2 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

when his vehicle drove into a lane of oncoming traffic

No, HE DROVE HIS VEHICLE into a lane of oncoming traffic. Unless it was a self drive car!

2 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

 

 

Welcome to the first world.

Execute him.

Next case.

No, please let him do hari kari.

2 hours ago, Aachen said:

I think this does not really excuse in Japan.

That nonsense doesn’t fly anywhere in the world where they are capable of critical thinking and tying their shoes.

14 minutes ago, TeaMonkey said:

I asked a Japanese and she thinks he will get 3 years in prison.

I hope so. Thais should be severely punished for exporting their dangerous road habits.

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

And not just what the respective country's laws allow in terms of maximums, but more importantly, what the court systems in the respective countries actually typically hand down in terms of sentences.... and whether those are actually enforced once the person heads off to prison.

 

Simple fact of the matter is, neither the Thai police nor the Thai courts treat reckless driving / drunk driving / road mayhem as seriously as it deserves to be treated in order to protect human life.

 

 

He will not be able to bribe anyone and he will be severely punished for his crime. 

Here's one export the world could do without????

9 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

No, please let him do hari kari.

Is that the Thai version of hara kiri?

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai tourist, whose name hasn’t been released yet, as telling police he was preoccupied with his rental car’s GPS navigator system

Gosh this "real world no BS" lesson must be a real shock to the Thais  system of perpetual story telling after accidents.

3 hours ago, Aachen said:

I think this does not really excuse in Japan.

Sorry, mate. That ain't Thailand!

9 minutes ago, rosst said:

He will not be able to bribe anyone and he will be severely punished for his crime. 

 

Nor will his jailers likely leave the cell door open while they go off to take a bathroom break.... 

 

13 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Is that the Thai version of hara kiri?

My spelling was just a stab in the dark !

14 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Is that the Thai version of hara kiri?

Is it Sudoku or Soduko anyway?   LOL

2 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

Is it Sudoku or Soduko anyway?   LOL

I thought it was schmucko?

How do you conclude that Thais are influenced by harsher penalties?

 

thais seem not to be deterred in drug and human trafficking....

3 hours ago, keith101 said:

The Japanese need to understand that Thai drivers have had very little or no driver training , an example of this is my wife's daughter who did 2 30 minute driving lessons with an instructor during her lunch break and on the 3rd day did her test and was given her license 

same here, my wife taught her sister in law in her Dads car. 2 lessons on the Bang Na trad Rd. Couldnt understand when i said she was nuts. Terrifying.

He obviously forgot he was not driving home. At home there would be zero legal issues.

It's irresponsible to let a Thai drive in another country, it should be forbidden for all Thais.

Most signs on major roads are in Japanese and English so a Thai is clueless.

All countries shouldn't accept Thai international driver licenses.

More than likely, it was a combination of being distracted by his GPS, and unbelievable poor driving skills, which I am convinced can be said about the majority of drivers here. They just do not have proper training, take ridiculous risks, and seem incredibly impatient when behind the wheel.

 

This man has caused alot of harm. It was obviously his fault. One hopes he is subjected to a very harsh punishment, the kind he would likely not get here. Word will get around, and perhaps it will do some good. 

 

Thai people need to figure out a way to take personal responsibility for their actions. This is something they have a very hard time with. 

 

"The Thai community page Hokkaido Fanclub (facebook.com/Hokkaidofanclub) said in a post on Tuesday morning that the accused tourist’s younger sister had said police did not allow her to see her brother. According to the page, Japanese law allows police to keep a suspect detained for interrogation in the first 48 hours after arrest".

 

Even after her brother caused this tragedy, this rather surly and silly young woman posted online that the Japanese police are causing problems. Instead of expressing remorse, and attempting to comfort the victims of her brother? Please. 

THAI LOGIC :

 

Thai driver is NOT responsible. Japanese drivers in the oncoming lane are responsible !!!
If they weren't in the oncoming lane, accident not have happened.

 

THAT'S THAI LOGIC !!!

Does 'Do yer know who I am' work there?

(Or Mummy, Daddy etc)

Should GPS and texting while driving be similar punishment..?

they just dont understand our culture...

 

@the whole world

He will have quite a story to tell when after a few years he finally gets home. A proper trial after a competent forensic analysis- his excuse of being preoccupied by the sat nav rightly interpreted as effectively his admission to driving without due care and attention  /dangerous driving. No influence by money,connections  or other bs having any effect. He simply won’t be believed by his Thai mates! ???? 

You just know he was really on his smart phone and absent-mindedly let the car drift into the oncoming traffic. In any event, he's in hot water that he probably can't bribe his way out of.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The page also took the opportunity to inform the Thai public that a charge of reckless driving causing injury or death is punishable by a maximum seven years imprisonment and a maximum fine of ‎ ¥1 million (approximately Bt285,000), while a drunk-driving case would result in the punishment being doubled, with a maximum jail term of 15 years.

A bit different to what he would have been facing if the accident took place in Thailand... now he's going to find out what being held responsible for your actions really means !

4 hours ago, thaikahuna said:

The Japanese don't need to understand anything. The Thais need to learn that what is accepted here is not commonplace in Japan.

That's never going to happen, they could lock 1000 of them up every year and nothing would change.

2 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

I thought it was schmucko?

people you don't get it. He means Harry Curry

5 hours ago, webfact said:

telling police he was preoccupied with his rental car’s GPS navigator system

 

 

he admitted guilt (negligence) though in his brain it was a valid excuse.  

1 minute ago, atyclb said:

 

 

he admitted guilt (negligence) though in his brain it was a valid excuse.  

Brain ? clearly something that was dormant for this Thai. Frankly they should be confined to Thailand. Killing an injuring their own is one thing but allowing them to enter other countries and carry on in the " Thai" way should be globally banned.

6 hours ago, Mavideol said:

what they expect, for him to be free of all charges

Yes