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A pickup truck reportedly slipped on a wet road and crashed into a power pole in Chonburi during a downpour on Monday, September 27th.

 

The truck driver, Patpong Thongmee (31), was aided by Ban Bueng rescue services yesterday afternoon on the Nong Chak – Phanat Nikhom road in the Ban Bueng district of Chonburi. He was found inside his bronze Mitsubishi pickup truck with a crumpled bumper, sustaining a shoulder injury.

 

Rescue workers had to force open a car door because it was jammed before they transported the victim to Ban Bueng Hospital. A long brake trail was also discovered at the accident scene.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/27/pickup-truck-crashes-in-chonburi-driver-blames-wet-road/

 

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23 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

A long brake trail was also discovered at the accident scene.

yep  .....   it was that damn wet road again.   Nothing to do with driving too fast in the rain. 

Off course and how many medallion's was he wearing when he told the police or insurance company

 

 

Pickup truck crashes in Chonburi, driver blames wet road

 

Wet road denies it caused the crash and blames truck driver for going too fast

Driver blames right foot for being too heavy

Idiot driver driving too fast for road and weather conditions. Simple as that.  Surprised he didn't blame brake failure too, or his amulets were facing the wrong way.

Driver driving to the conditions, poor road design results in standing water on the surface, driver does not see this and aquaplanes off the road.

I think many Thai drivers think dropping to a safe speed in the rain is going from 120 KMH to 115 kmh

If he doesn’t know how to drive on a wet road, then he should not be behind the wheel.  

Of course it was the wet road ,it had nothing to do with the stupid way the driver was driving.

If wet roads caused crashes the whole of Thailand would be littered with crashed cars.

How comes he missed an electical cabinet or pole. Those are very often used to stop the car in such cases in Thailand. Bad driver?

19 minutes ago, Parsve said:

How comes he missed an electical cabinet or pole. Those are very often used to stop the car in such cases in Thailand. Bad driver?

No Sir, he is a good driver......................

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A pickup truck reportedly slipped on a wet road and crashed into a power pole in Chonburi during a downpour on Monday, September 27th.

 

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He was found inside his bronze Mitsubishi pickup truck with a crumpled bumper, sustaining a shoulder injury.

It is a good job they mentioned the damaged bumper as you may have missed it due to the rest of the pick up being bent like a banana.....

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

I think many Thai drivers think dropping to a safe speed in the rain is going from 120 KMH to 115 kmh

On the 7 motorway between Chonburi and the airport... when it starts raining heavily they drop from 120 to 30 with their hazards flashing.

27 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

On the 7 motorway between Chonburi and the airport... when it starts raining heavily they drop from 120 to 30 with their hazards flashing.

Same applied on Sunday on the 24.

7 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Same applied on Sunday on the 24.

I heard there was a large trailer/ car accident on the motorway Northbound on Monday morning that brought speed down below that. 

Edited September 28, 20223 yr by jacko45k

My name is Pole....... Power Pole....................

 

Unbelievable to see the high attraction of pick up trucks for power poles. Something magnetic.............

I wonder of BIB ever check tyre condition. Is their a minimum tread depth

here?

5 minutes ago, Asquith Production said:

I wonder of BIB ever check tyre condition. Is their a minimum tread depth

here?

Not to mention the brake pads

1 hour ago, Parsve said:

How comes he missed an electical cabinet or pole. Those are very often used to stop the car in such cases in Thailand. Bad driver?

Of course he didn't miss a pole. They never do. But you missed it in the report.
A pickup truck reportedly slipped on a wet road and crashed into a power pole

Ah that wet road will do it every time. 
Maybe when the road is wet these drivers should slow down and be more careful.  But I guess that is out of the range of their mentality and arrogance. 

11 hours ago, bristolgeoff said:

Off course and how many medallion's was he wearing when he told the police or insurance company

Insurance company     surely you jest

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

I heard there was a large trailer/ car accident on the motorway Northbound on Monday morning that brought speed down below that. 

Yeah two trucks went into the road workers at Pintong.

The road filed a defamation law suit. Stay tuned for outcome. 

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A long brake trail was also discovered at the accident scene.

Which indicates speed.. too much speed.

But it was the rain that dunnit.

8 hours ago, Catoni said:

If he doesn’t know how to drive on a wet road, then he should not be behind the wheel.  

Goes for a dry road too.

One more retard on the road.

Playing the blame game card.

To fast to stupid. 

 

On 9/28/2022 at 8:16 AM, Asquith Production said:

I wonder of BIB ever check tyre condition. Is their a minimum tread depth

here?

Can't say I have ever had mine checked, not sure what they do at the test centre each year I pay the tax, the Mrs takes it. But it sounds very superficial.