It takes massive speed and force to peel open a Benz like that. Just how fast was he going? I guess 200kph+. Any chance the BiB will fine him for speeding and dangerous driving? Nope, nothing to see here.

 

Fell asleep due to too much work..... Aw, you have to feel sorry for them, lifting all those brown envelopes is hard work.

How ridiculous is this headline?  A worthless amulet saves an idiots life who fell asleep at the wheel???!!!!   And from the look of the car his speed had to have been extremely excessive.  The headline should be heralding the safety of this Mercedes in a high impact collision. Below that it should state this moron who supposedly fell asleep yet was still able to mash the gas pedal to the floor was extremely lucky. This kind of reporting just fuels the idea that worshiping some inanimate idol can somehow protect your life. Only an idiot would believe something like that.

Rather, they should be asking,  "why didn't that amulet keep him awake? "

18 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

Typical Thai obviously driving at massive speed.  They seem to think that claiming to have fallen asleep helps absolve them of any criminal liability.

Yea, but that works. People believe it.

Was he wearing a seatbelt I don’t see any air bags deployed 

Must of been his lucky day or he must of had the lucky amulet. Hey you you 26,000 Thai drivers who died inroad crashes your amulets must of been fakes The cop had the only genuine one because it saved his life. Has Thailand got a problem with drivers falling asleep behind the wheel of cars? All I will say Man he must of been moving by the state of that car. But as some one mentioned on here A cop driving a Benz They are not cheap. So my question is how much money was this guy on?

Will he be charged with reckless driving?

 

20 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

There's no such thing as an S200.

S500 ????? and the badge got mangled in the smash.

????????????????

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Mercedes Benz S200

What is the average salary again of a deputy policeman in Thailand?

1 minute ago, kcpattaya said:

What is the average salary again of a deputy policeman in Thailand?

Enough??

On 11/19/2019 at 6:55 AM, Encid said:

From the photographs in the original article it would appear that the Benz in question is a third generation or W140 S Class sedan, which were made from 1991–1998.

So hardly a new or expensive model.

Strong enough though... and probably had more to do with saving the driver's life than any lucky amulet he may have been wearing.

Wasn't strong enough for Princess Diana.

4 hours ago, mrfill said:

Wasn't strong enough for Princess Diana.

She wasn't wearing a seat belt.

Message most locals will get from this piece of news is: get the right amulet, and you will be bulletproof in whatever the hell you wish to do.

23 hours ago, neeray said:

Will he be charged with reckless driving?

 

Yeah he got a 500 baht fine and had to do a  wai and got a promotion for surviving that crash by showing people that amulats really do work. Up gp the sales of amulats . He probably got a new car to 

nothing to do with mercedes being a safe(r) car or something when a donkey is riding it

Must have been a special "chat on the phone while speeding amulete"...

He's a complete idiot. It was German technology which saved this clown's life and has nothing to do with these overpriced clay amulets being "made available" at exorbitant fees all over the Land of Lottery!  

Good luck the government (i.e. tax payer) is so generous to provide S200's to sleepy big wigs of Thailand's brown force, if it is not the government then it still is the tax payer, who foots such protective working gear like an Mercedes-Benz S200? 

In closing, have a look at the pictures and then wonder, how aliens can build such cars while their owners are riding around mid afternoon and taking a little nap. A little dream maybe? 

On 11/19/2019 at 10:31 AM, bannork said:

Still, better to trust the old seat belt in a car and turn up the music if you're feeling sleepy 

Try stopping for a 10 minute nap.

Better to be late than DEAD on time

On 11/18/2019 at 10:30 PM, 4MyEgo said:

I suppose "luck" had nothing to with it ????

 

Should go out and buy a lottery ticket !

How about giving credit to the Mercedes engineers who designed that car to be crashworthy. More logical explanation than an amulet but then again, this is Thailand. 

This makes me think of the movie "Silver Lining Playbook" where the Robert de Niro character is watching a football game, with his lucky handkerchief to ensure his team wins.

 

 

With the current trend in Thailand making  it hard for foreigners to live there, It doesn’t really help matters much when ThaiVisa makes fun of the culture and beliefs of the Thai people. What does it matter to you what people believe?  It only matters to social engineerings westerners !

 

Making fun of their religion, and not really knowing anything about it, despite the fact this is a forum about Thailand which is 90% Buddhist isn’t very helpful or even considerate. 

 

This very culture and belief system is what makes Thailand the place all these uncultured know it all farangs B-line it to, then are hellbent to turn it into the very place they escaped from. Have some humiliation when you are someone’s guest.