Koh Samui motorbike ride ends in tragedy for HK couple

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Thai motorbike ride ends in tragedy for HK couple

Yupina Ng

 

SAMUI: -- A young Hong Kong man was killed and his girlfriend seriously injured when their rented motorcycle crashed into a lorry on the Thai holiday island of Koh Samui. The couple were not wearing helmets, reports said.

 

They were named last night as Chan Ho-hin, 22, and April Wong, 21.

 

The driver of the lorry reported the accident to police.

 

Full story: http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=173888

 

-- The Standard 2016-09-12

 

[craigt3365]

Very sad.  Why would you ever get on a scooter without a helmet?  From the article:

 

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Of the 83 deaths, 34 were from road accidents, nine from swimming and boating accidents, six from congenital diseases, four from suicides and 30 from other causes.

 

I'd bet the road accident stats are way low, due to the way they count them.

[trogers]

Bet they didn't even have an international driving license for operating a motorcycle... 

[DipStick]

38 minutes ago, trogers said:

Bet they didn't even have an international driving license for operating a motorcycle... 

If you read the HK Standard report it stated that motorcycles can be hired if the hirer can show a licence issued by any country 

[evadgib]

The number of non Thai Asians wobbling all over the roads riding Chicken-chasers for what looks like the first time on Samui in the last 3 months is extremely worrying. I catch them on dashcam pretty much every day but would need a bigger hard drive if I were to save all the clips!

 

 

[PoorSucker]

4 hours ago, DipStick said:

If you read the HK Standard report it stated that motorcycles can be hired if the hirer can show a licence issued by any country 

Nobody asks for licence when renting out on Samui.

[khunPer]

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A report by the Bureau of Prevention and Assistance in Tourist Fraud revealed that 83 foreign tourists died in Thailand last year, up 54 percent from the previous year.

The figures were compiled from reports from the ministry's 10 offices nationwide.

Of the 83 deaths, 34 were from road accidents, nine from swimming and boating accidents, six from congenital diseases, four from suicides and 30 from other causes.

34 foreigners dead in traffic accidents in Thailand in a year..?

[evadgib]

Samui alone exceeds that!

[tomwct]

Happens everyday throughout Thailand! Just hope they had travel insurance!

[sahibji]

inexperienced riders or just pure bad luck to have their holiday prematurely terminated. 

[sahibji]

24 minutes ago, tomwct said:

Happens everyday throughout Thailand! Just hope they had travel insurance!

insurance should be made compulsory at the point of sale i.e  when the vehicle is rented. it will save  the owner of the vehicle a lot of headache in case of a mishap.

[sahibji]

38 minutes ago, evadgib said:

Samui alone exceeds that!

fact or speculation?

[sahibji]

49 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

Nobody asks for licence when renting out on Samui.

serious regulatory needed if you want a smooth running transport industry.

Edited September 12, 2016 by sahibji

[sahibji]

5 hours ago, trogers said:

Bet they didn't even have an international driving license for operating a motorcycle... 

do you need an international driving licence for motorcycles?

[ronaldo0]

I was sitting eating in seafront restaurant in nathon my friend owns and watched in amazement 3 Asians on 2 bikes pull up.

The first one on a PCX almost smashed into my car while trying to stop (doing about 10km/hr) and his mate with woman on the back wasn't much better. They stopped and spoke for 2 minutes to each other and decided to head off. Guy on his own starts his bike and it lurches towards my car again , desperate grab for brakes were only think that stopped him while revving the nuts off the bike in panic. He then manages to turn the bike around facing same way as traffic and then without looking at the traffic wheelies off down the road out of control at twice the speed or everyone else. His mate didn't look either , wobbled off before booting it to catch up with his mate ! 

If either didn't have an accident by the end off the day I would be surprised !! They are everywhere on samui !!

[evadgib]

1 hour ago, sahibji said:

fact or speculation?

Stats are available via any Govt that collates them and has a credible freedom of information policy. Other organisations like the EU probably hold them re their passport holders too.

 

HTH

Edited September 12, 2016 by evadgib

[uksomchai]

8 minutes ago, evadgib said:

Fact!

And you can show this to be a fact in what way ? 

Or do we just have to take the words FACT as true ? 

[evadgib]

21 minutes ago, uksomchai said:

And you can show this to be a fact in what way ? 

Or do we just have to take the words FACT as true ? 

Explained in edit.

Edited September 12, 2016 by evadgib

[khunPer]

2 hours ago, evadgib said:

Samui alone exceeds that!

I'm afraid you're more than right...

[khunPer]

53 minutes ago, uksomchai said:

And you can show this to be a fact in what way ? 

Or do we just have to take the words FACT as true ? 

Some fats (sources at button of top graphics):

 

 

[DipStick]

Ok chappies shall we put our napkins away u til next month, stop this nonsense and remember one guy is dead . It really would be nice to see manners shown 

 

[surfinglife]

10 hours ago, DipStick said:

If you read the HK Standard report it stated that motorcycles can be hired if the hirer can show a licence issued by any country 

You don't need to have adriver's license to hire a motorbike in Thailand. You just need to have one to ride it (legally)

[oldlakey]

6 hours ago, sahibji said:

inexperienced riders or just pure bad luck to have their holiday prematurely terminated. 

Not to mention his life

[evadgib]

4 hours ago, DipStick said:

Ok chappies shall we put our napkins away u til next month, stop this nonsense and remember one guy is dead . It really would be nice to see manners shown 

 

 

AFAICT the thread is informative, factually correct and might just serve as a warning to others. It is not entirely clear what you are referring to as 'Manners' but if it relates to a particular post the quickest remedy is via the report button.

[whaleboneman]

8 hours ago, tomwct said:

Happens everyday throughout Thailand! Just hope they had travel insurance!

I don't think insurance will help the dead guy.

[PoorSucker]

Closing this one as it turning out to be........

[PoorSucker]

8 hours ago, sahibji said:

serious regulatory needed if you want a smooth running transport industry.

 

And renters will loose 80% of their business... 

[balo]

Just stay home and live another day. Avoid the roads. Problem solved.

[Ken7475]

Insurance is useless...  Because they weren't wearing helmets.  Insurance will not pay

[Ken7475]

On 12 September 2016 at 5:08 PM, tomwct said:

Happens everyday throughout Thailand! Just hope they had travel insurance!

Insurance will not  pay a cent because they were not wearing helmets. 100% no chance of them paying out.   Read the small print on your policies .   Sad but fact