'Good Guy' Chases Hit and Run Driver in Pattaya

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'Good Guy' Chases Hit and Run Driver in Pattaya



PATTAYA: -- One of the most shared “youlike” clips at this moment features a hit and run incident in Pattaya where a “good guy” chases after the hit and run car.

On Wednesday 20th of April at 4:30 PM Police Lieutenant Colonel Somkid Hiangsatien of Pattaya Police Station informed reporters that they had successfully made an arrest from an incident that happened on 19th of April at 10.00 PM.

31 year old Mr. Teerasak Pongsaisri was driving his white Honda City along the railway bypass road near Nernplabwan when he hit a red plate Honda Click motorbike driven by 22 year old Mr. Kriangsak Panwihan causing him to fall off the motorcycle and sustain injuries. Mr. Teerasak fled from the scene with the motorcycle still under the car, sparking fire for several kilometers.

Source: http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/223133/good-guy-chases-hit-run-driver-pattaya/

-- Pattaya One 2016-04-21

[futsukayoi]

Says he was released to pay damages as he was not over the limit. Does this really mean that there is no penalty at all for trying to flee the scene ? If so it is a surprise that anyone at all hangs around.

[chasntong]

Of course if the lights worked correctly not all on orange or all on red or nothing working at all plus people knew that the flashing orange has priority over flashing red, and of course the most obvious, took any notice of them we might not have accidents there at all.

[HLover]

Doing a runner is acceptable, good to know.

[SOTIRIOS]

Doing a runner is acceptable, good to know.

....only if......(you know the rest)

[SOTIRIOS]

...another 'white car driver'....

[tuanku]

Accepting responsibility for your actions is a tough ask for many people here.

[HLover]

Accepting responsibility for your actions is a tough ask for many people here.

Around the world apparently.

[KhunBENQ]

Mr. Teerasak fled from the scene with the motorcycle still under the car, sparking fire for several kilometers.

Stunning

[chilli42]

Mr. Teerasak fled from the scene with the motorcycle still under the car, sparking fire for several kilometers.

Stunning

Certainly would have made it easy to follow.

[siamcrut]

...another 'white car driver'....

Another "pearl" white car driver without balls, doing a runner.

[KhunBENQ]

With this "stunt":

I guess in the US he would have been followed by a horde of police patrol cars and a chopper.

Not to mention what would have happened if he tried to flee from the car

Oh I think I have seen too many of those "clips"?

[Basil B]

Fortunately for Mr. Teerasak the amount of alcohol he’d consumed turned out to be within normal limits...

Did not say "within legal limits"...

[PETERTHEEATER]

Just think it through. Do you honestly think that this ordinary sedan car could be driven for several kilometers with a motorcycle trapped underneath. Front-wheel drive modest ground clearance.....

[KhunBENQ]

Just think it through. Do you honestly think that this ordinary sedan car could be driven for several kilometers with a motorcycle trapped underneath. Front-wheel drive modest ground clearance.....

The sparks look fascinating and the witness took a video of the stunt!

Wish the video was on the net, could not find.

"trapped underneath" does not mean more than that the front wheel is under the car.

So why not.

[KhunBENQ]

Taken with a smartphone from a smartphone screen

Look at about 1:22 min and 1:35 min.

About 3 km chase if I got it right.

http://news.bugaboo.tv/watch/248605/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%8B%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A2.html

[Scouse Twoccer]

Just think it through. Do you honestly think that this ordinary sedan car could be driven for several kilometers with a motorcycle trapped underneath. Front-wheel drive modest ground clearance.....

No one needs to think about it, it was filmed and photographed.

The ground clearance of the car would have been one reason for the incident, not a reason for it not to have happened.