14-year-old driver dies in Si Racha motorbike crash, 13-year-old passenger injured

[webfact]

PHOTO: YES 2016

 

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

Si Racha – A 14-year-old female motorbike driver has been pronounced dead at the scene after she crashed her motorbike into a footpath at reportedly high speed in Si Racha over the past weekend.

 

Emergency responders were notified of the accident on Saturday (October 23rd) on Sukhumvit Road in Surasak.

 

The Si Racha first response teams arrived at the scene to find two injured people. The 14-year-old female driver, whose name was withheld due to being a minor, had sustained severe head injuries. She was unconscious and was later pronounced dead at the scene. She reportedly had not been wearing a helmet and did not have a license.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/10/26/14-year-old-driver-dies-in-si-racha-motorbike-crash-13-year-old-passenger-injured/

 

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[Gottfrid]

14 year old children are not supposed to drive. Lock the parents up.

[richard_smith237]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

She reportedly had not been wearing a helmet and did not have a license.

Was not looking where she was going and was allowed out on a motorcycle by her parents (who possibly paid for the bike).... 

 

Sad, tragic even... But, it is quite the social norm for children to be riding around on motorcycles without helmets. 

 

Blame the parents for letting there kids ride their motorcycles... But blame the police for their culturally ingrained apathy towards enforcing any road safety measures whatsoever. 

 

 

[RJRS1301]

24 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

14 year old children are not supposed to drive. Lock the parents up.

I agree however 15 year olds are allow motorcycle licences, have seen a lot of younger though riding here, carrying younger still passengers 

[steve187]

9 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

I agree however 15 year olds are allow motorcycle licences, have seen a lot of younger though riding here, carrying younger still passengers 

very few bikes they can legally ride

[ikke1959]

They will never learn anything... lack of everything... education, parental control, police/law enforcement...Today these kids tomorrow other

[HAPPYNUFF]

And the devastated parents of the young girl, Mr and Mrs Retard,  are   wondering what  they did wrong.

[thailand49]

Blame the Government! 

[Bangkok Barry]

Why should we care? Their parents don't care, the police don't care, their schools don't care. And this applies to girls too....

Edited October 26, 2021 by Bangkok Barry

[sanuk711]

Only 2 on the bike then........................ thats unusual..............????

[Paul Henry]

Reflection of lack of police enforcement and Government will to take responsibility for poor quality police and policing. Sad when you can buy your way to promotion.

[bbko]

Another day, another senseless motor vehicle accident/death.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

14 year old children are not supposed to drive. Lock the parents up.

Not supposed to but 99% do.

[Harsh Jones]

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Was not looking where she was going and was allowed out on a motorcycle by her parents (who possibly paid for the bike).... 

 

Sad, tragic even... But, it is quite the social norm for children to be riding around on motorcycles without helmets. 

 

Blame the parents for letting there kids ride their motorcycles... But blame the police for their culturally ingrained apathy towards enforcing any road safety measures whatsoever. 

 

 

More autocratic police, more regulation and government is not the answer. The parents understood the risks and accepted them. It was an accident. How many miles to 14 year olds ride without problems ? we don't know but SE Asia is a big place

 

I think it is a good thing that teenagers in Thailand are allowed to expand their personal sovereignty and take some responsibility at this age. Where was I at 14 ? In the hellish suburbs waiting for my parents to drive me around if I wanted to go anywhere. Only in my wildest dreams could I be cruising in the open air to my friends place on a motorcycle at 14.

Edited October 26, 2021 by Harsh Jones

[kingstonkid]

2 hours ago, HAPPYNUFF said:

And the devastated parents of the young girl, Mr and Mrs Retard,  are   wondering what  they did wrong.

No they are blaming the person that put the sidewalk in front of her.

[Harsh Jones]

2 hours ago, HAPPYNUFF said:

And the devastated parents of the young girl, Mr and Mrs Retard,  are   wondering what  they did wrong.

Yeah yeah. They probably were acutely aware of the risks just as anyone who sets foot on a motorcycle ever. Even with a helmet on. But hey. Lets play god and try and legislate all accidents away.

[The Deerhunter]

4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Was not looking where she was going and was allowed out on a motorcycle by her parents (who possibly paid for the bike).... 

 

Sad, tragic even... But, it is quite the social norm for children to be riding around on motorcycles without helmets. 

 

Blame the parents for letting there kids ride their motorcycles... But blame the police for their culturally ingrained apathy towards enforcing any road safety measures whatsoever. 

 

 

What do you expect? Kids don't have money for cash fines! 

[Jaxxper]

Very sad. May she RIP.

People wonder though why motorcycle/scooter fatalities are high in Thailand. I’m sure underage/untrained riders is a major factor.

[AhFarangJa]

3 hours ago, steve187 said:

very few bikes they can legally ride

Yes, up to 125cc. unfortunately obtaining a licence does not give you instant road sense, and some of these small bikes now can go at a a fair clip. I remember when I was young, yes, a loooong time ago, but a 16 year old was limited to a provisional licence, and you had to ride a moped of no more than 75cc, and it had to have peddles if I remember correctly.

In our village I see children as young as seven or eight who can only just reach the floor on tiptoes riding to the shop to get a beer for Pappa. The saddest thing is that it is only one hundred yards down the road.

[kennw]

21 minutes ago, Harsh Jones said:

More autocratic police, more regulation and government is not the answer. The parents understood the risks and accepted them. It was an accident. How many miles to 14 year olds ride without problems ? we don't know but SE Asia is a big place

 

I think it is a good thing that teenagers in Thailand are allowed to expand their personal sovereignty and take some responsibility at this age. Where was I at 14 ? In the hellish suburbs waiting for my parents to drive me around if I wanted to go anywhere. Only in my wildest dreams could I be cruising in the open air to my friends place on a motorcycle at 14.

Maybe that's why you are still alive, thank your parents for their sense of responsibility.

[pseudorabies]

From what I've seen most of the kids, especially the girls, ride more responsibly than those in their late teens/early twenties.  It looks like she was an exception.  Sad to see her pay with her life for a stupid mistake.

[thonglorjimmy]

Whilst in all probability the childs parents were fully aware that she was riding the motorbike illegally, and not wearing a helmet, do we know that for a fact, or are just assuming that is so?

 

Either way they are going to have to live this for the rest of their lives, so maybe show some compassion, at least until the actual facts are known.

[BestB]

38 minutes ago, Harsh Jones said:

More autocratic police, more regulation and government is not the answer. The parents understood the risks and accepted them. It was an accident. How many miles to 14 year olds ride without problems ? we don't know but SE Asia is a big place

 

I think it is a good thing that teenagers in Thailand are allowed to expand their personal sovereignty and take some responsibility at this age. Where was I at 14 ? In the hellish suburbs waiting for my parents to drive me around if I wanted to go anywhere. Only in my wildest dreams could I be cruising in the open air to my friends place on a motorcycle at 14.

Might be better if 14 year olds were excercising  a brain instead pf riding around expanding their personal sovereignty 

[bobandyson]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The 14-year-old female driver, whose name was withheld due to being a minor,

But 2 kids drown in a lagoon and get their names splashed about (no pun intended) in another news article.

[BangkokReady]

4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Blame the parents for letting there kids ride their motorcycles... But blame the police for their culturally ingrained apathy towards enforcing any road safety measures whatsoever.

 

2 hours ago, thailand49 said:

Blame the Government! 

 

1 hour ago, Paul Henry said:

Reflection of lack of police enforcement and Government will to take responsibility for poor quality police and policing. Sad when you can buy your way to promotion.

It's not just the authorities that carry some blame, Thai society as a whole does.

 

We know what would happen if there was some sort of crack down, people would object and say the police are being too harsh.  If they started issuing heavy fines to the parents and crushing bikes, it would solve the problem pretty swiftly, but Thai people prefer jumping jacks and push-ups then "on your way now kiddo" as it's a more "Thai" way of dealing with the problem.

 

No civilians are reporting kids without helmets or children obviously too young to ride, or more than two on a bike, they aren't even cautioning them.  Society plays its part in this.

[VocalNeal]

28 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

moped of no more than 75cc, and it had to have peddles if I remember correctly.

By definition a moped has pedals

[seajae]

these kids are supposed to be able to ride to and from school only but no one enforces it, parents dont give a sh*t as it means they dont have to do anything, police dont care as they cant make extra money from them, the kids themselves are in most cases lacking any real intelligence/responsibility to care. The amount of times I have seen kids that look to  be a lot  younger than 14 riding scooters around with smaller kids on them as well or older kids hooning on scooters is very common, until parents start to take responsibility for their kids which will never happen here or the police start to do their jobs which also will never happen kids will continue to die on scooters. Then you have the idiot parents that let their 14 y/o drive cars, the mental abilities of many thai parents is very low as is any parental responsibility, thai education plus the govt are fully to blame as they do not want thais to have the intelligence to think for themselves as it would mean the end of all their graft & corruption. Condolences to the girl but her parents need to face up to their lack of responsibilty too

Edited October 26, 2021 by seajae

[SomchaiCNX]

5 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Was not looking where she was going and was allowed out on a motorcycle by her parents (who possibly paid for the bike).... 

 

Sad, tragic even... But, it is quite the social norm for children to be riding around on motorcycles without helmets. 

 

Blame the parents for letting there kids ride their motorcycles... But blame the police for their culturally ingrained apathy towards enforcing any road safety measures whatsoever. 

 

 

Correct, if Thai police would do their job no parent with 2 working brain cells would buy a bike for their kids. In my street a daughter of a police Colonel got a bike on her 12th birthday.

[RafPinto]

And many here are just lazy to walk 100m.

Why walking if you can take the motorbike.

[RafPinto]

17 minutes ago, SomchaiCNX said:

Correct, if Thai police would do their job no parent with 2 working brain cells would buy a bike for their kids. In my street a daughter of a police Colonel got a bike on her 12th birthday.

A proper bike should be fine but not a motorbike. Would give them some exercise.