Three teenagers dead after motorcycle collision with 22 wheeler in Udon

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Three teenagers dead after motorcycle collision with 22 wheeler in Udon

 

Image: Sanook

 

Three teenagers were killed after their motorcycle was dragged under a 22 wheel concrete truck trailer yesterday.

The accident happened on the Nityo Road in Nong Harn district opposite the  PT gas station.

The girls were all on one Honda Scoopy-i bike going home after visiting a hospital.

The three victims were named as Janthima 16, Piyaporn 15 and Katriya,16. They were all M3 (Year 10) students at Nikhom Nongtan School.

The driver of the Mega Pro Concrete truck, Udorn, 34, was waiting for Nong Harn police at the scene.

Police said that the accident happened as both the truck and the girls on the motorcycle were overtaking a "Skylab" tuk-tuk that was travelling in the hard shoulder.

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-01-29

[Thaiwrath]

3 more young lives wasted, due to the carnage on the roads.

R.I.P.

[starky]

RIP kids. Tragically just a daily part of life on the roads here.

[impulse]

Back home, they'd have been tooling around in Mom's SUV and we'd be reading about a scary brush with death- not 3 fatalities.

 

I sure hope Thailand's economy gets to the point where ordinary people can afford cars instead of scooters.

 

Edit:  Though I don't look forward to the gridlock.

Edited January 29, 2017 by impulse

[Get Real]

21 minutes ago, impulse said:

Back home, they'd have been tooling around in Mom's SUV and we'd be reading about a scary brush with death- not 3 fatalities.

 

I sure hope Thailand's economy gets to the point where ordinary people can afford cars instead of scooters.

 

Edit:  Though I don't look forward to the gridlock.

I think it´s much better that people here learn to go by the same traffic rules, instead of taking away some types of veicles. Just don´t compete with an 18-wheeler at the same time it´s passing another driver.
I believe that most rules in most countries does not allow double over taking as a regular behaviour.

[impulse]

3 minutes ago, Get Real said:

I think it´s much better that people here learn to go by the same traffic rules, instead of taking away some types of veicles. Just don´t compete with an 18-wheeler at the same time it´s passing another driver.
I believe that most rules in most countries does not allow double over taking as a regular behaviour.

 

In Mom's SUV, double overtaking isn't even a physical possibility.

 

The details in the article are a little sparse about who was the first to start passing.  They may have passing the tuk-tuk in a perfectly reasonable manner when the cement truck decided to do the same- but not quite as reasonably.  Point being that no matter how good you are at scootering, there's someone out there who can ruin your day.  

 

Seat belts, doors and a roof are pretty good protection against that.  Not 100% protection, but 20-40 times as good as a helmet, according to US and AU studies.

[Titan1962]

First thing I see the ages. 16/15. Not sure what the legal age here is for a bike.?

second thing 3 on a Scooby, on a highway.

I understand the economy and not everyone can afford a car or a motor vehicle. But that's the same as a lot of European countries. But the main difference is there are laws regarding licences and age to obtain. Until these laws are enforced by the  police these unnecessary and countless loss of life will continue. It' won't stop all the deaths,but it definitely will help.

I remember the first accident I saw here,4 dead bodies on a road at sisaket,my heart sunk and I felt sick. Now after only 2 yrs,I have become accustomed to it. Very sad that I now just think oh well. Maybe taking on the Thai attitude.

the only thing it has done for me,made me a lot more aware of my surroundings when I am on my bike.

RIP young ladies. 

[zorro1]

Ugghhh first responders

[nakhonandy]

This will never stop until rules are enforced and real driver education is mandatory.

[jimstar1]

What about the Helmets What about the age What about 3 up on a Scoopy

What about this Crazy Government and Bribe Taking Police Do something about this instead of Targeting Farang on Bikes to rip them of

[little mary sunshine]

So sad!

[KhunBENQ]

It will happen again and again.

These creeping "skylab" three wheelers are often the catalyst for disaster. They are a pest. Can't count how often I had to break hard for one of these "obstacles" blocking half a lane.

 

The rest is speculation (from what I see daily):

no (look into the) mirrors/obstructed view with three(!) on the bike

just swerving carelessly

no helmets (although they might not have helped with such heavy impact)

speeding truck

narrow overtaking (there are two full lanes per direction)

 

[NanLaew]

3 hours ago, impulse said:

Back home, they'd have been tooling around in Mom's SUV and we'd be reading about a scary brush with death- not 3 fatalities.

 

I sure hope Thailand's economy gets to the point where ordinary people can afford cars instead of scooters.

 

Edit:  Though I don't look forward to the gridlock.

Brilliant! Let's bypass the critical Darwin filter of '3-up on a Scoopy' and have them all swanning about in Fortuners and Everests.

 

Let's see how much easier they fit in between the 'skylab' on the hard shoulder and the 22-wheeler.

 

Actually there was a video clip on the Thai morning horror show news a couple of weeks back that showed a motorbike similarly sucked underneath the trailer wheels of a passing truck after the motorbike hit a rough spot on the nearside lane and swerved into the vortex.

[NanLaew]

3 hours ago, impulse said:

They may have passing the tuk-tuk in a perfectly reasonable manner when the cement truck decided to do the same- but not quite as reasonably.  Point being that no matter how good you are at scootering, there's someone out there who can ruin your day.  

Three on a bike isn't 'a perfectly reasonable manner' to drive in a straight line, never mind about overtaking.

 

Six eyes, two mirrors... no clue.

[RichardColeman]

Thai governmental population control working its merry way again. RIP kids.

[NoshowJones]

2 hours ago, Titan1962 said:

First thing I see the ages. 16/15. Not sure what the legal age here is for a bike.?

second thing 3 on a Scooby, on a highway.

I understand the economy and not everyone can afford a car or a motor vehicle. But that's the same as a lot of European countries. But the main difference is there are laws regarding licences and age to obtain. Until these laws are enforced by the  police these unnecessary and countless loss of life will continue. It' won't stop all the deaths,but it definitely will help.

I remember the first accident I saw here,4 dead bodies on a road at sisaket,my heart sunk and I felt sick. Now after only 2 yrs,I have become accustomed to it. Very sad that I now just think oh well. Maybe taking on the Thai attitude.

the only thing it has done for me,made me a lot more aware of my surroundings when I am on my bike.

RIP young ladies. 

15 years old for up to 110cc I think.

[NoshowJones]

35 minutes ago, jimstar1 said:

What about the Helmets What about the age What about 3 up on a Scoopy

What about this Crazy Government and Bribe Taking Police Do something about this instead of Targeting Farang on Bikes to rip them of

Living in a village where it is common for underage riders and three on a bike, I watch the local policemen walking past regularly and ignoring them, I assume it is because if they started stopping and charging them, they would lose all their friends among other things.

[KhunBENQ]

1 hour ago, possum1931 said:

15 years old for up to 110cc I think.

15 years for sure. Minimum age to get a motorbike driving license.

I forgot/can't find the details about the age limit for big bikes (20?).

 

[NoshowJones]

5 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

15 years for sure. Minimum age to get a motorbike driving license.

I forgot/can't find the details about the age limit for big bikes (20?).

 

I just read recently somewhere that there isn't any.

[oldsailor35]

5 hours ago, impulse said:

 

In Mom's SUV, double overtaking isn't even a physical possibility.

 

The details in the article are a little sparse about who was the first to start passing.  They may have passing the tuk-tuk in a perfectly reasonable manner when the cement truck decided to do the same- but not quite as reasonably.  Point being that no matter how good you are at scootering, there's someone out there who can ruin your day.  

 

Seat belts, doors and a roof are pretty good protection against that.  Not 100% protection, but 20-40 times as good as a helmet, according to US and AU studies.

I don't know what they are like up there, but there is no protection against cement trucks here on Samui. They only know one thing  .....SPEED !

[oldsailor35]

4 hours ago, Titan1962 said:

First thing I see the ages. 16/15. Not sure what the legal age here is for a bike.?

second thing 3 on a Scooby, on a highway.

I understand the economy and not everyone can afford a car or a motor vehicle. But that's the same as a lot of European countries. But the main difference is there are laws regarding licences and age to obtain. Until these laws are enforced by the  police these unnecessary and countless loss of life will continue. It' won't stop all the deaths,but it definitely will help.

I remember the first accident I saw here,4 dead bodies on a road at sisaket,my heart sunk and I felt sick. Now after only 2 yrs,I have become accustomed to it. Very sad that I now just think oh well. Maybe taking on the Thai attitude.

the only thing it has done for me,made me a lot more aware of my surroundings when I am on my bike.

RIP young ladies. 

They are too lazy to ride bikes here. Just go to any school around 'go home' time. Its all motorcy's  sometimes 4 up. But parents don't care here, apparently no concern whatsoever.

 

[crutchy26]

On Friday, I was on the roads for over 2 hours (Ban Phai then Chaiyaphum). My dash cam clearly shows that MOST motor-cyclists of ALL ages do not care about their lives & have NO regard for road rules. As for 'their' passengers: good luck! 

The road toll will stay like this forever..................no-one gives a <deleted>!

 

[mikecha]

R.I.P

[catinthehat]

3 hours ago, jimstar1 said:

What about the Helmets What about the age What about 3 up on a Scoopy

What about this Crazy Government and Bribe Taking Police Do something about this instead of Targeting Farang on Bikes to rip them of

What is the legal age to gain a drivers license? Is there a law for legal number of riders? I know about the helmet law that is ignored.......except during tea money campaigns.

[TKDfella]

6 hours ago, impulse said:

 

In Mom's SUV, double overtaking isn't even a physical possibility.

 

The details in the article are a little sparse about who was the first to start passing.  They may have passing the tuk-tuk in a perfectly reasonable manner when the cement truck decided to do the same- but not quite as reasonably.  Point being that no matter how good you are at scootering, there's someone out there who can ruin your day.  

 

Seat belts, doors and a roof are pretty good protection against that.  Not 100% protection, but 20-40 times as good as a helmet, according to US and AU studies.

@ impulse, Unfortunately, not quite true. I often see the motorbike-sidecar being overtaken by car and some else jamming them both tight by speeding by them. The above photo shows a central reservation dividing two way traffic and looks like two lanes (as is usual for central reservation roads). That means if  '... tuk-tuk that was travelling in the hard shoulder.' then two lanes should have been sufficient for the motorbike and the truck. Main roads going past Nong Harn are twin lanes.

[dunroaming]

I understand that the posters here have the best intentions and all of us are upset by the loss of these young girls but once again we are p*ssing in the wind.  There is no easy fix and three schoolkids on a bike is the norm every school day as many use them to get there and back.  Pointless talking age limits on the bikes because they are by far the preferred form of transport for the young and old.  This is Thailand and they will always do things they way they want to.  There is no incentive to change the way things are and to be honest, no practical alternative.

[oldgent]

First Rip girls, condolences to the families . Education is the only way the government need

to do something.... Videos,Stricter Tests, harsher penalties ..Once again Thai thinking I

must get there as fast as i can. but this one is a freak accident.

[vesparally180]

Another tragedy on the roads.I used to drive my scooter into Udon Thani  every Saturday and Sunday but got  fed up with so many narrow escapes and witnessing moments of insanity by folks using every form of transport that I now take the bus.Been many places in Issan and the north on two wheels and has been the same in all the locations,a general lack of awareness about basic road safety,look,signal then manoeuvre coupled with overloaded vehicles and no crash helmets.A tragic waste of life.RIP.

[biplanebluey]

9 hours ago, zorro1 said:

Ugghhh first responders

Who are you talking about ????????

[biplanebluey]

6 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Living in a village where it is common for underage riders and three on a bike, I watch the local policemen walking past regularly and ignoring them, I assume it is because if they started stopping and charging them, they would lose all their friends among other things.

In our village i see often young kids 10--12 yrs on scooters.Sometimes too small to sit on seat and reach handlebars so standing up------ no kidding Mum sends them down to village shop for something.