Woman relates horror ride in Bangkok taxi - he was falling asleep at the wheel but still drove on

 

Thai caption: Dramatic escape jumping out of taxi

Picture: Sanook

 

A woman went on Twitter to relate a horrifying experience on Tuesday night in a Bangkok taxi on the Don Muang elevated Tollway. 

 

The woman stated in a Tweet that she had taken the cab to go home to Klong 1 north of the city.

 

But the driver had fallen asleep behind the wheel and hit the side barrier. 

 

But still he drove on weaving in and out dangerously as she tried to wake him by shaking him. 

 

When he regained his composure he couldn't understand why she wanted to get out. 

 

When he slowed she managed to jump out and was taken home by someone who stopped for her. 

 

It appears that the taxi was involved in a four car pile-up though the exact sequence of events was not clear from the Sanook report. 

 

The woman, who was not named, went to hospital for an assessment then reported the number of the taxi to police. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

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No suprise !Many Bangkok taxi drivers from outside just rent a car and use it as a place to sleep and live. Working 20 hours a day !No Regulations

Normal.

corona attack perhaps..............

 

sleep..blissful sleep

and in most taxi's for some strange reason, the safety belt never works

Reminds me of a ride to Suvarnabumi from Pattaya last year. Picked up at 5.00 am and he was falling asleep on the motorway.  Told me he'd been driving all night. Got him to stop at the services and offered to drive the rest of the way. He would not agree but I said Im not going any further with you. I showed him my Thai Driving licence and assured him I would not tell anyone and he finally agreed. He instantly fell asleep in the passenger seat. Got to departures, I woke him up and told him to go and have a sleep somewhere for a couple of hours. No Idea if he made it back safely.

 

 

20 minutes ago, garzhe said:

No Idea if he made it back safely

or killed someone along the way

5 hours ago, pixelaoffy said:

No suprise !Many Bangkok taxi drivers from outside just rent a car and use it as a place to sleep and live. Working 20 hours a day !No Regulations

Except that it is a green/yellow one so is usually driven by the owner or a trusted relative. 

Have had them nodding off as many times as not. I always keep my eyes on them and make conversation with them or loud coughing noise. This is always late night/early morning. ALTHOUGH on the big Pattaya - Ekamai bus a couple years ago,...mid-day...we were in the front seats and the driver was nodding off. Spent 2 hours coughing, clapping my hands and smacking the seat. He kept mopping his brow with a wet rag and finally pulled over and bought a Red Bull. ????

'Reported the number to the Police'.........and they will do ?

8 hours ago, webfact said:

But the driver had fallen asleep behind the wheel and hit the side barrier. 

 

But still he drove on weaving in and out dangerously as she tried to wake him by shaking him.

I'm sure he's not the only one who drives excessive hours.... 

2 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

'Reported the number to the Police'.........and they will do ?

Errant taxi drivers being fined has been reported many times.

Over the years I've experienced several falling asleep at a red light. 

A couple of years ago, I was in a cab to Suvarnabhumi at about 4am and the driver started drifting right, grazed the concrete barrier, and then bounced off and started driving straight again. He of course claimed that he hadn't fallen asleep, but no other explanation would be preferable ("I'm not capable of driving in a straight line" doesn't inspire much confidence).

 

He checked the body of the car after we arrived at the terminal, and remarkably there was no apparent damage, at least under the murky airport lights.

Happened to me too once in a taxi late night in Bangkok on the elevated express way. He kept nodding off and the car began to drift across both lanes each time he did so.

Once we got off the express way, I had to cut the journey short and use another taxi.

On 2/5/2020 at 11:30 AM, petermik said:

corona attack perhaps..............

 

sleep..blissful sleep

Or he was just having his 'micro-sleep'...