enufsaid Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Sounds plausible, motorbike cuts in front & witness to it, what on earth was police car doing stopped on motorway, asking for something to run up the back of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optad Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Everyone is busy insulting each other they've seem to have lost sight of the article. I find it interesting that the driver was allowed to leave without an investigation and when she does deign to make a statement a witness appears and collaborates her story. Maybe I'm just a cynic but that seems like a big coincidence. She is not going anywhere and generally police asses that in situ but if we must template laws then it is odd to be sure. Stranger still is the time taken to record alcohol levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestBitterPhuket Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I can't believe all the idiots here who who are of the opinion that she was drunk or has to go to jail. You don't know. If anything, the few facts we have points to an accident were the drivers fault had been minimal, except for possible speeding. The interference of the bike and placement of the victim's car seem to support that. The worst part is the fact that she was "allowed" to go without testing for alcohol, but that is normal privilege given to the elite in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CockneyGit Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 In the end if it was you or me we WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN LET GO and we would still be in our crapped out pants. different laws for diffrent folks Had to happen!! Thai visa culture It's true though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Sounds plausible, motorbike cuts in front & witness to it, what on earth was police car doing stopped on motorway, asking for something to run up the back of it. Do they have trees on motorways? He was parked on the service road alongside the motorway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manbing Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 it ironic really, the headline should usually read sleeping policeman kills speeding driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loong Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 The article states that this occurred on a motorway, What is the speed limit on motorways? If she was cut up by a motorbike and witness reports show this to be a possibility, it is a natural reaction to swerve in order not to hit the bike. Unfortunately she hit the car. What was the policeman thinking to park his car and sleep on a motorway? I don't believe that we know enough to put the blame 100% on the woman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optad Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) In the end if it was you or me we WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN LET GO and we would still be in our crapped out pants. different laws for diffrent folks Had to happen!! Thai visa culture It's true though. Not so if simple specifics make the statement. Posters on this site generally want to make the Thais villains in an apropo story. That element is boring. Edited June 27, 2015 by optad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abitmiffed Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Crazy ass lady.... Rich enough to take a taxi..or get a hotel....but has to run into people. How pathetic. What the hell has a taxi and a hotel got anything to do with what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longstebe Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I can't believe all the idiots here who who are of the opinion that she was drunk or has to go to jail. You don't know. If anything, the few facts we have points to an accident were the drivers fault had been minimal, except for possible speeding. The interference of the bike and placement of the victim's car seem to support that. The worst part is the fact that she was "allowed" to go without testing for alcohol, but that is normal privilege given to the elite in Thailand. So is speeding not breaking the law? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudRight Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) Speed kills. And she must have been motoring. Hope they spend that poor copper's life for something.Speed doesn't kill , lack of attention signals and awareness kills. It does. "Lack of attention signals and awareness" without 100+kph and he lives.You are using the same excuse as the Thais do. Just that awareness cannot be measured. Its just stupid. It's not the speed, it's the sudden stop.Edit: Damn, someone else beat me to it. Should have read the whole thread. Edited June 27, 2015 by BudRight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) Everybody has a right to have an opinion.....and if that opinion runs another person into the ground....they still have the right to think that......but why oh why....do they feel the compulsion to put it down on paper... irresistible? "If you have nothing good to say about a person, then better to say nothing". God be with the days when parents tried to instill this principle into their children. Edited June 27, 2015 by dotpoom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novo58 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Most motorways that I have driven on in my lifetime have ....................................no parking or stopping signs everywhere along them . And also provide designated breakdown and/or rest areas. Parking /stopping on the side of a motorway is recipe for a problem..............................as is speeding ( but I have no knowledge what the speed limit actually is on this section of road). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condorman Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 While most seem to be trashing the girl, my question is: What the hell was a cop doing parking his car along the side of the road to take a nap? Surely to God he could have found a better place than that! Indeed. Parking up and taking a nap on the side of a motorway is not a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbanda Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Early morning hours, a speeding car, a car parked by the road and probably without lights on......A very bad combination..and bad luck too. Sh....happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggusoil Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 A timely reminder to us all to keep our side lights and seat belt on when stopped at the side of the road. An important observation. If at all possible, I never park or leave my car on or partly on the road. It drives my lady nuts. I always pull off. Give the rest of the traffic travelling 90 kph through a village all the room they need . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarteso Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 "She also said she was planning to go on a religious retreat and make merit for the victim" JUSTICE WILL THINK THE SAME? .... NOT JAIL?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooo Upto Me Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Speed kills. And she must have been motoring. Hope they spend that poor copper's life for something.Speed doesn't kill , lack of attention signals and awareness kills. Of course speed kills. If she was going the correct speed the guy prob would have survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarteso Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 "She also said she was planning to go on a religious retreat and make merit for the victim." JUSTICE THINK THE SAME?.....NOT TO JAIL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 When the arguments fail turn to insults..........if it helps you. . you trip over on the floor and bang your head at a slow speed and it can still kill you, ask the Germans why they aren't all dying in droves on their autobahns (unrestricted) its because they pay attention to their surroundings On roads built for 200+kph traffic, organised lanes for those 'aware' kinds of speed and drivers in machines capable of executing controlled speed Yet what moron would try that here. A fool, (and there are plenty of those here), her and you seemingly. Great analogy Mai kow jai.. Cogency is what arguments are about. I have not insulted you but have asked how slowing vehicular speed down is not part of the equation. As of yet the only thing you have contributed to this sorry Thai equation are German autobahns. as is comprehension, you called me a fool. If speed kills why aren't we all dead? we are all travelling at many thousands of miles per hour, your comment "speed kills" is "general" speed does not in itself kill, lack of awareness does, you stated SPEED KILLS as the be all and end all in YOUR FIRST comment, this was then altered to "lack of awareness +100kph" so you shifted the goal posts Kannot get enough kannots on Thai visa. Almost as though the site breeds them. "A fool" ,here, is part of a tripartite expression and was not directed at anyone. Indeed the article 'a' should make that comprehensibly obvious, ....... For most unless you cccannnot! Speedingwas the point i initially made, and i take it we have all at some point have sped. That does not equate your "why aren't we all dead/" as you now wish to discuss theoretical astro-physics. The irony about that and forums is that i can discus that stuff in detail!! And without SHOUTING. But it seems silly and we have gone beyond Anna's egregious error. Go faster kannnnnooootttt She was on a motorway at 3am I seriously doubt it was crammed full of cars/trucks, 100+kmh is not the problem the problem is she was not paying attention ,SPEED does not kill, even 120kmh would not be dangerous on a motorway at 3am. No evidence to suggest the bike "cut her up" just her words, the witness said he saw a bike and heard a crash but 99-100 people DONT actually see the accident they look a second or so after hearing the bang then jump to conclusions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaorop Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 A timely reminder to us all to keep our side lights and seat belt on when stopped at the side of the road. But when other drivers, incapacitated by weather or other factors, come up behind you, they can mistakenly assume you are moving with results like this. Well maybe that can happen, but lights are better than no lights in any poor visibility circumstances. Here with Thais using emegency flashers for lots of reasons other than an a side of the road emergency they lose some of their effectiveness. RIP to the cop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Everyone is busy insulting each other they've seem to have lost sight of the article. I find it interesting that the driver was allowed to leave without an investigation and when she does deign to make a statement a witness appears and collaborates her story. Maybe I'm just a cynic but that seems like a big coincidence. And very easily bought in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooo Upto Me Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 no loss to the gene pool if it was a thai cop ( bearing in mind how they consider dead people ). You back .. your second post certainly topped your first! Please, enlighten us, why, exactly is it a good thing that a Thai Citizen, a police officer, was killed this way? And really, i have only been living In the Kingdom for five years with a Thai wife and friends... Other here, much longer... we sit at your feet great teacher... How do Thai People "consider dead people" that relates to this gentleman's horrid death? I am curious, in this age of the internet, do we now have trolls, who have never visited the Kingdom or lived here, just stirring the pot? The floor is yours... you have our full attention. Ya gotta me here bro,as only bin hear tirtenn yeers,bit thin agin yer till hoose an anglofile,r u a shark watin ta pounce.well bro yer just lost,lurve tae heer back frtom yer You are apiece of work "Bro" ... Let's part company here ... I enjoy a battle of wits, but never dual with someone who is unarmed. Good evening ... Is it just me, or is that cologne you are wearing from the new Calvin Klein series, bat s>>t crazy? OH Wait .. i get it... The reason you have been here thirteen years and this is your first time ... ever .. on Thai Visa? You got canned, created a new identity, and are back. Well played sir, well played indeed.png.3b3332cc2256ad0edbc2fe9404feeef0.png)
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