Wet road blamed as BMW slams into streetlight, three injured

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Police have yet to reveal whether the driver, Mr Pichet, will face charges for the accident. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- The driver of a BMW sedan said he lost control of his car due to the rain-soaked road in the early hours of this morning (Aug 2), causing his car to slam sideways into a roadside streetlight.

 

Capt Kraisorn Boonprasop of the Thalang Police was notified of the accident, near the Tha Ruea Shrine on Thepkrasattri Rd south of the Heroines Monument, at 2:30am.

 

Police arrived with Kusoldharm rescue workers to find a BMW that had struck a roadside streetlight sideways.

 

The driver, Pichet Thongtongkaew, 30, suffered a minor head injury.

 

Of his two passengers, Pichet Nualchuay, 33, suffered a broken left leg and Thanawit Salam, 21, suffered only minor injuries.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/wet-road-blamed-as-bmw-slams-into-streetlight-three-injured-58520.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2016-08-03

 

 

'wet road blamed' ... nothing to do with the driver ... maybe he should have been more prepared for the wet road ...

Naughty road, did the police give it a fine ?

here we go again and again and again - blame someone/something other than the person that actually is to blame....in this case the driver

 

Do Thais ever ever take responsibility for their actions.............ever ?

The Wet Road excuse.

 

Nothing uniquely Thai about that one...its used the world over.

 

The other predictable response at 02:30:

 

I only had 2 beers.

 

As ClutchClark indicated, used the world over...  Certainly not unique to Thailand.

If TV ponds us a thread each time a driver loses control we are not out of the woods...

Imagine the carnage if they had snow, black ice or thick fog in the LOS.......

Well it makes a change from" Brakes failed",

the usual excuse when a Thai crashes a car

or a bus,never their fault, they have never been

taught how to drive properly and within limits

of the conditions.

regards worgeordie

Interesting- I was driving in very heavy rain the other day and managed to survive. Why- because I SLOWED DOWN in accordance with the conditions. Somchai continued to overtake though.

All this wet weather and rain is the junta's fault,

Lucky there wasn't a bend in the road and rain, how would they choose which was to blame then?

Decisions, decisions - negotiations in progress.

Ever notice...speed NEVER has anything to do with it.

If he's such an incompetent driver..... then a minor head injury may do him some good. If the roads wet you drive safely you idiot !

Frankly, I don't think it's so much the driver's fault.

More, of those who gave him a driver's licence.