Video: Child standing up behind rider on motorcycle near Bangkok

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News said that comment was rife online after a post on Jay Moi vPlus on Facebook showed a young child standing up behind a rider on a motorcycle. 

 

The poster commented that this was very dangerous and should not be done. If the rider lost control that could be the end of the child.

 

They noted that "life could not come back after it was lost".

 

The incident happened in Nakhon-In Road near the Phraram 5 market in Nonthaburi on Thursday. 

 

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[HashBrownHarry]

totally normal.

[keith101]

Maybe the rider is half blind and the child is giving instructions .

[Mackstask]

Are people just realizing this goes on in Thailand?  Even the schools allow 3-4 students on one motorbike pass through the school gates. What's so unusual about this, a life is a life. Thailand seems to be in its own little bubble, the rules don't seem to change with progress, more vehicles and accidents on the roads same breaking the law rules apply as 30 years ago. 

[Salerno]

3 minutes ago, Mackstask said:

Even the schools allow 3-4 students on one motorbike pass through the school gates.

 

How many of them are standing upright on the seat?

[RotBenz8888]

34 minutes ago, webfact said:

The poster commented that this was very dangerous and should not be done. If the rider lost control that could be the end of the child.

Lots of Einsteins out there, but in reality, they continue with their brainless behavior. 

[Cake Monster]

20 minutes ago, Mackstask said:

Are people just realizing this goes on in Thailand?  Even the schools allow 3-4 students on one motorbike pass through the school gates. What's so unusual about this, a life is a life. Thailand seems to be in its own little bubble, the rules don't seem to change with progress, more vehicles and accidents on the roads same breaking the law rules apply as 30 years ago. 

I can beat the 6 on a Motorbike as per hoto.

Years ago I saw 7 on the Motorbike, with a Baby and Small Dog in the front Basket, and some shopping hanging off the handlebars.

What I would call full utilization of the Vehicle.

Regrettably I had no Camera with me to record the picture.

[Dmaxdan]

50 minutes ago, webfact said:

They noted that "life could not come back after it was lost".

 I thought they all believed in reincarnation? 

[2long]

That's just up my road! https://goo.gl/maps/8oY1eYrMttxMt4wz9 

Not sure how this is news, as worse happens every single day. Good balancing, though.

[Denim]

44 minutes ago, Mackstask said:

Are people just realizing this goes on in Thailand?  Even the schools allow 3-4 students on one motorbike pass through the school gates. What's so unusual about this, a life is a life. Thailand seems to be in its own little bubble, the rules don't seem to change with progress, more vehicles and accidents on the roads same breaking the law rules apply as 30 years ago. 

 

I'll see your 6 and raise you two

 

[kotsak]

I bet they were both wearing masks though.. safety first..

[Surelynot]

Is it definitely a child............. not a dummy?

[KhunBENQ]

4 minutes ago, kotsak said:

I bet they were both wearing masks though.. safety first..

Damn, you were faster ????

It's amazing how religiously strict they follow the mask on motorcycle rule even up here while ignoring any other safety (helmet).

[KhunBENQ]

6 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Is it definitely a child............. not a dummy?

A legitimate question with the terribly bad video.

I downloaded and went over and over....

Could be that it is a child clinging the arm around the driver.

But really it's so blurry it could be an alien.

[Surelynot]

2 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

A legitimate question with the terribly bad video.

I downloaded and went over and over....

Could be that it is a child clinging the arm around the driver.

But really it's so blurry it could be an alien.

I have a suspicion it is someone with a sense of humor......555

[kotsak]

8 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Damn, you were faster ????

It's amazing how religiously strict they follow the mask on motorcycle rule even up here while ignoring any other safety (helmet).

Yeah, it's funny. Few weeks ago I was done with my daily run around our condo and had just stopped to catch my breath and had my mask under my chin, a couple was about to drive away on their motorbike both wearing masks but no helmets. They both looked at me like I had committed a crime for not wearing my mask properly. ????

[animalmagic]

14 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Is it definitely a child............. not a dummy?

It's usually the dummy that is driving!

[tifino]

maybe the kid is 'secured ' to the rider... by a tandem shared mask? 

 - and 'any' speed is a break neck speed...

[Kwaibill]

Usually see the kids standing on the floor boards in front of the driver, but still without helmets. 

[dunroaming]

3 hours ago, Mackstask said:

Are people just realizing this goes on in Thailand?  Even the schools allow 3-4 students on one motorbike pass through the school gates. What's so unusual about this, a life is a life. Thailand seems to be in its own little bubble, the rules don't seem to change with progress, more vehicles and accidents on the roads same breaking the law rules apply as 30 years ago. 

Thailand just one of many poor countries with overloaded bikes.  Often the only transport option for the whole family.  In Cambodia bikes with six or seven on board is a common sight on the streets of the Phnom Penh.

[chalawaan]

I just hope, for the love of all that's wholesome, that the kid was wearing a mask! ????

[bkk6060]

Can't see the small dog on the bike that is probably balancing at front of the driver.

[rwill]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The poster commented that this was very dangerous and should not be done. If the rider lost control that could be the end of the child.

That is true no matter where the child is on the motorcycle.  But it is also true that it would be much easier for the child to accidentally fall off even without losing control.

[metisdead]

Some callous troll posts have been removed. 

[Mackstask]

1 hour ago, dunroaming said:

Thailand just one of many poor countries with overloaded bikes.  Often the only transport option for the whole family.  In Cambodia bikes with six or seven on board is a common sight on the streets of the Phnom Penh.

I wouldn't class Thailand as a poor country or even compare it with their poor neighbours.  

[Nojohndoe]

I once was following behind a woman riding with a small child sitting behind her. Every minute or two the  kid would appear to fall asleep and start to slump to one side or other. So I sounded my car horn a little each time it happened and the kid would jerk upright again and cling on again. Eventually she pulled in to a shop but I got the evil eye as I went past!

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The poster commented that this was very dangerous and should not be done. If the rider lost control that could be the end of the child.

Sad to see an idiotic rider allowing this to happen... but hey that's why accidents are so prevalent..

everything goes.

[mrfill]

Amateurs. Now when I went to school ......

 

 

[kennw]

8 hours ago, keith101 said:

Maybe the rider is half blind and the child is giving instructions .

No I think she is holding the mobile phone for him, very safety concious wants to keep both hands on the bars

[MrJ2U]

14 hours ago, HashBrownHarry said:

totally normal.

I agree.  It might be shocking to newbies but no big deal here in Thailand.