Naew Na Thai Caption: What a collision! 3 vehicles at a crossroads near the governor's office

 

The drivers of two vehicles and the passenger in a third all said their lights were on green after an accident near the governor's offices in downtown Udon Thani yesterday.

 

A caucasian foreigner driving a pick-up ended up in a "miracle" escape as his vehicle overturned. 

 

Another driver praised his amulets.

 

Muang Udon traffic police at the scene found a smashed up Nissan Almera, a Toyota and a Mitsubishi Triton on its roof, reported Naew Na. 

 

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Nawara Saengkham said she was with her "chao farang" husband who was driving the Triton.

 

They'd just left home and were going to a department store. She said the lights were green for them and her husband wasn't going fast.

 

She saw the Toyota either going straight or turning and there was a collision. She wasn't exaclty sure how they ended up overturned but claimed it was a miracle they were not badly hurt. 

 

They had managed to clamber out.

 

Kittinan Rattanathip was with a couple of family members in the Nissan. He'd just been to the department store and was heading for the land office.

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

"My light was on green," he said, "I went into the other two vehicles that had collided".

 

He said he was saved from serious injury by his seatbelt and the two amulets he wore around his neck and hung in the car. Naew Na went into some detail as to what kind of amulets they were.

 

The driver of the Toyota, Pratheuang Klinkhlai said his light was green.

 

There was no damage to state property.

 

Police are looking at CCTV in the hope that it might provide the key to solving the riddle.

 

ASEAN NOW notes that there is an adage in Thailand: "Stop on red but take the greatest care on green". 

 

 

 

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if you can turn your pickup over at lights, you're probably driving too fast.

 

He said he was saved from serious injury by his seatbelt and the two amulets he wore around his neck and hung in the car.

Aaah, witchcraft to the rescue again. ????

 

 

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

She saw the Toyota either going straight or turning

Well one of the two .....

regards Worgeordie

Not out of the realm of possibility that the lights have malfunctioned and shown green to all side, i myself make sure that the traffic stops on the opposite side before proceeding in to my green light, can't be too careful on Thai roads...

"chao farang" ?

 

56 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

if you can turn your pickup over at lights, you're probably driving too fast.

No. You can drive as slow as a bicycle if some idiot racer (has seen green some 2 seconds ago?) punches your car from the side.

(Yes, just speculation. Haven't seen the CCTV)

44 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

He said he was saved from serious injury by his seatbelt and the two amulets he wore around his neck and hung in the car.

Aaah, witchcraft to the rescue again. ????

 

 

St Christopher is the patron  saint of travel in the Christian Church. Just because you don't share other people's religious beliefs does not make them 'witchcraft'. That's just a derogatory insult.

I always hope that there is another car in front of me at the traffic lights....Never want to be the first.. Orange is green too in Thailand and even the first seconds of red  also..... and overturning by not speeding????

12 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

"chao farang" ?

 

Missing translation.

It's a "farang person".

Simply a "farang".

 

Used in the Thai article:

 

ชาว  chaao   person
ฝรั่ง  fà-ràng Western Westerner ; Caucasian ; "farang"

I guess at least one of the three has front and rear dashcams? Would certainly think the foreigner would.

The case is watertight. It's the farangs fault. If he wasn't in Thailand the accident wouldn't have happened

3 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Missing translation.

It's a "farang person".

Simply a "farang".

 

Used in the Thai article:

 

ชาว  chaao   person
ฝรั่ง  fà-ràng Western Westerner ; Caucasian ; "farang"

Ahhh

 

I only listen always "falang"
Maybe I am too hansum.

45 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Well one of the two .....

It going through the lights in reverse wouldn't surprise me. 

17 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

"chao farang" ?

 

Chao is ATM in Thai. 

With no one pointing are we to be just left trying to guess which was the overturned Triton?

From the "translated" link...

"As for Mr. Pratuang, smelling like a Toyota pickup driver..."

13 minutes ago, Flemo said:

The case is watertight. It's the farangs fault. If he wasn't in Thailand the accident wouldn't have happened

Brilliant.   That remark was first made about 150 years ago and it was a myth then.

Wonder, who will be blamed and asked to pay all the bills...????

2 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Wonder, who will be blamed and asked to pay all the bills...????

The insurers.

34 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

No. You can drive as slow as a bicycle if some idiot racer (has seen green some 2 seconds ago?) punches your car from the side.

(Yes, just speculation. Haven't seen the CCTV)

It might, but I think that the pick-up would have been having bigger damage in that case. If driving at greater speed and a car hit you from the side, it will take smaller damage to make you flip over.

27 minutes ago, JeffersLos said:

Chao is ATM in Thai. 

so it was a farang with an ATM card ?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

if you can turn your pickup over at lights, you're probably driving too fast.

Not necessarily.... My Wife managed to turn her car on its side and couldn’t have been going faster than 10kmh !!! 

It's possible to turn a car over at low speed if the wheels catch / climb the other vehicle. 

36 minutes ago, JeffersLos said:

Chao is ATM in Thai. 

???? Sadly... someone will take that for real.... 

"The lights were green", as in the past tense? Because that would explain a lot...

 

Maybe it's about time all drivers who are involved in accidents should be made to take a polygraph test. Because clearly many of them are lying through their teeth.

4 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Not necessarily.... My Wife managed to turn her car on its side and couldn’t have been going faster than 10kmh !!! 

It's possible to turn a car over at low speed if the wheels catch / climb the other vehicle. 

So you are saying then that even at a low speed , if you are travelling far to close to the vehicle in front or else you are not paying sufficient attention to the road or traffic conditions, you can still put your vehicle on its side ????

1 hour ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

He said he was saved from serious injury by his seatbelt and the two amulets he wore around his neck and hung in the car.

Aaah, witchcraft to the rescue again. ????

 

 

Such a shame that those two amulets  around his neck didn't stop him buying an agricultural vehicle in the first place, he may have been safer in a vehicle designed for the road rather than the farm

1 hour ago, webfact said:

A caucasian foreigner driving a pick-up ended up in a "miracle" escape

From what I see the door was open. That is how he "escaped"

1 minute ago, Excel said:

So you are saying then that even at a low speed , if you are travelling far to close to the vehicle in front or else you are not paying sufficient attention to the road or traffic conditions, you can still put your vehicle on its side ????

May I suggest you watch 'idiots in cars' on YT, and you'll be surprised how easy some cars tipped over.  Especially larger SUV.  I was quite surprised myself.  Don't know about 10 kph, but way < 50 kph

23 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Wonder, who will be blamed and asked to pay all the bills...????

Your implied cynicism suggests you follow the theory that the foreigner (Westerner) is always at fault... 

 

The reality is different - Anecdotally at least as everyone has different experiences: 

I recall being in a police station a number of years ago after a traffic accident.

I was hit by a car trying to overtake me as I was turning right - the other driver claimed I didn’t not indicate. 

(with the help of an ex GF who came to translate for me) I stated, I’m British, our driving training and standards are very strict. I indicated, I never ‘don’t’ indicate. It's trained into us, its habit. 

.... on the spot the 3 officers in the room agreed that I indicated then asked the guy why he overtook when I was indicating !!!