34 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

A lot of people want to blame the truck driver - he may have been faultless. 

A lot of people want to blame the mother - she was at least responsible for the child at the side of the road - this was not a residential street. 

 

https://web.facebook.com/Sawangkunnatum/photos/a.756803770999973/5582907605056208/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No kid under 5yo should be near a road without parent holding them.

4 hours ago, RobU said:

I am afraid I don't agree with you about lack of parenting. A quiet side road in front of your house  in a village is very different to a road in a town. The child was obviously supervised the parent was watching. it is more likely that if the parent had accompanied him she would also have been killed by this man's atrocious driving

Nah, parent at fault here.

 

Driver probably couldn't do anything to stop, not unless he is gonna dtive around at 20 kmh all day cos all the parents are letting toddlers cross the road.

 

Country roads have high speed limits, still very dangerous. Her house could have been on a a country stretch with a high limit, not necessarily a cul-de-sac where you are forced to drove slowly.

 

In an case, the evidence is plain to see. 3 year olds cannot cross the road alone. It is common sense.

 

Kids a normally neglected in the village. It's tragically normal.

 

 

7 hours ago, KannikaP said:

And dutiful attention from parents would go a long way to stop kids running into the path of these 'idiot' (as you call them) drivers.

While so many driver in Thailand are worse than idiots, we have no facts about this case or the truck driver's experience, personality, state of mind or the vehicle speed.

When my kids were that age, they went nowhere near roads where trucks pass, especially running across alone with an ice cream!

People need to be aware that when Children see their Parents , they naturally run towards them .

Like tunnel vision , You need to be so careful when kids are on the other side of the road to you  , as they tend to just run in the Parents direction .

   Anyway  So sorry for the little guy , didn't even manage to finish his Ice Cream 

I've seen the bouncing ball fly out between parked cars and even grabbed one by the collar right in front of "mum". Keep your head on a swivel and small kids on short leash they don't think right yet.

On 5/4/2022 at 10:40 AM, MrJ2U said:

OMG.

 

RIP little guy.

 

That would literally devastate our family if one of our little ones got killed.

 

Speed bumps through these little villages would go a long way to help slow these idiot drivers.

No speed bumps. What about the emergency vehicles? Speed cameras which work would be better.

12 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

On 5/4/2022 at 10:40 AM, MrJ2U said:

OMG.

 

RIP little guy.

 

That would literally devastate our family if one of our little ones got killed.

 

Speed bumps through these little villages would go a long way to help slow these idiot drivers.

No speed bumps. What about the emergency vehicles? Speed cameras which work would be better.

Would speed bumps have made a difference.... ?? 

 

No reports of the lorry speeding....  this looks like a fairly main thoroughfare (main road). 

 

The child ran out into the road, unless all vehicles are doing 5kmh there is not much that can prevent a child from going under the wheels.

 

Prevention starts with parenting, this is incredibly tragic, but just like all the drownings of young kids in village ponds - the ‘quality’ of supervision is very poor, the understanding of consequences is not present with the supervising adults. Thats why we see women on motorcycles carrying babies in one arm. 

 

 

 

 

On 5/4/2022 at 10:40 AM, MrJ2U said:

Speed bumps through these little villages would go a long way to help slow these idiot drivers.

Where was it reported that the driver had been speeding or that he was an idiot?

21 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

On 5/4/2022 at 10:11 AM, webfact said:

A large group of angry people wanted to lynch the driver who was taken away to the police station for his own safety.

Now you know why people who kill people in accidents do not stop ! 

The driver did stop, he also waited there for the police.

19 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

Unfortunately people drive to fast through the small villages that dot the country roads in Thailand.

 

Maybe they drive better where you live.

 

Obviously you you don't know Thailand.

And, obviously, you don't know the details of the cause this accident.  Maybe the driver was driving perfectly well.

17 hours ago, RobU said:

The child was obviously supervised the parent was watching. it is more likely that if the parent had accompanied him she would also have been killed by this man's atrocious driving

Where did you get all that garbage from?

16 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Yes. Was she too busy to escort him? You know, like responsible parents would. That way they don't get killed.

Possibly she turned round to pay for the ice cream.

 

Oh no, the headline says that 'He'd just bought an ice-cream'

44 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

No speed bumps. What about the emergency vehicles? Speed cameras which work would be better.

True.

14 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

Huh?

 

 

 

 

Do you not understand plain English?

 

1 minute ago, KannikaP said:

Do you not understand plain English?

 

Huh?

 

 

14 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

And, obviously, you don't know the details of the cause this accident.  Maybe the driver was driving perfectly well.

Perfectly well enough to hit a child.

4 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

19 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

And, obviously, you don't know the details of the cause this accident.  Maybe the driver was driving perfectly well.

Perfectly well enough to hit a child.

,,,in an accident that he may not have been responsible for or one that he maybe could not have avoided.

3 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

Perfectly well enough to hit a child.

You obviously 'have it in' for the driver, not blaming the child's mother at all. 

21 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

Yes.

 

Unfortunately people drive to fast through the small villages that dot the country roads in Thailand.

 

Maybe they drive better where you live.

 

Obviously you you don't know Thailand.

Riiiiiiight. I used to live in Thailand for ten years. Drove a motorbike in Thailand for 6 of those years. I know Thai traffic very well and if the mother had looked properly after the kid we wouldn't be having this conversation regardless of how fast the traffic is!!! Duh!!

17 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Yes mother to blame. I nearly ran over a kid with bad parents. Had to slam on brakes. Stupid kid just ran in front of me.

Yeah, and the kid was probably emerging from a row of parked cars as well so the driver probably had no chance whatsoever.

On 5/5/2022 at 10:52 AM, possum1931 said:

No speed bumps. What about the emergency vehicles? Speed cameras which work would be better.

Speed cameras are largely ignored here, as are the resultant fines when drivers are caught by them.