Bangkok: Drunk uni lecturer in a Benz mows down engineer on Rachada Road

 

Image: Daily News

 

Suthisan police and rescue services were called to an area near klong Bang Sue on Rachada Road in Huay Kwang, Bangkok last night after an electrical engineer was killed.

 

Twenty six year old Bunrit Phumprasert was putting out cones for electrical cable burying work on behalf of his company JNC Engineering Jacking.

 

He had a fractured skull and was lying on the road ten meters from a Mercedes Benz E-250 that had damage to its front windshield.

 

Behind the wheel was lecturer Weeda Satyarom who Daily News reported as working at the faculty of business administration at a well known university.

 

She appeared to be drunk but told police that she wasn't and that she would take care of everything.

 

Police ignored this and breathalyzed her finding that she had an alcohol reading of 133, more than two and a half times over the legal limit. 

 

She was charged with negligent driving causing death and DUI.

 

Source: Daily News

 

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Waiting for the follow up story.. ????

Stupid is as stupid does

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Not having her windscreen blacked out might have helped her in seeing him.

To do this is obviously quite stupid, but does Thailand even have a law against it?

7 hours ago, jackdd said:

 

 

Not having her windscreen blacked out might have helped her in seeing him.

To do this is obviously quite stupid, but does Thailand even have a law against it?

Thailand has many laws/rules and regulations the implementation of these is a different matter

Very young lecturer and already driving a Benz?

As far as I know, UNI jobs don't paid that well.

7 hours ago, AlfHuy said:

Very young lecturer and already driving a Benz?

As far as I know, UNI jobs don't paid that well.

Perhaps her hidden charm is proving helpful....

40 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

Very young lecturer and already driving a Benz?

As far as I know, UNI jobs don't paid that well.

Maybe she has a well paid side line or else somebody may have some explaining to do as to why this lady was driving this car.

46 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

Very young lecturer and already driving a Benz?

As far as I know, UNI jobs don't paid that well.

A lot of uni lecturers come from families with money and have done degrees abroad. 

Just now, KhaoNiaw said:

A lot of uni lecturers come from families with money and have done degrees abroad. 

Hence the remark to the police, "Don't worry. I will take care of everything."

People protested and the police backed down. Might have been late 90s, but its all a blur...

 

1 hour ago, jackdd said:

 

Not having her windscreen blacked out might have helped her in seeing him.

To do this is obviously quite stupid, but does Thailand even have a law against it?

 

These kinds of opinions say one thing to me: you've experienced Thailand through bar-girls, motorcycle & taxi drivers, waitresses and Thai working-class families. And even if that is not true, it's the narrow viewpoint you chose to opine from. It's also trying to make yourself feel better about your situation. 'Poor but honest' perhaps?

 

There are a significant number of wealthy people in Thailand - just because they won't talk to you/your type, does not mean that every young woman with an expensive car fits into your myopic view of Thailand. Pretty much every wealth family I know has a teacher/lecturer in the mix. 

 

14 minutes ago, Excel said:

Maybe she has a well paid side line or else somebody may have some explaining to do as to why this lady was driving this car.

56 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

Very young lecturer and already driving a Benz?

As far as I know, UNI jobs don't paid that well.

1 hour ago, AlfHuy said:

Very young lecturer and already driving a Benz?

As far as I know, UNI jobs don't paid that well.

 

47 minutes ago, petermik said:

Perhaps her hidden charm is proving helpful....

 

26 minutes ago, Excel said:

Maybe she has a well paid side line or else somebody may have some explaining to do as to why this lady was driving this car.

 

 

Did anyone read that this young lady is the actual owner of this car?

 

1 hour ago, AlfHuy said:

Very young lecturer and already driving a Benz?

As far as I know, UNI jobs don't paid that well.

That was her day job

52 minutes ago, Andy from Kent said:

 

 

 

 

Did anyone read that this young lady is the actual owner of this car?

 

Probably the "Dean's" car.

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Twenty six year old Bunrit Phumprasert

... and so many compassionate comments.

You're really so cold?

 

RIP engineer

 

Does anyone know whatever happened to Moo Ham? Not drunk driving but a psycho ????

Tragic indeed. She was still responsible for killing someone. 

The chances of justice to the young man'n family, is slim if she's conncted.

2 hours ago, Excel said:

Maybe she has a well paid side line or else somebody may have some explaining to do as to why this lady was driving this car.

Maybe it's a legitimate family car?

There are multiple facets involved here. 

 

Safety in the work place: The Engineer putting out cones was doing so without watching out for traffic and without measures in place to prevent an idiot in a car from mowing him down. The ‘company’ are partly to blame for not ensuring the safety of its workers (I know par for the course here - life is cheap). 

 

The primary facet with this incident is of course the nationwide attitudes towards the acceptable of drink driving. 

Law enforcement regarding this issue is a complete farce and purely reactive. Beyond the law enforcement issue is the social acceptance of someone getting drunk and driving.

Friends and peers will have known this lady is getting in her car and mentioned nothing, no social judgement or pressure not to put the lives of innocent road users (pedestrians) at risk. 

 

We all write this off as ‘This is Thailand’... it is unfortunate that while Thailand is a fantastic place, in aggregate it is so heavily marred with a total and utter reluctance to accept responsibility for anything, this facet of the Thai mindset is prevalent through all socio-demographics of Thai society and is the primary contributing factor to unnecessary innocent deaths. 

 

A tragic shame that this cause and effect is so obvious yet so many are willing to take notice. 

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

There are multiple facets involved here. 

 

Safety in the work place: The Engineer putting out cones was doing so without watching out for traffic and without measures in place to prevent an idiot in a car from mowing him down. The ‘company’ are partly to blame for not ensuring the safety of its workers (I know par for the course here - life is cheap). 

 

The primary facet with this incident is of course the nationwide attitudes towards the acceptable of drink driving. 

Law enforcement regarding this issue is a complete farce and purely reactive. Beyond the law enforcement issue is the social acceptance of someone getting drunk and driving.

Friends and peers will have known this lady is getting in her car and mentioned nothing, no social judgement or pressure not to put the lives of innocent road users (pedestrians) at risk. 

 

We all write this off as ‘This is Thailand’... it is unfortunate that while Thailand is a fantastic place, in aggregate it is so heavily marred with a total and utter reluctance to accept responsibility for anything, this facet of the Thai mindset is prevalent through all socio-demographics of Thai society and is the primary contributing factor to unnecessary innocent deaths. 

 

A tragic shame that this cause and effect is so obvious yet so many are willing to take notice. 

They certainly never took a class on road safety on road works like the West 

4 hours ago, petermik said:

Thailand has many laws/rules and regulations the implementation of these is a different matter

Many years ago a law was brought in covering the limit to which car windows could be blacked out.   Performing artists, who needed to change in moving vehicles while being transported (at least, I hope they were being transported) to their next venue, complained bitterly.

Though they needn't have bothered as it was later reported that the police had just 4 density measuring guns in the whole country.

The model 230 Mercedes-Benz is not the most expensive one TIT

This  brings  up a more serious  point  is the way workers  work     on the roads, often they are  just wandering all over the place, no warnings man waving a  flag if  your'e  lucky. Its  like where they close  a  carriageway there is  often very  little  to  no warning of  it. Same when they cut the grass  in the central reservations, ambling onto the fast lane with their  cutters.

The picture of the poor dead guy seems to have been edited with some 'Commodore 64 Streetfighter' software

I don’t know why the car is getting so much attention here, even the headline. 

 

Perhaps its because people (us readers), understandably assume that in Thailand privilege automatically comes with a disregard for the law and for others, which may be true, however, the real issue is a girl getting drunk and driving home, it could have been any car. Guys and girls, young and old get drunk, drive and end up killing people - it happens too often in Thailand. The media pick up on and sensationalise irrelevant elements of the story which attract attention in a ’trashy tabloidy’ way which dilutes the real story and issues.

 

For the most part the car is irrelevant. The real issue is the apparent prevalence of the belief that they its ok drive while drunk. This kills innocent people. Not anywhere near enough is done about this. 

 

Girls will use the excuse that its ‘dangerous’ for them to take a taxi when alone - Fine, don’t drink then or make arrangements to travel with a friend. 

 

4 hours ago, AlfHuy said:

Very young lecturer and already driving a Benz?

As far as I know, UNI jobs don't paid that well.

 ????Maybe she has a rich sugar daddy! ????

as a Uni Lecturer, and trying to say she was not drunk...

- is a warped parody from that she Professes to be in full charge of her Faculty?

Nobody has mentioned it yet, so I will

She could have been a Mia Noi