Pattaya: Elderly Foreigner dead in late night motorcycle smash

[webfact]

Pattaya: Elderly Foreigner dead in late night motorcycle smash

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that police and rescue services were called to Soi Khao Talo in Bang Lamung after a 73 year old foreigner riding a motorcycle came off after losing control and hitting another bike parked by the side of the road.

 

Despite the efforts of Sawang Boriboon who performed CPR Keith P. was pronounced dead at the scene at around 1 am this morning.

 

Two badly damaged motorcycles - a green Yamaha Aerox and a blue and white Yamaha Fino - were found at the scene.

 

Witness Phairot, 43, said that the victim was riding along at speed with another motorcycle before he lost control and was thrown onto the ground after colliding with the parked bike.

 

The nationality of the victim was not known.

 

Source: Siam Rath

 

 

 

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[NCC1701A]

I hope this  is not the Keith I met here in Hua Hin.

RIP.

 

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

Two badly damaged motorcycles - a green Yamaha Aerox and a blue and white Yamaha Fino

these are not motorcycles.

[Eindhoven]

2 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

I hope this  is not the Keith I met here in Hua Hin.

RIP.

 

these are not motorcycles.

 

??

 

Even if you were right, what on earth has that to do with anything? Hardly the point of the thread.

[JustAnotherHun]

According to the photo the 73 years old must have been at quite high speed.

RIP

Edited February 21, 2020 by JustAnotherHun

[Soikhaonoiken]

R. I. P. 

[scubascuba3]

Nearly always happens late night or early morning

[ianezy0]

Old age, alcohol and scooters do not mix.

RIP.

[balo]

Sorry to say this , but another fool on 2 wheels . RIP. 

[mikebell]

Speed kills.  A pity Thai cops have not been taught this so they could divert some attention from holding up school kids and start bringing down the daily road kill.

[Don Mega]

Whoopsie !!

[tinca tinca]

18 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Speed kills.  A pity Thai cops have not been taught this so they could divert some attention from holding up school kids and start bringing down the daily road kill.

and also NOT WEARING CRASH HELMETS !!

[jacko45k]

21 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

I hope this  is not the Keith I met here in Hua Hin.

RIP.

 

these are not motorcycles.

Neither is a Harley by this definition....

a two-wheeled vehicle that is powered by a motor and has no pedals.

[RichardColeman]

Seems to me that many farang that come here seem to lose all sense of noddle and turn into Thais - drink driving, no helmet, fast speed. 

[herwin1234]

12 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Seems to me that many farang that come here seem to lose all sense of noddle and turn into Thais - drink driving, no helmet, fast speed. 

lol. good grief. "turn into Thais". You cant make this stuff up. 

[Stargeezr]

RIP to the guy. When I see anyone riding without a helmet, I think, how can they be so

Stupid!  Senseless people. Some just say that they are going native, but I say, " No the

natives are smarter than that."  Of couse this does not apply in Thailand, when I see hoards of them without helmets as well.  Very Sad..

Geezer

[hotchilli]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

Elderly Foreigner dead in late night motorcycle smash

73 years old and at 1am.... at least he went out after enjoying himself!

[AhFarangJa]

22 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

I hope this  is not the Keith I met here in Hua Hin.

RIP.

 

these are not motorcycles.

Lost another friend the same way a few days ago on the road to Wat Monghkul. David, was riding late at night, after a party, hit a parked vios and broke his neck. Pillion rider in hospital with broken limbs. Funeral Tomorrow. All avoidable for a 200 Baht taxi ride. So many lately....

[gamesgplayemail]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

73 year old foreigner riding a motorcycle

 

and then other old experts here are going to tell us that bikes are safe for oldies ????

 

 

[kokopelli]

20 minutes ago, gamesgplayemail said:

 

and then other old experts here are going to tell us that bikes are safe for oldies ????

 

 

Safety on bikes is how you drive them, not your age.

 

[scubascuba3]

2 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

Lost another friend the same way a few days ago on the road to Wat Monghkul. David, was riding late at night, after a party, hit a parked vios and broke his neck. Pillion rider in hospital with broken limbs. Funeral Tomorrow. All avoidable for a 200 Baht taxi ride. So many lately....

i feel more sorry for the pillion passengers AKA thai girls, they have little choice but to get on the back, 50\50 helmet if lucky, totally exposed

[Cricky]

2 hours ago, kokopelli said:

Safety on bikes is how you drive them, not your age.

 

Yes I agree.

 

Unfortunately the majority of these elderly scooter riders are juveniles and shouldn't be on the roads.

 

Again and again we are seeing these elderly riders in accidents causing death. Too bloody often

 

Sad thing is we will see many comments from these elderly riders that think they know better.

I comment regularly on this subject and get a lot of hate comments because of my anti elderly rider comments.

[AhFarangJa]

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

i feel more sorry for the pillion passengers AKA thai girls, they have little choice but to get on the back, 50\50 helmet if lucky, totally exposed

I agree Scuba, This time though the pillion was another Farang.

[steven100]

what the heck is a 73 yr old doing out speeding on a motorbike at 1.00am ....

what could possibly go wrong ....  

 

rip.

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, VYCM said:

Yes I agree.

Well how well one drives can also be age dependent. Driving here requires a person to be quite alert and sometimes quick. I foresee a time when my bike days will have to end... hopefully not at the same time my days end.

[spiekerjozef]

6 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Seems to me that many farang that come here seem to lose all sense of noddle and turn into Thais - drink driving, no helmet, fast speed. 

Adjust to the country you live in...

[spiekerjozef]

3 hours ago, kokopelli said:

Safety on bikes is how you drive them, not your age.

 

And your eye-sight is just as good when you were 20 years old ?

[Vacuum]

2 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

And your eye-sight is just as good when you were 20 years old ?

Meaning; one should not drive as a 20year old, if you're not one

[Moonlover]

On 2/21/2020 at 11:37 AM, NCC1701A said:

On 2/21/2020 at 11:30 AM, webfact said:

Two badly damaged motorcycles - a green Yamaha Aerox and a blue and white Yamaha Fino

 

On 2/21/2020 at 11:37 AM, NCC1701A said:

I hope this  is not the Keith I met here in Hua Hin.

RIP.

 

these are not motorcycles.

''A motorcycle is a two or three wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task they are designed for, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing''.

 

https://www.definitions.net/definition/motorcycle

 

Edited February 22, 2020 by Moonlover

[xylophone]

31 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Well how well one drives can also be age dependent. Driving here requires a person to be quite alert and sometimes quick.

I agree with that comment and there are certainly some doddery old fogies who should not be anywhere near a motorcycle. Having said that, the same is true of cars.

 

The old saying "speed kills" is very true in this accident by all accounts, and speed will kill you no matter what age or condition you are in.

 

It's worthwhile considering that the majority of Thai road fatalities are in the 15 to 24 age group and the 70 to 75 age group has the lowest number of fatalities (not percentages, I grant you).

74% of all Thai road fatalities involve motorcycles and over 50% of these have no licences....... 

 

I've driven my motorcycle here for more than 13 years, as well as my car, and have witnessed some horrendous driving by mainly young Thais on motorbikes, and most without crash helmets, and as the stats would show it's the 15 to 24 age group (some stats show 15 to 29) which are involved in the majority of accidents.

 

I will continue driving my motorbike until I consider myself unfit to do so, and as long as my eyesight is still very good at 20/18, although I do need glasses for close vision (i.e. reading), then I have no problem with seeing what's ahead of me.

 

I'm sure that time has slowed down my reactions, so consequently I drive at a speed that enables me to react accordingly to any emergency.

 

Banning older drivers on motorbikes is not the answer, the answer is enforcing the law with regard to licensing and crash helmets, and also initiating new driving tests for people applying for licences, and just to add to the safety issue, why not force drivers over the age of 70 to undergo a new driving test?

[Cricky]

3 hours ago, xylophone said:

why not force drivers over the age of 70 to undergo a new driving test?

What a rediculous suggestion, you're just going make the competent, well adjusted elderly road user to suffer. The DLT is not the most user friendly place to visit. 

I've had a license here since 2003, it's hot and cold, but one thing I've noticed over the years it's getting to be a horrible place to visit, the place has changed and rightly so, because as I have always said, the people coming here have changed. 

 

We need to educate the elderly that are struggling with their ability to ride the roads here in Thailand. 

 

Please, if your having doubts don't ride the bike, take the car or get a lift, if you get hurt or hurt others everyone suffers