Three youths dead in Sri Racha smash - Chinese driver arrested

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Three youths dead in Sri Racha smash - Chinese driver arrested

 

Image: Daily News

 

SRI RACHA: -- A Chinese man driving a Fortuner was arrested in Sri Racha on Sunday night after colliding with a motorcycle.

 

All three youths on the Honda Dream were dead at the scene. They were aged 13 and 14, reports Daily News.

 

The accident happened by the reservoir in Bang Phra, Sri Racha.

 

Witnesses said the Fortuner was overtaking and went into the right lane and hit the motorcycle.  Both vehicles were going at a fast speed.

 

Sri Racha police arrested the 44 year old driver of the Fortuner, Liang Min.

 

Source: Daily News

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-10-11

 

[joepattaya1961]

sad again, all involved at the wrong time at the wrong place.........

[thurien]

driver licences of these underage driver mocyclists secured by police? why mocy unlawfully overloaded with 3 pax? did they wear the compulsory helmets? did they fiddle around with the engine ("mocy going at high speed!")? did the owner of the mocy know that letting these underaged drive the vehicle is against the law? was the owner interviewed already by the police? was the mocy insured sufficiently?

Edited October 11, 2016 by thurien

[kotsak]

12 minutes ago, thurien said:

driver licences of these underage driver mocyclists secured by police? why mocy unlawfully overloaded with 3 pax? did they wear the compulsory helmets? did they fiddle around with the engine ("mocy going at high speed!")? did the owner of the mocy know that letting these underaged drive the vehicle is against the law? was the owner interviewed already by the police? was the mocy insured sufficiently?

 

Probably No x 7

[ericnoodeeka]

jesus, just look at the state of that fortuner!!!!   im a profesional driver, the carnage indicates massive speed.unbelievable.

13 and 14 years old?????

 

[maoro2013]

Did the motorcycle have any lights? I see plenty that don't.

[cumgranosalum]

22 minutes ago, ericnoodeeka said:

jesus, just look at the state of that fortuner!!!!   im a profesional driver, the carnage indicates massive speed.unbelievable.

13 and 14 years old?????

 

One needs to be a professional accident assessor to judge how much of the damage was in fact perfectly acceptable shock absorption crumbling that is built in to the vehicle.

 

There will however be no scientific analysis of this accident, merely a pronouncement of blame by the local police which will not be based on science but a desire to distribute financial compensation to those involved - including the police's efforts.

 

there may be questions as to how the Fortuner driver was driving as well as to why 3 very young people were on one motorbike. however the answers to most of that are down to the level of police enforcement on public roads - one also needs to know the time/weather/road conditions at the time of the accident.

I can't see where this RTI took place - Sri Racha's Sukhumvit has at present a massive amount of very badly organised and demarcated major roadworks at present, and some stretches of that road have been the scene of incidents on multiple occasions in the past.

 

I see now "The accident happened by the reservoir in Bang Phra, Sri Racha." - that is a particularly treacherous road as well.....but the location description is just too vague.

 

Edited October 11, 2016 by cumgranosalum

[retoohs]

sad

[Classic Ray]

Three youths all too young to drive motorcycle, probably no helmets, Chinese driver probably not used to driving on left hand side of road, recipe for disaster that came to pass. When will driving standards improve in this country, parents protecting their children, government ensuring training and enforcement of road discipline?

[cumgranosalum]

19 minutes ago, Classic Ray said:

Three youths all too young to drive motorcycle, probably no helmets, Chinese driver probably not used to driving on left hand side of road, recipe for disaster that came to pass. When will driving standards improve in this country, parents protecting their children, government ensuring training and enforcement of road discipline?

Unfortunately your comments don't even scratch the surface of the problems facing road safety - however it doesn't help to make assumptions about the driver - what "Chinese" actually means here is questionable and then to make stereotypic assumptions about his/her drivng seems rather unhelpful in how it affects the direction of the analysis of this incident.

[canopus1969]

1 hour ago, Classic Ray said:

Three youths all too young to drive motorcycle, probably no helmets, Chinese driver probably not used to driving on left hand side of road, recipe for disaster that came to pass. When will driving standards improve in this country, parents protecting their children, government ensuring training and enforcement of road discipline?

All too often Thai parents do not worry (care) about what their children do so this sort of thing is common place, so sad but the parents should be help accountable

[terminatorchiangmai]

3 minutes ago, canopus1969 said:

All too often Thai parents do not worry (care) about what their children do so this sort of thing is common place, so sad but the parents should be help accountable

 

So true , like they not love their children at all.

Who lets a 12 year old drive to school on a motorbike and why does the school allow them to come that way.

[onemorechang]

Young boys dying   on the roads.

So Sad.

Balm is at the feet of the irresponsible parents of Thailand.

They teach there children nothing about the roads,   because they

drive like loonies them selves.

should not even be on the roads at that age.

 

RIP,  young guys.

 

Edited October 11, 2016 by onemorechang

[Jai Dee]

Several troll posts and replies have been removed from this thread.

[Golden Triangle]

How come all the damage is on the left hand side ? If he was overtaking another vehicle I would have expected the damage to be on the RHS, were the boys driving down the middle of the road ?

 

Another senseless waste of life, RIP.

[toofarnorth]

I expect the parents of the 3 boys are in tears over this but apportion no blame on their children. The fault must lie with the foreign driver of course.

[Bangkok Barry]

4 hours ago, thurien said:

driver licences of these underage driver mocyclists secured by police? why mocy unlawfully overloaded with 3 pax? did they wear the compulsory helmets? did they fiddle around with the engine ("mocy going at high speed!")? did the owner of the mocy know that letting these underaged drive the vehicle is against the law? was the owner interviewed already by the police? was the mocy insured sufficiently?

 

[Gary A]

I avoid driving after dark for precisely this reason. It's very common for motorbikes to drive without lights. You may consider it their fault for no lights but if you kill the riders, you are the one who will have to live with it.

[mercman24]

me waiting for a bus in Rama 4 last nigh at 8-30, cop came past with the usual "flat cap" helmet on and not one light working on his scooter, yep setting a good example

[FredNL]

It looks to me that someone was driving in the wrong way. 

Looks like a head on collision.

[vogie]

15 minutes ago, Gary A said:

I avoid driving after dark for precisely this reason. It's very common for motorbikes to drive without lights. You may consider it their fault for no lights but if you kill the riders, you are the one who will have to live with it.

And how else do you prevent ghosts from following you if you don't remove the bulbs?

[GAZZPA]

4 hours ago, Classic Ray said:

Three youths all too young to drive motorcycle, probably no helmets, Chinese driver probably not used to driving on left hand side of road, recipe for disaster that came to pass. When will driving standards improve in this country, parents protecting their children, government ensuring training and enforcement of road discipline?

Never is the answer, i have spoken to people who have been here 20 years and the way it is now is how its always been. Thai's will never want to be told by a foreigner that something is wrong in thier country,, not ever.

[GAZZPA]

24 minutes ago, mercman24 said:

me waiting for a bus in Rama 4 last nigh at 8-30, cop came past with the usual "flat cap" helmet on and not one light working on his scooter, yep setting a good example

I have seen many police riding the wrong way, in the wrong lane, no helmet and also reckless riding. Some of the poorest standards in the World here, make no mistake.

[BlackJack]

put a 1000 baht camera in your car as this will be your witness to what happened

 

my camera is full of near misses and me swearing at idiots on the road

 

nothing worse than being in the right and arguing with the wrongdoers - he said she said and the cops will go which way??

 

 

[GAZZPA]

2 hours ago, terminatorchiangmai said:

 

So true , like they not love their children at all.

Who lets a 12 year old drive to school on a motorbike and why does the school allow them to come that way.

You are assuming common sense will be applied to situations my friend. Of course no sensible, free thinking person would allow their 12 year old on a motorbike on the safest roads in the world, yet alone here. And of course all 12 year olds feel immortal and have less of a sense of self preservation so how responsible can a 12 year be on the road? The answer is obvious. And yet at school chucking out time you will see countless bikes 2 or 3 up with underage riders in school uniforms, no helmets weaving in and out of the traffic.

Its really sad to see.

[SOTIRIOS]

....have....never....heard.....of....a....Thai.....getting arrested.....for.... being...involved....in...an....accident.....

 

...even when a dozen people die......

 

...and who says they youths didn't cause the accident.....

 

...this smacks of more racism......

[gdgbb]

5 hours ago, thurien said:

driver licences of these underage driver mocyclists secured by police? why mocy unlawfully overloaded with 3 pax? did they wear the compulsory helmets? did they fiddle around with the engine ("mocy going at high speed!")? did the owner of the mocy know that letting these underaged drive the vehicle is against the law? was the owner interviewed already by the police? was the mocy insured sufficiently?

 

driver licences of these Chinese driver secured by police? why car unlawfully in the right hand lane? did he drive with the compulsory due care and attention? did he fiddle around with the engine ("both vehicles going at high speed!")? did the driver of the car know that letting the car drive into oncoming motorcycles is against the law? was the driver interviewed already by the police? was the car insured sufficiently?

[gdgbb]

1 hour ago, toofarnorth said:

I expect the parents of the 3 boys are in tears over this but apportion no blame on their children. The fault must lie with the foreign driver of course.

 

Quite likely to be justified in this case according to witnesses.

[dunroaming]

7 hours ago, thurien said:

driver licences of these underage driver mocyclists secured by police? why mocy unlawfully overloaded with 3 pax? did they wear the compulsory helmets? did they fiddle around with the engine ("mocy going at high speed!")? did the owner of the mocy know that letting these underaged drive the vehicle is against the law? was the owner interviewed already by the police? was the mocy insured sufficiently?

 

This is Thailand.  Why would you try to compare it to Western rules and standards?  Have you never seen all the kids going to school on their motorcycles, sometimes three or four on board?  This is their country and they do things their way, often the consequences are awful but they have to make that call.

[PeeJay1959]

4 hours ago, Golden Triangle said:

How come all the damage is on the left hand side ? If he was overtaking another vehicle I would have expected the damage to be on the RHS, were the boys driving down the middle of the road ?

 

Another senseless waste of life, RIP.

Maybe they were trying to avoid the car?