Toddler yanks steering wheel causing pickup to damage noodle shop

[webfact]

 

A road collision in Nakhon Ratchasima caused significant damage when a pickup truck, driven by a woman accompanied by her three year old daughter, crashed into a noodle shop. The incident, which was shared on TikTok by user @jindarat254327, also resulted in damage to three parked vehicles, including two cars owned by Kan, who was dining in the noodle shop at the time.

 

The accident took place at 5pm yesterday near Wat Tha Prachasan in Bua Yai district, close to Kan’s home. The pickup truck driver was en route to a construction supplies shop in Bua Yai Municipality with her toddler daughter, who was sitting in the back seat.

 

As they were approaching the noodle shop, the daughter reached over to the driver’s side and grabbed the steering wheel, causing the truck to swerve left. The startled mother accidentally stepped on the accelerator and tried to steer back to the right, resulting in the pickup truck losing control and crashing into the parked cars and the noodle shop, damaging them all.

 

By Neill Fronde 

TOP: After her toddler daughter grabbed the wheel, a woman's pickup truck damaged three cars and a noodle shop. (via KhaoSod). Photo courtesy of KhaoSod.

 

Full story:  https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/transport/nakhon-ratchasima-noodle-shop-and-parked-cars-damaged-in-pickup-truck-crash-caused-by-toddler

 

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[marin]

Lets see if they enforce the new car seat rule. 555. Seriously though mother blames her bad driving on a toddler. Sure. 

[OneMoreFarang]

4 minutes ago, webfact said:

the daughter reached over to the driver’s side and grabbed the steering wheel, causing the truck to swerve left. The startled mother accidentally stepped on the accelerator and tried to steer back to the right, resulting in the pickup truck losing control and crashing into the parked cars and the noodle shop, damaging them all.

It's sad for the child to have such an irresponsible mother. I hope the mother gets fined and her driver license revoked.

[spidermike007]

Though I realize it is very uncommon here, not using a childs seat in a car is like playing Russian Roulette with your child's life, with 5 bullets in the chamber of a 6 shooter. 

 

A child yanks the wheel. Please. Children yank anything they get ahold of. In this situation, the child is the parent, and the parent is the child. This child owns his parents. 

Edited August 22, 2023 by spidermike007

[Bert got kinky]

 

I was going to say that you couldn't make this stuff up but it seems that the mother did.

How does a 3 year old child reach over from the back seat and yank the steering wheel?

 

No child seat, no insurance, no sense.

 

[OccamsRazor]

"her toddler daughter, who was sitting in the back seat."

"the daughter reached over to the driver’s side and grabbed the steering wheel,"

Pretty flexible kid. lol

 

[brianthainess]

Mummy I want Noodles NOW ! 

[bbko]

How long and how strong are that toddler's arms? 

[KannikaP]

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

It's sad for the child to have such an irresponsible mother. I hope the mother gets fined and her driver license revoked.

If she has one!  555

And if I am reading correctly, did this driver have two MORE of her own cars parked by the noodle shop, but was off to HomePro to buy something. Doesn't make sense to me.

Edited August 22, 2023 by KannikaP

[rocketboy2]

Best face saving lie 2023.

 

[Myran]

Imagine being such a low-life scumbag that you would rather throw your daughter under the bus than admit that you messed up by using your phone or something similar while driving. Pathetic.

[mushroomdave]

I will give her marks for creativeness to save face.

But I still say most of these odd / unexplained accidents (brake failure / wet roads etc) are idiots doing this!

Edited August 22, 2023 by mushroomdave

[Moti24]

3 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

 

How does a 3 year old child reach over from the back seat and yank the steering wheel?

 

Yes, I was also thinking that.  And I'd put money on it that besides smashing the accelerator, she had her left foot on the brake.

[steven100]

3 hours ago, OccamsRazor said:

"her toddler daughter, who was sitting in the back seat."

"the daughter reached over to the driver’s side and grabbed the steering wheel,"

Pretty flexible kid. lol

 

the 3yr old daughter has arms 1.2m long ...

[Victor Laszlo]

Best excuse yet.

[richard_smith237]

<deleted> of this level should be punishable... 

 

... Are the BiB so lazy that they don't get offended when someone makes up such an outrageous excuse ????...  its obvious their apathy by far outweighs any sense of pride they may hold for their supposed positions of authority. 

 

 

Edited August 22, 2023 by metisdead
Profanity removed.

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

I was going to say that you couldn't make this stuff up but it seems that the mother did.

How does a 3 year old child reach over from the back seat and yank the steering wheel?

 

No child seat, no insurance, no sense.

 

Odds-on no licence either.

[Cake Monster]

The kid was probably sitting on Mums lap as she drove

Seen it so many times here

[Muhendis]

Headline News:

 

Insurance agent rushed to hospital with severe abdominal pain brought on by fits of laughter.

[Bert got kinky]

The startled mother accidentally stepped on the accelerator

Would that be constituted as a 'knee jerk reaction'?

 

Her story sounds like she was making it up as she was giving her statement.

Last time I heard an excuse as funny as this, it was some guy saying 'I have a peculiar medical condition which is that I don’t sweat'.

 

[PETERTHEEATER]

22 hours ago, OccamsRazor said:

"her toddler daughter, who was sitting in the back seat."

"the daughter reached over to the driver’s side and grabbed the steering wheel,"

Pretty flexible kid. lol

 

The kid must have arms like an orang-utan.

[Moonlover]

23 hours ago, KannikaP said:

If she has one!  555

And if I am reading correctly, did this driver have two MORE of her own cars parked by the noodle shop, but was off to HomePro to buy something. Doesn't make sense to me.

No you are not reading it correctly. The accident happened near Kan's home who was in the the noodle shop at the time. The driver is not named in the article.

 

No mention in the article that the 3 year old should have been strapped into a child seat,

[Moonlover]

19 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

<deleted> of this level should be punishable... 

 

... Are the BiB so lazy that they don't get offended when someone makes up such an outrageous excuse ????...  its obvious their apathy by far outweighs any sense of pride they may hold for their supposed positions of authority. 

 

 

From the full article: 'An initial charge of reckless driving causing damage to others’ property was issued by the police. As for compensation, the pickup driver’s parents are expected to cover all damages due to her lack of insurance'.

[KannikaP]

7 hours ago, Muhendis said:

Insurance agent rushed to hospital with severe abdominal pain brought on by fits of laughter.

There will not be an insurance agent because she was not insured. Stick her next door to Thaksin for a few months! 555

[KannikaP]

17 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

No you are not reading it correctly. The accident happened near Kan's home who was in the the noodle shop at the time. The driver is not named in the article.

 

No mention in the article that the 3 year old should have been strapped into a child seat,

Sorry Mr M, you are correct. Kan WAS in the noodle shop, with her two cars parked outside, when the un-named driver crashed into them, blaming it, of course, on her 3 year old daughter. Pathetic.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 8/22/2023 at 3:18 PM, bbko said:

How long and how strong are that toddler's arms? 

Hardly any strength is needed to move a power-assisted steering wheel.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 8/22/2023 at 3:25 PM, KannikaP said:

if I am reading correctly, did this driver have two MORE of her own cars parked by the noodle shop, but was off to HomePro to buy something. Doesn't make sense to me.

No, you're not reading correctly.   The OP made no mention HomePro, nor of her having two more of her own cars there. 

It did report her colliding with two vehicles parked at the noodle stand, though.

 

 

[Liverpool Lou]

On 8/22/2023 at 3:40 PM, Myran said:

Imagine being such a low-life scumbag that you would rather throw your daughter under the bus than admit that you messed up by using your phone or something similar while driving. Pathetic.

What if what she reported is true, what would that make your speculative claim  (as you know nothing about what happened) that she was "pathetic"?  Pathetic, perhaps?

[KannikaP]

9 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

No, you're not reading correctly.   The OP made no mention HomePro, nor of her having two more of her own cars there. 

It did report her colliding with two vehicles parked at the noodle stand, though.

 

 

Yes, I know, sorry. 

[Myran]

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

What if what she reported is true, what would that make your speculative claim  (as you know nothing about what happened) that she was "pathetic"?  Pathetic, perhaps?

Spare me your pathetic attempts at playing devil's advocate. A toddler isn't ripping the steering wheel out of a grown woman's grip from the backseat.