Pattaya: German pensioner charged with negligent riding and going through red light - Russian woman in hospital

 

Picture: The Pattaya News

 

The Pattaya News reported that two foreigners were involved in a collision at the intersection of Pattaya Klang Road and Sai 3.

 

Witnesses told police that a man on a motorcycle heading towards south Pattaya had gone through a red light and collided with a woman on another motorcycle heading towards the beach.

 

Picture: The Pattaya News

 

Russian lady Olika D., aged 50, was treated at the scene for serious injuries including a dislocation and then taken to Pattaya Memorial Hospital.

 

Sixty four year old German national Ferrer I.J. who was apparently uninjured was detained by the Muang Pattaya police and charged with negligent driving, causing injury and mental grief and going through a red light. 

 

Names in this article are transliterated from Thai script and may be incorrect. 

 

Source: The Pattaya News

 

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Only a published report due to it being a foreigner.

Jail time for the German no doubt.  If the accused was a Thai, a small fine would be imposed.

55 minutes ago, webfact said:

charged with negligent driving, causing injury and mental grief and going through a red light. 

Would a Thai be  charged the same , i doubt it and i have never heard of this mental grief thing ever before .

They never learn. 
 

Helmets? drunk? On the phone? Distracted? Licensed? Speeding? 

 

49 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Only a published report due to it being a foreigner.

Jail time for the German no doubt.  If the accused was a Thai, a small fine would be imposed.

Good, he should know better

1 hour ago, keith101 said:

Would a Thai be  charged the same , i doubt it and i have never heard of this mental grief thing ever before .

so what? the guys a dick and deserves all he will get.  What would have happened to a Thai in similar circumstances is irrelevant to him and his stupidity 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

German pensioner charged with negligent riding and going through red light

He probably thought this was normal driving after seeing so many Thai's go through red lights ........................LOL

1 hour ago, keith101 said:

Would a Thai be  charged the same , i doubt it and i have never heard of this mental grief thing ever before .

You probably have heard it before but as a non Thai speaker you would not have understood what they were saying? 
 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Sixty four year old German national Ferrer I.J.

he knows the cold war is over right? 

6 minutes ago, Natai Beach said:

You probably have heard it before but as a non Thai speaker you would not have understood what they were saying? 
 

Heck they  have  big  enough problem understanding what  they say to each , the amount of misunderstandings is  incredible.

Did he start shouting at everyone that they are all idiots?

 

On the other hand and I am not making excuses, but there are times when the sun is at an angle that you cannot see the red light.

3 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

Did he start shouting at everyone that they are all idiots?

 

On the other hand and I am not making excuses, but there are times when the sun is at an angle that you cannot see the red light.

So one should carry on blithely......

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Russian lady Olika D., aged 50, was treated at the scene for serious injuries

 

Sixty four year old German national Ferrer I.J. who was apparently uninjured

WOW, in Pattaya.

 

I reckon he's still holding a grudge for losing the war to the Russians 

Maybe all people that hurt others on the road leading to hospitalization should be kept in prison until they pay ALL their victims hospital bills !

It should be mandatory that old aged pensioners should have their eyes & reaction times tested  before being allowed to operate a vehicle out here. 
If he was under the influence, then i have absolutely no sympathy for him what so ever... 

27 minutes ago, Kaopad999 said:

It should be mandatory that old aged pensioners should have their eyes & reaction times tested  before being allowed to operate a vehicle out here. 
If he was under the influence, then i have absolutely no sympathy for him what so ever... 

maybe he not even have license 

27 minutes ago, Kaopad999 said:

It should be mandatory that old aged pensioners should have their eyes & reaction times tested 

Seeing some of the bar girls they walk around with, the eye checks should be emphasized

6 hours ago, Pilotman said:

so what? the guys a dick and deserves all he will get.  What would have happened to a Thai in similar circumstances is irrelevant to him and his stupidity 

Agreed the German is a Dick, as you out it. What would have happened to a Thai in similar circumstances is not irrelevant, it is relevant to everyone.

 

Hello, I am looking for the usual champions who think that they are better than others and who keep repeating that driving mbikes in Thailand is perfectly safe...

yes old men, you must be right !

 

8 hours ago, keith101 said:

Would a Thai be  charged the same , i doubt it and i have never heard of this mental grief thing ever before .

Maybe only Russian women suffer from it? An expert opinion would no doubt appear soon

Ferrer I. J. doesn't sound for me like a german name. ????

Wow!  charged!

2 hours ago, Kaopad999 said:

It should be mandatory that old aged pensioners should have their eyes & reaction times tested  before being allowed to operate a vehicle out here. 
If he was under the influence, then i have absolutely no sympathy for him what so ever... 

have you seen the eye and reaction tests at the Transport office? 

Only when cameras are fitted will people stop running red lights, so that's 5-10 years away

Now it seems even Germans are making Thai roads dangerous. What's the world coming to?!

9 hours ago, canopus1969 said:

Good, he should know better

Or maybe she should have known better. Maybe she is pretty new to the Thai scene and doesn't know she needs to wait a little while at green till all the red devils are gone.????

10 hours ago, keith101 said:

Would a Thai be  charged the same , i doubt it and i have never heard of this mental grief thing ever before .

 

Driving underage, no license, 3 on a bike, no helmet = 10 squat and back on bike riding away...

Meted out nothing less than a traffic police captain!!

Local news hero of the day!!

 

 

11 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

he knows the cold war is over right? 

May have been East German.

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

have you seen the eye and reaction tests at the Transport office? 

Only when cameras are fitted will people stop running red lights, so that's 5-10 years away

 

Under the topic "be careful what you wish for" it could be solved in 5 minutes, along with a healthy boost in police revenue...  Post a cop at each corner and stop and fine everyone who runs a red light.  Worked back home decades before they even had red light cameras.  Only had to do it one or 2 days a month before the public learned...

 

4 hours ago, zenobit said:

Ferrer I. J. doesn't sound for me like a german name. ????

Alexander Zverev, Andrea Petkovic,Peter Gojowczyk

what about those names?

6 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Maybe all people that hurt others on the road leading to hospitalization should be kept in prison until they pay ALL their victims hospital bills !

 

That sounds good, right up until it's you or your loved one in the gaol.  For weeks or months on end, because sometimes that's how long it takes to figure out how much any long term care will cost. 

 

And if they're making 300 baht a day, how long before they can pay off a 500,000 baht hospital bill- especially if they're in prison and can't even make 300 baht?  A life sentence for a second of distraction?  Prison time is for deliberate crimes, with intent.  Not for accidents.

 

Personally, I had a ton of insurance, including cover for bail money.  But it cost me more than many Thai people can possibly afford.