12 Tourists Injured in Samui Island Road Accident

[Tropicalevo]

8. handcuff the driver to the steering wheel.

[bridge2bridge]

Another nail in the Thai tourism coffin!

You thinking one motor accident all tourism stopping?

What that island they kill people one times every month? Koh tao? tourists shipping there every day stills

One a DAY.

[LuckyLew]

Takes a true coward to flee the scene of an accident

Even if his boss tells him to flee ... still a monster size coward move

They should enact tough laws on those who flee accidents

Jail and fine for both driver and tour operator company

Until this is dealt with it will continue

[ArfurMaggot]

Another nail in the Thai tourism coffin!

You might think so but I doubt this and all the other completely avoidable road traffic injuries and fatalities will make the slightest dent in the tourist numbers.

Regarding the fleeing driver, and given his age and the way he was driving, I would wager there is over a 50% chance he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Given that so many drivers speed and drive dangerously here, would you care to reconsider your odds? What odds would you give that he is related to an "influential family on the island"?

Maybe he ran because he was afraid of being mistaken for Burmese.

Isn't it such great fun to judge without knowing the facts!

[ArfurMaggot]

Koh Samui - an island populated mostly by idiots... 'owned' by Bangkok Airways:

- idiot Thais (let's see who can have the loudest, 2-stroke motorcycle on the island by taking the baffles out of the muffler) and drive at 120 kmph the wrong way down a one-way street after dark with no lights on. Cement truck drivers. 150 dB Thai boxing advertising trucks. The list is endless... "Hallllo massage?"

- idiot ex-pat girlie bar owners married to ex-girlies (who are 'different'... LOL), who are too drunk to walk... so they drive.

- idiot European wannabe bikers... who think renting a Harley makes them tough.

- idiot 20-something newlywed tourist couples on scooters who WILL become one with the pavement.

- idiot, Caucasians with dreadlocks who have so many drugs they think they are Black and have been oppressed..

- idiots who get on buses driven by a Thai.

It's kinda like... Hell.

Where do you live, genius?

[Rooo]

Koh Samui - an island populated mostly by idiots... 'owned' by Bangkok Airways:

- idiot Thais (let's see who can have the loudest, 2-stroke motorcycle on the island by taking the baffles out of the muffler) and drive at 120 kmph the wrong way down a one-way street after dark with no lights on. Cement truck drivers. 150 dB Thai boxing advertising trucks. The list is endless... "Hallllo massage?"

- idiot ex-pat girlie bar owners married to ex-girlies (who are 'different'... LOL), who are too drunk to walk... so they drive.

- idiot European wannabe bikers... who think renting a Harley makes them tough.

- idiot 20-something newlywed tourist couples on scooters who WILL become one with the pavement.

- idiot, Caucasians with dreadlocks who have so many drugs they think they are Black and have been oppressed..

- idiots who get on buses driven by a Thai.

It's kinda like... Hell.

Where do you live, genius?

Pattaya?