Yesterday, a 14 year old on a motorcycle hit my car.

 

I was turning right, had the turn signal on well in advance and the motorcycle decided to pass me on the right.

 

Their excuse was "why were you driving on the correct side of the road if you wanted to turn right?  There was no room to pass you on the left"

 

Slow down and wait? What the hell are 14 year olds in such a hurry to die for?!??!? ????

 

No helmet and no drivers license for the motorcycle driver and passenger, another child.

 

I on the other hand, had an International Drivers Permit (the cop wasn't even interested in seeing it), and insurance and my seat belt on.

 

Lucky for them, only minor road rash and concussions. 

 

Well, no ticket for the 14 year old.  No ticket for the adult owner of the motorcycle who gave them the keys.

 

The cops did confiscate the memory card of our car's dashcam for their "investigation".

 

Well, looks like they learned their lesson....

 

"You can get away with almost anything here". ????

'Investigation '? Classic!????????

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Driver Learns Their Lesson

This sounds more right.  

You could be on your way to the cleaners very soon.  

Good luck. 

 

 

 

In Thailand turning right, turning left,  reversing always look out for motorbikes a lesson you have learnt as well. 

1 hour ago, quake said:

This sounds more right.  

You could be on your way to the cleaners very soon.  

Good luck. 

 

 

 

Driver learns their English would be a better lesson????

 

Or was the 14 year-old non-binary????

lets just ignore looking in our mirrors for other road users before turning
as long as i got a license and they don't, what's the problem?

I had a kid of similar age on his bike hit my car as I was leaving home in Bangkok. For some reason he panicked and lost control on a small straight soi and fish- tailed into the side of my car, leaving some nice scratches and dents. He was happily fine but shaken. This was in a quiet soi, so no police around and once he was up on is feet with the help of myself and some motorbike taxis, he was soon on his way.

 

I knew his face from around the neigbourhood and he would have known mine. Not many foreigners in this area.  

 

I thought he/his parents might at least turn up at our door with an apology/wai but alas I assume their fear of possibly being reprimanded or facing some financial demand was enough to deter that....the latter was a moot point, insurance paid for it anyway. 

 

2 minutes ago, realfunster said:

I had a kid of similar age on his bike hit my car as I was leaving home in Bangkok. For some reason he panicked and lost control on a small straight soi and fish- tailed into the side of my car, leaving some nice scratches and dents. He was happily fine but shaken. This was in a quiet soi, so no police around and once he was up on is feet with the help of myself and some motorbike taxis, he was soon on his way.

 

I knew his face from around the neigbourhood and he would have known mine. Not many foreigners in this area.  

 

I thought he/his parents might at least turn up at our door with an apology/wai but alas I assume their fear of possibly being reprimanded or facing some financial demand was enough to deter that....the latter was a moot point, insurance paid for it anyway. 

 

Yeah kid hit my truck my Mrs told me his family very poor, so i got it fixed 2,200.

The mother did come to the house and apologize and worked on our farmland for nowt in payment.

Thai woman driving Motorbike with side car hits the front of my car, and  admits guilt, but calls Police, Police send us to the Panel beaters who gave  the woman the quote of 8,000b, her Husband arrives with their Bank book showing me they have a bank balance of 5,000b, ....so i have to pay the balance, Panel beater now sees i have to pay the balance and increases the price to 10,000b !!   No chance  Mr.    Dont they just love Farang...

29 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Yeah kid hit my truck my Mrs told me his family very poor, so i got it fixed 2,200.

The mother did come to the house and apologize and worked on our farmland for nowt in payment.

My wife told me essentially the same thing.  "Our cultural tradition the big vehicle takes care of the small vehicle".

 

Amazing you got actual work renumeration. ????

54 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Driver learns their English would be a better lesson????

 

Or was the 14 year-old non-binary????

Are you British? 

 

You ever read that hot mess called "Shakespeare"?

 

Using his/her is a relatively recent innovation in the English language according to a Cunning Linguist. ????

 

 

Hmmm….. unlikely to have a 15 th birthday if he didnt learn a lesson. But TIT

On 3/27/2023 at 3:55 AM, SiSePuede419 said:

Are you British? 

 

You ever read that hot mess called "Shakespeare"?

 

Using his/her is a relatively recent innovation in the English language according to a Cunning Linguist. ????

 

 

10/10 SiSePuede419

On 3/27/2023 at 3:05 AM, VocalNeal said:

Driver learns their English would be a better lesson????

 

Or was the 14 year-old non-binary????

 

Fail.

 

 

 

On 3/27/2023 at 9:22 AM, Kwasaki said:

Yeah kid hit my truck my Mrs told me his family very poor, so i got it fixed 2,200.

The mother did come to the house and apologize and worked on our farmland for nowt in payment.

I would of insisted the boy work the farmland .

Not recent but my Thai wife was driving our daughter to school.  As she slowly went through an intersection that had STOP signs for vehicles to enter the intersection from either her left or right sides an older man with his wife on the back of a motorcycle passed other motorcycles that had stopped for the stop sign and ran straight into the side door of her truck.  There were several witnesses.  The man was knocked unconscious as his head hit the truck.  He had to be taken away by ambulance and spent many weeks in the hospital.  His wife had minor injuries.  He was quite old, no helmet, no license, no road tax and of course no insurance.  He had run through the stop sign without even slowing down.  Police and an insurance adjuster on scene both determined my wife was not at fault.  However, the police held my wife's driving license for many months as the injured family insisted on 300,000 baht compensation and would not mediate.  The wife was given a paper allowing her to continue driving.  The family constantly harassed us over their compensation demand.  The day before the man was to be released from the hospital the family called and insisted she appear at the hospital with 300,000 baht.  She did not go.  After many months the family came to mediate and my wife offered 25,000 baht or go to court where she was told she would surely win the case.  How much for the lawyers?  Luckily the family settled for the 25,000 baht.  Not right but that was how it went for her.   

In 2021 the exact same thing happened to me. I was turning right with my signal on and a 14 year old and his 12 year old passenger tried to pass me on the right. He hit my door, mirror and front panel causing 30,000 baht damage to my Honda. The kids bounced on the road but only got road rash. Their new motorbike had minimal damage. Obviously he had no license. 

 

A policeman happened to be going by and a minute later. After looking at the scene, he told me it was 100% the kids fault. My insurance guy came, we went to Patong police station and filled out lots of papers. The parents came. I expected I'd have to pay a bribe or the insurance excess but paid zero. I assume the family paid since I didn't have to pay the insurance excess and my rates didn't increase. It was my first time dealing with the police and was shocked that it all worked out. 

29 minutes ago, dlclark97 said:

Not recent but my Thai wife was driving our daughter to school.  As she slowly went through an intersection that had STOP signs for vehicles to enter the intersection from either her left or right sides an older man with his wife on the back of a motorcycle passed other motorcycles that had stopped for the stop sign and ran straight into the side door of her truck.  There were several witnesses.  The man was knocked unconscious as his head hit the truck.  He had to be taken away by ambulance and spent many weeks in the hospital.  His wife had minor injuries.  He was quite old, no helmet, no license, no road tax and of course no insurance.  He had run through the stop sign without even slowing down.  Police and an insurance adjuster on scene both determined my wife was not at fault.  However, the police held my wife's driving license for many months as the injured family insisted on 300,000 baht compensation and would not mediate.  The wife was given a paper allowing her to continue driving.  The family constantly harassed us over their compensation demand.  The day before the man was to be released from the hospital the family called and insisted she appear at the hospital with 300,000 baht.  She did not go.  After many months the family came to mediate and my wife offered 25,000 baht or go to court where she was told she would surely win the case.  How much for the lawyers?  Luckily the family settled for the 25,000 baht.  Not right but that was how it went for her.   

Should have given them zero.

They have extorted money from you.

more fool you.

 

 

 

 

 

On 3/27/2023 at 9:22 AM, Kwasaki said:

Yeah kid hit my truck my Mrs told me his family very poor, so i got it fixed 2,200.

The mother did come to the house and apologize and worked on our farmland for nowt in payment.

Oh you hero

2 hours ago, itsari said:

I would of insisted the boy work the farmland .

I prefered he go to school, he is not a bad lad but did use the Wave without his ma knowing there's no dad around as in a lot of cases.  

 

As a kid I did stupid stuff to. 

 

The family are poor but nice people and my wife pays the mother now to do some work on the farm when it's required.

1 hour ago, jimn said:

Oh you hero

Thank you. ????

 

How about this :-

The lad is getting to ride good now, I have been teaching him bike skills.

 

It may have been the fault of the 14 year old kid, but you could easily have avoided the accident with a split second glance in your door mirror before turning.

 

You can be smug apportioning the blame, but avoiding the accident would have been smarter; you are in Thailand where defensive driving skills are of paramount importance.

3 minutes ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

It may have been the fault of the 14 year old kid, but you could easily have avoided the accident with a split second glance in your door mirror before turning.

 

You can be smug apportioning the blame, but avoiding the accident would have been smarter; you are in Thailand where defensive driving skills are of paramount importance.

This !

Someone forgot the basics of driving a motor vehicle and is trying to lay the blame on a child .

I remember that story about the Embassy driver who used to run yellow lights.  He did not seem to worry.

When we came up to a fresh green light, he slowed down.

I asked him why and he said his brother had just got a job driving at a different embassy. 

1 hour ago, quake said:

2 hours ago, dlclark97 said:

Not recent but my Thai wife was driving our daughter to school.  As she slowly went through an intersection that had STOP signs for vehicles to enter the intersection from either her left or right sides an older man with his wife on the back of a motorcycle passed other motorcycles that had stopped for the stop sign and ran straight into the side door of her truck.  There were several witnesses.  The man was knocked unconscious as his head hit the truck.  He had to be taken away by ambulance and spent many weeks in the hospital.  His wife had minor injuries.  He was quite old, no helmet, no license, no road tax and of course no insurance.  He had run through the stop sign without even slowing down.  Police and an insurance adjuster on scene both determined my wife was not at fault.  However, the police held my wife's driving license for many months as the injured family insisted on 300,000 baht compensation and would not mediate.  The wife was given a paper allowing her to continue driving.  The family constantly harassed us over their compensation demand.  The day before the man was to be released from the hospital the family called and insisted she appear at the hospital with 300,000 baht.  She did not go.  After many months the family came to mediate and my wife offered 25,000 baht or go to court where she was told she would surely win the case.  How much for the lawyers?  Luckily the family settled for the 25,000 baht.  Not right but that was how it went for her.   

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Should have given them zero.

They have extorted money from you.

more fool you.

Ah, grasshopper...

On 3/27/2023 at 6:39 AM, SiSePuede419 said:

Lucky for them, only minor road rash and concussions. 

So you hit a 14 year old kid and another child on a motorbike leaving them bleeding with concussions and you're gloating because you don't think you'll be found guilty? That's pretty lowlife dude.

 

The lesson YOU should learn is to pay more attention! No matter who's at fault, being involved in the deaths or severe injury of two kids would haunt you for life. YOU got lucky this time ????  

Had a very fast moving car (probably a Ford Ranger) do exactly the same thing to me last week.........how he didn't hit me as I started to turn right, God alone knows.........I just thank the Lord my wife won't let have a gun.

1 hour ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

This !

Someone forgot the basics of driving a motor vehicle and is trying to lay the blame on a child .

True, but the parent responsible for the child riding the bike should have been heavily fined.

16 minutes ago, Wuvu2 said:

So you hit a 14 year old kid and another child on a motorbike and you're gloating because you don't think you'll be found guilty?

 

The lesson to you to is to pay more attention! No matter who's at fault, being involved in the deaths or severe injury of two kids would haunt you for life. YOU got lucky this time ????  

If I was involved in the death of an underage rider and the rider was 100% at fault, there is no way I would have any guilt.

21 minutes ago, Wuvu2 said:

So you hit a 14 year old kid and another child on a motorbike leaving them bleeding with concussions and you're gloating because you don't think you'll be found guilty? That's pretty lowlife dude.

 

The lesson YOU should learn is to pay more attention! No matter who's at fault, being involved in the deaths or severe injury of two kids would haunt you for life. YOU got lucky this time ????  

He didn't hit a 14 year old.....the 14 year old hit him.......it was the 14 year old's fault 100%.