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British expat Danny Glass denies fatal reckless driving charge, seeks donations for legal help

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hottrader77 Senior Member

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1 hour ago, catman20 said:

i thought it was a parked car but anyway if what you are saying is true he was too close the the car in front, so not paying attention or careless driving ?

As i said before and got lambasted by others on here , this guy will never admit it was his fault and now wants some gullable people on here to pay for the mess he caused dont pay up , he was driving too fasy , too near to the car in front and changed lanes without properly looking in the mirror , the only thing he deserves is 20 years in jail

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EnlightenedAtheist Explorer Member

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1 hour ago, davidcc said:

I personally find this man's behavior most bizarre and personally rather distasteful. I have no idea about the accident, as I was not there and can not comment. It would not be fair or correct. But one can comment on how someone behaves after such a tragic and sad event, especially as he is himself, is making it so public. His girlfriend he loved and their baby died. It is tragically sad. For all concerned and the family of the lady who died. However, someone directed me to his YouTube postings and I appreciate it is the modern world we live in, but is it normal to post fairly long and multiple videos about yourself and talk about how you are doing ?  Other than a few moments of breakdown into teary eyes, mostly it seemed to be about oneself.  In a few I almost felt he was selling me some sort of spiritual philosophy of his, that quite frankly is incredibly shallow to say the very least. Maybe I misinterpreted it and maybe I am wrong...But I can only say how I felt watching it...It was almost like promoting himself off the back of a tragically sad event. An ego massage.  A cry for attention. I am not saying at all, that is the case, but it is what I felt when watching them. Maybe its me and I am too traditional. But for me, doing it diminishes the sorrow and sends out all the wrong vibes. It  seems very strange to me, to do it. But maybe that is me and this is the modern world. But so soon after it happened ? Not saying he was, or did do it for wrong reasons. It could be I just do not understand people who go public about terribly sad events.  But I almost felt he was on a promotional ego trip. As I say not to cast any aspersions, or bad light on people I do not know. But all I can say, it is how I felt watching them. I certainly would not donate one baht, based on what I saw and felt from watching them. Sad.

There are lots of egomaniacs running around and women (who might be just that too) loving them. Egomaniacs only care about themselves. After they use someone they discard others, if it is suddenly so onerous or tedious to have them around/ On the other hand, they are also a lot of victims. Did the lady exhibited egomaniac tendencies and behaviours?

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4 minutes ago, hottrader77 said:

As i said before and got lambasted by others on here , this guy will never admit it was his fault and now wants some gullable people on here to pay for the mess he caused dont pay up , he was driving too fasy , too near to the car in front and changed lanes without properly looking in the mirror , the only thing he deserves is 20 years in jail

 

Why stop with Jail... why not just hang him, after all, he caused a death ?... OR should society recognize this for what it is, a tragedy, death by careless driving (not death by dangerous driving which is more severe). 

 

This was not a deliberate act. Caused by inexperience, a lack of concentration or even an adaptation to local driving standards this man is not a murderer he is the victim of his own mistake, as such the charge needs to reflect the tragic consequences of his mistake. The law allows for this, society in general allows for this, but some posters on ThaiVisa.com would see him locked up for 20 years !!!...  

 

....as if some guys (ThaiVisa.com forum posters) have never had a moment of inattentiveness on the roads...  we are all lucky, accidents such as this could bite us at any time... it is impossible for anyone to be 100% perfect, as a species we are fallible and make mistakes, sometimes with tragic consequences, the law generally recognizes this. 

 

I hope the enforcement of the Thai law in this case is handled fairly and in awareness of humanity and the accidental nature of this tragedy rather than a face saving and headline hunting measure. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, LivinginKata said:

"PHUKET: -- Thomas Keating, the Australian tourist charged with the death of his girlfriend in a jet-ski collision off Phuket last month, has been handed down as two-year suspended jail sentence and fined B5,000 for reckless driving causing death.

 

The sentence, handed down at Phuket Provincial Court this morning, brings to an end formal proceedings for a death that the victim’s family – and today the judge – have publicly recognised as a “terrible accident” and a “tragedy”."

 

I suspect that one major difference is that the Aussie just wanted to go home and this guy is a resident digital nomad whose method of funding his residence has just lit up the social media.  The trial for reckless driving is just the first of his tribulations if he wants to stay on.

 

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5 minutes ago, Mangkhut said:

What relevance does that have to this case???

Because the thread is about him asking for money from strangers and choosing to live in a country in which a defence lawyer is not provided by the state. :jap:

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3 hours ago, JamJar said:

Driving under speed limit doesn't mean that he wasn't going too fast. If one is doing 45km/hr and the traffic in front is doing 10 to 20km/hr,  then riding under the speed limit doesn't quite have the same meaning.

The truth is that the vehicle in front didn't stop at all. The traffic ahead had begun to slow down five seconds beforehand.

He was going too fast and noted the slowdown of the traffic too late. Not the fault of the truck driver. He was in a completely different lane.

 

 

I take it you was there and witnessed the event?

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I don't get many of you here with your insinuations and innuendos.

 

Maybe he is not what you might consider conventional.

But please wake up to the fact he is responsible for the death of his partner and mother of their child. He was in control of the bike....possibly rode too close to the car and was not paying 100% attention which you always must do on a bike.

He has to live with this tragedy and the guilt till the day he dies. He will relive the crash, the sound of the bike going down, the lorry, his partners last moments. This won't leave him. 

 

Be a little more sympathetic and lay off him with all this detective work.

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BangkokReady Ruby Member

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1 hour ago, gjoo888 said:

He was obviously tailgating, or following the vehicle in front of him too closely, and wasn't able to safely stop in time when the truck stopped suddenly. In countries like the US or the UK, that is a definite traffic violation. When an accident occurs because of tailgating, it is no doubt reckless driving. Guilty as charged in my opinion. 

This is the correct answer. If he had been driving correctly, it would not have mattered how sharply the vehicle in front of him stopped.

 

As sad as it is, technically, it is his fault. Doesn't make him evil, I'm sure lots of people do the same, but still technically preventable.

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8 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

This is the correct answer. If he had been driving correctly, it would not have mattered how sharply the vehicle in front of him stopped.

 

As sad as it is, technically, it is his fault. Doesn't make him evil, I'm sure lots of people do the same, but still technically preventable.

 

"I'm sure lots of people do the same" .... I wonder how many people in this situation would go on  their website repeatly, express little guilt or remorse, then asks for money to plead not guilty. He's an a**hole  ...

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15 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

This is the correct answer. If he had been driving correctly, it would not have mattered how sharply the vehicle in front of him stopped.

 

As sad as it is, technically, it is his fault. Doesn't make him evil, I'm sure lots of people do the same, but still technically preventable.

It seems that after the accident a number of his motorbike boy racer posts on You Tube were removed. Also the video does not show that any vehice stopped abruptly in front of him.

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kamahele Silver Member

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I am confused as it seems that so often  when Thai motorbike operators are in accident with a car , truck or bus, that the operator of the larger vehicle pays out to the motorbike operator or surviving relative no matter whose fault it is.... I guess a difference between civil and criminal court?

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1 minute ago, kamahele said:

I am confused as it seems that so often  when Thai motorbike operators are in accident with a car , truck or bus, that the operator of the larger vehicle pays out to the motorbike operator or surviving relative no matter whose fault it is.... I guess a difference between civil and criminal court?

Afaik, bike riders always have the sympathy here, as they have no protection and are smaller.

But me for one cant see any sympathy for this guy. 

Who would bring a pregnant lady on a bike in tgailand anyway?

 

I never would but if so the last thing youd be doing is overtaking or tailgating which he must been doing depending on which story you believe.

 

Im sure the poor girls family have no sympathy..and now when anyone would ve still greiving the guy makes videos and begging for money.what? And mooving pictures do him no favours.

 

Poor girl, looks so steaight and sensible. I really cant understand what these type of girl see in the rodents they hang out with

  

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He said he had to brake hard  and he couldn't control the motorbike  because a car in front of him did brake all of a sudden,,To me it looks like that he was to close to the car and that he can't drive a motorbike.It's a self inflicted accident.No Donations required.

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6 minutes ago, KhonKaenKowboy said:

Was that the lady, who went around breast feeding her eight year old, in very public inappropriate places, to dare people to tell her she is disgusting?

Who cares whether the natural act of breastfeeding upset anyone. She's dead so no need to debate it.

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2 hours ago, hottrader77 said:

As i said before and got lambasted by others on here , this guy will never admit it was his fault and now wants some gullable people on here to pay for the mess he caused dont pay up , he was driving too fasy , too near to the car in front and changed lanes without properly looking in the mirror , the only thing he deserves is 20 years in jail

You were lambasted before because you got it wrong, and now,even after all the known facts have been proven you still get it wrong.

 

He did NOT change lanes!

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Goinghomesoon said:

Who cares whether the natural act of breastfeeding upset anyone. She's dead so no need to debate it.

It is just indicative of the dirty people that come here without insurance, and do everything but staying off the radar.  One of thosenutjobs breastfeeds her fifteen year old while in line to enter a movie theatre.  

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Would it really be too hard for Admin to just add new stories to the original thread?

 

The confusion that arises after ever new release because people jump in and make crazy uninformed comments on this and other similar threads, could be mostly avoided, tho' a few members would still insist the black is white ,even tho' the proof is against them.

 

I do know why this is done, but apparently, as i read here once, that to suggest its all about baht is not allowed.

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