Bike riding foreigner loses life in u-turn collision

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The scene of the accident that occurred earlier today (Nov 3). Photo: Ple Songkhla Thangyangklai

 

PHUKET: A collision between a Harley Davidson big bike and a truck early this morning (Nov 3) has resulted in a foreign man losing his life.

 

The collision occurred in front of the Thalang branch of the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) on Thepkrasattri Rd just after midnight.

 

Capt Wichit Nokkaew of the Thalang Police was called to the scene at approximately 12:10am and was joined shortly afterwards by emergency services workers from Thalang Hospital and Kusoldharm rescue workers.

 

Source: https://www.thephuketnews.com/bike-riding-foreigner-loses-life-in-u-turn-collision-77864.php

 

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Another fatality at a U-Turn.

 

The truck seems to have lights on the side and the road was lit. 

 

But, the road was also wet. Pure speculation, too fast in the wet? ... I wonder if the deceased had had a few beers, the time was 12:10am.

The road also looks very ’shiny’... not much grip for breaking in the wet either.

 

 

 

Tragically, these U-Turns take so many lives...

ah the new income generator "big  bike"  stories

9 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Another fatality at a U-Turn.

 

The truck seems to have lights on the side and the road was lit. 

 

But, the road was also wet. Pure speculation, too fast in the wet? ... I wonder if the deceased had had a few beers, the time was 12:10am.

The road also looks very ’shiny’... not much grip for breaking in the wet either.

 

 

 

Tragically, these U-Turns take so many lives...

Note the way these atrocious lorry  drivers  drive,  pulling out to take up two  lanes to turn when it really often is not necessary,  just  like  pick up drivers turning into any left turn road, they  pull  out into the far right to do it,  too  lazy to  fully  turn the wheel, they cant drive for toffee. They cant even pass each other on a 3  lane  road without taking 1.5  lanes to do it.

9 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Another fatality at a U-Turn.

 

The truck seems to have lights on the side and the road was lit. 

 

But, the road was also wet. Pure speculation, too fast in the wet? ... I wonder if the deceased had had a few beers, the time was 12:10am.

The road also looks very ’shiny’... not much grip for breaking in the wet either.

 

 

 

Tragically, these U-Turns take so many lives...

U turns are fine and not inherently unsafe, but only if people drive and ride with common sense.  Unfortunately, all to often, they don't do so. 

2 hours ago, Pilotman said:

U turns are fine and not inherently unsafe,

They are inherently un safe for a couple of reasons, 1 in Thailand  they should be staggered so oncoming u turn traffic  cannot obstruct your view ie only 1  direction allowed to u turn at any u turn  point, and 2 often is the case u turns  allowed on roads of  more than one lane   means you need to accelerate  hard to natch the speed of  fast oncoming traffic  in the outside  lane, something Thais  seem unable to do  instead they dawdle  across any u turns then totally fail to accelerate quite the  opposite they actually go really slow.

26 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Another fatality at a U-Turn.

 

The truck seems to have lights on the side and the road was lit. 

 

But, the road was also wet. Pure speculation, too fast in the wet? ... I wonder if the deceased had had a few beers, the time was 12:10am.

The road also looks very ’shiny’... not much grip for breaking in the wet either.

 

 

 

Tragically, these U-Turns take so many lives...

if your speculation is correct and he was drinking, it wasn't the u turn that took his life..

22 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Another fatality at a U-Turn.

 

The truck seems to have lights on the side and the road was lit. 

 

But, the road was also wet. Pure speculation, too fast in the wet? ... I wonder if the deceased had had a few beers, the time was 12:10am.

The road also looks very ’shiny’... not much grip for breaking in the wet either.

 

 

 

Tragically, these U-Turns take so many lives...

 Yes, few beers, speeding. He was a 54 year old Aussie.

Just had someone on the other thread saying that is something only Thais do. 
 

 

1 hour ago, Pilotman said:

U turns are fine and not inherently unsafe, but only if people drive and ride with common sense.  Unfortunately, all to often, they don't do so. 

Sorry, That is nonsense here in Thailand. Take a trip down Bang Na Trad road sometime, you U-turn from 'fast' lane to 'fast' lane on a three lane per side dual carriageway. I have seen so much white paint at these U-Turns that I thought of opening a paint shop!

Looks like the Harley was doing the u-turn, possibly tried to beat the truck and came unstuck on the wet road,

years ago, a car rear ended my 750 when I was stopped waiting to turn across traffic in the wet ..in my case the oncoming semi managed to stop in time

I will never forget looking up from the road at the huge bull-bar above me

sorry for the rider and his loved ones.

1 hour ago, bodga said:

They are inherently un safe for a couple of reasons, 1 in Thailand  they should be staggered so oncoming u turn traffic  cannot obstruct your view ie only 1  direction allowed to u turn at any u turn  point, and 2 often is the case u turns  allowed on roads of  more than one lane   means you need to accelerate  hard to natch the speed of  fast oncoming traffic  in the outside  lane, something Thais  seem unable to do, instead they dawdle  across any u turns then totally fail to accelerate quite the  opposite they actually go really slow.

They're terribly unsafe, taking a right u turn you must come across all lanes to then make a u turn into the fast lane of oncoming traffic and most probably cross all lanes once again to get into the slow lane. There should be bridges or tunnels built for right u turns. I wonder what the % of accidents from the total are from these death traps.

Hard to tell who did not use common sense safety. Night time and hardly any traffic should be no problem.

51 minutes ago, piewarmer said:

Looks like the Harley was doing the u-turn, possibly tried to beat the truck and came unstuck on the wet road,

years ago, a car rear ended my 750 when I was stopped waiting to turn across traffic in the wet ..in my case the oncoming semi managed to stop in time

I will never forget looking up from the road at the huge bull-bar above me

sorry for the rider and his loved ones.

 

 

Very little damage to bike and it travelled a while on the verge before stopping.

 

How about:

 

Truck had nearly completed U-turn and rider, without slowing down, was looking to get round the rear of it (as many road users do) clipped truck with left bar, went out of control and onto the verge? 

 

I did that (on the nearside of truck, right bar) when I was 21, on my T200.

 

Or he just went too far to the right and and hit the kerb?

 

The uncomfortable implication, for some, of this version, is that the well-lit truck was well into a plainly visible, correctly executed manoeuvre, the rider saw it in good time..........and got it wrong........like I did.

 

 

 

9 hours ago, Seismic said:

Sorry, That is nonsense here in Thailand. Take a trip down Bang Na Trad road sometime, you U-turn from 'fast' lane to 'fast' lane on a three lane per side dual carriageway. I have seen so much white paint at these U-Turns that I thought of opening a paint shop!

every U-turn is from fast lane to fast lane, what has that to do with Thailand? Blame the Americans who invented that <deleted>.

15 hours ago, bodga said:

Note the way these atrocious lorry  drivers  drive,  pulling out to take up two  lanes to turn when it really often is not necessary,  just  like  pick up drivers turning into any left turn road, they  pull  out into the far right to do it,  too  lazy to  fully  turn the wheel, they cant drive for toffee. They cant even pass each other on a 3  lane  road without taking 1.5  lanes to do it.

Yes....don't turn the wheel.....they mostly all do it and it's taken some to change the wifes habit

Who was doing the U-turn, bike or truck ?

33 minutes ago, Techno Viking said:

Who was doing the U-turn, bike or truck ?

From the linked article -

Quote

From the initial investigation, police were informed that the truck was u-turning when the bike, travelling at high speed, hit the truck which resulted in the fatal collision.

 

21 minutes ago, topt said:

From the linked article -

 

Thanks, Iam not a link clicker.

17 hours ago, Natai Beach said:

 Yes, few beers, speeding. He was a 54 year old Aussie.

Just had someone on the other thread saying that is something only Thais do. 

When will they ever learn? RIP.

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Bike riding foreigner loses life in u-turn collision

Make a wrong decision you're gonna pay for it.

RiP fella you got it wrong.

19 hours ago, Pilotman said:

U turns are fine and not inherently unsafe, but only if people drive and ride with common sense.  Unfortunately, all to often, they don't do so. 

Is there anywhere else in the world that people can be driving along in the fast lane and suddenly come upon vehicles stopped in that lane because they are queuing to make a U-turn? And you say that isn't unsafe? Maybe you come from Tunisia, the only country in the entire world with a worse road fatality rate.

21 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Another fatality at a U-Turn.

 

The truck seems to have lights on the side and the road was lit. 

 

But, the road was also wet. Pure speculation, too fast in the wet? ... I wonder if the deceased had had a few beers, the time was 12:10am.

The road also looks very ’shiny’... not much grip for breaking in the wet either.

 

 

 

Tragically, these U-Turns take so many lives...

......and the stupidity of driving big bikes and feeling as "Easy Riders " combined with drinking..... 

will obviously never end ????

People assuming the bike was speeding.... we all know that the U turning lorries here don't stop for bikes and my money would be on this probability...

Thailand, the hub of U-turns. Hate them.