Foreigners and Thais Severely Injured in Midnight Pattaya Crash

[bkk6060]

4am closing time is a fantastic idea.

[Screaming]

Only idiots ride motorbikes in Thailand, Stupid is as stupid does.

[transam]

Just now, Screaming said:

Only idiots ride motorbikes in Thailand, Stupid is as stupid does.

You sound like a bit of a wimp.......😘

[save the frogs]

last call for alcohol

[Kinok Farang]

22 hours ago, Bepah umayun said:

(Off topic) : what do you think of that Mouse Bar, is it any good? 

Great place to have a 3am beer and watch the action.

[bbko]

Why when there is a newsworthy article where's there's a video, AN never posts the vid?

Here's the CCTV clip catching the accident.

 

 

[Bepah umayun]

7 hours ago, Kinok Farang said:

Great place to have a 3am beer and watch the action.

Ty, but unfortunately, 3am in a bar is out of my picture.

 

[Lemsta69]

7 hours ago, bbko said:

Why when there is a newsworthy article where's there's a video, AN never posts the vid?

Here's the CCTV clip catching the accident.

 

 

vllo-1.mov

 

Why is it that BMs who have been here for almost two decades still ask such basic questions?

[hotchilli]

10 hours ago, KannikaP said:

But the headline says Midnight!

 

On 10/23/2023 at 4:58 AM, webfact said:

The incident occurred near Mouse Bar, located in the city of Pattaya, around 3:00 am on October 22. Rescue workers from Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation, accompanied by an ambulance, quickly arrived on the scene.

I see 03:00 am?

[jacko45k]

11 hours ago, Screaming said:

Only idiots ride motorbikes in Thailand, Stupid is as stupid does.

It really can seem a necessity in places like Pattaya these days, congested and nowhere to park. 

[KannikaP]

12 hours ago, bbko said:

Why when there is a newsworthy article where's there's a video, AN never posts the vid?

Here's the CCTV clip catching the accident.

 

 

vllo-1.mov

Yep, one guy turning right without looking, and the other going very fast. 

[PoorSucker]

On 10/23/2023 at 12:54 PM, Swiss1960 said:

but does anybody seriously think that the German was sober at 3am??? 

At 55 he could have been working telecommuting to Germany.

I start working 8am European time.

[dddave]

On 10/23/2023 at 9:59 AM, mikebell said:

In Pattaya this means who can pay the most.

Totally untrue!!  When my friend was hit by a car, the Pattaya police were amazingly helpful, assigning an English speaking officer to mediate the case.  Though the driver was from the UK, his wife brought in their village headman to negotiate but the senior cop in charge was totally even-handed and no bribe was asked or even hinted at. Everything was on the up and up and totally fair.

Please stop the ignorant perpetuating of myths.

 

Edited October 26, 2023 by dddave

[jacko45k]

18 hours ago, dddave said:

Totally untrue!!  When my friend was hit by a car, the Pattaya police were amazingly helpful, assigning an English speaking officer to mediate the case.  Though the driver was from the UK, his wife brought in their village headman to negotiate but the senior cop in charge was totally even-handed and no bribe was asked or even hinted at. Everything was on the up and up and totally fair.

Please stop the ignorant perpetuating of myths.

 

You give a good example of things going well, just a single incidence. I believe as this was a falang on falang matter that was the reason. I have heard of many incidences where the penalty went against a foreigner, despite the local being completely in the wrong.....and one where a criminal was allowed to go free for a crime that would get many decades in say the USA, as police negotiated a split of a cash payment. 

[mikebell]

20 hours ago, dddave said:

Totally untrue!!  When my friend was hit by a car, the Pattaya police were amazingly helpful, assigning an English speaking officer to mediate the case.  Though the driver was from the UK, his wife brought in their village headman to negotiate but the senior cop in charge was totally even-handed and no bribe was asked or even hinted at. Everything was on the up and up and totally fair.

Please stop the ignorant perpetuating of myths.

 

It's obvious we are miles apart depending on which cop/station is involved. These are NOT myths:

1  A female Thai hired a car from my S-i-L & sold it.  The family took the thief (in my car) to Dongtan police station where a fat officer demanded 10K to proceed.  The S-i-L (a nurse) spent four years paying back a bank loan on a car she did not have.

 

2  I was waiting at a U-turn in Bang Saray when two tearaways crashed into me at 90kph (I have photos).  A scruffy cop turned up 15 minutes later & deemed the farang was at fault (for crossing a major road from a minor!).  A hopeless car Insurance agent eventually cost me 90K in damages + the cop at Sattahip took 15K off my wife or my next-year's visa would be 'difficult.'

[dddave]

5 hours ago, mikebell said:

It's obvious we are miles apart depending on which cop/station is involved. These are NOT myths:

1  A female Thai hired a car from my S-i-L & sold it.  The family took the thief (in my car) to Dongtan police station where a fat officer demanded 10K to proceed.  The S-i-L (a nurse) spent four years paying back a bank loan on a car she did not have.

 

2  I was waiting at a U-turn in Bang Saray when two tearaways crashed into me at 90kph (I have photos).  A scruffy cop turned up 15 minutes later & deemed the farang was at fault (for crossing a major road from a minor!).  A hopeless car Insurance agent eventually cost me 90K in damages + the cop at Sattahip took 15K off my wife or my next-year's visa would be 'difficult.'

Clearly, I was too hasty in saying "Totally untrue" and labeling "myths"   As you say, different situations, different experiences.  In my 20+ years here and sometimes on this forum, farangs have reported being surprised at how even handed police were in dealing with a Thai-farang accident but indeed, there are a host of other reports that go the other way.