By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Pattaya – A male foreign rider was pronounced dead at the scene after a motorbike crash in Pattaya.

The Pattaya City Police were notified of the accident at 3:30 P.M. on Saturday (May 20th) at a curve on Jomtien Second Road. They and the Pattaya News arrived at the scene to find a damaged Honda CBR 300cc motorbike on the road. Nearby rescue teams and Pattaya police found the body of a male foreigner.

 

A helmet was found at the scene but it was unclear if the rider had been wearing the helmet or not when the accident took place.

 

Witnesses told the Pattaya News that the motorbike rider was driving at high speed and swaying badly before losing control at a curve and crashing into the footpath.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/05/20/unidentified-foreign-man-dies-after-motorbike-crash-in-pattaya/

 

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2nd road ?

 

Not been for a while........is that 2nd road? If so, I'm amazed

14 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

2nd road ?

 

Not been for a while........is that 2nd road? If so, I'm amazed

>Jomtien< 2nd rd, yes.

And it looks like this since long.

A broad well paved race track for suicidals from all continents.

Sometimes the head flies off and has be searched in the bushes.

Chicken run for pedestrians crossing.

Never never rely on pedestrian traffic lights or zebra!

Monster towers/blocks to both sides with rabbit cages called condo. It shudders me whenever I pass by.

 

Edited May 22, 20233 yr by KhunBENQ

What are all the white zig-zigs for ?

6 minutes ago, JoePai said:

What are all the white zig-zigs for ?

Good question. The solid lines look like no lane change?

And the zig zags raising more attention?

 

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16 minutes ago, JoePai said:

What are all the white zig-zigs for ?

It's when you drunk those zig-zag lines looks straight to you, applicable to many drivers and riders in Pattaya.

16 minutes ago, JoePai said:

What are all the white zig-zigs for ?

In some European countries zig zag lines mean  No parking, but in Thailand its any  bodies guess

34 minutes ago, JoePai said:

What are all the white zig-zigs for ?

They're a warning in the lead up to pedestrian/zebra crossings

No sympathy then if it is yet another tosser on the roads with some stupid urge to speed and show off.  99.9% of the time there is no urgency, just testosterone fuelled and false belief that their speeding and riding prowess somehow impresses the rest of us to the point we all go home and ferociously mast*****e over these wan***r riders. Same as the idiots who ride around revving the guts out of their bikes with loud pipes = desperate wan***s. 

If I ride fast and die I deserved it.  This idiot deserved it.  Lucky no innocents caught up in the carnage.  

1 hour ago, webfact said:

was driving at high speed and swaying badly before losing control

Those crazy white lines would make anybody giddy at speed, there a bit overkill IMO.

14 minutes ago, bje2000 said:

They're a warning in the lead up to pedestrian/zebra crossings

Correct but these look like 200 meters long.

13 minutes ago, aussienam said:

just testosterone fuelled and false belief that their speeding and riding prowess somehow impresses the rest of us to the point we all go home and ferociously mast*****e over these wan***r riders

That's quite a lot of assumptions you're making there.

 

My guess is that most people who speed do it because they enjoy the sensation of riding fast.

 

That's not to justify the practice, just to give an alternative theory on why it happens.

 

RIP Fella ……

 

He sticks to his guns

He take the road as it comes

It take the shine off his shoes

He's too fast to stop

He take it over the top

He make a line in the news

 

Mark Knopfler 1979

1 hour ago, JoePai said:

What are all the white zig-zigs for ?

I don't know but don't brake there when it is raining.????

I stopped readig at "CBR 300"....guess I'm buying Darwin a drink tonight for another job well done.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

curve on Jomtien Second Road

This road is a widow maker 

 

Lots and lots of foreigners losing their life on this road. 

 

Edited May 22, 20233 yr by SAFETY FIRST

That stretch of road has claimed so many

9 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

This road is a widow maker 

 

Lots and lots of foreigners losing their life on this road. 

 

And the wise administration does nothing.

Enabling warp speed through populated areas is irresponsible.

Remember one Thai girl killed in front of the lively Rompo market (not on the "remote" parts of the road).

1 hour ago, bje2000 said:

They're a warning in the lead up to pedestrian/zebra crossings

They are to "prevent" vehicles from parking or loading/unloading in those areas; blocking the vision of pedestrians crossing the road.

1 hour ago, brianthainess said:

Correct but these look like 200 meters long.

If I saw them I would immediately slow down as I have no idea what they represent.

I would be quite cautious as most of us would be.

1 hour ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

This road is a widow maker 

 

Lots and lots of foreigners losing their life on this road. 

 

I drove that road yesterday. Very dangerous. Loads of idiots driving way too fast for the conditions, tailgating, weaving in and out of traffic etc., just to be in front. Not only foreigners, a Thai in a pickup and a minivan were the worst culprits from what I experienced. 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Witnesses told the Pattaya News that the motorbike rider was driving at high speed and swaying badly before losing control at a curve and crashing into the footpath.

Another one gone... 

32 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

I drove that road yesterday. Very dangerous. Loads of idiots driving way too fast for the conditions, tailgating, weaving in and out of traffic etc., just to be in front. Not only foreigners, a Thai in a pickup and a minivan were the worst culprits from what I experienced. 

It's true what you say about the Thais being worse as Thais way outnumber the foreigners.

It is really weird to read regular reports about foreigners dying, it's one of the newest main roads in jomtien, ever since the road was open foreigners have made the media with their many deaths. 

 

 

They've made the road even more dangerous now. Roadworks, heading south just before soi Watboon, all southbound traffic has been diverted to the northbound lanes. 

 

 

Edited May 22, 20233 yr by SAFETY FIRST

3 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Chicken run for pedestrians crossing.

Easily the most dangerous road anywhere for pedestrians.  And I say this having been hit by a scooter on Klang.

4 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Chicken run for pedestrians crossing.

Never never rely on pedestrian traffic lights or zebra!

An elderly foreigner driving a pickup had an accident not too long ago, hit and run. 

The cops found him, he apologized but unable to pay, if remember he had no money. 

I'd like to know the outcome on this issue. ????

Edited May 22, 20233 yr by SAFETY FIRST

Silly question perhaps, but if he's unidentified and had no papers on him, how can they be sure he's a foreigner?

 

There's people from all different kinds of ancestry and racial backgrounds with Thai nationality nowadays. 

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4 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Silly question perhaps, but if he's unidentified and had no papers on him, how can they be sure he's a foreigner?

Perhaps they looked at him.

8 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

I don't know but don't brake there when it is raining.????

I would think with all the paint it would be slippery even without rain especially when many vehicles are being driven with bald tires.