Daily News Caption: Hit and run

 

The central region manager of a security firm based in Pathum Thani has filed a police report after a man in a Mitsubishi Triton  slammed into a car port and two cars parked outside the company.

 

It happened on the Pathum - Bang Pahan Road (Route 347) just after 10 pm Monday. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Natthawut, 38, said he was sleeping upstairs at C.S. (Thailand) when he heard a loud noise in the rain.

 

The CCTV showed a pick-up smash into a car port support, then a Mercedes Benx C350e that collided with a Honda Accord. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

He said that the driver appeared to be uninjured. He got out, surveyed the damage he had caused and then drove off.

 

Natthawut thought he was drunk and urged him to come forwrd and own up to the damage he had caused, reported Daily News. 

 

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Wow...the car was still drivable.....I gotta buy that <deleted>tt!!

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

Natthawut thought he was drunk and urged him to come forwrd and own up to the damage he had caused

Yeah sure and Pigs will fly today as well...coming from east!!

3 minutes ago, RandiRona said:

Wow...the car was still drivable.....I gotta buy that <deleted>tt!!

Sideways shunt, low impact. Why shouldn't it be drivable? But do you really want to risk sliding off the road every time it rains? Forget pick ups. Dangerous beasts.

17 minutes ago, RandiRona said:

Wow...the car was still drivable.....I gotta buy that <deleted>tt!!

check craigslist or classified ads real fast, i bet some guy out there is selling a slightly damaged one real cheap now ????

To be fair it was only a little nudge   ????

Don't see how he can really be blamed, it was raining.......the road would have been very slippy.

Oh look, yet another agricultural utility vehicle involved in an accident. ????

44 minutes ago, JoePai said:

To be fair it was only a little nudge   ????

To  be fair the driver should never be allowed anywhere near a car, not even a childrens kiddycar. 

Good to see he was wearing a mask, otherwise he could be in serious trouble. 

''2 Luxury cars''?? I only see a Benz and a Honda Accord...so where is the other ''Luxury Car''? 

8 minutes ago, mr_lob said:

''2 Luxury cars''?? I only see a Benz and a Honda Accord...so where is the other ''Luxury Car''? 

I often think those who are writing these articles believe if people don’t have to sit in the flat-bed of the pickup, then its luxury !!! 

And another " man" that never had to deal (and will never do) with responsibility. <deleted>.

Ohhh bu##er it's a Merc, best be off !

Probably at home practicing the usual Thai Deny deny deny !

Disgraceful behaviour ... sadly expected.

7 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Forget pick ups. Dangerous beasts.

MY pickup has never been in a Dangerous situation.

I would say unbelievable, but then again this is Thailand where fleeing the scene of an accident is as common as brake failure, or micro sleep, or mental health issues, or misunderstandings, or blaming someone else….

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

MY pickup has never been in a Dangerous situation.

They never are until the day they are. The same can be said for my motorcycle of course.

 

But there can be no disputing and the stats back it up, that pick ups are involved in more accidents than any other vehicle on Thailand's roads other than motorcycles. And its the vehicles characteristics that make them so dangerous. What was it I read earlier? Are yes, 'agricultural utility vehicle'. That just about sums it up.

8 hours ago, Wiggy said:

Good to see he was wearing a mask, otherwise he could be in serious trouble. 

Yet he was so shocked by the incident he forgot to fasten his seat belt before leaving the scene.......

Yes in Thailand, it seems that as lot of drivers flee an accident.

  Likely to sober up before admitting to causing it. In Thailand a 

Honda Accord, is a good quality vehicle, and so is a Benz. 

Some posters however only equate a Bentley, or Porsche etc. , as luxury.

Darn rain and slippery roads and drunk drivers, Hey!

11 hours ago, Wiggy said:

Good to see he was wearing a mask, otherwise he could be in serious trouble. 

It saved his bloody life mate.

Headline “drunk” is misleading and has the potential to make the driver look bad as it it based on the assumption of the security manager. Future headline: “driver sues ASEANNOW for defamation”????????????

On 4/20/2022 at 10:05 AM, Moonlover said:

Sideways shunt, low impact. Why shouldn't it be drivable? But do you really want to risk sliding off the road every time it rains? Forget pick ups. Dangerous beasts.

Only for people who can't drive it or been drunken. ????

22 minutes ago, snowgard said:

On 4/20/2022 at 10:05 AM, Moonlover said:

Sideways shunt, low impact. Why shouldn't it be drivable? But do you really want to risk sliding off the road every time it rains? Forget pick ups. Dangerous beasts.

 

22 minutes ago, snowgard said:

Only for people who can't drive it or been drunken. ????

I guess that accounts for the high number of pick up accidents in Thailand then.

20 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

 

I guess that accounts for the high number of pick up accidents in Thailand then.

A lot put wider tires on the car and don't have the money to buy new ones when the profile is low. And if it's raining ... they sliding off the road.

17 hours ago, snowgard said:

A lot put wider tires on the car and don't have the money to buy new ones when the profile is low. And if it's raining ... they sliding off the road.

Your fanciful hypophysis might just account for a small number of pick up prangs, but I'm sure that a great majority are the result of drivers being unaware of the dangers of driving too fast in adverse weather conditions. There have been plenty of CCTV videos on this forum that give testament to that.

On 4/20/2022 at 10:05 AM, Moonlover said:

 Forget pick ups. Dangerous beasts.

Just this morning on the way to work some idiot in a pickup in Laem Chabang almost knocked two older persons off a motorcycle because he was to impatient to wait and tried to jump the lights. 

 

Really dangerous and irresponsible behaviour by the pickup driver. 

I did the same, but unlike this idiot I haven't been caught !

 

35 minutes ago, thailandbeachisland said:

I did the same, but unlike this idiot I haven't been caught !

 

Damaged someone else's property whilst drunk and drove away ?