webfact Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Video: Why a green light spells dangerCHIANG MAI: -- A horrific accident caught on Chiang Mai CCTV should serve as a warning to all road users - be especially careful when going through a green light in Thailand.The 18 second video shows a high speed collision between a black car and a motorcycle with one rider. The car clearly goes through a red light - another vehicle can be seen waiting at the light, reported Daily News.At just that moment a motorbike goes through a green light right into the path of the car. The rider is thrown into the air and lands in a heap on the tarmac.The accident happened at the Lot Don Kaew intersection in the northern province on Tuesday and the footage was posted on the Facebook page of "Thanathip Sringam".The injured motorcyclist died later of his injuries.Online comment revolved around the assumed guilt of the car driver along with warnings from netizens to always look left and right at green lights and make no assumptions of safety. Source: Daily News -- 2016-07-28WARNING! Some viewers may find this footage distressing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taichiplanet Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 (edited) driving in Thailand reminds me of an old joke. As a kid i thought this joke was funny because it seemed so ridiculous. Now, it is not so funny as it is reality everyday! A (insert country of choice) guy picks up a friend from the airport. The friend is scared witless as the guy keeps blasting through red lights. "its all right, my brother and i do it all the time". Suddenly the car comes to a screaming halt, when the smoke clears the friend asks "why did you stop?!" The guy replies "Are you crazy! it was a green light so my brother might have been coming the other way through the red light!" Edited July 28, 2016 by taichiplanet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 RIP to the motorcyclist. Well, the car driver will not be able to claim the typical "my brakes failed" because the video clearly shows him slowing to almost a stop after hitting the motorcycle. The car driver no doubt felt it's a big, low traffic intersection so he/she would just continue on. I see drivers running green lights at high and low traffic intersections all the time here in and around Bangkok...and I mean continuing on through even after a 3 second yellow light has just changed to red. Then you have some lights that just go from green to red with no interim yellow light and the light has been red for several seconds with vehicles still speeding through. Some people just can't stand to wait....have little-to-no fear of traffic police because the traffic police are somewhere else setting up checkpoints under shade trees to collect donations for the non-issue of traffic tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I don't know what the Thai report says but it's a pity the TV story has no information if the driver stopped, was located, is being traced, breathalyzed etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 My wife get mad when I slow down because the timer is about to hit 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colabamumbai Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I don't know what the Thai report says but it's a pity the TV story has no information if the driver stopped, was located, is being traced, breathalyzed etc. Yes the more interesting news would have been about the car driver. Not that the Thais would learn anything from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clamhua Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Can the driver be charged with murder as they deliberately drove through the red light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Can the driver be charged with murder as they deliberately drove through the red light? If he comes from a rich family, you know the answer, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubuzz Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 The black car was also in the wrong lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pisico Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I don't know what the Thai report says but it's a pity the TV story has no information if the driver stopped, was located, is being traced, breathalyzed etc. Please! Do you really expect a professional performance from these guys? They paid good money to wear the police uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 The black car was also in the wrong lane. That was just the warm-up in preparation of running the red light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Maybe, just maybe, the motorbike went through a red light !! Yes, the other car in the video is stopped but he is waiting to turn right. Its possible that the car went through a green light, albeit in the wrong lane... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Maybe, just maybe, the motorbike went through a red light !! Yes, the other car in the video is stopped but he is waiting to turn right. Its possible that the car went through a green light, albeit in the wrong lane... I think you may have a point, the second motorbike stopped. Still have to agree one of them probably ran a red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huanga Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 So typical of Thailand. Every time when I am at a intersection, after the light goes green, I always wait a few extra second to avoid this kind of incident from happening. If it's not a car speeding through then it's a motorcycle that does that. Will they ever learn? Compensation and prison penalty have to be much higher to deter it, but will they ever...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatlerandWaldorf Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Maybe, just maybe, the motorbike went through a red light !! Yes, the other car in the video is stopped but he is waiting to turn right. Its possible that the car went through a green light, albeit in the wrong lane... My thoughts exactly, as someone else pointed out, one of them went through a red light but it is not as obvious as many people are making it out to be. However, one could argue that as the car was in the lane which was clearly marked for right turn only, that he actually did run a red light, not a clear cut case but the whole episode is an example of the daily flouting of any rules and regulations in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrissables Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Maybe, just maybe, the motorbike went through a red light !! Yes, the other car in the video is stopped but he is waiting to turn right. Its possible that the car went through a green light, albeit in the wrong lane... I think you may have a point, the second motorbike stopped. Still have to agree one of them probably ran a red. The other motorbike arrived just after the impact and slowed because of it, is how i see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareDingo Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Can the driver be charged with murder as they deliberately drove through the red light? Manslaughter perhaps, as murder shows premeditated intent, but yet, I agree, this driver should spend a long time behind bars and never to drive again. RIP the poor rider, probably on his/her way home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Maybe, just maybe, the motorbike went through a red light !! Yes, the other car in the video is stopped but he is waiting to turn right. Its possible that the car went through a green light, albeit in the wrong lane... I think you may have a point, the second motorbike stopped. Still have to agree one of them probably ran a red. The second motorbike stopped in the moment just when the accident happened right in front of him - may be because of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackstask Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 It's the same old story. No police enforcement or punishment. It's a joke. I live in Maha Sarakham, most Thai driver here flaunts the traffic light rules. Selfless uneducated morons. Thai drivers thinking: "What might not be coming over the brow of the hill" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Maybe, just maybe, the motorbike went through a red light !! Yes, the other car in the video is stopped but he is waiting to turn right. Its possible that the car went through a green light, albeit in the wrong lane... Take a closer look at the video, you can see the motorcycle has the green light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Centuries upon centuries of manning nothing but buffalo and carts in the fields, and elephants in the jungle, to suddenly, in one generation for the most part, be in control of modern day vehicles on busy roads. The 21st Century has simply come too quickly for these people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manhood Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Most of the Thais don't care about any regulations, specially if it's traffic They get wild like animals in the jungle!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ups have mostly monkeys there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confuscious Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Maybe, just maybe, the motorbike went through a red light !! Yes, the other car in the video is stopped but he is waiting to turn right. Its possible that the car went through a green light, albeit in the wrong lane... If you look carefully at the movie, you will see that the motorbike driver had a green light. Not sure about the Thai traffic codes, but in my country the traffic rules says that you can enter a crossing with green light AFTER assuring yourself that the passage of the crossing is safe. I am a member of the FaceBook group "Bad driving in Thailand" and the accidents you see published in that group on a daily base are a cumulation of sheer ignorance to the rules and a pathetic way of driving. As long as Thailand does not punish in an adequate way the drivers who chose to ignore the traffic rules; As long as Thailand has not a working Police force who adhere to the traffic rules without corruption; As long as Thailand has not a "real" driving test with everybody who wants to drive a vehicle is forced to follow a course at an agreed learning center; Thailand will remain a spot on the world where driving is the most dangerous. RIP to the motorbike driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maoro2013 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Try the traffic lights in Buriram. You are presented with a green arrow but the opposing traffic also has a green. Very incompetent and certainly dangerous. I certainly look everywhere when going through any intersection lights or not. Other drivers cannot be trusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceN Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 The government could do a much better job of educating drivers. TV and radio should have public service announcements about collisions and why they happened. They should broadcast statistics about deaths and injuries. Note I didn't use the word "accidents" above. Most police and transportation agencies stop calling collisions "accidents" a while back. As a teenager in the U.S., I remember CBS broadcadting "The National Drivers Test." Something like that would go a long way toward increasing knowledge of traffic regulations and the logic behind them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMo Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 That is why only two other countries, which happen to currently have civil wars - Somalia and Libya, have high road death rates than Thailand. I'm curious to know who the driver's parents are. But then if the driver or they have "status" I have little confidence that we will hear much more about this. I just hope I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Maybe, just maybe, the motorbike went through a red light !! Yes, the other car in the video is stopped but he is waiting to turn right. Its possible that the car went through a green light, albeit in the wrong lane... If you look carefully at the movie, you will see that the motorbike driver had a green light. Not sure about the Thai traffic codes, but in my country the traffic rules says that you can enter a crossing with green light AFTER assuring yourself that the passage of the crossing is safe. I am a member of the FaceBook group "Bad driving in Thailand" and the accidents you see published in that group on a daily base are a cumulation of sheer ignorance to the rules and a pathetic way of driving. As long as Thailand does not punish in an adequate way the drivers who chose to ignore the traffic rules; As long as Thailand has not a working Police force who adhere to the traffic rules without corruption; As long as Thailand has not a "real" driving test with everybody who wants to drive a vehicle is forced to follow a course at an agreed learning center; Thailand will remain a spot on the world where driving is the most dangerous. RIP to the motorbike driver. "sheer ignorance to the rules" what do you expect, no education about the rules. In my country you need a certain number of hours in the classroom, a certain number of hours driving with a driving instructor before you are accepted for the final written exam and driving test. Many have to repeat one or more times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar501 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Much like this accident collision in Nakhon Sawan earlier this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Maybe, just maybe, the motorbike went through a red light !! Yes, the other car in the video is stopped but he is waiting to turn right. Its possible that the car went through a green light, albeit in the wrong lane... I think you may have a point, the second motorbike stopped. Still have to agree one of them probably ran a red. The video shows that the bike had a green light. The other guy stopped because of the accident, not a red light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Maybe, just maybe, the motorbike went through a red light !! Yes, the other car in the video is stopped but he is waiting to turn right. Its possible that the car went through a green light, albeit in the wrong lane... I think you may have a point, the second motorbike stopped.Still have to agree one of them probably ran a red. The video shows that the bike had a green light. The other guy stopped because of the accident, not a red light. Maybe, just maybe, you are right.. Didn't notice the green light in the video... Car driver is a tool !! RIP scooter boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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