An American tourist was arrested in Pattaya on Sunday after wreaking havoc on the road, crashing into 13 vehicles and causing two minor injuries. The female driver, 29, led police on a 30-minute chase against local traffic before finally being caught.

The incident began in East Pattaya’s Soi Siam Country Club. The driver crashed into a motorbike, but refused to stay at the scene of the accident. She continued driving onto Sukhumvit Road against oncoming traffic.

Wreaking havoc on the road, the wrong-way driver hit 12 other vehicles with police hot on her trail. Two minor injuries were reported.

Police apprehended the driver after shooting out the vehicle’s tires. After refusing to open the vehicle’s door, police broke the front passenger window and arrested the woman behind the wheel. The driver was brought Pattaya police station and initially refused to answer any questions regarding the incident.

A crowd of angry damaged-car owners and onlookers followed the woman to the police station. Some tried to assault her, while others shouted inappropriate comments towards her. Police issued the woman a hefty fine, and ordered her to pay for all of the damages caused to vehicles. The woman will also be responsible for paying the injured persons’ medical bills.

The woman says she regrets her actions and simply panicked after hitting the first motorbike.

-- 2015-04-06

Sounds like she fully understands "Thainess."

The police chased her?

"while others shouted inappropriate comments towards her." How dare they shout such comments. Why the picture of an American passport I wonder.

Thread running here with 8 pages already, why another American bashing thread ?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/815114-american-arrested-2-injured-in-multi-vehicle-road-crash-in-pattaya/

Nice PattayaOne article.

Is it a contractual requirement for every article to have an accompanying photo?

What does a full size close up of a US passport cover, ripped off Google images, add to this?

Thread running here with 8 pages already, why another American bashing thread ?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/815114-american-arrested-2-injured-in-multi-vehicle-road-crash-in-pattaya/

Hazards of outsourcing to digital nomads in distant lands.

Edited April 7, 201511 yr by 55Jay

Pattaya One reported her punishment was a heavy traffic fine. The woman agreed to to pay for the damages.

Pattaya One reported her punishment was a heavy traffic fine. The woman agreed to to pay for the damages.

thats fishy part

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Wreaking havoc ain't cool. Looks like it could be a technical problem of the car as well though.

Edited April 7, 201511 yr by Mcffee

Technical problem with the drivers <deleted> brain u mean

Wreaking havoc ain't cool. Looks like it could be a technical problem of the car as well though.

Of course, it could be a technical problem, since she's a Westerners. Had she been Asian, you would've gone with the bad driver stereotype.

American women cause all kinds of problems in Thailand but this is great. I wonder if she was breathalysed or urine tested? What a total c***.

Nice PattayaOne article.

Is it a contractual requirement for every article to have an accompanying photo?

What does a full size close up of a US passport cover, ripped off Google images, add to this?

Exactly, I don't get it either. Unless of course it's another constant reminder of what foreigners mean to Thailand.

Foreigner = passport.

We should do this more in the west. Every time a foreigner is arrested, we should also ask for their passports and/or put up their passports on the front page of the news story.

No more double standards.

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Thanks for this video. That explains a lot. At first I was like, well she's simply going the wrong way, nothing wrong with that since this is Thailand. But then she started clipping vehicles and then crashing into them. Clearly someone is going on a wrecking spree...