I did the same once in Phnom Penh back in 2000.

Riding home pissed on my Vespa and hit a pothole, next thing I know I am on the floor with the 1960's Vespa laying on top of me.

Tried to get the bike off then noticed that I couldn't because the brake lever had become impaled in my calf muscle.

Still got the scar on my leg as the doctor that did the stitches in PP was hard of sight and had to get the nurse in to finish the stitches that he had totally ballsed up.

When i was 24, i felt pain in my throat, went to a docs., sure enough, had tonsilitis, went to hospital , had them removed. Something i will remember for the rest of my life. Had a bad case of dandruff once, but, that is another exciting story for another day.

Certainly a high quality tourist as many in this forum would call .... oh and he is not Russian .... any German bashing this time ?

Maybe first guess was right:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians_in_Germany

I had a friend in Eugene Oregon who got a 'driving while intoxicated" while he was on his bike back in the 70's. Technically he wasn't driving, however. At least this guy didn't have some Thai lass on the seat behind him. We need more drunks on bikes and less in cars and motorcycles!

Is that a whistle on his chest?

Lucky he borrow a bike not motorbike which might cost his life, Don't drink and drive even a bike !

I am a keen day time cyclist and unhesitatingly I would say you would have to be more super alert on a bicycle than any other form of transport (including wearing a helmet) because other road users have no tolerance for you whatsoever. It's definitely ride to survive and its a war zone out there

I cycle in Bangkok - day and night - and intolerant motorists are the exception, not the rule in my experience. I second your 'war zone' opinion, however. It is one for everyone on the road and the casualty numbers testify to this. But it is a war fueled largely by alcohol, as with this self-inflicted wound.

Some cyclists have a chip on the shoulder such as this Survival Guide author. Do you agree with him?

Certainly a high quality tourist as many in this forum would call .... oh and he is not Russian .... any German bashing this time ?

It was a Russian who got him drunk... Those damn Russians!

The Germans are dropping like flies lately Schumacher, Merkel , and now A German Resident of Pattaya who next?

If you substitute "poodle", "stick" and "Korea", it's not even news. This story barely was, I'd never have clicked if instead of using the word "impaled" they'd said "Drunk person injurers themself". How do you impale yourself on a blunt object? The rubber bits were missing?

Misleading title...

Wikipedia says : Impalement is the penetration of an organism by an object such as a stake, pole, spear or hook, by complete (or partial) perforation of the central body mass.

The Germans are dropping like flies lately Schumacher, Merkel , and now A German Resident of Pattaya who next?

Nothing to worry, there are still heaps of them and hence the show will go on.

Sad, how many people died and injured by alcohol abuse, not to speaking of their familys, if they still have one.

There really are some moronic westerners that reside in Thailand. I hope the necessary checks are done to see if this drunken slob should really be living here .

If you substitute "poodle", "stick" and "Korea", it's not even news. This story barely was, I'd never have clicked if instead of using the word "impaled" they'd said "Drunk person injurers themself". How do you impale yourself on a blunt object? The rubber bits were missing?

Looks like they were according to the hospital. "...a Doctor at the scene suggested to us the man would require an emergency operation upon arrival at Hospital to remove the foreign object from his leg".

Must have been a very small bike as the bloke on the stretcher is no giant.

Misleading title...

Wikipedia says : Impalement is the penetration of an organism by an object such as a stake, pole, spear or hook, by complete (or partial) perforation of the central body mass.

"Misleading title..."

Not at all, the man's leg was impaled on the bicycle pedal, a very accurate description. He wasn't a victim of impalement, the medieval method of torture, and neither did the report suggest that.

Will he be charged with pedaling while drunk. PWI. Police should also check to see if he stole the bike.

was he part of the booze survey? even when you are drunk, how do you get impaled on a bike pedal? you REALLY have to try to do that!

Pity about the Vespa.......love these bikes.....used to have one when youngdansan, on 07 Jan 2014 - 10:12, said:

I did the same once in Phnom Penh back in 2000.

Riding home pissed on my Vespa and hit a pothole, next thing I know I am on the floor with the 1960's Vespa laying on top of me.

Tried to get the bike off then noticed that I couldn't because the brake lever had become impaled in my calf muscle.

Still got the scar on my leg as the doctor that did the stitches in PP was hard of sight and had to get the nurse in to finish the stitches that he had totally ballsed up.

Mmmm, Vespa GS, 1964, lovely.

overtuned bicycle +300kms per hour ?

What is it about Germans and gravity? Shoemaker, Murkerl and now this guy. Hasn't evolution selected those that can stand upright long enough to return home?

and he thought he could avoid an accident if he rode a safe bicycle....

I guess that the bike had those dangerous metal "rat-trap" pedals?

Things could however be a lot worse. For example when I was a boy a long time ago, a milkman was mentioned in the Manchester Evening News. He had been cycling to work when the front forks on his bicycle snapped. (I would guess that the bike was pre WW2) Anyhow he broke his neck and died as a result. Take care!

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