webfact Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Video: Car hits express train - but you may not see a crazier accident all Songkran week Image: Thai News Agency BANGKOK: -- Car collisions with trains at crossings usually involve drivers ignoring barriers and flashing lights before the train actually arrives. But in today's video the Bangkok to Hat Yai express No 31 is going at full speed through the crossing when a car approaches. The Honda car with Songkhla plates goes through the barrier and smashes into the train. The car is flung along and the driver is thrown from the vehicle suffering injury, reported Thai News Agency. The poster of the CCTV footage said the barrier was working normally. No one else was hurt though the car was a write-off and there was serious damage to carriage number 10 on the express. It was part of new rolling stock introduced recently to the line. The accident happened by the station of Khuan Niang at 6.10 am on Monday. The CCTV footage was posted on Facebook by "Trainlism". The poster gave no explanation for why the driver might have decided to run the crossing. Source: Thai News Agency -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-04-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaywalker Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I guess the brakes failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I suppose he will seek a refund on the amulets he brought to protect from such inconvenience as having to wait for a train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 3 minutes ago, jaywalker said: I guess the brakes failed. Something failed as well as the brakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 54 minutes ago, jaywalker said: I guess the brakes failed. A clear case of brain failure, THE most common cause of accidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 He thought he could cross before the train arrived, looking in the opposite direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 If it was a farang driving it would simple be put down to attempted suicide I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 ..well it is the same driving behavior and procedure for turning into lane of the flow of traffic.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akampa Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 clunk click every trip ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patekatek Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Probably checking to see if his selfie on Facebook got a lot of likes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Another blind Thai driver,in this case blind drunk i think, regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman20 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 2 hours ago, jaywalker said: I guess the brakes failed. more like the brain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman20 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 cant teach stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzandy Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 no brain no brake la la la la Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Standard Thai driving, keep pushing the nose in to force others to yield. Didn't occur to the brainiac a train won't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, DrTuner said: Standard Thai driving, keep pushing the nose in to force others to yield. Didn't occur to the brainiac a train won't care. You are all completely wrong. It's obvious the train was too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Time to tighten up on the eyesight test at the Driving license office. What a <deleted>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnikaIII Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 3 hours ago, jaywalker said: I guess the brakes failed. Did you mean to say: "I guess the brain failed." ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4UCorsair Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, Reigntax said: Something failed as well as the brakes Brain?? Very different outcome if the car had gone between the bogeys and under the carriage. Edited April 12, 2017 by F4UCorsair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taichiplanet Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 obviously not wearing a seat belt as well as not wearing a brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsensam Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 i'v seen the locals trying to cross just before the train arrives, but trying to cross as the train is passing is a certainly a new category of thainess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 1 hour ago, patekatek said: Probably checking to see if his selfie on Facebook got a lot of likes. And / or very consumed with talking to someone on his/her smartphone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda13 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Might be a diabetic who missed their insulin shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerostar Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 That woke him up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toscano Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 I didn't see anybody in the car , maybe there is a slight downward slope and the hand brake hadn't been applied . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DekDaeng Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Is he still texting, lying down beside the control box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantom Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 The accident happened by the station of Khuan Niang at 6.10 am on Monday. Time to stop calling events like this an 'accident.' It was a collision or crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddavidovsky Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Bizarrely inaccurate news article that tries to make fun of a pretty ugly accident. The car didn't 'smash' into the train, but drifted. It didn't try to 'run the crossing'. Driver was probably looking at his/her phone and didn't notice the car drifting. It was the back-seat passenger (apparently) not the driver that was thrown out - and it certainly doesn't look like 'no one was hurt'. There was no barrier - only lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DekDaeng Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 12 minutes ago, Toscano said: I didn't see anybody in the car , maybe there is a slight downward slope and the hand brake hadn't been applied . You're right, does look like nobody in the drivers seat. But maybe the impact of being thrown around by the train threw him into the back seat, then the impact with the pole threw him out the back door ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamNoone88 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Got to thank that guy for the physics lesson. Force = Mass x Acceleration. Inertia did the rest and slung his ass out that car when it hit the pole. He didn't "clunk, click, every trip" otherwise he might be in his seat. Amazing energy transfer. He won't be doing that again ...... nah never say never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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