Woman killed as Phuket truck slams motorbike, brake failure blamed

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police are questioning the truck over the incident. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
 

PHUKET: A woman was killed in Baan Lipon, Thalang, this morning (Sept 21) when a six-wheeled truck slammed into the motorbike she was riding on after the brakes on the truck failed.

 

The force of the impact shunted the motorbike into the back of a pickup truck, spilling the woman and her male companion onto the road.

 

The woman, name and age yet to be reported, suffered fatal head injuries.

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/woman-killed-as-phuket-truck-slams-motorbike-brake-failure-blamed-72966.php#RFvrcCFPvciGpZGP.97

 

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They are back with the brakes have failed excuse,I thought it had given

way to the "Microsleep " excuse of recent weeks.

RIP the lady

regards worgeordie

I'm fed up with this outrageous lie of brake failure. Only in Thailand it seems. Not a failure of the brakes but of Thai drivers's brains

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

suffered fatal head injuries.

Her helmet didn't safe her?

 

 

Only kidding. It's far too hot to bother wearing such a contraption, isn't it. 

i am jack's complete lack of surprise... 

How hard would it be for a cop or whoever to just step on the brake pedal and see if the brakes are working or not? They don't fail and then miraculously start working again.

 maybe the truck was Russian built, and it's brakes were Mind-Controlled! ...

in parallel to what @sweatalot brought up...

Mind Control still needs a working brain to make the final connection

3 minutes ago, tifino said:

 maybe the truck was Russian built, and it's brakes were Mind-Controlled! ...

in parallel to what @sweatalot brought up...

Mind Control still needs a working brain to make the final connection

A working brain helps with posting on here too!

11 hours ago, sweatalot said:

I'm fed up with this outrageous lie of brake failure. Only in Thailand it seems. Not a failure of the brakes but of Thai drivers's brains

The Hub of brake failures?

Oh yes back to the brake failure excuses. Oh but look, after the accident they’re working again. What rubbish. Either you were going too fast or not concentrating on the road. Your incompetence has killed someone! RIP.

10 hours ago, emptypockets said:

How hard would it be for a cop or whoever to just step on the brake pedal and see if the brakes are working or not? They don't fail and then miraculously start working again.

NO DEFENSE WHATSOEVER of the truck driver. But brakes will fade when overheated (having been ridden down hill for example). Thus, checking brake peddle pressure after they have cooled is pointless.

Brain (and attention) failure is a more probable cause.

555 its a gamble now on the roads of Phuket, or pukey as some call it.

The authorities will do nothing, but what the authorities dont realise is that their kids and their family members maybe the next ashes sacrifice.

Then and only when the hisi and influential members of this island suffer the same heartbreaker news, will anything change.

Until then, what yer ar$e out there.

Getting out of hand here in Phuket it seems like one a day and thats only the ones that get reported 

11 hours ago, worgeordie said:

They are back with the brakes have failed excuse,I thought it had given

way to the "Microsleep " excuse of recent weeks.

RIP the lady

regards worgeordie

Speed and inattension again 

 

Killing fields....no. Slaughter house cry babies more like it.

Show disrespect for the dead and laugh like the locals do, maybe somebody can stop the the human culling here.

No money = no solution krab.

12 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

Her helmet didn't safe her?

 

 

Only kidding. It's far too hot to bother wearing such a contraption, isn't it. 

Were you there?

How do you know she was not wearing one?
How do you know her face mashed into the rear of the truck, and a legal helmet would not have saved her?

Or is your post just surmising, and another cheap shot?

RIP to the woman.

1 hour ago, thaiguzzi said:

Were you there?

I was, yes. 

Of course brakes fail, if you're doing 120 and need to stop in 20 metres. Which I'm sure is the case with the vast majority of these 'accidents'.

Some troll posts have been removed. 

15 hours ago, sweatalot said:

I'm fed up with this outrageous lie of brake failure. Only in Thailand it seems. Not a failure of the brakes but of Thai drivers's brains

actually it could be brake failure, as the repair and maintenance of many of these vehicles is abysmally bad, or none existent, so I wouldn't be surprised if that had happened.  

Something in the public transport system and goods is completely wrong.
The checks of all means must take place regularly and more intense!
You can't expect to decrease road deaths without checks!

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Police are questioning the truck driver, but have yet to reveal whether any charges will be pressed over the incident.

How he can not be responsible??

Fatal injury means jail in Russia 100%.

How long depends on the factors but jail it is , sure.
 

appalling ????

wasn't there to see if but I would hazard a guess as an ex-truck owner and driver: Speed, too high a gear, pumping the brakes all the time due to poor gear selection instead of using the gearbox, driving too close to other vehicles, mass plus momentum = unable to stop.

 

Sad for the family, the woman who died so needlessly, the bystanders, the emergency people who attended her.

1 minute ago, Tropposurfer said:

appalling ????

wasn't there to see if but I would hazard a guess as an ex-truck owner and driver: Speed, too high a gear, pumping the brakes all the time due to poor gear selection instead of using the gearbox, driving too close to other vehicles, mass plus momentum = unable to stop.

 

Sad for the family, the woman who died so needlessly, the bystanders, the emergency people who attended her.

Oh! this was on the steep mountain section of road in the middle of Phuket was it, where the on-going problem of brake failure is an ongoing daily event. 

17 hours ago, emptypockets said:

How hard would it be for a cop or whoever to just step on the brake pedal and see if the brakes are working or not? They don't fail and then miraculously start working again.

How hard would it be for you to read the link and work out that that will likely be happening as the police are investigating?

 

"Police are questioning the truck driver, but have yet to reveal whether any charges will be pressed over the incident".
 

6 hours ago, legend49 said:

The Hub of brake failures?

The hub of original comments.

6 hours ago, Nicknoodle said:

Oh yes back to the brake failure excuses. Oh but look, after the accident they’re working again. What rubbish. Either you were going too fast or not concentrating on the road. Your incompetence has killed someone! RIP.

How do you know that the brakes are working again, that wasn't mentioned anywhere.

2 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

The hub of original comments.

unless it was a slipped disc!

4 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

I was, yes. 

So, was she wearing a helmet, or not?

2 hours ago, Pilotman said:

actually it could be brake failure, as the repair and maintenance of many of these vehicles is abysmally bad, or none existent, so I wouldn't be surprised if that had happened.  

You know that how?