Car floats away in stream created by split road

By The Nation

 

 

A road in Nakhon Si Thammarat was torn apart by heavy floods, creating a stream which pulled in a car carrying two teachers and a five-year-old on Thursday (July 16).

 

Yuppaporn Choochuai, a teacher from Sakaeo School, and a colleague who had brought her child along, were heading to a student’s home.

 

Since there were no signs indicating that the road had been split, they continued driving before the car tipped into the stream of water at around 4pm.

 

The passengers managed to get out of the car, and though residents helped tie the car to a big tree, the current still managed to drag it away.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30391486

 

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Well no , you just wouldn't see a lump of road missing when talking to the passengers.

As normal no visual horizon or looking past the windshield.  If they only were to look down the road and then glance left and right they might see other cars, bicyclists, motorcycles, pedestrians coming onto the road or for christs sake a gigantic hole in the road, just like driving over the cliff because they could not see the road end.  I have given up on trying to educate my Thai friends as far as there driving goes, and I will never ride with them, its a disaster waiting to happen.  The old addage is perfect here if you ride with a Thai, "Sit down, Shut-up and hold on, but please belt up as well"

15 minutes ago, webfact said:

Since there were no signs indicating that the road had been split,

Someone forgot to place a strategically placed  tree branch  in the road as per internationally recognised

(world class) standards !

Why do I read this story and think of Lemmings? 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Since there were no signs indicating that the road had been split, they continued driving before the car tipped into the stream of water at around 4pm

Two teachers, teaching the next generation how it's done.