A sedan ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle, causing it to ram into a sign pole. The driver was unharmed and claimed that she had mistaken a green light for a red light.

 

Sawang Boriboon rescue responders rushed to a traffic accident site at the intersection in Central Pattaya around 3 AM this morning, March 10th. They found two sedans, white and bronze Honda Civics, a fallen motorcycle, and car parts scattered on the road.

 

The white car had large damage on the right side. It had also crashed and toppled a sign pole on the side of the road. The rescuers told The Pattaya News that three people had been injured by the accident, including a white sedan driver and a motorcycle rider.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/03/10/sedan-driver-mistakes-green-light-for-red-light-in-pattaya-before-colliding-into-another-sedan/

 

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16 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

claimed that she had mistaken a green light for a red light.

Some drivers are beyond help!

Quite often the red/green light for turning right is directly above the left hand lanes, so it is possible to make that mistake.

7 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Quite often the red/green light for turning right is directly above the left hand lanes, so it is possible to make that mistake.

My eyes say green is nufink like red............

27 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

she had mistaken a green light for a red light.

Hmmm......color tests are part of the driving license exam.  Not much of an excuse. Was she also seeing things double at 3.00 am ?

4 minutes ago, transam said:

My eyes say green is nufink like red............

Please read my post again and then decide whether I said red was like green.

1 minute ago, KannikaP said:

Please read my post again and then decide whether I said red was like green.

You didn't, but a driver should not make mistakes about traffic light colours.....????

Just now, transam said:

You didn't, but a driver should not make mistakes about traffic light colours.....????

It is the positioning of the red/green lights I was posting about.

10 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Quite often the red/green light for turning right is directly above the left hand lanes, so it is possible to make that mistake.

Yes. There is a turn on highway 340 Sri Racha.

It is a blind turn.

And then there a set of confusing traffic lights.

Always check rear view mirror.????????

 

2 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

It is the positioning of the red/green lights I was posting about.

OK, but red is still not green, a driver should be aware of traffic signal layout...........????

another " confused " driver between the hours of Midnight and 6 am.

 

 

Get the cretin off the road before she kills someone. 

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

claimed that she had mistaken a green light for a red light

Ok, accepted. And because of this the driving license should be revoked and a lifetime ban of getting a new license. It would be a public risk to let such a person ever drive again.

1 hour ago, 2baht said:

Some drivers are beyond help!

And yet they are still driving. God help us all!

 

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

It is the positioning of the red/green lights I was posting about.

I think we need a picture as an example????

Correction: she mistook the red light for a green light, not the other way round.

 

Of note: there are numerous intersections where lights are stacked one above, or adjacent to, each other. The ahead light goes green, but the right turn light stays red, and vice versa. I was involved in a head on collision with a driver who made the same mistake, on Chelsea embankment of all places. Made an oncoming right, right in front of me. Kapow! At combined speeds of 40mph. Yes, it can and does happen. Our brains swap things around. Red and green are complementary colours.

Weed......

14 hours ago, Denim said:

Hmmm......color tests are part of the driving license exam.  Not much of an excuse. Was she also seeing things double at 3.00 am ?

I don't think she actually confused the two colours. I'm colour blind but can still differentiate between green and red.

Really slow news day.  We've gone from:

... RTA with multiple deaths

... with foreigner deaths

... with deaths & injuries

... with injuries

... to any oops, no injuries

 

Wife advised me to be very careful around the house, as she doesn't want a news crew out front of the house if I stump my toe.

13 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

Weed......

ever seen the back of a dollar bill man. 

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

and claimed that she had mistaken a green light for a red light.

Should this not be the other way round ie she mistook a RED light for a GREEN.

Whatever, get her off the road asap.

One time I was renewing my driver's license , and there was this very old Thai guy ,

they were testing him for the light colours , and he said he could not see them , so

they took him away to another office (maybe to make a deal ) ,seen him later on

getting his photo for new license , !!!!!! , out back on the roads .there must be many

more like him on the roads.

 

regards worgeordie 

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A sedan ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle, causing it to ram into a sign pole. The driver was unharmed and claimed that she had mistaken a green light for a red light.

Half the population have this affliction.

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

she had mistaken a green light for a red light.

"Listen, red light, yellow light, green-a-light go
Crazy little woman in a one man show"

 

Def Leppard, Pour Some Sugar On Me

 

Red light ,green light driving through the pouring rain I gotta see Jane .   Comes to mind.

Will this be a recognized excuse like passenger scream, microsleep, brake failure, etc...?

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A sedan ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle, causing it to ram into a sign pole. The driver was unharmed and claimed that she had mistaken a green light for a red light.

Eh!

Doesn't make sense, if she had mistaken a green light for red she should have stopped, and it wouldn't of mattered if she ran the light it would have been green anyway.

So you run a red light even when it's green.

The driver was obviously scrambling for an excuse under extreme stress.  Personally, I would have gone with the "confused the brake pedal with the gas pedal" option.   Marginally more plausible.

On 3/10/2023 at 6:00 PM, 2baht said:

Some drivers are beyond help!

better than the thai normal response - being "brakes failed !!!!!!"

On 3/10/2023 at 8:22 PM, VocalNeal said:

I think we need a picture as an example????