Intoxicated driver crashes his car into food cart vendors in front of Central Festival in Pattaya

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By Goong Nang(GN)

 

Pattaya – An intoxicated driver crashed his car into several food cart vendors on Second road in front of View Talay 6 and Central festival yesterday morning. 

 

The Pattaya City Police were notified of the accident at 11 A.M. yesterday (September 30th) on Pattaya Second Road in front of View Talay 6 and Central Festival shopping mall.

 

They and The Pattaya News reporters arrived at the scene to find the damaged white car, food carts, and several shaken but mostly uninjured food cart vendors.

 

The intoxicated car driver, whose name was not given by police, had already been taken to the Pattaya City Police Station located only a short distance from the accident on Soi 9. According to Pattaya police, the driver was so intoxicated, despite it being 11:00 in the morning, 

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/10/01/intoxicated-driver-crashes-his-car-into-food-cart-vendors-in-front-of-central-festival-in-pattaya/

 

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[gk10012001]

Sheeseh  11 AM?  Sun in his eyes?

 

  My Dad owned a lounge in the states when I was in High School and College.  Best deli food around and daily specials.  When I worked there all those years, literaly every day, about 1030 AM the locksmit from across the street was sitting at the bar, just like Norm or Cliff from the TV show Cheers. 

[Gold Star]

If they sold alcohol in the afternoons, he wouldn't have had to start so early to try to make it through the day.

[jacko45k]

I do hope the courts are busy today so this pathetic fool can be kept in over the weekend. 

 

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

2 hours ago, gk10012001 said:

the locksmit from across the street was sitting at the bar, just like Norm or Cliff from the TV show Cheers.

Everybody knew his name, and they were always glad he came.

[dlclark97]

Must have been a Thai.  Otherwise nationality would have been shown in bold letters.  My wife and I followed an obviously impaired driver at about 10:00 a.m. the other day.  Potentially witnesses if there had been an accident.  After many near misses the driver appeared to have made it home.  In the USA I would have been on my cell directing the police to our location.  Some do start early here.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, gk10012001 said:

Sheeseh  11 AM?  Sun in his eyes?

Plimsoll line of Lao Khao I think.

[MrJ2U]

Idiot.

[brianthainess]

Apart from the pished up driver being charged, Food vendors parked on the red and white curb causing an obstruction Nah zilch.   

[mikebell]

Where did he get the alcohol in Pattaya?  Last week I tried to patronise a local restaurant but was not allowed a G & T with my meal.

[Khun Yogi]

20 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Where did he get the alcohol in Pattaya?  Last week I tried to patronise a local restaurant but was not allowed a G & T with my meal.

7 Eleven, Family Mart etc etc.

[AhFarangJa]

He or She must make a habit of it, They already redesigned the back of the car. Being spirited away by the local plod, and no name given intimates it is someone who has connections. No doubt we will not hear another word about it.

[ThaIrish Sean]

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Plimsoll line of Lao Khao I think.

I thought it was The sun over the yardarm?

[billd766]

2 hours ago, Khun Yogi said:

7 Eleven, Family Mart etc etc.

The accident was just before 11am, and they are not allowed to sell alcohol except from 11m to 2 pm and from 5pm to 10 pm.

[DefaultName]

10 hours ago, gk10012001 said:

Sheeseh  11 AM?  Sun in his eyes?

 

.....

Doubt that, he was heading north.

[toofarnorth]

4 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Apart from the pished up driver being charged, Food vendors parked on the red and white curb causing an obstruction Nah zilch.   

Yes if I was the drunk driver I would of said  " If these vood fenders had , had had not farked there i would have been good to go or stop ".

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, ThaIrish Sean said:

I thought it was The sun over the yardarm?

Yard of ale?

[JonnyF]

I remember riding back from Rayong to Bangkok on my bike one Sunday, I stopped next to an old rusty pickup at a red light at about 9:30am and he wound the window down and stuck his hand out to offer me a swig of his half drunk bottle of Chang.

 

He was absolutely wasted. Could barely sit upright.

 

What was even worse, the lights turned green before I could remove my helmet to have a swig.????

[ChrisY1]

Had this been a farang, his name and picture would have gone global by now!

Edited October 1, 2021 by ChrisY1

[RobU]

An Incident, definitely not an accident. Calling it an accident implies that no one was at fault

[HappyExpat57]

12 hours ago, gk10012001 said:

Sheeseh  11 AM?  Sun in his eyes?

 

  My Dad owned a lounge in the states when I was in High School and College.  Best deli food around and daily specials.  When I worked there all those years, literaly every day, about 1030 AM the locksmit from across the street was sitting at the bar, just like Norm or Cliff from the TV show Cheers. 

I worked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard as a Toolmaker. Just outside the base was a little bar with a lunch counter. EVERY workday around 11:30, the owner would line up three shots of whiskey  at about a half dozen seats at the lunch counter. As soon as the lunch whistle blew, the regular imbibers ran into the bar, slammed down their money and the shots, then stagger slightly back to work. Obviously that was a few decades ago.

[HappyExpat57]

47 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

Had this been a farang, his name and picture would have gone global by now!

AND his country of origin.

[JeffersLos]

13 hours ago, webfact said:

his car

Can he also be charged with owning a Nissan March? 

[RobU]

7 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

I worked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard as a Toolmaker. Just outside the base was a little bar with a lunch counter. EVERY workday around 11:30, the owner would line up three shots of whiskey  at about a half dozen seats at the lunch counter. As soon as the lunch whistle blew, the regular imbibers ran into the bar, slammed down their money and the shots, then stagger slightly back to work. Obviously that was a few decades ago.

I often get the feeling that Thailand society is at the same social awareness/freedoms stage as the UK and US were 60 years ago but with the complexity and conveniences of modern life that we didn't have.

[Broken Record]

Probably a Thai I hear you say, maybe it was, because Farangs would never do such a thing..........right.

 

UK.

About 85,000 people are convicted of drink driving related offences each and every year in England and Wales alone

 

US Stats: 

About 1.5 Million DUI's in a given year.

 

 

Edited October 1, 2021 by Broken Record

[Stargeezr]

Could this be the reason that alcohol sales are still banned.

Seems to be the logical reason to me. Thai alcoholics.

Geezer

[Anant72]

On 10/1/2021 at 4:13 AM, Gold Star said:

If they sold alcohol in the afternoons, he wouldn't have had to start so early to try to make it through the day.

One more example showing how the 2-5pm alcohol-selling ban, thought up a few years ago by a nitwit, is effective and does deter people from getting intoxicated. 

[Broken Record]

2 hours ago, Anant72 said:

One more example showing how the 2-5pm alcohol-selling ban, thought up a few years ago by a nitwit, is effective and does deter people from getting intoxicated. 

The total ban on Sales will sort that out.

 

Remove this poison from the shelves, it kills million every year and causes so much trouble to society it should be on the dangerous drugs list.

Edited October 2, 2021 by Broken Record

[Rampant Rabbit]

On 10/1/2021 at 1:56 PM, toofarnorth said:

Yes if I was the drunk driver I would of said  " If these vood fenders had , had had not farked there i would have been good to go or stop ".

those  pesky farkin vendors  eh

[JensenZ]

It could have been a lot worse. It's lucky no vendors were hurt or killed.