American arrested, 2 injured, in multi-vehicle road crash in Pattaya

[Ocicat]

No shortage of excitement in Pattaya these days is there.

[soihok]

Judging by the expression on her face, she has obviously lost the plot.

Oh dear.

Total panic stations. Glad she didn't kill anyone.

[northernphil]

There seems to be an angry mob here on TV. I personly wasn't in Pattaya ( and never more will be ) but for all those here who were and saw what happened to a single lady before and after the fact Your stories don't match up.

[jomcondo]

this happens everyday in LA.

she was just having a bad hair day.

[ThailandLOS]

The shooting dead (considering what she did) wouldn't have surprised me as much as the reaction by other farangs here on TV to her crime (considering what she did).

The world never fails to amaze, eh.

Nothing new to this unfortunately. The same Thai hating racist mob gathering together once more on TV, defending a fellow woman who did exactly what they would do in the same situation.

These are the people giving foreigners in Thailand a bad name, for which decent folks have to suffer occasionally.

[Rimmer]

Off topic post and replies to it removed, please stay on topic thank you.

[mikemac]

Why do these topics attract the anti-Thai trolls like bees to a honey pot ?

As far as I can understand the story the American woman, for whatever reason, caused the whole thing and yet the Thai bashers are all over it like a cheap suit.

If a Thai did exactly the same thing in Sydney, London or New York would the locals be in the wrong ?

And nasty comments like - ........... "Enjoy the som tum with your adopted thai family" ...........has got troll written all over it.

[balo]

She should be happy that no one was killed. Deport this nutter ASAP !

[timendres]

She is lucky,doing this in her home country ,it would have been her

that was shot ,not the tyres.

regards Worgeordie

That is a bit of an exaggeration. In the States, the current protocol for police is to never fire their weapon unless there is a life threatening circumstance. As the poster above stated, the police in the States would have used their radios to corner her. Easily accomplished, and protocol.

That is not to say that there are not some (well documented) police in the States who are a bit gun crazy, but they are rare. It is also a well known fact that had she been a person of color, she would very likely have been treated more aggressively (sad, but true). But the police there would be so afraid of a middle class, white, soccer mom bringing in a legion of lawyers to make their life a living hell, that they would have treated her with kid gloves.

That said, it is quite possible that, being in a foreign country, she totally panicked and felt she had no choice but to run. I suspect she was more afraid of the Thai police than of a Thai mob. Being American, she has probably seen many movies (like Midnight Express, for example), showing nightmarish results of breaking the law in a foreign country. But, the fact is that a simple car accident would have been easily handled with cash. She should have waited in her car (locked, of course) until the police arrived, allowed the police to properly handle the situation, then coughed up enough cash to make the owner of the damaged car happy. Unfortunately, she panicked and the situation is now pretty bad.

[manarak]

hmmm... having read the article, am I the only one thinking it is strange that the crowd reportedly shouted homophobic insults at her? a farang ladyboy?

[Rimmer]

Off topic argumentative post and reply removed

[ricacrocre]

[jamesjohnsonthird]

A farang gets into a fender bender in Thailand, the Thai sees $$$$ or is just angry and escalates the situation, creating a drama, scares the lady, a gang appears begins pounding on her car so she takes off.

Is that what happened?

[fgmr]

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It is possible she simply panicked big time and it escalated out of control. In Africa you might be wise not to stop in case of a road accident, even when it is against the law, you drive directly to your embassy and then report.

Nah,there is more to this story than meets the eye, I will leave TV's finest to decipher what really went on.

Typically a mob of angry Thais would assault and kick a persons head in after an accident so maybe she did the smart thing?

The really smart thing is not to drive alone when you are a foreigner.

[mikiea]

this happens everyday in LA.

she was just having a bad hair day.

just watched the video of this d bag ramming cars . needs a few years in a hell hole to think about her actions, did not care who or what she hit, she is lucky she was not forced to eat a lead sandwhich, thats my take & i sticking to it ....:-)

[Timwin]

The talk of "Thai mobs" forming to beat up a young woman who stays at the site of the accident is ridiculous and only to justify the disgraceful and cowardly behaviour of this American woman.

Oh really?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/723016-road-rage-bangkok-bus-driver-lynched-stabbed/

It is quite common practise from Thais to flee the scene and then surrender later to police. Just like the truck driver I told about previously. Some people here just wear those rose-colored glasses.

[ozzieovaseas]

Another good reason to never, ever, ever drive any kind of vehicle in Thailand.

Yes, i am completely baffled as to why any expats would want/need to own a car or drive here. Its staggering, especially when you consider the minimal cost of public transport.

You only have to look at these pages to see the unneccesary problems you are allowing into your life by having a car/bike, especially when you can get anywhere (in Bangkok anyway) for not much more than 100 baht.

Then factor in the cost of license, register,maintaining a car, cost of petrol (when sitting in traffic jams for hours), parking, all the dangers risks and headaches from accidents and supposed ill treatment by police and Thai drivers. Why do it?

I have spent time in BKK for more than 10 years (on/off) and never had any need to have a car or bike.

Maybe its the need of a status symbol of owning a car (to compensate for other inadequacies) that these farangs cannot shake?

[ravip]

She is lucky,doing this in her home country ,it would have been her

that was shot ,not the tyres.

regards Worgeordie

That is a bit of an exaggeration. In the States, the current protocol for police is to never fire their weapon unless there is a life threatening circumstance. As the poster above stated, the police in the States would have used their radios to corner her. Easily accomplished, and protocol.

That is not to say that there are not some (well documented) police in the States who are a bit gun crazy, but they are rare. It is also a well known fact that had she been a person of color, she would very likely have been treated more aggressively (sad, but true). But the police there would be so afraid of a middle class, white, soccer mom bringing in a legion of lawyers to make their life a living hell, that they would have treated her with kid gloves.

That said, it is quite possible that, being in a foreign country, she totally panicked and felt she had no choice but to run. I suspect she was more afraid of the Thai police than of a Thai mob. Being American, she has probably seen many movies (like Midnight Express, for example), showing nightmarish results of breaking the law in a foreign country. But, the fact is that a simple car accident would have been easily handled with cash. She should have waited in her car (locked, of course) until the police arrived, allowed the police to properly handle the situation, then coughed up enough cash to make the owner of the damaged car happy. Unfortunately, she panicked and the situation is now pretty bad.

Very well drafted for justifying an unjustifiable act.

Where ever you drive on this planet you take onto yourself a certain amount of responsibility AND risk.

After watching movies like Midnight Express, if you are a nervous wreck, should you drive?

Some people...

[ozzieovaseas]

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It is possible she simply panicked big time and it escalated out of control. In Africa you might be wise not to stop in case of a road accident, even when it is against the law, you drive directly to your embassy and then report.

Nah,there is more to this story than meets the eye, I will leave TV's finest to decipher what really went on.

Typically a mob of angry Thais would assault and kick a persons head in after an accident so maybe she did the smart thing?

The really smart thing is not to drive alone when you are a foreigner.

The even smarter thing would be to take public transport..never heard of anyone getting their heads bashed in or getting extorted by police.

[Alwyn]

wow

[petercool]

Off topic posts and replies to same were removed

[thousandpercent]

It is possible she simply panicked big time and it escalated out of control. In Africa you might be wise not to stop in case of a road accident, even when it is against the law, you drive directly to your embassy and then report.

Nah,there is more to this story than meets the eye, I will leave TV's finest to decipher what really went on.

Typically a mob of angry Thais would assault and kick a persons head in after an accident so maybe she did the smart thing?

I was in an accident with a truck. The driver (his fault) and offsider and myself enjoyed a great laugh and shared jokes until the insurance people arrived. Couldn't have met two nicer guys.

You have a nice, sane and rational day. Ok?

Are you saying everyone has the same experience that you did? That's not sane or rational.

[jamesjohnsonthird]

The talk of "Thai mobs" forming to beat up a young woman who stays at the site of the accident is ridiculous and only to justify the disgraceful and cowardly behaviour of this American woman.

Oh really?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/723016-road-rage-bangkok-bus-driver-lynched-stabbed/

It is quite common practise from Thais to flee the scene and then surrender later to police. Just like the truck driver I told about previously. Some people here just wear those rose-colored glasses.

So this is what happens when the road is blocked with traffic and you cannot flee the scene.

I will bet a mob just like this scared that American woman.

Edited April 6, 2015 by jamesjohnsonthird

[paul-s]

Whilst I accept bad and crazy things do happen in Thailand, it is easy, when reading this forum, to think that violence is happening at every accident and that all the Thais are mad.

Just to give a bit of balance: I was recently involved in a head on motorbike accident, where both the young Thai driver and I were injured. Quite a crowd formed, but everybody couldn't have been nicer. I was laying in the road and someone, a Thai, appeared with a chair for me to sit on and another turned up with a bottle of water. Someone else called an ambulance. Two motorbikes appeared with red, white and blue flashing light and parked themselves either end of the accident. A paramedic appeared from somewhere and bandaged my hand, and informed me a ambulance had been called and I was going to hospital. Another guy came out of his restaurant and offered to put my broken bike in his car park. Oh, I nearly forgot the guy who took my photo which appeared on the local news. The accident was the young Thai guys fault and no one tried to blame me. No one would take any money for their services at the time and I had to go back later and give some of them a tip.

Bye the way, this all happened in Pattaya a month ago.

In Thailand if anything happens a crowd forms to just have look. Sometimes people get scared or do want to accept their responsibilities and try not to stop or flee the scene and this when people start to get angry. My advice is to stop, act like a man and deal with it.

[soihok]

Just seen the video.

To be driving (wrong use of the word, more like out of control) like that she surely must be off her head on something.

Good job she didn't kill anybody

[WitawatWatawit]

It is possible she simply panicked big time and it escalated out of control. In Africa you might be wise not to stop in case of a road accident, even when it is against the law, you drive directly to your embassy and then report.

Nah,there is more to this story than meets the eye, I will leave TV's finest to decipher what really went on.

Typically a mob of angry Thais would assault and kick a persons head in after an accident so maybe she did the smart thing?

I was in an accident with a truck. The driver (his fault) and offsider and myself enjoyed a great laugh and shared jokes until the insurance people arrived. Couldn't have met two nicer guys.

You have a nice, sane and rational day. Ok?

Are you saying everyone has the same experience that you did? That's not sane or rational.

The point I was making was sane and rational compared to the other poster. Try to look beyond the example next time, and don't treat everything so literally.

[jamesjohnsonthird]

It is possible she simply panicked big time and it escalated out of control. In Africa you might be wise not to stop in case of a road accident, even when it is against the law, you drive directly to your embassy and then report.

Nah,there is more to this story than meets the eye, I will leave TV's finest to decipher what really went on.

Typically a mob of angry Thais would assault and kick a persons head in after an accident so maybe she did the smart thing?

Bullshit.

For every link you find reporting an incident of this I bet I can find 2 in Australia, the US or the UK...

As for "typically" - do you even know what that word means?

Ask a Thai why its customary to flee the scene.

[MyFriend You]

She was having a bad day,they happen, i bet she wishes she had stayed in bed.

Maybe she mistook her Yaa baa or PMS medication........driving down the wrong way on the highway?? I can understand tat, she is probably used to driving a lefthand drive car and forgot where she was - How many of you saw Crocdile Dundee?? Bilikins!!!

[Fullstop]

She was just following the "When in Rome...." rule.

[Ace of Pop]

Fortuna, say no more.