Dangerous Thailand: Hanging cables snare female foreign tourists in Kanchanaburi

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Dangerous Thailand: Hanging cables snare female foreign tourists in Kanchanaburi

 

Picture: PPTV

 

A day out on a rented motorcycle turned to horror for two female foreign tourists in Kanchanaburi in Thailand's west. 

 

The driver didn't notice hanging cables on the road by the PTT gas station in Koh Samrong sub-district of Muang district. 

 

Miss Christina from Spain suffered severe injuries to her neck.

 

Miss Ana Clara from Argentina who was riding pillion suffered road rash and dizziness inducing vomiting. 

 

Both were rushed to hospital. 

 

Picture: PPTV

 

Thai media reported they had rented a motorcycle and were on a trip out to enjoy the natural surroundings. 

 

The story made the Channel 7 national TV news this morning.

 

The tourist police are trying to trace the company responsible for the cables to take responsibility for the accident. 

 

Sources: PPTV | Channel 7

 

 

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[johng]

Looks like the  internationally recognised "safety twig"  has been used to good effect again ????

 

Hope the 2 ladies have a speedy recovery.

[Happy Grumpy]

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

The tourist police are trying to trace the company responsible for the cables to take responsibility for the accident. 

Good luck with that.

 

 

 

I hope Miss Ana and Miss Christina enjoy being photographed while the police give them baskets of fruit.

[MadMuhammad]

Try explaining that to your travel insurance company ????

[steven100]

Tourists renting a motorbike probably never ridden before and I expect no insurance.

What could possibly go wrong   

[Pravda]

Where's gofundme link?

[samsensam]

21 minutes ago, johng said:

Looks like the  internationally recognised "safety twig"  has been used to good effect again ????

 

Hope the 2 ladies have a speedy recovery.

 

placed about 3 meters from the overturned motorcycle - just in case you failed to see the overturned motorcycle...

[ICELANDMAN]

One of the many unwritten traps on tourist guides for the LOS

 

[roo860]

15 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Tourists renting a motorbike probably never ridden before and I expect no insurance.

What could possibly go wrong   

Seems like getting garoted.

[scorecard]

34 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Tourists renting a motorbike probably never ridden before and I expect no insurance.

What could possibly go wrong   

Not the point.

[actonion]

35 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Tourists renting a motorbike probably never ridden before and I expect no insurance.

What could possibly go wrong   

What  has  tourists renting a motorbike got to do with low hanging electric cables ?

[steven100]

1 minute ago, actonion said:

What  has  tourists renting a motorbike got to do with low hanging electric cables ?

I agree the cables should not be hanging down as they are dangerous .... as witnessed,  however,  I am just saying that tourists come here with zero experience riding a motorbike and as such need to be aware of the inherent dangers within Thailand and on the roads. We see low hanging cables everywhere over Thailand.

Lets hope the cables are relocated higher by the offending party.

[jany123]

Do we need another poll on the incompetence of Thai agencies to determine if the authorities responsible are incompetent?

 

lol... about as much as we needed a poll to determine if air pollution regulators are incompetent... or agencies responsible for police... or agencies responsible for <insert option>

[VocalNeal]

I doubt they were the first motorcyclists to ride past. Why didn't any locals run into them?

I know they do ocasionally but... 

 

Oh and a snare is a device with a loop in it. 

 

 

[Thian]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

Tourists renting a motorbike probably never ridden before and I expect no insurance.

What could possibly go wrong   

What does that has to do with low hanging cables above the road (which are everywhere in Thailand)....

 

When i go to the local market i keep my helmet on these days, the market is under a huge roof but those idiot vendors built their own roofs above their stands which are far too low for a healthy person who is taller than a midget Thai.

[Mavideol]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The tourist police are trying to trace the company responsible for the cables to take responsibility for the accident. 

it's Monday, start of the week joke, let's all have a good laugh 555

[mike787]

Hope she has the mandated insurance. 

[Happy Grumpy]

The were trying to avoid a tree.

 

[soalbundy]

Whew!!! not Chinese, got away with that one.

[RichardColeman]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Both were rushed to hospital. 

For immediate fleecing

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

2 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

I hope Miss Ana and Miss Christina enjoy being photographed while the police give them baskets of fruit.

 

In a day or two, there will be another article in which the ladies will confess it was all a big misunderstanding, and they really didn't mean to damage Thailand's tourist reputation by blaming hanging cables for their injuries. The police will let them off lightly with a modest fine of a few thousand baht, and ensure they leave the country promptly.   

 

[Assurancetourix]

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

Tourists renting a motorbike probably never ridden before and I expect no insurance.

What could possibly go wrong   

The problem is not the rental of a scooter and the possibility of having a helmet or not.
The problem is that Thai workers work like pigs;
if they had been on a velocipede, the hospital was still at the end of the story;
ditto with Thai motorcyclists which we will be sure, this time they had neither license nor helmet.

[sammieuk1]

Unfortunately 100% her fault she should have seen it ????

[KC 71]

1 hour ago, Thian said:

What does that has to do with low hanging cables above the road (which are everywhere in Thailand)....

 

When i go to the local market i keep my helmet on these days, the market is under a huge roof but those idiot vendors built their own roofs above their stands which are far too low for a healthy person who is taller than a midget Thai.

Is this you by any chance ?

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai media reported they had rented a motorcycle and were on a trip out to enjoy the natural surroundings.

Low hanging cables are a natural feature of Thailand.

[Bundooman]

4 hours ago, steven100 said:

I agree the cables should not be hanging down as they are dangerous .... as witnessed,  however,  I am just saying that tourists come here with zero experience riding a motorbike and as such need to be aware of the inherent dangers within Thailand and on the roads. We see low hanging cables everywhere over Thailand.

Lets hope the cables are relocated higher by the offending party.

Not just tourists. My thai father in law suffered similar in Surin. A village friend had placed a net across the road to catch birds. The net was placed at a height, easy to ride a motorcycle underneath.

To hold the net in place the villager had also placed a long wire across the road, about 1/2 metre below the net and secured the net to it in three places.

The wire was at neck level and my FIL rode straight into it. We went to see it and the net looked safe enough - but the wire was almost invisible. It bit right into his neck and required many stitches.

The villager was required to pay him 20K baht compensation. He then tried to negotiate a discount and was immediately and totally humiliated by MIL's tongue lashing.  

Not just tourists......

[KenKadz]

Please tell me again why there are 'no tourists' coming to Thailand?

[thooktong]

New Tourist mode : No Helmet ? Insurance ? motorcycle permit ? hope they will not be fined for that !

[Scot123]

5 hours ago, steven100 said:

Tourists renting a motorbike probably never ridden before and I expect no insurance.

What could possibly go wrong   

Really and that's your take on the criminal incompetence of low hanging wire? 

[Bentley333]

Hopeless incompetence at work again.