Video: Pick-up driver ends up in the klong after overtaking at speed

[webfact]

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Dash cam footage from the front and rear of a vehicle was posted on the Facebook page of an engineer, reported Thai Rath yesterday.

 

It showed a pick-up pull out to overtake then lose control as it passed. It ended up in the klong.

 

It happened on Thursday morning in Phanat Nikhom, Chonburi in eastern Thailand. 

 

Anusorn, 38, said he was on his way to work. He had earlier posted: "Drive carefully, don't be impatient".

 

He said that he looked in his rear view mirror and the other driver appeared frustrated that he was going slowly.

 

 

He revved up to pass but lost control on the potholed road.

 

Anusorn said that he stopped to render assistance but there were plenty of other people on the scene who were repairing the klong so he left.

 

Chonnawee, 27, said that he jumped into the water with a backhoe driver to rescue the motorist who was uninjured.

 

They opened the door to free him and then watched as the pick-up sank beneath the water. 

 

The driver called insurance and arranged for a flat bed truck to take away the damaged vehicle for repairs. 

 

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[JoePai]

555 love it - karma

[Iamfalang]

I am the smoothest driver in the world, I'll be an F1 driver and do drifting competitions in Tokyo!!!!!   I am sooooooooooooooooo cool, like the other side of the pillow.  

 

Now who's going to pay for this damage!!! Falang bad luck.  Amulet bad luck.  Road bad.   I no no pay I no no...... 

 

Why you keep driving!!! I can't swim!!!! Stop!!!!   

 

Funny how he keeps driving.

 

In the interview, he's not taking the blame or admitting fault.   Then he might say something about rain, but I'm not 100% fluent in Thai!!!  I'm falang!!!!!  kap kap kap

[brianthainess]

???? just another impatient cr@p driver.

[KhunBENQ]

Sounds like he was pushing the pedal to the floor when side by side.

Make an impression. And it did.

Where could he know from that rear powered empty vehicles have some weird tendencies.

 

[jacko45k]

That is funnier than last weeks Lambo in the floods!

[Chongalulu]

22 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Sounds like he was pushing the pedal to the floor when side by side.

Make an impression. And it did.

Where could he know from that rear powered empty vehicles have some weird tendencies.

 

Especially on leaf springs with a ladder chassis. They’re not the IRS of the likes of my previous BMW M3 I track day in U.K. The pretensions so many have her that a pickup can be transformed into a performance vehicle by lowering the suspension and putting a "whistling" exhaust system on (often defined by the black soot all over the tailgate! ????) 

Risible ignorance.

[Wiggy]

???? Looks like there was plenty or room to overtake, but he just couldn’t do it without showing off. This is often the case with these tarted-up pick ups with pea-brained drivers. Som nam na. 

[Hamus Yaigh]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The driver called insurance and arranged for a flat bed truck to take away the damaged vehicle for repairs. 

Our insurance premiums are paying for idiots like this.

[edwinchester]

Wasn't even going that fast approaching the lead vehicle but for some reason floored the accelerator as he passed and the rest is history. There's a word for this type of idiot and it begins with t and ends in wat.

[RichardColeman]

I had a lot of my Thai FB friends posting his yesterday - well, that and a video of 5 thais with machetes attacking a boy and destroying his pink bike (yet to be on here)

[TigerandDog]

2 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Wasn't even going that fast approaching the lead vehicle but for some reason floored the accelerator as he passed and the rest is history. There's a word for this type of idiot and it begins with t and ends in wat.

there's a better word to describe this driver and others just like him, it begins in f and ends in wit

[Damrongsak]

He should read my book.

 

 

I've driven pickup trucks for years, in wet, snow and ice.  They handle like a hog on ice.  Easy does it.

[soi3eddie]

Couldn't see the make of the white pick-up truck. It floated well for a while. Was it a Toybota?

 

[Chongalulu]

3 hours ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The driver called insurance and arranged for a flat bed truck to take away the damaged vehicle for repairs. 

Our insurance premiums are paying for idiots like this.

Engine and cab fully immersed. I don’t reckon that’s getting repaired ?

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, Iamfalang said:

 

Now who's going to pay for this damage!!!

His insurer.

[newnative]

One down, too many to go.

[hotchilli]

I like a happy ending.

[d4dang]

18 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Wasn't even going that fast approaching the lead vehicle but for some reason floored the accelerator as he passed and the rest is history. There's a word for this type of idiot and it begins with t and ends in wat.

this idiot could have ended up at a wat for his cremation

[Denim]

21 hours ago, Iamfalang said:

In the interview, he's not taking the blame or admitting fault. 

The first guy in the interview is the driver of the pick up with the dashcam.

 

Second guy in green is bystander who helped the driver who ended up in the canal.

[Ralf001]

21 hours ago, Iamfalang said:

 

 

Now who's going to pay for this damage!!!

 

 

Insurance will pay, thats why we have it.

[peter zwart]

The fact that these pick up <deleted> drive themselves to pieces really doesn't interest me at all. But in many cases they also involve innocent road users. This video is therefore a good start to my day. No innocent victims.
 

[Ralf001]

19 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Wasn't even going that fast approaching the lead vehicle but for some reason floored the accelerator as he passed and the rest is history. There's a word for this type of idiot and it begins with t and ends in wat.

Yeah hitting the throttle in that loose gravel was always going to induce oversteer which can have unpleasant results if the vehicle operator is caught off guard.

[Ralf001]

16 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

Couldn't see the make of the white pick-up truck. It floated well for a while. Was it a Toybota?

 

Izuzu Dmax.

[sammieuk1]

Oh no is all gone klong wrong in the now submersible pickup ????

[2baht]

Fishing?

[Doctor Tom]

Priceless. Today's chuckle 

[mikebell]

18 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

Was it a Toybota?

Toyboata.

[Road Warrior]

more thai quality driving AGAIN  speeding comes to mind and of course they hove  little driving skill

and no patience 

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, 2baht said:

Fishing?

Without a snorkel... cheaped out on the extras needed.