Reckless driver faces B1,000 fine after falling Phuket lamp post with SUV
Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: A 21-year-old Phuket man faces a maximum fine of B1,000 for reckless driving and damaging public property after he crashed his SUV, knocking over a lamp post from the traffic island just south of Phuket's Heroines Monument this afternoon.

Mr Adulyaram Inta, driver of the white Mitsubishi MU-7, told police that he lost control as the road was slippery only moments after a downpour, and ended up smashing into the island in the middle of the road, before knocking down the lamp post.

In the accident, both of his right-side tyres exploded, the driver side airbag was deployed and the bumper and entire front end of the car were also damaged, but the driver suffered only minor injuries.

Witnesses said he was driving too fast. Tha Reua police have thus towed and temporarily impounded his vehicle, and have charged Mr Adulyaram with reckless driving resulting in damage to state property.

It is understood that Mr Adulyaram's insurance are expected to foot the bill for the lamp post.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/reckless-driver-faces-b1-000-fine-after-falling-phuket-lamp-post-with-suv-52970.php

-- Phuket News 2015-06-28

should be 10000 fine 1000 is a joke for this idiot

Yes, 1,000 baht fine is a joke.

Yep, I bet he wont do that again, this kind of a fine will defo break the bank !

A 20 pound fine.................wow!!! It will cost a lot more to get the pole put back correctly. Makes no sense, police fines are minimal but when we want to extend a visa at immigration the money needed in a bank account is high.

And if he killed someone, it would be a 10,000 baht fine plus + 1,000 baht for each person after that...only in the LOS...

Don't forget that, unless he has 1st class insurance, he'll have to pay for the damage to his own car. And if he does have first class insurance there may still be a deductable. Plus he'll be without transfer for quite some time.

So yes, fine is quite low, but it is not like after paying he can continue driving his car.

Absolutely pathetic.

He still has to pay for any repairs, signs, posts, road surface and so on. The fine he"s got does not include this cost.

The insurance will cover the bill for the lamp post and car repairs but after he gets convicted for reckless driving, they'll recover every single bath from him. I guess in total it'll be 50-100k THB for him.

But contrast these 1k THB with the 2k THB fine for riding red plates in a recent thread.

The insurance will cover the bill for the lamp post and car repairs but after he gets convicted for reckless driving, they'll recover every single bath from him. I guess in total it'll be 50-100k THB for him.

But contrast these 1k THB with the 2k THB fine for riding red plates in a recent thread.

No. If first class insurance damage to car and post is covered, no recoup from company. If second or third class insurance damage to lamp post I'd covered, no recoup, own damage not covered.

Slippery Rd

Just about sums up his quality Thai education

straight road, ok conditions, thats a ban where i come from

I must be missing something here.

Isn't it the pole's fault?

And a B1,000 fine to Lite Beer for not being able to spell "Felling" in the headline.

Reckless driver faces a massive fine, jailtime, loses his license and receives a 10 year ban on driving for endangering the lives of innocent people.

Only then will this country start to wake up.

If we are honest, when we were 21 year old drivers we probably all had a hairy moment when we discovered the limits of tyre adhesion in the rain. Ok we didn't all end up hitting a post and being on the news, but I bet it's something most of us can relate to.

Try not to be so hard on the lad.

And I'm going to demand compensation for reading about the accident....an accident that was probably due to speeding.

lucky guy, if he had hit a person that was costing B500 only

I must be missing something here.

Isn't it the pole's fault?

Bloody inactive posts should be more active.

Nooooo, not the 1,000 baht fine, he will be devastated for life, put him in jail, crucify him.

but not the 1,000 baht fine, this is too cruel a punishment he will never recover from

such huge expenses....

Thais only have ONE mode of driving ... regardless of weather or road conditions. Anything more would require logic and an awareness of the consequences of their actions ... which aren't really strong Thai traits.

A 20 pound fine.................wow!!! It will cost a lot more to get the pole put back correctly. Makes no sense, police fines are minimal but when we want to extend a visa at immigration the money needed in a bank account is high.

Your not in Blighty now Eddie.This fine is approx 3 days work at minimum wage,now what would that be in England.Where i come from that would be about $400.

Yep, I bet he wont do that again, this kind of a fine will defo break the bank !

I bet you don't complain when your fined 200b for speeding.I should pay more officer,how about 10k baht,that would teach me a lesson.

Reckless driver faces a massive fine, jailtime, loses his license and receives a 10 year ban on driving for endangering the lives of innocent people.

Only then will this country start to wake up.

Does this happen in your home country on 1st offence,i very much doubt it,so why should it happen here.

He is 21 yrs old, I bet he does not have a drivers license. Insurance comp should check on this and at that age where did the money come from to buy that new looking SUV Drugs I bet or his dad's car.

If in Western country if Police charge him with reckless driving insurance company would be on the first bus out. Have they checked him for alcohol or drugs.

Wow. A 1,000 baht fine. In 2003, I drove through a wooden telephone pole in California. PGE, the power company, billed me $10,000 ( 330,000 baht ),for a replacement.

Not only is the grammar of the post terrible..."Falling" Phuket lamp post"...

but the fine is stupidly cheap. A friend lost control of his 4x4 due to a front

diff failure on a highway in the US and killed a light pole...cost him nearly

2000 USD to replace it....or rather his insurance paid...whatever.

Actualy the lamp post doesn't really look felled...just slightly wounded.

should be 10000 fine 1000 is a joke for this idiot

No one ever said they knew how to drive, but I think even 10.000Bht is too cheap...

1000 B? He should be paying for the post too.