Brand New Police Vehicle Slams Into Bus Stop Close To Pattaya

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Brand New Police Vehicle slams into Bus Stop close to Pattaya

PATTAYA: -- A Police truck which had only been purchased by Plu Ta Luang Police Station 1 month ago was badly damaged after its driver drove the vehicle into a Bus Stop located on the side of the road as he took evasive action to avoid a rear-end collision with a car.

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The driver of the Police Vehicle was Police Sergeant Suchart who was responding to reports of a road accident approximately 1 kilometer from the bus stop. The Sergeant was driving at a high rate of speed and although he had turned on the vehicles siren there was no light bar fitted to the roof of the vehicle.

The Sergeant reports that when he approached the area a car driver in front of him appears to have panicked after hearing the siren and broke suddenly.

Full story: http://www.pattayaon...-close-pattaya/

-- Pattaya One 2013-02-14

[joepattaya1961]

Haha yes, typical respond.........."Oh sirenes.......I can't see anything in front of me, so let's throw out my anchor"

[harrry]

I thought you should always drive a suitable distance behind another vehicle so that you could always stop safely.

[fakename]

I wonder if police or any other emergency vehicle drivers, get any training for their job, or do they just get in and drive? The real question is, Where to start! Everyone drives like 10 year olds, no training, not giving a shit, and all have graduated from driving a motorbike, and driving like idiots, to driving a car, with the same attitude. No one lets emergency vehicles pass by, and emergency vehicles drive with lights flashing, with no reason, just to look cool.

[belg]

next time, make sure the policeman actually has a valid driver licence

but i guess where they get it, same place for everybody

no skills involved

woehahaha

[Thaddeus]

Did the bus stop get arrested for damaging police property?

[Spoonman]

Did the bus stop get arrested for damaging police property?

I would imagine so, right after they had it blow in the bag to test for alcomohol level's in the structure.

[konfuzed]

can we get police to abide by rules of normal people when it comes to driving...

and fit the cars out properly so they are easy to see...

so the car in front stopped suddenly and he had a crash - sounds like tailgating.. which is not safe in any circumstance... and pickups are notoriously easy to oversteer...

can we have a thought for the safety of others...

[steve187]

I thought you should always drive a suitable distance behind another vehicle so that you could always stop safely.

driving a police vehicle at speed with blues/twos takes a good driver and you catch up slower moving vehicles quickly ( imagine driving at 120/140mph on a motorway catching vehicles doing 70mph) judging when to overtake/ pass a vehicle can be dangerous more so when driver of the other vehicle over re-acts. stops suddenly or swerves to one side

[LennyW]

Did the bus stop get arrested for damaging police property?

At least it did not leave the scene!!

[NanLaew]

I wonder if police or any other emergency vehicle drivers, get any training for their job, or do they just get in and drive? The real question is, Where to start! Everyone drives like 10 year olds, no training, not giving a shit, and all have graduated from driving a motorbike, and driving like idiots, to driving a car, with the same attitude. No one lets emergency vehicles pass by, and emergency vehicles drive with lights flashing, with no reason, just to look cool.

I agree, especially in Pattaya with hundreds of farang drivers that either drive like a local and contribute to the daily mayhem or follow the 'highway code' of their homeland and are positively lethal behind any wheel at any speed.

[Thaddeus]

Did the bus stop get arrested for damaging police property?

At least it did not leave the scene!!

True, now all we need is for the police to beat a confession out of the bus stop for attempting to prevent a policeman from doing his duty by jumping into the middle of the road and we can put this one to bed.

[Spalpeen]

I think the real question here is whether the bus shelter had been properly cleared of evil spirits.

[FarmerJoe]

I'm sure the policeman thought no idiot would drive the legal limit. Everyone else must be going over the speed limit as well.

[lemoncake]

Did the bus stop get arrested for damaging police property?

No, but the bus company which uses the stop would be liable.

If they did not have the bus stop, police car would not have crashed into it

[Satcommlee]

A bus shelter construction worker has been arrested in connection with the enquiry.

[balo]

This is like a comedy show. They should put surveillance cams all over the place so we can watch it online and have a laugh.

[lemoncake]

all jokes aside, but hope people realize it will now take anywhere from few years to indefinite years to fix the bus stop, but not before someone turns it into a side restaurant.

[stoli]

I have never read so many comments from people that have never had an accident. Congratulations to you all for being such great drivers!

[NanLaew]

I wonder if police or any other emergency vehicle drivers, get any training for their job, or do they just get in and drive? The real question is, Where to start! Everyone drives like 10 year olds, no training, not giving a shit, and all have graduated from driving a motorbike, and driving like idiots, to driving a car, with the same attitude. No one lets emergency vehicles pass by, and emergency vehicles drive with lights flashing, with no reason, just to look cool.

I agree, especially in Pattaya with hundreds of farang drivers that either drive like a local and contribute to the daily mayhem or follow the 'highway code' of their homeland and are positively lethal behind any wheel at any speed.

On reading the original article again;

The Sergeant reports that when he approached the area a car driver in front of him appears to have panicked after hearing the siren and broke (braked?) suddenly.

Pound to penny, the driver that "panicked after hearing the siren" was probably Mr. Robert Higgenbotham, retired council works manager from Stevenage who, upon hearing the siren, did what any educated and experienced British motorist would have done and braked and moved to the nearside kerb... straight into the path of the undercutting police pickup.

Nice one Bob!

[lemoncake]

I have never read so many comments from people that have never had an accident. Congratulations to you all for being such great drivers!

i've been to a few dozen of accidents HOWEVER none were my fault

[apetley]

Accident report will probably state that the bus shelter reversed into the police vehicle.

[Ohio]

Well it was this way Chief I was on my way to a Traffic Accident & this Bus Stop jumped right out & bit the Car !

End of Report !

Now if ever there should have been a POINTING Pic this was IT

[lemoncake]

Accident report will probably state that the bus shelter reversed into the police vehicle.

what makes you think there would be a report?

bus company will just get the bill and 7 days to pay for it or....... every bus would be pulled over and fined until enough money is collected for a new car