Minivan driver blames wet road for Sri Racha accident that injures two, shuts down traffic for over two hours

[webfact]

PHOTO: Khaodenpradendang

 

By Goong Nang(GN)

 

Sri Racha – A minivan driver blamed a wet road and not his driving following a collision with a pickup truck that injured two people and shut down traffic for over two hours this week.

 

Emergency responders were notified of the accident on Tuesday (March 1st) at a U-turn in front of a hospital in the Borwin sub-district.

 

The first response teams arrived at the scene to find an overturned minivan and an overturned pickup truck on the road. 

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/03/03/minivan-driver-blames-wet-road-for-sri-racha-accident-that-injures-two-shuts-down-traffic-for-over-two-hours/

 

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[Mr Meeseeks]

“I was driving slowly. The road was wet, causing me to lose control of my minivan and crash into a pickup truck in the opposite lane. Luckily, I was wearing a seatbelt and not seriously injured. The accident was not my fault, it’s the fault of the wet road.”

 

If you were driving slowly mate, how did your vehicle end up on its side?

 

Muppet. 

[2long]

It's impossible to (correctly) blame an inanimate object.

If the road is wet, slow down. 

His driving is all he can blame.

[kotsak]

Ah.. the usual "blame everything else besides thyself" in a typical TIT style..

 

For the millionth time, there is no hope for this lot.

 

[WEBBYB808]

1 hour ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

“I was driving slowly. The road was wet, causing me to lose control of my minivan and crash into a pickup truck in the opposite lane. Luckily, I was wearing a seatbelt and not seriously injured. The accident was not my fault, it’s the fault of the wet road.”

 

If you were driving slowly mate, how did your vehicle end up on its side?

 

Muppet. 

The authorities will possibly believe  him and forgive him.

[smedly]

another idiot that admits he cannot drive safely on a wet road

[klauskunkel]

Quote

Minivan driver blames wet road

Following the blame allocation, the Wet Road went into hiding at its Mom's house. The Mom told officials that the Wet Road will go to the police station once it is all dry again.

Edited March 3, 2022 by klauskunkel

[thailand49]

Good excuse to a Thai why? the cop comes from the same  system excuse use before and works so why not continue.

Not many or any excuse for slipping accidents in Thai bathroom which is always wet I wonder why maybe if they apply the same theory????

Edited March 3, 2022 by thailand49

[richard_smith237]

The response is utterly childlike...  when something goes wrong here there are a lot (not all) of people who simply do not have the emotional skillset and maturity to accept responsibility - its always someone else’s fault. 

 

 

Imagine in the UK, it rains a little and a driver looses control of his car but claims its nothing to do with his driving, its the fault of the road - He’d be made a laughing stock !.... 

 

Here in Thailand it seems such a juvenile avoidance of responsibly is not only the norm, its expected and fully enabled by those who should otherwise be enforcing the law.... 

 

 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The first response teams arrived at the scene to find an overturned minivan and an overturned pickup truck on the road. 

The wet road did it?

Children in charge of killing machines.

[digger70]

Just an other incompetent driver blaming the road instead of himself .

Can't lose Face .

[NanLaew]

33 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

The response is utterly childlike...  when something goes wrong here there are a lot (not all) of people who simply do not have the emotional skillset and maturity to accept responsibility - its always someone else’s fault. 

 

 

Imagine in the UK, it rains a little and a driver looses control of his car but claims its nothing to do with his driving, its the fault of the road - He’d be made a laughing stock !.... 

 

Here in Thailand it seems such a juvenile avoidance of responsibly is not only the norm, its expected and fully enabled by those who should otherwise be enforcing the law.... 

 

 

Who says that the police (assuming they ever showed up) would hear the driver's wet road excuse and simply say, "Oh, alright then"?

 

These idiots offer these rubbish excuses to the media. Nobody bothers to actually report on who gets cautioned, charged, fined, jailed, etc..

[OneMoreFarang]

And I thought all Thais are used to this thing called rain...

 

[dlclark97]

4 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

“I was driving slowly. The road was wet, causing me to lose control of my minivan and crash into a pickup truck in the opposite lane. Luckily, I was wearing a seatbelt and not seriously injured. The accident was not my fault, it’s the fault of the wet road.”

 

If you were driving slowly mate, how did your vehicle end up on its side?

 

Muppet. 

However it was relayed, it's all about driving too fast for conditions.  Maybe he was not over the speed limit but still too fast on a wet road.

[Regyai]

Like the other worn thin old chestnut 'brake failure'

 

which usually is the colloquialism for "I was driving like a complete ####, when disaster became inevitable I stamped on the brakes....and they failed to save me"

[swm59nj]

The wet road did it again.  So many drivers use this reason for accidents here.  Many people like to blame everyone and everything.  Just shows the lack of accountability  and type of mentality.  
If a person drives on a wet road,  they are supposed to adjust their speed accordingly.  But if you speed,  drive erratically ,  have bad tires,  that’s what happens. 

[JimmyJ]

5 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

“I was driving slowly. The road was wet, causing me to lose control of my minivan and crash into a pickup truck in the opposite lane. Luckily, I was wearing a seatbelt and not seriously injured. 

"Luckily, I was wearing a seatbelt and not seriously injured."

 

I.e., "Luckily I was not thinking clearly and I used my seatbelt.

Normally I never do that."

Edited March 3, 2022 by JimmyJ

[Bangkok Barry]

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

The response is utterly childlike...  when something goes wrong here there are a lot (not all) of people who simply do not have the emotional skillset and maturity to accept responsibility - its always someone else’s fault. 

 

 

Imagine in the UK, it rains a little and a driver looses control of his car but claims its nothing to do with his driving, its the fault of the road - He’d be made a laughing stock !.... 

 

Here in Thailand it seems such a juvenile avoidance of responsibly is not only the norm, its expected and fully enabled by those who should otherwise be enforcing the law.... 

 

 

He knows and everyone else knows he is responsible, but if he said so then he'd lose face - and nothing is more important to a Thai than that. And all those around him pretend to agree with him for that reason, even though they know the reality. It's Thai culture.

[mushroomdave]

The old "Wet Road" excuse again......face-saving / so much better than saying "I was on my phone".

Edited March 3, 2022 by mushroomdave

[Nkpjed]

Thailand really needs to fix these wet roads. 

[Bundooman]

On 3/3/2022 at 4:20 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

And I thought all Thais are used to this thing called rain...

 

He's definitely in line to get Squished!

[big dendrobenaes]

On 3/3/2022 at 7:07 PM, Nkpjed said:

Thailand really needs to fix these wet roads. 

what would they be like having to drive in FOG.....SNOW and ICE ???

 

[jacko45k]

12 hours ago, big dendrobenaes said:

what would they be like having to drive in FOG.....SNOW and ICE ???

 

My most frightening experience was in Upstate NY in an ice storm.......