Thailand road carnage: Motorcyclists in lucky escape, but others not so fortunate

 

Thai caption: Two bikes cheat death

 

Dash cam footage from a pick-up waiting at a red light at the Sa Khwan intersection in Sa Kaeo province showed a truck plow through the red light on the opposite side of the road. 

 

The truck - carrying waste from a sugar factory - collided with another truck moving on the green light before smashing into several other vehicles. 

 

Two motorcyclists crossing the intersection avoided death by fractions while another rider waiting at the lights managed to jump off before his vehicle was crushed.

 

The sugar factory truck driver who caused the carnage fled the scene.

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

 

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Why Flee? Clearly the brakes are to blame.

"...fled the scene."  Gosh, what a shocker.  lol

The woman in the Honda Jazz was obviously at fault....

 

Oh wait, that's another one.. I get the carnage mixed up all the time !!

24/7/365 like this in the LOS.   life here has less value than a bug after it hits your windshield...enjoy your time.

Always look before you proceed, green doesn't mean go, it means, look, if it's safe proceed with caution because anything goes in Thailand, brake failure, speeding through red lights, and cows crossing the road ????

 

"Red alert! Raise the shields!"

 

Pedal to the metal indeed.

These 'sugar trucks' are all about 70 years old, last maintained / oil-changed in 1985. Seem to cause accidents all the time also. I always give them a wide berth on the roads, but stuck at a traffic light.. Hub of Carnage.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The sugar factory truck driver who caused the carnage fled the scene.

He had to go to the toilet.

I was taught to always......Always.......check both directions as you pull away from traffic lights just in case a moron is running them. I can see the sugar lorry may be partially obscured by the lorry on the inside, but even so a little caution by the other driver may have saved a collision. 

Sorry,....I have just found the main problem with the above paragraph regarding the roads here...........the first three words.......

1 hour ago, spiekerjozef said:

He had to go to the toilet.

and change his underpants!

4 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

The woman in the Honda Jazz was obviously at fault....

 

Think you'll find it more likely the fault  of a farang , a km away in a roadside  cafe

2 hours ago, spiekerjozef said:

He had to go to the toilet.

I think he did instantly, whilst the truck was on its side heading for the car with the dashcam.

should be a mandatory 6 months in jail, for fleeing the scene, this <deleted> about frightened of being attacked, abviously <deleted> out of their brains or high on yabba, how many times do they hand themselves in the next day , when they have sobered up

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The sugar factory truck driver who caused the carnage fled the scene.

It's time these people who flee the scene are hammered by the courts!

3 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

and change his underpants!

His salary probably doesn't cover the cost of underwear.. "commando springs to mind" just shorts.

as for fleeing the scene.... lets have a guess, immigrant employee, no papers, no work permit, cash in hand, no responsibility, less than concerned boss, why stick around !!

"Fled the scene" in true time-honored fashion. About time these guys were manacled into their cabs like the ancient Roman galley-slave ships. Might indenture a bit more responsibility..

On 2/25/2020 at 11:21 PM, 4MyEgo said:

Always look before you proceed, green doesn't mean go, it means, look, if it's safe proceed with caution because anything goes in Thailand, brake failure, speeding through red lights, and cows crossing the road 

 

Don't look too long, though. 

 

Or the guy behind you will do his best to disprove that old law of physics that 2 objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time.  Of course, he'll fail miserably.