Hanging wires: Four injured as motorcyclist's neck gets entangled

 

Picture: CH7

 

Thailand's infamous hanging wires are in the news again. 

 

Thai TV Channel 7 reported that a 23 year old woman was on a motorcycle going down Thay Ban Soi 40 in Muang district of Samut Prakan.

 

On the back was her 16 year old sister, her three year old son and a 7 month old relative. 

 

The neck and handlebars of the bike got entangled in the wires and they were all thrown off suffering serious injuries. 

 

The 7 month old infant is in the most serious condition and needs a brain scan.

 

The mother of the rider said that the person who is responsible for the cables needs to come forward. 

 

It is thought they came down after being hit by trucks that use the soi. 

 

Source: TV Channel 7

 

 

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Those hanging wires are disasters waiting to happen, someone in the public administration should give them some serious thought.

27 minutes ago, webfact said:

The 7 month old infant is in the most serious condition and needs a brain scan

It is the mother who needs a brain scan to see if there is one in there plus a trip to Specsavers ! 2 adults and 2 kids on one bike, ridiculous.

42 minutes ago, webfact said:

The mother of the rider said that the person who is responsible for the cables needs to come forward.

Maybe the mother of the rider should have thought her daughter that it ain´t advisable and against the law to be four on a motorbike.

However, I sincerely hope the little one will recover as well as the others that got injured.

23 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

Those hanging wires are disasters waiting to happen, someone in the public administration should give them some serious thought.

As much as you are right due to the danger they oppose, you seem to totaly overlook an irresponsible mother driving a motorbike with her two children and an infant.

11 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

As much as you are right due to the danger they oppose, you seem to totaly overlook an irresponsible mother driving a motorbike with her two children and an infant.

Well, you know, not everybody can afford a SUV, people are doing the best they can with their limited finances.

3 hours ago, wgdanson said:

It is the mother who needs a brain scan to see if there is one in there plus a trip to Specsavers ! 2 adults and 2 kids on one bike, ridiculous.

TIT

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The mother of the rider said that the person who is responsible for the cables needs to come forward. 

Ha Ha Ha....

No responsibility in Thailand 

More than once I've had to do a walk around of low cables over sidewalks as a pedestrian, thinking of 2nd road Jomtien. And then there is the broken concrete post about 2/3s up, near Family Mart & SCB bank on beach road. Only thing holding it up (and pulling it down) are the 100s of wires. TIT

5 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

Those hanging wires are disasters waiting to happen, someone in the public administration should give them some serious thought.

 This has happened 4 or 5 times in the last 12 months with deaths.

 

Every time loud insistence that the relevant authority will take action so it can't happen again.

 

As always no action...

 

 

1 hour ago, Borzandy said:

Ha Ha Ha....

Ohh cannot, has to drive the children to school...

5 hours ago, webfact said:

On the back was her 16 year old sister, her three year old son and a 7 month old relative. 

 

Thanks  goodness she wasnt overloaded  then

4 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 This has happened 4 or 5 times in the last 12 months with deaths.

 

Every time loud insistence that the relevant authority will take action so it can't happen again.

 

As always no action...

 

 

Shameful as it is, the only thing we can do is paying a lot of attention, being the stray dogs, the inconsiderate driving style, or the hanging wires, these roads are a death trap.

How is it possible to not have noticed those wires? Ahhh.....she was texting at the time.

5 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

Well, you know, not everybody can afford a SUV, people are doing the best they can with their limited finances.

No, you're right.

But I guarantee that Mum has an expensive phone, big TV and I wonder how much th M.bike cost.

Not to mention what her husband/family has...

 

But on her 'limited' finances, she couldn't afford 250B helmets for the kids, eh?

26 minutes ago, Bundooman said:

No, you're right.

But I guarantee that Mum has an expensive phone, big TV and I wonder how much th M.bike cost.

Not to mention what her husband/family has...

 

But on her 'limited' finances, she couldn't afford 250B helmets for the kids, eh?

Well, if you guarantee all that, must be true then.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The 7 month old infant is in the most serious condition and needs a brain scan.

 

Don't take children out on Thai roads on motorbikes.

 

You are an absolute moron if you do. 

Police on the way to repair the hanging wires.

6 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

Those hanging wires are disasters waiting to happen, someone in the public administration should give them some serious thought.

Serious thoughts in Thailand, ???? 

6 hours ago, wgdanson said:

It is the mother who needs a brain scan to see if there is one in there plus a trip to Specsavers ! 2 adults and 2 kids on one bike, ridiculous.

don’t like, get back to Your “bubble wrap” country, mate!!! nothing wrong anywhere in asia ride entire family on single motorbike..... i surprised: nobody not mentioned crash helmet or some protection for rider neck..... when <deleted> happened: even best in the world  body armour or helmet doesn’t  help..... Thailand full of traps and we decide to take a huge risk...... 

1 hour ago, Emdog said:

More than once I've had to do a walk around of low cables over sidewalks as a pedestrian, thinking of 2nd road Jomtien. And then there is the broken concrete post about 2/3s up, near Family Mart & SCB bank on beach road. Only thing holding it up (and pulling it down) are the 100s of wires. TIT

 recommended: change to the other side of the street

6 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

Those hanging wires are disasters waiting to happen, someone in the public administration should give them some serious thought.

As if the daily carnage from driver n riders are not enough we also have to worry about hanging wires n whatnot.

2 minutes ago, Con Peoples Fund said:

As if the daily carnage from driver n riders are not enough we also have to worry about hanging wires n whatnot.

Years ago, while riding the motorbike, i was lucky to avoid a coconut, falling from a quite tall palm just on the edge of the road ????

2 hours ago, Emdog said:

More than once I've had to do a walk around of low cables over sidewalks as a pedestrian, thinking of 2nd road Jomtien. And then there is the broken concrete post about 2/3s up, near Family Mart & SCB bank on beach road. Only thing holding it up (and pulling it down) are the 100s of wires. TIT

You're free to relocate, this is Thailand put up with it or move on to somewhere you feel safer!

No one is asking any foreigner to stay here against their will....

but what Thais hate are foreign residents coming here to visit or live then telling them how they should run their country!

This is two way irresponsibility, by the lot of primitive distractions on the way and the lack of understanding of carrying the kids on the bike and the same time hanging on the phone or chatting either during that  

Darwin strikes again. Or nearly.

Safety

Life in the third world - who really cares?

2 hours ago, mr PPG said:

don’t like, get back to Your “bubble wrap” country, mate!!! nothing wrong anywhere in asia ride entire family on single motorbike..... i surprised: nobody not mentioned crash helmet or some protection for rider neck..... when <deleted> happened: even best in the world  body armour or helmet doesn’t  help..... Thailand full of traps and we decide to take a huge risk...... 

My 'Bubble Wrap' country is THAILAND. I am not really bothered how many locals kill themselves and their babies, but I am free to comment on this forum without being ridiculed. Happy Christmas.