Billionaire former top cop's son in Porsche severely injures foreigner on motorcycle in Bangkok smash

[Neeranam]

3 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

I think you are being somewhat disingenuous or perhaps missing the point that most people are wanting to know how someone can start such a business on such a low Policeman's salary?

 

It would be difficult enough to open and run a successful small-scale Thai food restaurant business on such a salary, for example.

Most farnag haven't  a clue as to how much police officers need to secure their position. For ranks over Police Major, พ.ต.ต, it is it the tens of millions, rising to 100's for the upper positions.. 

All the senior police i know come from extremely wealthy families.

I'm sure you know how police earn much more than their official salary.

 

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

1 minute ago, Neeranam said:

Most farnag haven't  a clue as to how much police officers need to secure their position. For ranks over Police Major, พ.ต.ต, it is it the tens of millions, rising to 100's for the upper positions.. 

All the senior police i know come from extremely wealthy families.

I'm sure you know how police earn much more than their official salary.

Nothing to be proud of for sure.

 

It's no wonder the Police are feared and distrusted by local Thais, and condemned as an organised criminal organisation by some international bodies.

[Neeranam]

1 minute ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Nothing to be proud of for sure.

 

It's no wonder the Police are feared and distrusted by local Thais, and condemned as an organised criminal organisation by some international bodies.

Not just the police. Just recently the director at my daughter's old school was up in court for allegedly paying 50 million for his position. He was acquitted but the 12 guys in the MoE were jailed for accepting it!

It is what it is, accept it or become an old, disgruntled, Thai-bashing moaner ???? 

No country is perfect, but Thailand is closer than most, IMHO.

[Moonlover]

1 hour ago, nauseus said:

On 3/12/2022 at 11:14 AM, Moonlover said:

Airbags only deploy if the frontal impact is high enough. Heavy car hitting light motorcycle obviously didn't generate sufficient 'G' force.

 

1 hour ago, nauseus said:

Look at the pic.

Yes, I looked at the pic and what I saw was very light damage to the bonnet/hood. That would not be sufficient to trigger the airbags. That was only a glancing blow, not frontal impact.

[Ralf001]

41 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I'm sure you know how police earn much more than their official salary.

 

 

They start up a large successful energy business ?

[geisha]

58 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Most farnag haven't  a clue as to how much police officers need to secure their position. For ranks over Police Major, พ.ต.ต, it is it the tens of millions, rising to 100's for the upper positions.. 

All the senior police i know come from extremely wealthy families.

I'm sure you know how police earn much more than their official salary.

 

 

I would be very ashamed of my country if it was run like that. Now I understand better why Thailand is in such a bad way. 

[nauseus]

26 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

 

Yes, I looked at the pic and what I saw was very light damage to the bonnet/hood. That would not be sufficient to trigger the airbags. That was only a glancing blow, not frontal impact.

[zzaa09]

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

Most farang haven't  a clue.....

 

 

Yep. Goes without saying.

[Moonlover]

46 minutes ago, nauseus said:

1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

 

Yes, I looked at the pic and what I saw was very light damage to the bonnet/hood. That would not be sufficient to trigger the airbags. That was only a glancing blow, not frontal impact.

 

46 minutes ago, nauseus said:

Yes, I've seen that one as well and as I've already said earlier, that is not a frontal impact that would trigger the airbags. The impact needs to be on the front within the crumple zone. That's where the sensors are installed.

[Will B Good]

I see the Porsche driver is 'fessing up that he made a lane change in a careless manner........I can't see for the life of me how that explains the windscreen damage that indicates the victim nearly went through it.

[Ralf001]

2 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

I can't see for the life of me how that explains the windscreen damage that indicates the victim nearly went through it.

you dont think when porka hit scoot Mr Pakistan was dislodged backwards and bounced into the windscreen.

 

 

 

[arithai12]

 

6 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

I see the Porsche driver is 'fessing up that he made a lane change in a careless manner........I can't see for the life of me how that explains the windscreen damage that indicates the victim nearly went through it.

2 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

you dont think when porka hit scoot Mr Pakistan was dislodged backwards and bounced into the windscreen.

something like that, perhaps more upwards and then falling back into the car. It does involve some substantial speeding, because one has to subtract the speed the bike was travelling at from that of the car.

[BTB1977]

The air bage system is set to deploy at around 30 miles per hour hitting a solid object.  Meaning a force at that speed coming to a dead stop. If the object being hit  is much lighter and pushed out of the way the impact force would be much less. Not deploying the air bags. 

[Gandtee]

3 hours ago, Moonlover said:

That is irresponsibly BAD advice to give to anybody. Driving a modern car that has airbags without wearing seatbelts is potentially very dangerous in the event of a frontal collision.

 

As the unrestrained driver flies forward, the airbag explodes out of the steering wheel with the force of a 12 bore shotgun. It can cause severe chest trauma which can be fatal.

 

Wise up. ALWAYS fasten your seatbelt.

Look up sarcasm.????

[Will B Good]

29 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

you dont think when porka hit scoot Mr Pakistan was dislodged backwards and bounced into the windscreen.

 

 

 

Not the way he is portraying it as no more than a careless lane change...no.

 

The victim would have had to have been sat still in the road and still be hit at speed to cause that damage.....can't see it myself.

[Will B Good]

28 minutes ago, arithai12 said:

because one has to subtract the speed the bike was travelling at from that of the car.

Exactly.....good spot.

[Ralf001]

8 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Not the way he is portraying it as no more than a careless lane change...no.

 

The victim would have had to have been sat still in the road and still be hit at speed to cause that damage.....can't see it myself.

Yeah glass breaks when a body hits it....

or are you talking about the minor damage to the bumper from the initial impact ?

[Will B Good]

2 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Yeah glass breaks when a body hits it....

or are you talking about the minor damage to the bumper from the initial impact ?

No....the huge dent in the windscreen.

 

The victim must have been almost still and still hit at speed from behind......that is not a lane change

[Ralf001]

2 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

No....the huge dent in the windscreen.

 

The victim must have been almost still and still hit at speed from behind......that is not a lane change

Yeah something the size and weight of a man hitting a thin glass windscreen will do that king of damage.

[Will B Good]

5 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Yeah something the size and weight of a man hitting a thin glass windscreen will do that king of damage.

Wouldn't argue with that.........but how does that happen during a 'change of lanes'?

 

It suggests a big difference in speed between the car and the bike.

[JBChiangRai]

26 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Yeah something the size and weight of a man hitting a thin glass windscreen will do that king of damage.

Also, supercars like The Taycan save weight by fitting thinner glass than your average saloon. The body is all carbon fibre and composites too.

[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

On 3/12/2022 at 11:34 AM, TimBKK said:

Mr. Cop Killer.

Which one? Are you talking about Duangchalerm? That's one that all been wrapped up, and the perversion of THAT case was Duangchalerm becoming a police officer. . . or are you talking about Mr Red Bull, which has not. . .

 

 

 

Edited March 13, 2022 by Led Lolly Yellow Lolly

[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

On 3/12/2022 at 2:06 PM, KhunLA said:

Not to defend the rich kid, but if having the means, who would not do everything and anything, to keep their kid out of prison, especially a Thai prison ?

 

Sending your kid to prison, takes a special kind of hate.

You beat me to it. People drone on and on about the lack of justice, and they'd be correct. . . but there is not a single parent here that wouldn't do anything in their power to keep their kids out of prison, me included. . . although I hope I'm raising my kids in a way that reduces their chances of making bad decisions.

 

 

 

 

Edited March 13, 2022 by Led Lolly Yellow Lolly

[xenophon]

Insufficient and/or missing evidence coming up?

[Mr Meeseeks]

1 hour ago, Led Lolly Yellow Lolly said:

I hope I'm raising my kids in a way that reduces their chances of making bad decisions.

By raising them in Thailand? ????

[PETERTHEEATER]

On 3/12/2022 at 3:18 AM, Ralf001 said:

Its a hybrid.

 

Yes, but is the car?

[ericthai]

On 3/12/2022 at 2:45 AM, userabcd said:

Is guzzling electricity to charge the batteries not fuel? since there is gas or coal fired generated energy to be produced to charge the batteries to run these EV cars.

you do realize this is 2022 and there are other ways to generate electricity, dont you?

[PremiumLane]

On 3/12/2022 at 9:58 PM, starky said:

We all know how this plays out. If foreigner hadn't been there accident wouldn't have happened. Simple.

 

 

 

 

 

Not that old bs trope - I was in an accident last year, cops said it was the Thais fault and he had to pay,  do you think they forgot the 'if the foreigner hadn't been here' rule?

[stoutfella]

On 3/12/2022 at 10:35 AM, 2long said:

I reckon it'll take a couple of days of Pae being in hospital before they're able to conduct that alcohol test, so he'll be clear.

 

As for the poor motorcyclist, well with a name like that he'd be considered a lower-class citizen by the racist locals, so let's also just say he was drunk and riding dangerously and not wearing a seatbelt on his unregistered bike that had a malfunctioning airbag and he was on overstay... it's called 'deflection' and the Thais are experts at it!

I think you'll find that Thailand now has the technology to do an alcohol test from a blood sample.

[webfact]

UPDATE:

 

Police charges against top cop’s Porsche driving son at the centre of fatal Bangkok car accident

by James Morris and Son Nguyen

 

Scenes from early on Saturday morning at the foot of King Taksin Bridge in Thonburi where the fatal accident occurred involving a silver Porsche Taycan car driven by 29-year-old Pornmet Songmetta which hit a Yamaha motorbike ridden by 40-year-old Pakistani Waseem Ahmad causing him severe head injuries from which he later succumbed at nearby Taksin Hospital. (Right) The father of the driver, Police General Wirachai Songmetta is one of Thailand’s most respected police officers and also one of the country’s wealthiest men.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1253339-police-charges-against-top-cop’s-porsche-driving-son-at-the-centre-of-fatal-bangkok-car-accident/