erinsitters Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 We were driving in a rented jeep on Koh Samui and a scooter pulled out in front of us suddenly, while trying to turn off the road. (We were driving straight ahead, they were driving towards us in the opposite lane and were turning right off the road.) We hit them but only softly because we weren't driving fast and had time to break. There was a man, a woman and a small child on the scooter. The scooter fell over and the man got a scrape on his leg, but everything else was fine, including the scooter and the car. Before we knew it, he was on the phone, the ambulance was there and a bunch of Thai people were standing around him. No one was saying anything to us, but the guy was pointing at his scooter and his leg and said he wanted to go to the Bangkok hospital (the most expensive on the island). Then, everyone just drove off. We saw them take down the number of our jeep. We weren't told to wait for the police, so after a while (since everyone else had gone), we just left. But a farang guy that was there told us that since we don't have a Thai driving license (only Australia) the accident will be considered our fault even though it wasn't. We are worried that any minute the police will arrive and give us a giant bill for hospital bills and a new scooter, and want us to pay them a bribe. We are also worried that they did call the police and even though we waited and no one came, maybe they turned up way later. The Thai people could say we left right after we hit them and we will have no one to say that wasn't what happened. What should we do? Should we leave Samui? What is the worst that can happen? What is most likely to happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onnut Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 If you are serious and think the police may come and find you, leave the island, plenty more places to go. Why hang around if you do not feel right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi850m2 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Hmm no police then I can't see why you should have anything to worry about. Best to contact the owner of the jeep ASP and tell him what happened. Was it an Ambulance from BKK hospital, if yes you can contact the hospital. Did you take any photos of the accident? car-scooter and so on, good to have some prove regarding damages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudemeister Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 My first inclinatin would be to change location, not necessarily leave Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfinger Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 why not look here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Urgent-Help-t355282.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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