Man and woman put child’s life at risk for entertainment

By The Nation

 

 

A man and a woman, presumably the parents of a toddler that they took on a precarious motorbike ride, have been slammed by Thai netizens.

 

A clip of the couple riding a motorbike with their baby in the bike’s basket was posted on the Red Skull Variety Facebook page. In the clip, the couple appeared to find the “experiment” entertaining, though the woman kept telling the man to be careful.

 

The man drove the bike for nearly four minutes, and stopped when the baby nearly fell out of the basket.

 

The clip provoked many condemning comments from infuriated netizens.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30389254

 

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What can you say?....   On Thailands roads I see examples of extreme <deleted>wittery on not only a daily basis but multiple times per day. 

 

It’s a shame and its wrong that a whole nation can be tarred as idiots when we see the actions on Thailands roads, however, however, when idiocy such as this is widely spread how else is an onlooker to think?

 

Education of the dangers and effective policing are critical in reducing the road deaths, however, we all know that no one in positions of decision making power care enough to do something about these issues.

 

The outcry on social media is short lived and we are numbed to the galactic stupidity by the sheer volume of stupid stuff going on around us. 

 

 

Topping it all off: In a few months we’ll be reading of Politicians patting themselves on their backs after the Road Death toll has been successfully reduced, of course, this will not be attributed to the reduced road use during lockdown.

 

 

 

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

What can you say?

The infant driving the scooter did remarkably well. 

Dogs, Kids, Bags obscuring the headlights.....all same same !!!!

I've seen Thais riding with a baby in their left hand with just their right hand on the bar, TiT!

There used to be one lived near me with twins, one under her arm and one in the basket riding the bike with one hand and using the front brake

Looks like the <deleted> I see here every day.

5 minutes ago, fasteddie said:

I've seen Thais riding with a baby in their left hand with just their right hand on the bar, TiT!

I've seen that a few times around here, but the one that really got me was the lady who was holding a baby AND an umbrella at the same time!

 

It is just astonishing how many simultaneous risks some people take.

Some Thai parents really don't care about their babies.......

 

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The clip provoked many condemning comments from infuriated netizens

The pot calling the kettle black...

Some people simply should not be allowed to procreate......

15 hours ago, fasteddie said:

I've seen Thais riding with a baby in their left hand with just their right hand on the bar, TiT!

I saw that about 15 years ago in Krabi. A baby in one hand. I sat down, shook my head, thought I was dreaming! That memory still comes back when I see the same thing today....????????????????????????????????

As long as the baby is wearing amulet it’s not dangerous 

Many  Thais = worlds biggest hypocrites, outside of BKK this is  normal, shame on them all

15 hours ago, ChipButty said:

There used to be one lived near me with twins, one under her arm and one in the basket riding the bike with one hand and using the front brake

How did she make the phone  calls?

all those people reacting are just virtue signalling. social media is cancer.

23 minutes ago, Cali farong said:

As long as the baby is wearing amulet it’s not dangerous 

And higher the cost, the greater protection. 

co

My favorite was the guy who pulled up to swap out his empty propane tank with a new one....strapping his toddler to the tank and securing the tank to the bike. The scariest part was that no shop personnel or bystander even batted an eye.

Couldn't watch more than 10 seconds of it.....

16 hours ago, fasteddie said:

I've seen Thais riding with a baby in their left hand with just their right hand on the bar, TiT!

I regularly used to see one riding around on his motorbike standing up on the seat, combing his hair here in Samui. No baby. 

There is actual video of him on youtube. 

Yes I agree with others here, it is common to see babies and young children on m/c in precarious positions, at least in the early parts of the day. I have seen them ride by policeman and nothing is done. 

Every day at least three times a day i see more dangerous things than this being conducted on a motorcycle with kids and infants.

Quite normal here, and those complaining in the media probably all do daft stuff......

Stupidity is hard to beat...

Don't come crying to me when it goes pear shaped, live and let live  i think some kind of self destruct charge triggers when a thais first get on 2 wheels, left hand right hand bum on seat and "click" death waiting to happen.

Just cannot cure stupid.

How is this news? I see things like this all the time in Chiang Mai. 

At least she was wearing an approved helmet...

19 hours ago, fasteddie said:

I've seen Thais riding with a baby in their left hand with just their right hand on the bar, TiT!

I saw a women riding a MB with a baby in her left arm being fed with a bottle on her left hand. Yes, seriously.

19 hours ago, webfact said:

A man and a woman, presumably the parents of a toddler that they took on a precarious motorbike ride, have been slammed by Thai netizens

A baby in the basket, no helmet no face mask just about breaking every regulation/law there is... but hey this land of the free.