Porsche no match for Bangkok's slippery roads - red plate supercar hits lamp post

[webfact]

Porsche no match for Bangkok's slippery roads - red plate supercar hits lamp post

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The unseasonal rains in Bangkok yesterday and the resulting slippery conditions on the roads claimed a high profile victim yesterday. 

 

A white Porsche spun out of control near the Lert La School inbound on Kaset-Nawamin Road. 

 

The car hit a lamp post and suffered severe damage to the front. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Two people were taken to hospital with chest compression injuries - Phongphat, 32, and Jitwadee, 43. 

 

The super car had a red plate indicating that it was probably very new. The number was พ (Phor) 9999. 

 

The Khok Khram police said when the driver is out of hospital they will be charged with negligence and damage to state property.

 

Source: Daily News

 

 

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[petermik]

Probably an inexperienced driver in this type of car with little concern for road conditions.........

[Captain Monday]

It was the DRIVER outmatched by the conditions not the Porsche!

[Mavideol]

they buy expensive cars, all for the show, but they barely know how to drive a tuk tuk... I see some driving very fast on a straight road but stepping hard on the brakes, almost coming to a stop, when there is a curve/corner

[Chazar]

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

The unseasonal rains

cause  identified,  what  a  relief

[Surelynot]

Bragging here. Got an SVR parked up in the UK. Very iffy driving in the wet, even at low speeds on corners.

[toofarnorth]

The roads are even worse on 2 wheels ,  I hope the Porsche driver becomes aware of this.

[marko kok prong]

Don't worry Daddy will take care of it all.

[Don Mega]

 

39 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Bragging here. Got an SVR parked up in the UK. Very iffy driving in the wet, even at low speeds on corners.

You find driving a landrover in the wet to be a struggle ?

 

Bwahahaahahahahahahaha !!

[OneMoreFarang]

Porsche no match for Bangkok's slippery roads

Obviously that could not possibly happen with a [insert some boring car], correct?

[Don Mega]

Just now, OneMoreFarang said:

Porsche no match for Bangkok's slippery roads

Obviously that could not possibly happen with a [insert some boring car], correct?

Correct, but let the haters have their 15 minutes of fame.

[cardinalblue]

CV restrictions have no effect on Thai driving habits...
 

same old same old...

[Don Mega]

2 minutes ago, cardinalblue said:

CV restrictions have no effect on Thai driving habits...
 

same old same old...

CV Restriction ?

[Baerboxer]

59 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

It was the DRIVER outmatched by the conditions not the Porsche!

 

You mean the driver must drive differently in different conditions? But it's a Porsche. Thought they adjusted to the conditions automatically ????

[OneMoreFarang]

2 minutes ago, cardinalblue said:

CV restrictions have no effect on Thai driving habits...
 

same old same old...

I hope the traffic jam will be back sometime soon.

In the moment it seems lots of people think empty streets are build for racing. It's a lot more dangerous than usual.

Especially all those deliver riders seem to "think" they are invincible. 

[OneMoreFarang]

Just now, Baerboxer said:

 

You mean the driver must drive differently in different conditions? But it's a Porsche. Thought they adjusted to the conditions automatically ????

That reminds me of a story from long time ago in the USA.

Porsche had to pay a huge fine because they didn't write in their car's manual that the car has a high acceleration and high top speed so people should drive carefully.

It really happend!

[metempsychotic]

1 hour ago, petermik said:

Probably an inexperienced driver in this type of car with little concern for road conditions.........

More to the point it was the first rain for months on end.

 

When that happens a film of oil is lifted from the pavements and they can be like sheets of wet ice.

 

Dude has probaly never driven the car in the wet, let alone first rain.

 

As for unseasonal rains, it has rained every songkran I can remember. Songkran usually indicates the very beginning of wet season.

 

 

Edited April 14, 2020 by metempsychotic

[klauskunkel]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The number was พ (Phor) 9999. 

Lucky license plate no match for Bangkok's slippery roads

[Andy from Kent]

Porsche makes a pretty strong  ride.

[bristolgeoff]

how fast was he going to hit the post.i imagine some speed hope the post survived

[sammieuk1]

Probably in a hurry to deliver food parcels to the poor ????

[smedly]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Porsche no match for Bangkok's slippery roads - red plate supercar hits lamp post

lets correct that headline

 

Idiot driving a Porsche no match for Bangkok's slippery roads - red plate supercar hits lamp post

[Surelynot]

36 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

 

You find driving a landrover in the wet to be a struggle ?

 

Bwahahaahahahahahahaha !!

Fat summer tyres on wet tarmac. Yep. Life's a beach.

[Rookiescot]

Thing is once a 911 back end steps out its very hard to recover from.

This is because of the pendulum effect of the engine BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE.

 

????

[bje2000]

Rear wing deployed, possibly from the crash, but lifts at 90km/h and again to a higher position at 170km/h, so speed more than likely a factor. Again, the size of the wallet is greater than driving ability

[Number 6]

The driver was outmatched by the conditions of the Porsche. Obviously.

 

All the drama he now brings into everyone's life. Ambulance, police, medical staff...

 

Learned to drive 911s, 914-6 and built hotrod 2180cc VWs in mid 70s. What a tosser.

 

Haha.

Edited April 14, 2020 by Number 6

[Borzandy]

Was it a Porsche made in China?

[ChrisY1]

2 hours ago, petermik said:

Probably an inexperienced driver in this type of car with little concern for road conditions.........

They're all inexperienced drivers....wet roads make little difference, they just can't get a grip

[Chongalulu]

41 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

Thing is once a 911 back end steps out its very hard to recover from.

This is because of the pendulum effect of the engine BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE.

 

????

That aspect which certainly applied to older versions has largely been engineered out meaning a 911 is one of the world’s best handling cars.

[kevin612]

I see a lot of money on the ground.