No alcohol found in body of van driver in horrific crash

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No alcohol found in body of van driver in horrific crash

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: JS100

 

CHONBURI: -- No traces of alcohol were found in the body of the 64-year-old van driver who was involved in the car crash that killed 25 people on Chonburi Road on Monday, Royal Thai Police Hospital announced this afternoon.

 

Dr. Pornchai Sutheerakul, head of the hospital's Institute of Forensic Science, confirmed today that driver Sumon Eiamsombat did not drink or use narcotics before he lost control of the vehicle, Post Today reported.

 

On Jan. 2, Sumon was driving a commuter van from Chantaburi to Bangkok. The van swerved out of its lane and collided head-on with a pickup truck on the opposite lane on a highway in Chonburi's Ban Bueng district. The vehicles then caught fire.

 

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2017/01/04/no-alcohol-found-body-van-driver-horrific-crash

 

-- © Copyright Coconuts Bangkok 2017-01-05

[wprime]

That's a lot of damage for a 60km/h collision (I'm assuming that's on the 344 which is signposted at 60).

 

[onemorechang]

4 minutes ago, wprime said:

That's a lot of damage for a 60km/h collision (I'm assuming that's on the 344 which is signposted at 60).

 

 

You need to double that speed and ad about 30 more.

that's the usual cruising speed of the  safety conscious caring  mini van drivers of Thailand.

[Thaiwrath]

 5 round trips in 31 hours, that is over 2,000 kilometres !

His boss must have known the dangers of driving such distance in a short period of time.

In a normal country, the boss would be held accountable, and jailed for a good few years. 

[wprime]

18 minutes ago, onemorechang said:

 

You need to double that speed and ad about 30 more.

that's the usual cruising speed of the  safety conscious caring  mini van drivers of Thailand.

 

But you lose a lot of speed when swerving too, looks like he fell asleep with the pedal to the floor.

 

I almost got taken out by one of them obviously falling asleep a few years back (he slipped out of his lane then all the way into the hard right before hitting the slope and suddenly correcting back) while I was passing him. It was on a curve too so I lost traction as I had to go into the hard right too to have braking room.

[futsukayoi]

1 hour ago, wprime said:

That's a lot of damage for a 60km/h collision (I'm assuming that's on the 344 which is signposted at 60).

 

 

Head on with pickup going the other direction so 120 km/h collision if they were both only doing the speed limit.

[ezzra]

 

Somehow I don't think the poor over worked slob even had the time

to take a piss let alone drink alcohol.....

[Diamondbob]

No Alcohol found!!!

What about drugs or Red Bull????
They all drive like maniacs 

[GAZZPA]

3 hours ago, wprime said:

That's a lot of damage for a 60km/h collision (I'm assuming that's on the 344 which is signposted at 60).

 

Completly agree, i am no expert but in todays vehicles the crumple zones are very efficient and i suspect that 40mph (60kmh) would not cause such damage. the truck is obliterated and almost unrecognisable. More BS from the cowardly Thais unwilling to admit the reality on their own roads of terrible speeding and reckless driving.

 

 

[TheFishman1]

Check for bald tires. TIT

[dieseldave1951]

4 hours ago, wprime said:

That's a lot of damage for a 60km/h collision (I'm assuming that's on the 344 which is signposted at 60).

 

two vehicles travelling towards each other about 120km/h

[wprime]

3 hours ago, futsukayoi said:

 

Head on with pickup going the other direction so 120 km/h collision if they were both only doing the speed limit.

 

39 minutes ago, dieseldave1951 said:

two vehicles travelling towards each other about 120km/h

 

The damage split over two vehicles, the standard is to rate impacts at a comparable impact speed with a solid, unmovable, uncompressible object. Two vehicles traveling at 60km/h involved in a head-on collision will have approximately the same impact damage as a single vehicle driving into said solid object at 60km/h, not 120km/h with respect to relative mass, compressibility and traction.

[6thST]

Booze or no Booze people here drive like manics.They do what they want too.They run red lights,they have tinted windows so when I'm riding my bike at a intersection I can't tell if the driver is looking at me or not? They make left turns or right turns and cut you off.The List can go on and on.One more thing the bicycle lanes are a joke there are more Lot Dangs and Taxi's in the bicycle lanes...And don't forget Texing....and the beat goes on!!!!   

[yooyoo]

5 hours ago, onemorechang said:

 

You need to double that speed and ad about 30 more.

that's the usual cruising speed of the  safety conscious caring  mini van drivers of Thailand.

Yes nobody drives at a speed of 60!!! Where have you been? 

[MadMuhummad]

5 hours ago, Diamondbob said:

No Alcohol found!!!

What about drugs or Red Bull????
They all drive like maniacs 

 

The article stated no drugs? Now Red Bull or M-150 is a different story 

[PeeJay1959]

12 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

 5 round trips in 31 hours, that is over 2,000 kilometres !

His boss must have known the dangers of driving such distance in a short period of time.

In a normal country, the boss would be held accountable, and jailed for a good few years. 

That is a huge distance for his age, presumably very little sleep...

[KKr]

15 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

 5 round trips in 31 hours, that is over 2,000 kilometres !

His boss must have known the dangers of driving such distance in a short period of time.

In a normal country, the boss would be held accountable, and jailed for a good few years. 

if the above information is correct, that means an average speed of about 65 km.
not accounting for eight times seating and disembarking passengers, packing luggage, "technical" stops, etc, what should take 8 times 15 minutes = 2 hours.
(Not mentioning here the common sense "compulsory" breaks after X hours of driving and the maximum driving time per 24 hours)
Gazzing up and food say another hour. 2000/28 = about 71 kmh on average.
On the highway only, could maybe be possible when taking into account driving to and from a bus station.
Up country, one has to really step on it to achieve such average.
Where I am, before the introduction of speed limits and speed cameras, it was possible, but not now.
Unless one has the desire to fork out 1000 B for a picture of your own car ;-)

So, no time for sleep.
May all victims rest in peace.