Harrowing scene as Canadian cries for his dead wife at early morning accident in Kanchanaburi

[webfact]

Police at the scene with 50-year-old Canadian Joseph S. on Saturday morning after his 49-year-old wife was killed tragically in a freak road traffic accident when a pickup driver, travelling at speed, hit Mrs Marine S. as she cycled after her husband while crossing the road near a resort they were staying at in Kanchanaburi.

 

Death again highlights the danger of Thailand’s roads for foreigners including pedestrians, car drivers, motorcyclists and bicyclists due to reckless driving and a lack of the same sense of care and caution that is seen in other countries making Thailand’s roads the ninth most deadly in the world.

 

Police officers in Kanchanaburi were greeted with a harrowing scene early on Saturday morning when they arrived to find a 50-year-old man crying over the shocking demise of his wife minutes earlier after the pair decided to take an early bicycle ride from a nearby resort. The woman was hit by a pickup driver travelling at speed who failed to stop on time after honking at the woman as she cycled her bike across the road behind her husband.

 

Police in the centre of Kanchanaburi have arrested a 23-year-old pickup driver following a road traffic fatality on Saturday morning in the centre of Kanchanaburi in which a female foreign tourist lost her life.

 

Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/06/18/canadian-cries-for-his-dead-wife-joseph-michael-scott/

 

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[RichardColeman]

Thailand appears to be killing off foreigners daily now. Becoming about as attractive to tourists as Mogadishu !

[bristolgeoff]

You have to be very careful when riding a bicycle anywhere thailand is no different.respect the bigger vehicle anywhere do that and you will be ok

[bluejets]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The woman was hit by a pickup driver travelling at speed who failed to stop on time after honking at the woman

As Dad used to say, there should be a solid wired connection between the horn button and the brake pedal.

[cardinalblue]

Bristol,

 

why don’t you answer the question the other way around….

 

why is there no respect for bicyclists by car drivers here?

 

I know a number of cyclists in my own compound…a question of respect or fear? They won’t ride with me in the surrounding villages b/c of immense fear about driving behaviors here….they won’t leave our own moobaan…it has nothing to do with cyclists’ respect.

[BritManToo]

That's very sad.

[vandeventer]

21 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Thailand appears to be killing off foreigners daily now. Becoming about as attractive to tourists as Mogadishu !

Not just foreigners, I see many drivers talking or texting on their phones. Also with weed being very popular now we all might be in a big world of dodo. RIP young lady, I know you will be missed.

[kingstonkid]

MY condolence to Joseph.  Thai roads are not safe period. especially the side roads.

 

The questions are  going to be asked and no one  here really cares.

 

Does anyone think the roads are going to get any safer  now that Thais are legally allowed to smoke weed.

 

 

[AhFarangJa]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

his 49-year-old wife was killed tragically in a freak road traffic accident

Sorry, but how do they attribute this as a freak accident.

Definition of freak accident..."a very unusual and unexpected event or situation"

Sadly, on these roads it is neither unusual, nor unexpected. The selfish moron was driving too fast, and ploughed on with the standard "I am bigger than you, and more important than you" attitude..............

I apologise in advance if this seems like a rant. 

My sympathy to the Husband who will probably never see proper justice done.

R.I.P. Young Lady.....
 

 

[itsari]

Manslaughter by dangerous driving .

Freak accident says the reporter ,  heinous accident would be more to the point .

My condolences to the husband and  family .

[1FinickyOne]

my condolences to Joseph S.

 

may your wife rest in peace... 

[Deli]

Riding a bycicle in Thaland is a sign of insanity, if not in a very isolated place. 

[1FinickyOne]

40 minutes ago, bluejets said:

As Dad used to say, there should be a solid wired connection between the horn button and the brake pedal.

that would be very noisy at every red light... good try that wouldn't work..

 

 

[ezzra]

Nothing 'freak' about this accident, many  people lose their lives on Thai roads daily in all sorts of manner of road's misadventure that we don't get to hear about those, when i ride i see many 'almost an accident' instances happening around me, this is the nature of Thai roads and the manners of driving/riding and this time it happen to a couple who only wanted to go out on a morning ride...

[Excel]

Yet another Thai male using their pick-ups as a lethal weapon. Along with sex offenders they should be castrated so that they can not pass their defective genes on in my opinion.

[Chongalulu]

If doing a full on emergency stop you’ll have both hands on the wheel and there’s no time to honk the horn . If he did that suggests he wasn’t doing all he could to stop and perhaps trying to scare her ?

[Nicholas Paul KNIGHT]

The first sentence is incorrect, should read  DEATH AGAIN SHOW JUST HOW BAD THAI DRIVERS ARE . !./

Again speed and inexperience shows us all that roads in Thailand are a Death trap to not only cyclists and Motorcycles but anyone who even momentarily loses concentration .

Thai drivers do not drive they aim and are blind to anyone else on the road. 

[ikke1959]

always speeding, no idea of a braking distancing, no attention for other people on the road. Sadly another victim , which was not necessary. It seems that drivers can not slow down ever.. in a car or motorcycle it is always fast and faster, no distance at other vehicles.. seems they like to push you from the road. Look on Tv, the news, every day you see even on the road by yourself.. Never a car will slow down, but drives like nothing to see on the road.. You need a doctor certificate for a drivers license, but they could better do a mental test 

[bbko]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The woman was hit by a pickup driver travelling at speed who failed to stop on time after honking at the woman as she cycled her bike across the road behind her husband.

Traveling at speed?  Is that a UK term for speeding? 

 

If I walk in my garden I'm traveling at a speed. am I not?

[Excel]

Just now, Nicholas Paul KNIGHT said:

Thai drivers do not drive they aim and are blind to anyone else on the road

Not all of them, in fact a few are very good, courteous and drive accordingly. It's in the main the male pick-up drivers who are the senseless morons who should be removed.

[OneMoreFarang]

That reminds me of the question of my Thai gf yesterday: Why are farangs so stupid riding bicycles in Thailand?

 

I tried to explain to her that many of those bicycle riders are the rulers of the roads back home. Back home every driver is scared of them because if there is an accident then the driver will be blamed why he injured/killed those innocent bicycle riders. And then those riders come to Thailand with that attitude. Some of them realize early enough that the rules in Thailand are different. And some still think they are the rulers of the roads - until it is too late.

 

RIP

[Ralf001]

And this kiddies is why you should not ride a bicycle on the road.

[OneMoreFarang]

57 minutes ago, cardinalblue said:

Bristol,

 

why don’t you answer the question the other way around….

 

why is there no respect for bicyclists by car drivers here?

 

I know a number of cyclists in my own compound…a question of respect or fear? They won’t ride with me in the surrounding villages b/c of immense fear about driving behaviors here….they won’t leave our own moobaan…it has nothing to do with cyclists’ respect.

It seems they are smart. They accept reality that life for bicycle riders in Thailand is dangerous. And the smart way is to avoid excessive danger.

 

It doesn't really matter why there is no respect. There is no respect. That's reality. And better accept that or it may cost your life!

 

What's the point of having a few seconds time to think "but I had the right of way" before you die?

[OneMoreFarang]

16 minutes ago, nchuckle said:

If doing a full on emergency stop you’ll have both hands on the wheel and there’s no time to honk the horn . If he did that suggests he wasn’t doing all he could to stop and perhaps trying to scare her ?

I am sure from his point of view he wanted to help her: I honk my horn so that you pay attention. You obviously didn't see me coming. Get out of the way!

(I am sure that is the drivers perception, it is not my perception)

[dallen52]

A total lack of policing and driver education is a way of life in Thailand. 

Until they start enforcing the laws and hitting the hip pocket nerve, they will never change.

What level of experience and training do the police have?

About as much as the parachute jump badge they wear...

[drgoon]

"killed tragically in a freak road traffic accident when a pickup driver,"

 

Hardly a freak accident. We are all aware of how common accidents involving pickups are

[tandor]

51 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

MY condolence to Joseph.  Thai roads are not safe period. especially the side roads.

 

The questions are  going to be asked and no one  here really cares.

 

Does anyone think the roads are going to get any safer  now that Thais are legally allowed to smoke weed.

 

 

....Its going to be difficult to pick who has elevated levels of THC and who hasn't....RIP.

[SiSePuede419]

The first year I came here I rode a bicycle.  Quickly learned about the lack of respect.

 

Driver's seemed to think as long as they didn't hit you they could as close to you as they want.

 

I cursed more than one driver out because there was plenty of room on the road but they choose to drive dangerously close.

 

After I saw one student smile after I cursed the driver in English,I switched to Spanish so they couldn't understand the words.

 

I switched to walking, buses and Grab.

 

Life's too short to ride a two wheeled vehicle in Thailand.  They look down on you and treat you like an expendable peasant.

 

<deleted> off Thai <deleted> drivers. ????

[DPKANKAN]

38 minutes ago, nchuckle said:

If doing a full on emergency stop you’ll have both hands on the wheel and there’s no time to honk the horn . If he did that suggests he wasn’t doing all he could to stop and perhaps trying to scare her ?

Another local report says he did not honk his horn at all!!????????????????

[thailand49]

This is the murderous driving mentality habits that exist in Thailand due to no education and then zero enforcement. 

"freak" this is a common occurrence pedestrian no right away, general speeding daily as if the are rushing around needing to get to their graves first.  Instead of simple slowing down and applying the brakes it is easier to blame someone else. Constant excuses from drivers allowing by every official in the land of sadness.