A farmer’s hard work goes to waste due to bad eyesight

By The Nation

 

 

A truck carrying rice landed in a canal in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Phimai district on Tuesday night because the driver was not able to see the road clearly.

 

Police rescued the driver from the canal and sent him to Phimai hospital for treatment.

 

Initial investigation showed that the truck was transporting newly harvested rice to a mill.

 

Even though the vehicle was dragged out of the water safely, more than one tonne of rice ended up falling into the canal. The driver has apparently made a compensation deal with the farmer.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30398152

 

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What...he couldn't see the road....or he just couldn't see?....Many drivers have the latter and either don't realise it, or won't spend money for spectacles.....

The Land Transportation Office driving license test includes a color blindness test but not a visual acuity test.  I guess they assume you can see beyond the end of your nose if you can correctly guess the colors of the spots they point to.  I would never be surprised at just how poorly some Thai drivers can see.

2 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

What...he couldn't see the road....or he just couldn't see?....Many drivers have the latter and either don't realise it, or won't spend money for spectacles.....

Or don't have the money for them ....

5 hours ago, webfact said:

A farmer’s hard work goes to waste due to bad eyesight

Was he Nite Blind or bad eyes .Shouldn't be driving than or shouldn't have a License.

He shouldn’t have been allowed to drive...

 

bad driving lead to the incident and lack of smarts lead him to driving vs hiring someone to drive for his own known deficiency...

 

life is unfair....live with it 

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Or don't have the money for them ....

Bt 100 at any market or less .

Sorry for him. He lost his harves for the year.

13 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Or don't have the money for them ....

 

8 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Bt 100 at any market or less .

That's 3 bowls of noodles.

13 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Or don't have the money for them ....

what 300 baht

15 hours ago, HarrySeaman said:

The Land Transportation Office driving license test includes a color blindness test but not a visual acuity test.  I guess they assume you can see beyond the end of your nose if you can correctly guess the colors of the spots they point to.  I would never be surprised at just how poorly some Thai drivers can see.

That is assuming that he ever did a driving test???

1 hour ago, steve187 said:

what 300 baht

100 baht divided 3 times not multiplied.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

 

That's 3 bowls of noodles.

100B  at the market  are usually for reading only