Thailand to Implement 300-Baht Tourism Tax Starting with Air Travel

[Georgealbert]

 

 

Rescue services were alerted to a car crash at approximately 20.00 on October 23, near the entrance of Khok Yai village, opposite a masonry shop in Buriram. The vehicle had veered off the road and crashed into a concrete electric pole.

 

Upon arriving at the scene, rescue teams from Sawang Janya Tham Foundation discovered a female victim who had been ejected through the front windscreen of the vehicle, a Mazda 3. She was thrown onto and through, the metal roof of a shop at the road side, sustaining severe injuries.
 

The victim was unresponsive and had no pulse. Rescuers, despite her facial injuries, were able to perform CPR at the scene before handing her over to a medical trauma team from Buriram Hospital.

 

Unfortunately, despite their efforts, the woman succumbed to her injuries shortly after arriving at the hospital.

 

Police are reviewing CCTV and speaking to witnesses, as the investigation into the incident continues.

 

Picture from responders.

-- 2024-10-24

 

 

[watchcat]

14 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

a female victim who had been ejected through the front windscreen of the vehicle. She was thrown onto and through, the metal roof of a shop at the road side, sustaining severe injuries.

 

Hmmm.

 

[SAFETY FIRST]

They refuse to wear seatbelts. 

Oh well, it's obvious she knew better. 

 

The Mrs has the seat belt connected behind her back while she is driving.

I reckon it takes longer to do this. 

 

I've been telling the kids to always wear their seat belts in the car, it's the first thing they do after hoping in. 

 

Edited 20 hours ago by SAFETY FIRST

[mran66]

Police will soon find out from dashcam video  that the culprit was the electric pole, making a quick move in front of the car. 

 

Also, police found a fake amulet among the debris inside the car, concluding that it likely made the impact more severe. 

 

Ghost of the victim confirmed the same. 

[newbee2022]

7 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

 

 

Rescue services were alerted to a car crash at approximately 20.00 on October 23, near the entrance of Khok Yai village, opposite a masonry shop in Buriram. The vehicle had veered off the road and crashed into a concrete electric pole.

 

Upon arriving at the scene, rescue teams from Sawang Janya Tham Foundation discovered a female victim who had been ejected through the front windscreen of the vehicle, a Mazda 3. She was thrown onto and through, the metal roof of a shop at the road side, sustaining severe injuries.
 

The victim was unresponsive and had no pulse. Rescuers, despite her facial injuries, were able to perform CPR at the scene before handing her over to a medical trauma team from Buriram Hospital.

 

Unfortunately, despite their efforts, the woman succumbed to her injuries shortly after arriving at the hospital.

 

Police are reviewing CCTV and speaking to witnesses, as the investigation into the incident continues.

 

Picture from responders.

-- 2024-10-24

 

 

Obviously no seat belts used

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, watchcat said:

 

Hmmm.

 

Proper job... 

[watchcat]

5 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Proper job... 

 

Well she did her best.

[richard_smith237]

8 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

They refuse to wear seatbelts. 

Oh well, it's obvious she knew better. 

 

The Mrs has the seat belt connected behind her back while she is driving.

I reckon it takes longer to do this. 

 

I've been telling the kids to always wear their seat belts in the car, it's the first thing they do after hoping in. 

 

This issue (not wearing of seatbelts) is one that astonishes me here, especially given the widely known knowledge regarding the high death stats on Thailands roads. 

 

Fortunately my Wife is well onside with this and both she and our son belt up 100% of the time.

 

My InLaws (wifes parents) are a different matter, every time they leave our house, they never use their seatbelt, yet when I'm driving, they put the seat-belt on as soon as they get in, this stems from the first trip we ever took in my car and I simply wouldn't move until they had their seatbelts on - now the reaction is automatic. 

 

What also astonishes me is at my Sons school...  All the very wealthy parents turning up with their future business owners and industry leaders etc in their Alphards with private drivers...    I don't see the kids wearing seatbelts - these are well educated Thai parents, many of whom I know and were educated overseas, yet in Thailand the 'seat belt thing' simply does not register.

 

 

[Ctkong]

Thais treat safety belts like their health insurance. They reckon that when they use them, nothing happens and it is a waste of time and effort. And if accident happens, well, it is their karma. When it is time for you gotta to go, you got to go. 
missus also dislike wearing safety belt unless I was the driver because she said it deforms her jugs and make her felt uncomfortable. 🙄

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, Ctkong said:

Thais treat safety belts like their health insurance. They reckon that when they use them, nothing happens and it is a waste of time and effort. And if accident happens, well, it is their karma. When it is time for you gotta to go, you got to go. 
missus also dislike wearing safety belt unless I was the driver because she said it deforms her jugs and make her felt uncomfortable. 🙄

 

Very true... 

 

Shortly after we got married, my Wife told me she had health / medical insurance...  

 

Naturally I asked for the details - Wife's mother dealt with all that stuff apparently... 

 

...... the response was...  "Oh, we stopped that years, ago, you never used it"   

 

 

The logic here is sometimes upside down & inside out.

[spidermike007]

Telephone poles and trees are to be avoided at all costs. They are known to be terribly unyielding. 

[chickenslegs]

2 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Telephone poles and trees are to be avoided at all costs. They are known to be terribly unyielding. 

And yet concrete poles and mature trees are a constant feature of roadside/central reservation on highways (+- 120kph roads) in Thailand - without Armco barriers to protect them.

Road/traffic design is very sadly lacking here. If only they would bring in some experts from more advanced countries, lives could be saved.

[spidermike007]

1 minute ago, chickenslegs said:

And yet concrete poles and mature trees are a constant feature of roadside/central reservation on highways (+- 120kph roads) in Thailand - without Armco barriers to protect them.

Road/traffic design is very sadly lacking here. If only they would bring in some experts from more advanced countries, lives could be saved.

Many countries do that, ideally if you want the best for your people then you want to have the best talent building and designing infrastructure. However since Thailand is the center of the universe, they have no need for foreign expertise. 

[CallumWK]

Just now, chickenslegs said:

And yet concrete poles and mature trees are a constant feature of roadside/central reservation on highways (+- 120kph roads) in Thailand - without Armco barriers to protect them.

Road/traffic design is very sadly lacking here. If only they would bring in some experts from more advanced countries, lives could be saved.

 

Thailand is 50 years behind in everything compared with the western world, and that is the main reason why most westerners were attracted to live here.

Tell us about the traffic situation 50 years ago in your country

[CallumWK]

1 minute ago, spidermike007 said:

Many countries do that, ideally if you want the best for your people then you want to have the best talent building and designing infrastructure. However since Thailand is the center of the universe, they have no need for foreign expertise. 

 

They surely don't need your negative expertise.

Honest question, you live here long time. Have you EVER made a positive post about Thailand?

[spidermike007]

2 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

They surely don't need your negative expertise.

Honest question, you live here long time. Have you EVER made a positive post about Thailand?

Alot. Mostly about the Thai people. Never about the government, never about the leadership, never about the officials. We must always make an effort to speak truth. 

[chickenslegs]

37 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

Thailand is 50 years behind in everything compared with the western world, and that is the main reason why most westerners were attracted to live here.

Tell us about the traffic situation 50 years ago in your country

There is no reason why Thailand should be 50 years behind in road safety/traffic design. Many countries have been able to reduce road accidents/deaths, and their solutions are not secret.

[JeffersLos]

19 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

They refuse to wear seatbelts. 

Oh well, it's obvious she knew better. 

 

The Mrs has the seat belt connected behind her back while she is driving.

 

Are you lying about your Mrs or lying with your username?