Dead girl asked to stop for selfie beside expressway

[ChrisY1]

Talk about the breakdown lane......but it really is just another land!

[williamgeorgeallen]

15 hours ago, saakura said:

Even if a person is in the wrong (let us say, standing in the middle of a highway at night), the driver has to convince the police that he was diligent in his driving, he could not avoid hitting the person. Does not automatically give him freedom to walk away.

probably just needs to pay a fine for getting involved regardless of if he did anything wrong or not. cops want to be paid for their time and the dead girl cant pay. seriously cops need payment for doing anything. i have had some dealings with them. cost 1000thb to do a report when my shop was robbed by my own staff then they refused to do anything about it as i had already retrieved the goods myself.

Edited July 17, 2017 by williamgeorgeallen

[wgdanson]

16 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

why are Thai woman so obsessed with taking selfies all the time?

There are Smart phones advertised now as being the Perfect Selfie phone. Pity most of the subjects are not!

[phantomfiddler]

There appears to be an alarming percentage of drivers here who just are lot looking at the road area in front of them, hence the huge risk to any cyclists  Rule Number 1..Never take your eyes off the road ahead !

[Jimbo2014]

Despite the sad stupidity of stopping for a selfie on a freeway, its illegal to drive in the emergency stop area of the expressway.  Unfortunately everyone ignores this rule here.  Depending on the drivers wealth status and family connections he should at the least be guilty of manslaughter pending any reason to be in that area of the expressway.

[Dogmatix]

Most of us are aware that the phrase 'luxury car' in roadkill reports is a code word used by reporters to signify that the driver is wealthy enough to avoid punishment for the people he kills on the road. 

 

It is telling that the report makes no mention of the police conducting alcohol tests on either the luxury car driver or the driver who decided to stop his car on the expressway to allow a passenger to get out and wander around on the road taking selfies in the dark.  It was 3 am after all, at which time breath tests for drivers involved in accidents is logically standard operating procedure.

Edited July 17, 2017 by Dogmatix

[hobobo]

16 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

why are Thai woman so obsessed with taking selfies all the time?

Not all the time.... just until they die

[Pdaz]

Another death from ignorance. Sorry that a girl had to die in the process. 

Thais are simply not told, educated or shown about danger. The West was no different in the last century. Until pointless loss of life holds importance to the Govt nothing will change. It's not just about having laws ( there are plenty in place already) It's about educating the public to a point where they could never conceive of doing this sort of thing because they understand the danger.

same as the k4ob-ends here who drive/ride against the flow of the traffic. People in the West don't do that because they are worried about breaking the law. They don't do it because they realise how dangerous it is.

 

[seajae]

16 hours ago, saakura said:

Even if a person is in the wrong (let us say, standing in the middle of a highway at night), the driver has to convince the police that he was diligent in his driving, he could not avoid hitting the person. Does not automatically give him freedom to walk away.

the "luxury car" part of the op means he has a good chance of doing just that, when have rich people ever been charged for killing someone here, they are a protected species. Stopping on an expressway to take selfies means the driver of the girl should also be charged but again since when have police every enforced the laws of the country.

[kcpattaya]

Strange story. Probably a bit more to it.
Selfies in the middle of the night on an expressway...yeah right

[hansnl]

17 hours ago, petedk said:

3 am? Wasn't it too dark for a selfie?

Right!

16 year old, out 3 am?

But why is the driver of the car arrested if it is an accident?

[wirat69]

17 hours ago, Meljames said:

True that. I was thinking about the diver that hit her. The article says the police took him in 'for further legal action'. Sounds like there's a chance he could be held liable for the accident.  Doesn't sound like he had time to stop.

.... or was inebriated!!

[YetAnother]

19 hours ago, rooster59 said:

could not see that the girl was out on the side of the expressway. 

well if he meant the 'shoulder' of the highway, why couldnt he see that ?

and if it was the shoulder, then why was he driving on it ? and if it was off the shoulder on the nondriving side, then what was he doing driving there ? flimsy excuse, betting drunken driving (3AM)

Edited July 17, 2017 by YetAnother

[YetAnother]

the main article does expose a dangerous habit if thais; namely disregard for street/road/highway safety; in my province people walk,bicycle,motorbike not looking both ways when they should; they park out into the lanes, sometimes double park; to them it's all ok as they feel they can do whatever they want, others be damned

[neeray]

17 hours ago, saakura said:

Even if a person is in the wrong (let us say, standing in the middle of a highway at night), the driver has to convince the police that he was diligent in his driving, he could not avoid hitting the person. Does not automatically give him freedom to walk away.

16 year olds are all the same world over. 

Just yesterday in my home country of Canada, while on a dog walk, I came upon two girls of about that age sitting on the curb directly around the corner from a busy street. One had her long legs sticking well out. 

I suggested to them that it was a dangerous place to sit. They paid no attention to my words (but they did hear). 

I looked back later to see if they heeded my warning. No !

So let's not denegrate Thais-only for such behaviour. Developed country, developing country, same, same. 

[Juan B Tong]

Suicide by selfie.

Edited July 17, 2017 by Juan B Tong

[Maejo Man]

The whole story is rather strange complete with the usual sketchy reporting.

Emergency lanes are just what they imply, you have a problem and you stop and put on hazard  lights.

Modern "luxury cars" are equipped with more than adequate headlights....Why did the driver not see the car stopped or the girl?

She was obviously standing on the off side of the car when hit and this impact flung her over the barrier to the ramp, where we see the paramedics treating her.

Sad all round and completly  unecessary

[Briggsy]

There isn't much of a hard shoulder to park on on the expressway. Stopping there at night seems the height of stupidity. For such a silly reason.

[The Dark Lord]

16 hours ago, tryasimight said:

Little off topic but I recently saw an article about a (Russian?) girl posting selfies or maybe video as she and her girlfriend slammed into a tree or some other immoveable object ...live.

Very sad but that is the world we live in today.

Ukrainian, live video feed of her death. 

 

 

[DepDavid]

Roads are for vehicles. Pedestrian in roadway puts the pedestrian at fault unless driver tried to hit her then that changes everything. 

[Essaybloke]

18 hours ago, roo860 said:

Headline was a tad confusing. I thought for a moment that Thailand was now the hub for raising the dead.

 

Sent from my SM-G920F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app

 

 

 

 

Speaking of which,  we also mark the death yesterday of George A Romero. 

But back to the deceased girl, who hasn't once or twice done something dumb or inadvertently dangerous? Let's not be too hard on she or her friends; their week is bad enough as it is. 

[Jonnapat]

Luxury car? Sounds ominous, probably doing 180 kph at that time of night.Too fast to stop in time..

[toofarnorth]

1 hour ago, Maejo Man said:

The whole story is rather strange complete with the usual sketchy reporting.

Emergency lanes are just what they imply, you have a problem and you stop and put on hazard  lights.

Modern "luxury cars" are equipped with more than adequate headlights....Why did the driver not see the car stopped or the girl?

She was obviously standing on the off side of the car when hit and this impact flung her over the barrier to the ramp, where we see the paramedics treating her.

Sad all round and completly  unecessary

Ah, now someone with similar thoughts to me.  If the vehicle had stopped for a puncture and wheel change and a luxury car had hit the person changing the wheel it would all be different . But why oh why would a person want to take a selfie in the dark outside . Not a correct story somehow.

[toofarnorth]

Many years ag I took selfies in the dark , nothing to do with cameras though.

[Classic Ray]

Maybe if her driver had their hazard flashers on and she stood IN FRONT of his car instead of behind, it would have reduced the risk, but still a stupid thing to do. Darwin at work.

[Meljames]

1 minute ago, Classic Ray said:

. Darwin at work.

 

Seems to be the case; for all involved.

[Cereal]

21 hours ago, saakura said:

Even if a person is in the wrong (let us say, standing in the middle of a highway at night), the driver has to convince the police that he was diligent in his driving, he could not avoid hitting the person. Does not automatically give him freedom to walk away.

It should.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

3 am is never a good time to be out on the Thai roadways.

 

3 am is an even worse time to actually be a driver on the Thai roadways.

 

and anyone deciding to get out of their car and pose for selfies on a Thai expressway at 3 am is simply beyond reasonable words to describe.

 

[Artisi]

2 hours ago, Jonnapat said:

Luxury car? Sounds ominous, probably doing 180 kph at that time of night.Too fast to stop in time..

and how would you know that, clairvoyant in your spare time? 

[sawadee1947]

Oh dear....3 in the morning still dark and probably not sober and then a selfie. Not a good idea anyway in any country on any highway. paid a high price. RIP