of the Ban Na constabulary Pol Col Kasin Thamrongsrisuk said the incident happened on Sunday at the intersection leading to Wiharn Daeng district of Saraburi. 

 

The motorcyclist was only slightly hurt. 

 

The truck driver agreed to pay for all bills. It was accepted that the biker could not be seen. 

 

Pol Col Kasin warned bikers not to stop at the lights in front of trucks and to give them space. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

 

 -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-04-09

 

 

[gunderhill]

Truck driver must be BLIND, then again they often have almost all the windscreen blacked  out and a slit to see thru +  all the dangling crap and flowers  etc.

Edited April 9, 2019 by gunderhill

[Vacuum]

1 minute ago, webfact said:

the trucker was unable to see the biker who had stopped out of his sight

 

1 minute ago, webfact said:

It was accepted that the biker could not be seen.

The bike rider was in front of the truck, how could he not be seen?

[gunderhill]

Just now, Vacuum said:

 

The bike rider was in front of the truck, how could he not be seen?

If you dont  look you cant be seen, guess what truck boy was doing.

[smedly]

7 minutes ago, gunderhill said:

Truck driver must be BLIND, then again they often have almost all the windscreen blacked  out and a slit to see thru +  all the dangling crap and flowers  etc.

exactly

[overherebc]

6 minutes ago, gunderhill said:

Truck driver must be BLIND, then again they often have almost all the windscreen blacked  out and a slit to see thru +  all the dangling crap and flowers  etc.

Althogh not really clear even if you enlarge it that's just what it looks like. It appears the bottom 30% of the screen is covered with film, stickers and all sorts of crap.

[user343434]

The motorcycle was stopping in a funny angle for the knobby driver?

 

 

 

Edited April 9, 2019 by See Will
Typo

[Pattaya46]

In many trucks the driver is rather far from the windscreen, and there is then a rather big down angle in which they have zero visibility 

Look at on YouTube, you have several videos like this one :

 

 

… and a car is far bigger than a motorbike !

 

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Edited April 9, 2019 by Pattaya46

[user343434]

It was her,

 

 

 

sorry, needs to be posted under the Topic: "How much free time do you have?" 

and my quote: what I do in my night shift..

 

Admin, can you change it? 

 

 

[rabas]

44 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

 

The bike rider was in front of the truck, how could he not be seen?

Short biker, shorter truck driver.

[rgrdns]

51 minutes ago, gunderhill said:

Truck driver must be BLIND, then again they often have almost all the windscreen blacked  out and a slit to see thru +  all the dangling crap and flowers  etc.

....and on top of that apparently to busy with his phone

[mercman24]

all these comments have any of you driven a big truck ? i very much doubt it by your comments, that is why you will see UK trucks with mirrors for this very purpose, stop posting stuff you know nothing about, car drivers.

Edited April 9, 2019 by mercman24

[Vacuum]

36 minutes ago, Pattaya46 said:

In many trucks the driver is rather far from the windscreen, and there is then a rather big down angle in which they have zero visibility 

I can agree with this. However, if you look at the pics, the mc rider is waiting for traffic/red light to clear. Meaning that he was at the intersection long before the truck turned up. There's no way the truck driver could not have seen him.

 

Book him, throw keys (and his mobile phone).

[wgdanson]

4 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

I can agree with this. However, if you look at the pics, the mc rider is waiting for traffic/red light to clear. Meaning that he was at the intersection long before the truck turned up. There's no way the truck driver could not have seen him.

 

Book him, throw keys (and his mobile phone).

But unless motorcycle man was turning right with his indicator going,  he should have been in the left lane with the other bikers. And why was he so slow off the mark compared with the other moto. Maybe HE was on his phone!

Edited April 9, 2019 by wgdanson

[Vacuum]

3 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

But unless motorcycle man was turning right with his indicator going,  he should have been in the left lane with the other bikers.

Looking at pic #1, it's quite clear that he's going right. Waiting for traffic to clear, both feet on the ground no hands on the handlebar, then the truck with no brakes arrives...

[mercman24]

made a change from the continuous red light jumpers, and i agree, i have seen them pull up in front of me get their phones out and are happily chatting away when there is a GOOD green to GO light on. probably the lorry driver forgot he was there as we know the lights take a long time to change.  try sitting in a VOLVO truck with no blacked out windows or bits dangling in the cab,i bet the first line of vision is a good 10 feet away

Edited April 9, 2019 by mercman24

[Jane Dough]

As a bike rider I am aware not to do this. But I, for one, intend to take this as a further reminder of what not to do especially at lights. It doesn't hurt to be reminded of what can happen. 

 

I wouldn't blame the truck driver in this at all. And that is how it panned out. 

 

Rooster

 

 

[KhunBENQ]

If you fancy to stand in front with the bike, then kick in the gear BEFORE the lights turn green and storm off.

(looks like it is a fully manual gear bike and he fiddles with the gear, just compare with the small bikes)

Edited April 9, 2019 by KhunBENQ

[wgdanson]

57 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

Looking at pic #1, it's quite clear that he's going right. Waiting for traffic to clear, both feet on the ground no hands on the handlebar, then the truck with no brakes arrives...

Sorry but not clear he's going right, if so he should have been further over. The truck with no brakes was at a standstill. A motorbike overtook the truck and the victim on the left before truck started.

I suspect both the truck drive AND the victim were playing on their phones.

[Vacuum]

4 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

Sorry but not clear he's going right, if so he should have been further over. The truck with no brakes was at a standstill. A motorbike overtook the truck and the victim on the left before truck started.

I suspect both the truck drive AND the victim were playing on their phones.

Think you're probably right. I don't have access to the video, only the pics.

[MaxLee]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The truck driver agreed to pay for all bills. It was accepted that the biker could not be seen. 

Says it all how cheap life is in Thailand 

[worgeordie]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

It was accepted that the biker could not be seen

Maybe if the truck driver had opened his eyes he could have seen him,

it does not look like the truck has the windscreen covered in crap,like

some trucks have,curtains,stickers..they lie about the brakes ,they lie not

been able to see a man on a motorbike,and the Police believe them.

regards Worgeordie

[worgeordie]

The truck driver pulling away ,must have thought the handbrake was still on,

until he realized it was a man on motorbike under his front wheels,the guy 

on the motorbike is very fortunate not to have been killed.

regards worgeordie

[Borzandy]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Pol Col Kasin warned bikers not to stop at the lights in front of trucks and to give them space. 

And what to do when it's a truck who follows the bikers and stops right behind?

[thailand49]

If the truck driver had any real training for a big rig he surely would have put himself in a position to make sure the motorbike or a pedestrian is seen.   

First the truck driver fail to provide a distant when he came to a stop. If he did he would have been in a position to noticed the biker.

Second, failing in providing adequate space he proceed to move before making sure of clearance of object or person before moving forward.  Clearly the only training he ever got was from motorbike, car and now the big rig bringing with him all the bad habits that are killing drivers in Thailand, now instead of a slingshot he is driving a battle ship of a weapon.

[mommysboy]

2 hours ago, wgdanson said:

But unless motorcycle man was turning right with his indicator going,  he should have been in the left lane with the other bikers. And why was he so slow off the mark compared with the other moto. Maybe HE was on his phone!

Whatever, you're surely not suggesting that the truck is anything other than 100% at fault? 

[wgdanson]

5 minutes ago, mommysboy said:

Whatever, you're surely not suggesting that the truck is anything other than 100% at fault? 

Yes I am, the motorcyclist was another 50% at fault for taking off so slowly, and for being in the wrong lane. 150% total faults !

[alanrchase]

22 minutes ago, thailand49 said:

If the truck driver had any real training for a big rig he surely would have put himself in a position to make sure the motorbike or a pedestrian is seen.   

First the truck driver fail to provide a distant when he came to a stop. If he did he would have been in a position to noticed the biker.

Second, failing in providing adequate space he proceed to move before making sure of clearance of object or person before moving forward.  Clearly the only training he ever got was from motorbike, car and now the big rig bringing with him all the bad habits that are killing drivers in Thailand, now instead of a slingshot he is driving a battle ship of a weapon.

There is a good chance that when the truck stopped at the light there was no one in front of him. The motorcyclist probably filtered down the side of the truck and stopped in front of it. 

[kingkenny]

I imagine the truck was already stopped at the lights, the motorcyclist came alongside him them pulled in front of him as they tend to do, and then didn't pull away quickly enough.  I'm certain there is a blind spot in trucks unless the driver is pressed against the windscreen. 

[Myran]

Couldn't be seen my ass. The bike is several meters ahead of the truck and is easily within his line of sight, unless the driver is 50 cm tall.