Motorcycle Accident in Pattaya Claims Life of a British Man

[snoop1130]

 

A man from Britain died in a motorbike accident late-night on May 21, 2024, in Pattaya. Witnesses report that he had a dispute with another driver while in a heavy downpour before meeting his untimely demise.

 

At 11:06 PM, police in Nongprue, along with Sawang Boriboon rescuers, received reports about a crash on Soi Map Yai Lia 24 in the Nongprue sub-district of the Banglamung district in the province of Chonburi. They quickly responded to the scene of the accident.

 

On arriving at the location, they discovered the body of the victim on the roadside. Police later publicized the individual as Mr. John William Palmer, a 56-year-old from Britain, next to his badly damaged bronze Honda Air Blade motorcycle. Emergency services at the scene announced Mr. John dead due to severe injuries.

 

As per an eyewitness account by a man named Mr. Panithan, 27, Mr. John appeared to be in a disagreement with another driver, a vendor on a saleng (motorbike with a sidecar), amidst a heavy rain shower. The eyewitness recounted that after the vendor on the saleng bypassed Mr. John's motorbike, Mr. John abruptly lost control and collided with an electricity pole.

 

The police in Nongprue are examining the case and using CCTV from the area to identify the other driver involved in the incident. Mr. John's remains have been moved to Banglamung Hospital, awaiting the arrival of his family.

 

Photo courtesy of The Pattaya News

 

-- 2024-05-22

 

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[richard_smith237]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

As per an eyewitness account by a man named Mr. Panithan, 27, Mr. John appeared to be in a disagreement with another driver, a vendor on a saleng (motorbike with a sidecar), amidst a heavy rain shower. The eyewitness recounted that after the vendor on the saleng bypassed Mr. John's motorbike, Mr. John abruptly lost control and collided with an electricity pole.

 

This has to be the oddest report ever...

 

The deceased what having a disagreement with another rider (on a samlor) while it was raining, and 'after the samlor' passed him, he lost control and collided with an electricity pole ??

 

- Would this mean that they were both riding at speed (relatively at speed) and at the same time they were arguing, and the samlor rider cut him off forcing him off the road ?

 

RIP to the Brit... 

 

 

 

 

[Gottfrid]

It´s amazing that people can´t just stop and have an argument. They need to drive at the same time.

[2008bangkok]

16 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

This has to be the oddest report ever...

 

The deceased what having a disagreement with another rider (on a samlor) while it was raining, and 'after the samlor' passed him, he lost control and collided with an electricity pole ??

 

- Would this mean that they were both riding at speed (relatively at speed) and at the same time they were arguing, and the samlor rider cut him off forcing him off the road ?

 

RIP to the Brit... 

 

 

 

 

It wasn't like that all all, I'm a personal friend and all I say is search for the CCTV then you will see what happened and the inaccurate reporting. 

 

[MangoKorat]

16 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

This has to be the oddest report ever...

 

The deceased what having a disagreement with another rider (on a samlor) while it was raining, and 'after the samlor' passed him, he lost control and collided with an electricity pole ??

 

- Would this mean that they were both riding at speed (relatively at speed) and at the same time they were arguing, and the samlor rider cut him off forcing him off the road ?

 

RIP to the Brit... 

 

 

 

 

Be fair Richard, at least we know the colour of his bike.

[2008bangkok]

12 minutes ago, MangoKorat said:

Be fair Richard, at least we know the colour of his bike.

That's not even true either it was blue 

[MangoKorat]

6 minutes ago, 2008bangkok said:

That's not even true either it was blue 

Jeez!!!!!

[Maitdjai]

17 minutes ago, 2008bangkok said:

It wasn't like that all all, I'm a personal friend and all I say is search for the CCTV then you will see what happened and the inaccurate reporting. 

 

The un-, or availability of cctv footage will be announced, "after" the surveillance of it.

[brianthainess]

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Mr. John's remains have been moved to Banglamung Hospital, awaiting the arrival of his family.

 

Thai Family ?? Will he not undergo an autopsy ? 

[stoner]

2 hours ago, 2008bangkok said:

It wasn't like that all all, I'm a personal friend and all I say is search for the CCTV then you will see what happened and the inaccurate reporting. 

 

 

not surprised at all. all too often these kinds of stories have a shroud of confusion surrounding them.....as they are reported i mean. 

[Georgealbert]

Very difficult to comment on a thread when someone here knows the victim.

 

Best to say, a very sad event, RIP and wish the best to his friends at this time of grief.

[richard_smith237]

3 hours ago, 2008bangkok said:

It wasn't like that all all, I'm a personal friend and all I say is search for the CCTV then you will see what happened and the inaccurate reporting. 

 

 

Sorry for the loss of your friend 2008bangkok..... 

[WhatMeWorry]

Yet another reason to never get on a motorbike in Thailand. I could fill a book with the number of apprehensions to getting on a bike.

[SAFETY FIRST]

4 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Mr. John appeared to be in a disagreement with another driver, a vendor

 

badly damaged bronze Honda Air Blade

Road rage, why are people so angry on our roads. Every day I see an angry foreigner yelling out, blasting his horn aggressively at someone on the roads here in Pattaya. 

 

I give way to everyone, if it's safe to do so, everyone has right of way when I'm on the road. 

 

 

The Brit was probably angry because he was riding his 18 year old scooter. My Air Blade died about 12 years ago. 

 

[SAFETY FIRST]

28 minutes ago, WhatMeWorry said:

Yet another reason to never get on a motorbike in Thailand. I could fill a book with the number of apprehensions to getting on a bike.

If you are going to be foolish on a bike as you say 'never get on a motorbike'.

 

Ride sensibly and safely you'll be OK. 

 

 

[roo860]

26 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Road rage, why are people so angry on our roads. Every day I see an angry foreigner yelling out, blasting his horn aggressively at someone on the roads here in Pattaya. 

 

I give way to everyone, if it's safe to do so, everyone has right of way when I'm on the road. 

 

 

The Brit was probably angry because he was riding his 18 year old scooter. My Air Blade died about 12 years ago. 

 

RIP to your Airblade mate.🙏

[stoner]

22 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

If you are going to be foolish on a bike as you say 'never get on a motorbike'.

 

Ride sensibly and safely you'll be OK. 

 

 

 

until another scooter comes out from behind a concrete pillar at sukhumvit and whittaya through a red light. even with a quick reaction time i barely missed the other bike and had a pretty nasty accident.

 

safely going through a green light i was. 

[SAFETY FIRST]

2 hours ago, roo860 said:

RIP to your Airblade mate.🙏

Yeah, I could have worded that a bit better. 

I was in a hurry, going out for dinner with the family. 💐

 

Thanks mate 👍

 

[SAFETY FIRST]

2 hours ago, stoner said:

 

until another scooter comes out from behind a concrete pillar at sukhumvit and whittaya through a red light. even with a quick reaction time i barely missed the other bike and had a pretty nasty accident.

 

safely going through a green light i was. 

Crikey, bloody real Lucky you weren't being foolish, you'd be a goner, mr stoner. 

 

I reckon you'd nearly poo your pants after that incident, I hope you had a splif waiting for you back home so you could de-stress and mellow. 

 

 

 

[kwaussie]

Always ride your bike as if everyone is out to get you.

[DjSilver]

In Thailand around 20000 people die every year in traffic. And in Sweden a little bit higher than 200 people. That is 100 times higher and Thailand is not 100 times larger than Sweden, only 6.8 times larger.

 

That would mean, there is something else in the minds of Thais, than on the minds of Swedes.

 

If Thailand had better driving and traffic education, the death could ne far less. At the same time traffic accidents are at more than 250k.

 

I don't think Thailand and Thais will ever learn. First the outdated Thai mentality needs to change.

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

This has to be the oddest report ever..

About as odd as your reply.

[newbee2022]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

A man from Britain died in a motorbike accident late-night on May 21, 2024, in Pattaya. Witnesses report that he had a dispute with another driver while in a heavy downpour before meeting his untimely demise.

 

At 11:06 PM, police in Nongprue, along with Sawang Boriboon rescuers, received reports about a crash on Soi Map Yai Lia 24 in the Nongprue sub-district of the Banglamung district in the province of Chonburi. They quickly responded to the scene of the accident.

 

On arriving at the location, they discovered the body of the victim on the roadside. Police later publicized the individual as Mr. John William Palmer, a 56-year-old from Britain, next to his badly damaged bronze Honda Air Blade motorcycle. Emergency services at the scene announced Mr. John dead due to severe injuries.

 

 

As per an eyewitness account by a man named Mr. Panithan, 27, Mr. John appeared to be in a disagreement with another driver, a vendor on a saleng (motorbike with a sidecar), amidst a heavy rain shower. The eyewitness recounted that after the vendor on the saleng bypassed Mr. John's motorbike, Mr. John abruptly lost control and collided with an electricity pole.

 

The police in Nongprue are examining the case and using CCTV from the area to identify the other driver involved in the incident. Mr. John's remains have been moved to Banglamung Hospital, awaiting the arrival of his family.

 

Photo courtesy of The Pattaya News

 

-- 2024-05-22

 

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1. Mistake: arguing with Thais

2. Mistake: arguing with Thai drivers 

3. Mistake: driving a motorbike 

RIP

[watchcat]

9 minutes ago, DjSilver said:

That is 100 times higher and Thailand is not 100 times larger than Sweden, only 6.8 times larger.

 

It's not about the size of the country, it's about the  population....

[ezzra]

It called Road rage, and that type of behavior has claimed many lives everyday all over the world

mostly due to poor road manners, under the influence and many more reasons...

[Luuk Chaai]

... and then there was a line from a song

I've been stranded in the combat zone
I walked through Bedford Stuy alone
Even rode my motorcycle in the rain
And you told me not to drive
But I made it home alive
So you said that only proves that I'm insane

You may be right
I may be crazy

[BananaGuy]

Scraping around to find a bit of sympathy here. The factual components of the story seem to be :-

 

(1) Not a ‘motorcycle’ but a ‘scooter’, small-wheeled and even more unstable than an actual motorbike.

 

(2) Downpour  

 

(3) Night

 

(4) Chaotic traffic area

 

(5) … and a reasonable assumption … middle-aged Brit on holiday not likely to have any of the riding skills developed by most native Thai or long-term farang residents.

 

(6) Brit on Pattaya holiday? Another reasonable assumption, his blood/alcohol > zero.

 

Add them up and join me in not being surprised.

 

Why bother even posting this?

 

Vain hope that some incoming naive holiday-maker may read this and think 2, 3 or 10 times before electing to drive a scooter in Thailand.

 

If you absolutely MUST experience the delights of scootering here, then load up on your insurance and make sure it’s watertight and you’re fully licensed in your home country and your next-of kin have  sufficient funds to visit and repatriate your remains.
 

Then … try it out for an hour or two  in small village or island, daytime, no rain and sober and maybe go the whole hog with a bit of protection - helmet, long pants, gloves and closed shoes.

 

If the inevitable near-miss that you WILL have in those idyllic conditions doesn’t scare you silly enough then god (who does not exist) help you because you have a death wish.

[AhFarangJa]

14 hours ago, Maitdjai said:

The un-, or availability of cctv footage will be announced, "after" the surveillance of it.

It is on the viral news website.

[AhFarangJa]

Maybe a helmet would have saved Him?

R.I.P. 

[Shorthalfhead]

53 minutes ago, DjSilver said:

In Thailand around 20000 people die every year in traffic. And in Sweden a little bit higher than 200 people. That is 100 times higher and Thailand is not 100 times larger than Sweden, only 6.8 times larger.

 

That would mean, there is something else in the minds of Thais, than on the minds of Swedes.

 

If Thailand had better driving and traffic education, the death could ne far less. At the same time traffic accidents are at more than 250k.

 

I don't think Thailand and Thais will ever learn. First the outdated Thai mentality needs to change.

I'd rather be in a Volvo in Thailand more than a scooter in Sweden