Video: Biker lucky not to be killed after managing to stay on during collision in Saraburi

[webfact]

Video: Biker lucky not to be killed after managing to stay on during collision in Saraburi

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Dash cam footage showed the moment a female motorcyclist cut across a pick-up driver as she was entering Pahonyothin Road from the Friendship Highway in Saraburi.

 

Despite quite a collision the rider managed to right herself and race off leaving the other motorist screaming "Ooo - hoo!" and sounding her horn in vain. 

 

Panida Intarasuwan posted the footage on Facebook calling for netizens to provide information. 

 

She said that a bag belonging to the woman that fell down at the scene is now in the hands of the local police. 

 

It contained some khaki trousers and the woman's underwear.  

 

Source: Sanook

 

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[Kinnock]

So the girl on the bike was clearly not paying attention and in the wrong, but why did the car driver make no attempt at all to move across or brake to avoid the collision?

 

Daft question I guess - this is Thailand, BLDM - Bikers Lives Don't Matter.

[OneMoreFarang]

Just a normal day in Thailand...

[Kinnock]

...... and I bet she wished she had that spare underwear with her now.

[Denim]

9 minutes ago, Kinnock said:

So the girl on the bike was clearly not paying attention and in the wrong, but why did the car driver make no attempt at all to move across or brake to avoid the collision?

 

Daft question I guess - this is Thailand, BLDM - Bikers Lives Don't Matter.

 

That's a bit harsh. The car had no brakes so couldn't do anything.

[Dmaxdan]

Were they both the rider and driver asleep?  The car driver has all the reactions of stoned tortoise.  

[Kwasaki]

Girl bike rider pulled across expecting car driver to give way which didn't happen, car driver was behind and had time to brake but didn't. Bad driving by both parties. 

[ratcatcher]

The motorbike rider demonstrated great skill in staying on the bike. The dopey driver of the car made little or no attempt to avoid a collision. Bike rider clearly at fault for failing to look left for oncoming traffic while she tried to merge. DNA from the undies in police custody may offer some clues as to her identity.

[Phuketshrew]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

She said that a bag belonging to the woman that fell down at the scene is now in the hands of the local police. 

 

It contained some khaki trousers and the woman's underwear.

Bet she's going to need that clean underwear after pulling a stunt like that. ????

[Kasset Tak]

Look at the road, there are clear paint markings on the road, and if a motorcycle driver would have crossed like that in my home country the driver would have lost his/her drivers license, in UK the driver would have lost 3 points and a fine, in India 1000 Rupee and up to 3 month prison time...
Then we have people who have been in Thailand too long and think that the car driver is doing something wrong... when the one driving the motorcycle is breaking the rules and crossed a no cross area and entered the lain at a point, about 50m before the road markings shows that she can cross between the lains, and caused the accident.

Sure, there are many bad drivers out there, but I would not say that this car driver is a bad driver. It's 4 seconds from when I see the motorcycle until the collision, and the average reaction time for breaking is 2.3 seconds... and that for an object that appears right in front of you!

[tgw]

9 minutes ago, Kasset Tak said:

Look at the road, there are clear paint markings on the road, and if a motorcycle driver would have crossed like that in my home country the driver would have lost his/her drivers license, in UK the driver would have lost 3 points and a fine, in India 1000 Rupee and up to 3 month prison time...
Then we have people who have been in Thailand too long and think that the car driver is doing something wrong... when the one driving the motorcycle is breaking the rules and crossed a no cross area and entered the lain at a point, about 50m before the road markings shows that she can cross between the lains, and caused the accident.

Sure, there are many bad drivers out there, but I would not say that this car driver is a bad driver. It's 4 seconds from when I see the motorcycle until the collision, and the average reaction time for breaking is 2.3 seconds... and that for an object that appears right in front of you!

well, the bike driver is 100% in the wrong, but the car clearly didn't "do everything to avoid a collision", a rule which, I am sure, is also included in your home country's driving regulations.

[Martin71]

Average breaking time 2.3 seconds.... really.

Saw the motorbike for 4 seconds .... anticipation / reading the road.

[robblok]

19 minutes ago, Kasset Tak said:

Look at the road, there are clear paint markings on the road, and if a motorcycle driver would have crossed like that in my home country the driver would have lost his/her drivers license, in UK the driver would have lost 3 points and a fine, in India 1000 Rupee and up to 3 month prison time...
Then we have people who have been in Thailand too long and think that the car driver is doing something wrong... when the one driving the motorcycle is breaking the rules and crossed a no cross area and entered the lain at a point, about 50m before the road markings shows that she can cross between the lains, and caused the accident.

Sure, there are many bad drivers out there, but I would not say that this car driver is a bad driver. It's 4 seconds from when I see the motorcycle until the collision, and the average reaction time for breaking is 2.3 seconds... and that for an object that appears right in front of you!

Good point actually about the reaction time. All of us watching the video were waiting for something to happen. So we were ready for it. For the car driver it was something unexpected. I am not sure how fast I would have responded. But I am sure I would have responded faster if i knew something would happen like now when playing the clip then when it would happen for real.

 

However he did not break at all did nothing, can't totally say he is without fault but obviously its mainly the motorbike driver. If I were to merge traffic on my bike like that i always check. Its just stupid not to check. So most of the blame is on the motorbike driver.

[Bob A Kneale]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

it contained some khaki trousers and the woman's underwear.  

The report did not say that the bag contained that woman's underwear, it said that it contained, among other things, "women's underwear".  Why the salacious mis-translation, Thaivisa?

[Kinnock]

1 hour ago, Denim said:

 

That's a bit harsh. The car had no brakes so couldn't do anything.

Fair comment.

 

Is it just me, or when being a passenger in a car in Thailand, do you find yourself mashing your right foot into the carpet trying to hit an imaginary brake?

[robblok]

8 minutes ago, Kinnock said:

Fair comment.

 

Is it just me, or when being a passenger in a car in Thailand, do you find yourself mashing your right foot into the carpet trying to hit an imaginary brake?

Its you.. often next to a female driver and i never feel I have to do brake or be scared at any point. 

[RichardColeman]

Can believe they don;t have an 'edit' button

[CraigInBangkok]

1 hour ago, Kasset Tak said:

Look at the road, there are clear paint markings on the road, and if a motorcycle driver would have crossed like that in my home country the driver would have lost his/her drivers license, in UK the driver would have lost 3 points and a fine, in India 1000 Rupee and up to 3 month prison time...
Then we have people who have been in Thailand too long and think that the car driver is doing something wrong... when the one driving the motorcycle is breaking the rules and crossed a no cross area and entered the lain at a point, about 50m before the road markings shows that she can cross between the lains, and caused the accident.

Sure, there are many bad drivers out there, but I would not say that this car driver is a bad driver. It's 4 seconds from when I see the motorcycle until the collision, and the average reaction time for breaking is 2.3 seconds... and that for an object that appears right in front of you!

Sure, the driver in the scooter was in the wrong but I am assuming you are a terrible driver if you think the driver in the car also  did nothing wrong. Being aware of your surroundings is kind of important when driving would'nt you say ? 

Edited June 24, 2020 by CraigInBangkok

[Boon Mee]

A woman's underwear eh? 

Bet this thread goes multipages! 555 

[sammieuk1]

It's all down to the micro sleeping music that can send anyone to sleep ????

[Kerryd]

For all those blaming the car driver, keep in mind that there was a blue truck on her left and possibly vehicles directly behind her.
(It's hard to tell if some of the vehicles that went by after may have been behind the woman in the truck at the time or came along seconds later)

If she'd hit the brakes or swerved, it could have turned into a multi-vehicle pile up (and the scooter woman would have sailed off into the distance without even a glance back).

At one point it appears the woman on the scooter glances slightly left, but she may have been looking at that blue vehicle or even at the exit she wanted to take. The vehicle she struck was in her blind spot but she should have noticed it long before she went to merge into that lane. Watching the video a couple times, she had a few seconds to see the traffic to her left before the 2 roads converged (if she'd been paying attention).

The woman she hit may have assumed the scooter had seen her and was going to continue straight, especially as it didn't look like the scooter signalled, braked or even slowed at all.
You can actually see scooter woman on the far right at the 11 second mark. Looking at the 16 second mark, she gives a slight glance to her left.

At the 18 second mark, just before impact, if you look at her angle and where she's looking, it appears she was planning on cutting all the way across both lanes and taking the off ramp, or at the very least she may have been trying to cut all the way across to the left side of the left lane.


Amazed that she stayed on the bike though. Surprised that she rode off like that. Maybe a case of "no insurance/registration/license" ? Or maybe a case of knowing she'd screwed up and was just trying to get away as quickly as she could (so she could go get some new underwear).
 

[kcpattaya]

Absolute great performance - OSCAR material!
She didn't even look over her shoulder.... Unbelievable. 
 

[Mung]

She's got good grip and balance 

[Paiman]

Too many scooter riders here behave like having a death wish. 

 

Officially Thailand's roads are the most dangerous in the world. 

[holy cow cm]

My thoughts are maybe the car driver briefly glanced at the cell phone and missed the bike merging. Otherwise how could someone be so inept to not see and slow regardless of the moronic but normal maneuver by the Thai female biker. 

[smew]

Well:

(+) ve she had a helmet 

(-) ve, bad habits are tough to change... she will be a statistic within next few months 

[Brickbat]

I see this all the time. I scratch my head wondering how brain dead they must be to just go into the flow of traffic without looking. I have even experienced them looking the other way when riding across a one way street. 

[Jane Dough]

Woman in the car 100% in the wrong.

 

Why?

 

She's in the car.

 

 

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[Jane Dough]

3 minutes ago, Brickbat said:

I see this all the time. I scratch my head wondering how brain dead they must be to just go into the flow of traffic without looking. I have even experienced them looking the other way when riding across a one way street. 

Yes I agree.

 

Car drivers are terrible, aren't they.

 

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[Pilotman]

How utterly stupid, totally brain dead.  I doubt that she will see her next birthday.