Pattaya — A motorbike taxi driver in Pattaya narrowly escaped a life-threatening situation when he collided with a hanging cable on December 17th, resulting in a gruesome neck wound.

The driver, identified as Ethan Ketwongsa, 22, shared his horrific experience on Facebook, stating he drove a motorbike into a hanging cable on Soi Ban Nern Thang Rotfai 1, off the parallel railway road in east Pattaya.

 

Ethan, who legally works for the ride-sharing “Bolt” application, said to local media that the mishap happened as he was returning home around 5:00 AM on December 17th after dropping off a customer.

 

He recounted that while approaching the scene, he saw a car ahead swerving to avoid something, prompting him to slow down.

 

By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2023-12-20

 

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55 minutes ago, webfact said:

Ethan, who legally works for the ride-sharing “Bolt” application

Not according to a sign in English posted somewhere recently, where it claimed they were all illegal!

I ride past these sometimes and wonder if anyone has reported and if so who to, i reported poor lights on Thepprasit the other day to Pattaya City Hall, nice response but usually they only feign interest

Had to swerve around one the other morning on my bike, the cable was coloured dark grey and in the morning light was almost invisible. Hanging down about 2ft out from the curb with about two ft laying on the ground.

Just saw it at the last moment and brushed it away with my hand/arm.

 

No mention of what cable it was, but we all know it would be a fiber optic one from an internet company, as usual.

Had a low lying fibre optic strung across our front garden to our neighbours house. Our neighbor reported it a number of times and they did nothing. A truck delivered some building material and caught it, pulling it down completely. Then I intervened and threatened legal action, at which point they finally came and fixed it. A lot of these people who put up the cables are self employed contractors. They supply the cable and link it to the network at the box on the pole which has many access points, then inform the network of the property it is linked to and which access point is used.