Thailand road carnage: Two latest accidents

[webfact]

Naew Na Thai Caption: Pick-up driver nodded off

 

Thai media Naew Na and Siam Rath published dramatic pictures of the latest accidents in Thailand yesterday.

 

On Pahonyothin Road southbound in Kamphaengphet, northern Thailand, a pick-up carrying tangerines plowed into a duck noodle restaurant at 5.30 am.

 

Picture: Naew Na

 

The driver aged 24 had fallen asleep behind the wheel, something Thais call a microsleep or "lap nai".

 

The noodle stand was part of a famous chain run by "Sia Chai".

 

Meanwhile Siam Rath had a story about a driver of a six wheel truck who got trapped in his cab after going into the back of an 18 wheel truck trailer that had slowed to allow a motorcycle to pass.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

This happened in the Phan Thong police jurisdiction on the Sukprayoon road leading in to Chonburi, in central/eastern Thailand. 

 

Nobody was killed in the incidents. 
 

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[JoePai]

Impressive, well done those 2 drivers

[roo860]

Total muppets. 

[jacko45k]

Duck à l'Orange.

Edited December 15, 2022 by jacko45k

[Woof999]

8 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Duck à l'Orange.

What do they call that in France Rodney?

[RichardColeman]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The driver aged 24 had fallen asleep behind the wheel, something Thais call a microsleep or "lap nai".

About time this sort of thing invalidated insurance for all drivers and the companies employing them - except for victim claims. Meaning the victims get a payout but the driver and company pays for their own repairs and a 100% increase in next years insurance

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, JoePai said:

Impressive, well done those 2 drivers

Pick-up doesn't look overloaded at all...

[Nicholas Paul KNIGHT]

You can change the laws to improve Road Safety and drivers obedience, BUT you cannot tell stupid people how to drive as here, they think they know it all !!

[phetphet]

Give it another two weeks, and this accident will be eclipsed by the number of deaths over Christmas and the New Year.

 

Same same. Nothing changes.

[norbra]

1 hour ago, phetphet said:

Give it another two weeks, and this accident will be eclipsed by the number of deaths over Christmas and the New Year.

 

Same same. Nothing changes.

True. They were not accidents, they were crashes 

[lujanit]

13 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

About time this sort of thing invalidated insurance for all drivers and the companies employing them - except for victim claims. Meaning the victims get a payout but the driver and company pays for their own repairs and a 100% increase in next years insurance

If they carry insurance.

[blackshadow]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Pick-up doesn't look overloaded at all...

COULD have got another few hundredweight on top of what is loaded already !!!

[actonion]

16 minutes ago, lujanit said:

If they carry insurance.

Of the many Thai's that i know that drive, "not one" of them admits to having any insurance, and some, no road tax, means no compusory insurance too ... when i ask them what you will do if u cause an accident, they agreed   on a popular answer that was  Plead....... " no have money ......" to the  victim,  and to the courts

[zoltannyc]

A little nitpicking: the above events are not accidents but incidents.

While accidents are always unintended, unexpected, or unplanned events with negative consequences, it is assumed that no one is at fault. The event was completely unforeseeable and unpreventable.

In a similar context, an incident is always unwanted and unplanned and has negative consequences; however, it happens due to carelessness, bad judgment, and not following rules and regulations, and in fact, these incidents are foreseeable and preventable.