Seems the Sunday morning cycling club that leaves Tapae Gate every sunday at about 07:00 has been hit by a drunk driver on the main road out to Doi Saket. Three dead and many injured. A drunk university student is being reported as the cause of the accident. The cycling club were on the way to Mae Kuang Dam. Its on Facebook at the moment, CMprice. No doubt more accurate info will come through.

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Some shocking photos on cm108.com. Another awful accident. One day Thailand will surely have to acknowledge they have a massive problem with road safety and get the motivation to do something about it. I have not noticed any change since i first visited in 1993. Horrific accidents were the norm then as they are today. A change has got to come one day though.

Watching it right now on Channel 3 TV news. Seems it was a young lady driver. She must have been really going to turn over the car and rip off the front wheel(s).

i've seen this group of Sunday morning riders around for many years. words fail me right now...... what a horrific thing to happen. Thailand needs to get serious and lock up drunk drivers like this and throw away the keys. this lady has just destroyed the lives of 3 people and 3 families; possibly more. what a sad thing to happen!

Terrible tragedy. I know that cycling is a very fashionable activity just now, and yet, to be brutally honest, in this Country, with the worst drivers in the World sadly, anyone who rides a bicycle on the same roads as cars etc is taking a huge risk with their life.

i've seen this group of Sunday morning riders around for many years. words fail me right now...... what a horrific thing to happen. Thailand needs to get serious and lock up drunk drivers like this and throw away the keys. this lady has just destroyed the lives of 3 people and 3 families; possibly more. what a sad thing to happen!

Destroyed the lives of 4 people, et al. Her life is over...

Terrible tragedy. I know that cycling is a very fashionable activity just now, and yet, to be brutally honest, in this Country, with the worst drivers in the World sadly, anyone who rides a bicycle on the same roads as cars etc is taking a huge risk with their life.

You are right about risk but you can reduce that risk as a cyclist.

Cycling can still be fun and enjoyable but you just can't make the same assumptions in Thailand as you can in other places.(mind you Cambodia is even worse)

For example I don't regard my rights as a cyclist to be the same as the rider or driver of any other motorised vehicle so I'm very defensive and don't hesitate to dismount to walk with the bicycle if the traffic movement ahead looks chaotic - For example a chaotic -looking road junction or very dense traffic movement when you want to cross the road .i.e. thinking more like a pedestrian would think.

Secondly I have 2 bicycle mirrors which I know are not fashionable with the vast majority of cyclists but I spend as much time looking in those two mirrors almost as i do looking ahead and as soon as I see anything resembling an erratic driver or motorbike rider behind me I slow down or pullover.

It's the way the huge numbers of Chinese tourists ride their bicycles that always amaze me. No helmets and the way they weave around on the road seeming to be totally oblivious to vehicles driving behind them.

Edited May 3, 201511 yr by Asiantravel

Did the lady driver survive? Not sure if that's her in one of the CM108 pictures but if it's her then she looks pretty dead.

I believe she has a broken arm but there are reports she was drunk. What speed was she doing to smash the front wheels off and turn the car over on a straight road on a quiet sunday morning? Almost unbelievable.

Did the lady driver survive? Not sure if that's her in one of the CM108 pictures but if it's her then she looks pretty dead.

I took the lady under the car as one of the dead cyclist given that she was wearing cycling shorts.

Did the lady driver survive? Not sure if that's her in one of the CM108 pictures but if it's her then she looks pretty dead.

I took the lady under the car as one of the dead cyclist given that she was wearing cycling shorts.

i thought that at first too, then wasn't 100% sure. but i suspect you are correct.

They are not shorts. Its a university mini skirt. Theres a video clip on social media now taken just after the accident. Awful.

Cycling in ''Thailand''.... i cringe at the thought... as much as i love Cycling and i miss it, as its a great outdoor healthy activity..

NEVER IN THAILAND... Its bad enough trying to cross the road...

Poor people...

as for the ''Lady Driver''... words fail me for her...

Sorry to read this

My sympathy to the family's of the deceased

Drinking and driving is not good

A Sad Day, but the Cycle Gang Folks round my area show no respect for other road users. 6 Abreast, Road Racing, Illegal Pic Ups with flashing lights slowing other road users down. Yet there is a maze of country roads here. Perhaps no audience there too Show Off too i suspect.

They are not shorts. Its a university mini skirt. Theres a video clip on social media now taken just after the accident. Awful.

I just saw it. She has a broken arm and moving but screaming in pain. Don't know how she got out of the car, looks like she was thrown through the side window one leg was still inside the window frame.

If I ever decide to commit suicide, I may take to Thai roads on a bicycle.

Until that day, no thanks.

RIP.

There is now a news article in the CM News section so let's continue the discussion there.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/822236-three-cyclists-killed-two-others-injured-when-hit-by-speeding-car/