Toddler yanks steering wheel causing pickup to damage noodle shop

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, Myran said:

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.

I did not say that a toddler ripped the wheel out of a grown woman's grip.  A toddler could easily turn a power-assisted steering wheel if the driver wasn't gripping it tightly.  Spare me your pathetic (to use your word), fatuous false "quotes".

[Myran]

10 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I did not say that a toddler ripped the wheel out of a grown woman's grip.  A toddler could easily turn a power-assisted steering wheel if the driver wasn't gripping it tightly.  Spare me your pathetic (to use your word), fatuous false "quotes".

Go take a look at the video of the incident before posting your pathetic comments. It's a tiny 3-year-old. It wouldn't even reach the steering wheel unless it was standing right next to it.

[transam]

No doubt the kid was standing on the front seat with hands on the dash, then......................????...............????

[lungbing]

On 8/22/2023 at 1:19 PM, 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.

Do you think that would stop her driving?

[richard_smith237]

5 hours ago, KannikaP said:

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

I don't think he'd want her invading the luxury of his mansion.... 

[richard_smith237]

2 hours ago, Myran said:

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I did not say that a toddler ripped the wheel out of a grown woman's grip.  A toddler could easily turn a power-assisted steering wheel if the driver wasn't gripping it tightly.  Spare me your pathetic (to use your word), fatuous false "quotes".

Go take a look at the video of the incident before posting your pathetic comments. It's a tiny 3-year-old. It wouldn't even reach the steering wheel unless it was standing right next to it.

Agreed.... Mother allowed the child to stand up in the front, the child grabbled the steering wheel. 

OR... the mother is outright lying. 

 

No point engaging LL... he'll find an argument in an empty room... If it wasn't specifically stated in the article it didn't happen in his mind...  

 

 

[Maybole]

14 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

The kid was probably sitting on Mums lap as she drove

Seen it so many times here

I think so too. I have seen it so many times when a child was standing between the drivers knees with its hands on the wheel.

[Neeranam]

 

15 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

The kid was probably sitting on Mums lap as she drove

Seen it so many times here

Saw it when I was a toddler too, in the UK.

[Neeranam]

44 minutes ago, Maybole said:

I think so too. I have seen it so many times when a child was standing between the drivers knees with its hands on the wheel.

Worse on a motorcycle

[Neeranam]

7 hours ago, KannikaP said:

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

If none of them were insured, tough. 

 

 

[Neeranam]

3 hours ago, Myran said:

Go take a look at the video of the incident before posting your pathetic comments.

Where is the video? 

[still kicking]

On 8/22/2023 at 2:19 PM, marin said:

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

the toddler was most properly driving. 

[richard_smith237]

46 minutes ago, still kicking said:

the toddler was most properly driving. 

Indeed...

 

And the 'up to' 2000 baht fine clearly means nothing... I actually doubt many are even aware of the updated rules of children traveling in vehicles as of 17th August this year. 

 

Has it even been in any of the Thai media, TV news etc ????

 

- Children under six or under 135cm must be placed in a car seat for children or a specialised seat (booster seat).

 

Motorists who do not have a car seat are allowed to let children under six and under 135cm in their vehicle as long as three rules are followed:

1. Children must be placed in the back seat of vehicles with more than four seats, or in the front passenger seat of pickup trucks, but never in the truck’s bed.

2. Seat belts and harnesses must be fastened at the child’s waist.

3. Drivers must travel at slow speeds in the leftmost lane of all roads and highways.

 

 

Allowing a Child to 'stand' in the front of a car... surely this degree of parental (supervisory) negligence is deserving of a penalty more significant fine than 2000 baht ??????

 

 

 

 

[KannikaP]

9 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Allowing a Child to 'stand' in the front of a car..

Hey, surely letting them stand on the seat of a motorbike is even worse.