VIDEO: Rule number one when driving in Thailand: Concentrate at all times

 

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Thai TV Channel 7 reminded the Thai public to concentrate at all times when driving.

 

One who didn't was the driver of a truck who collided with the back of a truck trailer then caused a collision with a car that had the dash cam.

 

So what was driver doing who caused the accident?

 

He admitted that he bent down to pick up his water bottle.

 

He was the worst injured though no one was seriously hurt.

 

The accident happened on the Asia Highway in Ayuthaya north of the Thai capital Bangkok. 

 

Source: Channel 7

 

 

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In my experience, also pretty much everywhere reading the road a head will save your life and limbs time and time again...

18 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

Thai TV Channel 7 reminded the Thai public to concentrate at all times when driving.

Concentrate on what exactly?  Their Line messages? Re-applying their makeup? Or the road ahead? 

"bent down to pick up his water bottle" 

More likely playing with their stupid phone. See that all the time on Thai roads. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. more important than (other) human lives. 

IPDE!!! Which locals have none..

 

 

36 minutes ago, webfact said:

reminded the Thai public to concentrate at all times when driving.

never happen; lack of intellect and awful judgment will keep thailand's roads the way they are

Aah, another day in paradise. 

This guy has an array of obd-bluetooth set of usless guages. Not one of them can warn about upcoming stupidity....?

Good reaction and emergency braking of the car driver. No airbags?

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Thai TV Channel 7 reminded the Thai public to concentrate at all times when driving.

concentrate on Facebook at all times when driving 

Like they say dying on the road more likely than by the virus!  No education no enforcement the honor system doesn't work nor going to the temple.

'I'll sit here and moan about it while you get out and sort him out darling....just wave from afar and i'm sure he will come running' !

Surely they don't you shouldn't drive like they do in the soap operas ?

32 minutes ago, CLW said:

Good reaction and emergency braking of the car driver. No airbags?

He did not put his emergency clickers on, but left the radio playing!   PML

In Th. The rule number one for keep your life driving a car or motorbike is concentrate at all times looking at front, left, right, up, down... and behind.

 

And if something happen... you pay

Drive flat out like the clappers in the fast

lane all the time to avoid accidents.

Zero evasive action by the car driver, just slam on the brakes and hope to stop in time.  Had plenty of reaction time to switch lanes to avoid the truck.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

He admitted that he bent down to pick up his water bottle.

 

Faffing about with his Line messages and FB posts, more like.

 

12 minutes ago, steveyinasia said:

Zero evasive action by the car driver, just slam on the brakes and hope to stop in time.  Had plenty of reaction time to switch lanes to avoid the truck.

Yeah that's what I thought .

I would have thought you could have avoided it .

Hmmm.... concentration while driving in Thailand?....I suggest the appalling daily road deaths make this highly unlikely. The police can’t even concentrate on their job for example ?

2 hours ago, webfact said:

So what was driver doing who caused the accident?

Should have gone to Specsavers

32 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

In Th. The rule number one for keep your life driving a car or motorbike is concentrate at all times looking at front, left, right, up, down... and behind.

 

And if something happen... you pay

Very true! But anywhere !

overtaking car from the right, probably not picking bottle of water as claimed but chatting on mobile phone.., Truck in front also overtaking another truck from the right, no turning light whatsoever.. just another normal day on the road

1 hour ago, CLW said:

Good reaction and emergency braking of the car driver. No airbags?

Or ABS?

I wonder about how far away the truck driver finally managed to stop his car.

I believe in the Darwinism (survival of the fittest and adaptation of species) and I predict that in the near future Thai car drivers will develop eyes on the back of their head ...

Very little proactive traffic enforcement.

Very little public driving education.

Little consequence for violating traffic laws.

Plenty of corruption.

 

FOCUS 

The guy driving the car should have slowed down way before but probably thought as most do, I will make it through until it's too late, locking it up doesn't help, and judging by the taco metres on his dash, he was driving a manuel which he could have geared down to a stop without locking it up.

 

The old saying, hit em in the rear and your in the wrong ????