Thailand Road Carnage: Three teens on a bike swerve to miss turning pick-up - 14 year old dead

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported on a tragic accident in Phayao in the north of the country.

 

Thailand's roads are some of the deadliest in the world - especially for motorcyclists that make up 80% of the annual 25,000 death toll.

 

Muang Phayao police attended the scene in this one on  the Mae Tam to Mae Jai road. 

 

Yortthol, 44, had been turning to go into his home but didn't notice three teens coming up behind him.

 

Thanawat,17, the rider of the Honda, Deuanyat, 15, and Pongpharin, 14, both riding pillion slammed into the back of a parked pick-up.

 

The youngest died in Phayao Hospital while the other two were injured. 

 

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[toofarnorth]

Same same , nothing new here except maybe riding in to the back of a parked pick up.

[Jerno]

Didn't notice three teens coming up behind him...

Implying he should have noticed and what....yield backwards to them?  Jump out of his truck waving them down to notice him turning?  RIP to the teen, but this seems like totally the bike driver's fault.

[Megasin1]

3 hours ago, Jerno said:

Didn't notice three teens coming up behind him...

Implying he should have noticed and what....yield backwards to them?  Jump out of his truck waving them down to notice him turning?  RIP to the teen, but this seems like totally the bike driver's fault.

I suppose on it depends....how long was he stationary for, maybe it was a millisecond and how quickly did he decelerate? You are only hearing one version of events.

[Almer]

How many times in a day do you when indicating left have to avoid a bike passing on your nearside.

[tonray]

7 minutes ago, Almer said:

How many times in a day do you when indicating left have to avoid a bike passing on your nearside.

Today ? at least 4. Plus in bumper to bumper traffic...riding between you and the car in the next lane. Coming from behind you on the right shoulder and crossing zig zag in front of you as you brake for the car in front of you....oh yeah there's a bike there now too....they follow no rules and are the most dangerous thing on Thai roads bar none.

[richard_smith237]

Agree with many of the comments here so far.... 

 

 

Turning left, indicating left....  there is often a motorcycle trying to ‘under-take’ on the left hand-side. I have to stop to prevent impact. 

 

Turning right, indicating right.... there is often a motorcycle trying to ‘over-take’ on the right hand-side. I have to stop to prevent impact. 

 

Driving straight down the road (generally on on smaller soi’s) motorcycles pull out from the left, pull out from the right, often without looking properly....  I have to brake to avoid impact.

 

 

I am astonished at the complete and utter lack of self preservation of many motorcyclists in Thailand. 

 

I both ride and motorcycle and drive a car here.... Other car drivers, taxi’s etc are generally very considerate and careful of motorcyclists (with the exception of delivery pickups)..

 

It is about 10% of the other motorcyclists that make life more dangerous when out on a motorcycle. 

 

 

I shouted a guy the other day. 

He was turning right off a very small soi onto the main soi I was riding along. 

He looked, I saw him look straight at me.... He pulled out anyway, I had to emergency brake and very nearly hit him. There was no room to go behind him as he pulled out because a girl on another motorcycle had followed out behind him without looking !!!! 

 

Utterly astonishing behaviour.....  Sadly, news such as this on a daily basis is of no surprise at all.

 

 

[Bangkok Barry]

5 hours ago, Jerno said:

Didn't notice three teens coming up behind him...

Implying he should have noticed and what....yield backwards to them?  Jump out of his truck waving them down to notice him turning?  RIP to the teen, but this seems like totally the bike driver's fault.

I guess they were coming up on the inside and probably ignored his left-turn signal. If he made one. I really don't understand why overtaking on the inside (left) is allowed here. Or maybe it isn't but of course that makes no difference at all. Always unnerved me when I experienced it in the US too.

[Aussieroaming]

None of the drivers or riders follow basic road rules and nor do they drive in a manner that is considerate of other drivers. So this isn't a tragedy, it's the inevitable outcome of driving like <deleted>. 

[Doctor Tom]

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Sadly, news such as this on a daily basis is of no surprise at all.

I was with you all the way, until you used the word 'sadly'. I am not sad at all about the antics of Thai motorcyclists when it ends in their totally avoidable death. I just shake my head at the idiocy of it all and move on. 

[MrJ2U]

10 hours ago, Jerno said:

Didn't notice three teens coming up behind him...

Implying he should have noticed and what....yield backwards to them?  Jump out of his truck waving them down to notice him turning?  RIP to the teen, but this seems like totally the bike driver's fault.

The teens in our village driving there "suped" up Honda Waves, recklessly speeding.  Most take off there side mirrors to be "Cool".

 

You can imagine going 90-100 Kilometers an hour on some little rural road.  Just takes a stray dog or Buffalo and there's a crash!

 

Terrible drivers!

 

At that age these boys think there invinsible.

 

 

 

[arithai12]

11 hours ago, Jerno said:

Didn't notice three teens coming up behind him...

Implying he should have noticed and what....yield backwards to them?  Jump out of his truck waving them down to notice him turning?  RIP to the teen, but this seems like totally the bike driver's fault.

We don't know much do we? For example, the article doesn't mention if he had a turning light on. Or, at what speed he was driving. Or, if he was tested for alcohol.

[richard_smith237]

8 minutes ago, arithai12 said:

We don't know much do we? For example, the article doesn't mention if he had a turning light on. Or, at what speed he was driving. Or, if he was tested for alcohol.

Agreed....  the report is void of information.... 

 

However, we can all throw out a guess and in the balance of probability be closer to being correct that incorrect. 

 

Pickup driver didn’t indicate. 

Kids riding too fast. 

Kids not wearing helmets.

All probably under the influence.

Neither held licences.

Neither vehicles insured.

 

[richard_smith237]

4 hours ago, Doctor Tom said:

7 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Sadly, news such as this on a daily basis is of no surprise at all.

I was with you all the way, until you used the word 'sadly'. I am not sad at all about the antics of Thai motorcyclists when it ends in their totally avoidable death. I just shake my head at the idiocy of it all and move on. 

Any loss of life is sad.....  even more so when its so avoidable. 

 

I’m more numb to it here because it seems so common......  

 

An acquaintance in the US just lost his wife to a ‘double’ hit and run....   tragedy strikes everywhere, that was a lot more shocking than the news I read here - because here such news is almost expected in a daily basis.....  As you say...'I just shake my head at the idiocy of it all and move on’........  Thats all we can do, but the frequent loss of life should not be so normalised as it is in Thailand. 

 

 

 

[bluebluewater]

I don't know . . .    I've had vehicles roar past me (so as not to have to take their foot off the gas pedal even for a second) only to slam on the brake in order to make that left turn and I would have slammed into their rear and everyone would have said it was my fault.  

[ozbanglamung]

Well the good news is because he died in hospital and not at the scene he is not counted as part of the road toll

[mancub]

13 hours ago, bluebluewater said:

I don't know . . .    I've had vehicles roar past me (so as not to have to take their foot off the gas pedal even for a second) only to slam on the brake in order to make that left turn and I would have slammed into their rear and everyone would have said it was my fault.  

The same mentality in action when pulling out in front of you, when there's nothing behind you for 5 kms. Can't wait or don't think...or both.

[Stargeezr]

Three people on a motorcycle, illegal. If these young people

could not drive properly there is no reason why this accident happened 

except carelessness of the driver of the motorcycle. If he died or one of the passengers died

the motorcycle driver should be held accountable for the death. End of news story.

[roo860]

On 1/10/2022 at 10:17 PM, MrJ2U said:

The teens in our village driving there "suped" up Honda Waves, recklessly speeding.  Most take off there side mirrors to be "Cool".

 

You can imagine going 90-100 Kilometers an hour on some little rural road.  Just takes a stray dog or Buffalo and there's a crash!

 

Terrible drivers!

 

At that age these boys think there invinsible.

 

 

 

As I did with my other mates with motorbikes, we all thought we were invincible. Lost a couple on the way.

[herfiehandbag]

On 1/10/2022 at 4:10 PM, Almer said:

How many times in a day do you when indicating left have to avoid a bike passing on your nearside.

How many times today have you, whilst riding a motorcycle, had a car overtake you and then within say 50 metres pull over or turn left?

 

I commute 30km 4 times a week by motorcycle, it happens at least once on most journeys...

Edited January 26, 2022 by herfiehandbag

[ripstanley]

6 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

How many times today have you, whilst riding a motorcycle, had a car overtake you and then within say 50 metres pull over or turn left?

 

I commute 30km 4 times a week by motorcycle, it happens at least once on most journeys...

How many times has  a Thai motorcyclist pull out without looking to the right and the car driver has to brake because another bike or car are coming. I live in the north and most of our roads are narrow.