webfact Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Woman driver lives after going through wall on 8th floor of condo car park Picture: Daily News A 40 year old woman driving a Mazda 2 was taken unconscious to hospital after she drove off the eighth floor of a condominium car park in the Rama 3 area of Bangkok late last night. The incident happened at the Rama 3 Residence building A at 11 pm last night. The Mazda crushed four bikes on the ground but no one else was hurt. Picture: Daily News Rescuers at the scene noted that wearing a seat belt and the deployment of the steering wheel airbag seemed to have saved the woman's life. Pictures showed a smashed wall on the eighth floor. The driver was named as Runthip Thongjanrit, 40, who was taken to Charoen Krung Pracharat Hospital. Police are not sure exactly what happened though it is believed that the driver was reversing at the time. Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-03-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Pretty good commercial for the Mazda 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmaxdan Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 One lucky woman, and even luckier that she didn't kill anyone else. The sad reality is that having two pedals and two feet is a bit too complicated for some drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Blood alcohol level would be informative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 I added looking up to my driving skills years ago suggest everyone else do's the same ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyt00 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Also construction of these parking garages seem to be too complicated for Thai engineers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Now everyone can fly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorse Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 How many times have we heard about similar incidents now? And what percentage of the drivers involved have been women? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 From a bigger picture in the original article it does NOT look like she reversed from a parking bay. The wall is broken on the end of a driveway with a yellow turn right arrow on the ground. Complete blackout? Running straight into the wall? Drugs, alcohol, medical problem? Or reversing and turning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 5 hours ago, Briggsy said: Blood alcohol level would be informative. cerebral angiogram more helpful to demonstrate poor perfusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTXR Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 That's a pretty low and flimsy barrier.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRich Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 The wall looks wafer thin. In a tight car park even accidentally hitting the accelerator is unlikely to garner much speed. Pretty poor building standards. Must have been terrifying ... I wish her a speedy recovery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moontang Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Reminds me of ABC Wide World of Sports, when Jim Mckay would cover surfing, and his famous line was always "out the back door." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 1 hour ago, JTXR said: That's a pretty low and flimsy barrier.... Thai standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbezoz Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 7 hours ago, Crossy said: Pretty good commercial for the Mazda 2. My thoughts exactly, lucky she was not in a Thai built pick-up that does not need to undergo and conform to Euro NCAP crash testing standards. However the wall she crashed through must be to a Thai standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 8 hours ago, webfact said: Police are not sure exactly what happened though it is believed that the driver was reversing at the time. That explains everything ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Hell of a trip; eight floors. Speaks for Mazda, not so for the parking, its builders and certainly not for its driver - unless the brake failed. So far I always thought that only foreigners fall of higher floors, without the comfort of a safety belt and airbag though .......... The barrier compensating for the hole in the wall speaks for itself too - welcome to Thailand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraig62 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 4 hours ago, seahorse said: How many times have we heard about similar incidents now? And what percentage of the drivers involved have been women? All have been female. What else would one expect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Theory Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Next bond movie filmed in Thailand. With some effort every One could be a 007 here. ???????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabarin Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 I do not know how fast she was going but if you ask me that barrier was really not allowed to break. Guess a single wall of 10-15CM thick max as usual? There should have been steel in those barriers at least, certainly at that height. One wonders how hard you have to hit the pillars to make everything come down. Or a bit more serious earthquake.. Doubt most buildings survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Thin wall, no steel rebar... ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Its all about having enough air in the tyres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bournville Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Surprising she didn't die of a heart attack on the way down... That drop would be very very scary before the impact! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlandtday Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 14 hours ago, Tonyt00 said: Also construction of these parking garages seem to be too complicated for Thai engineers! It's not the engineers it's the builders cutting corners and shoddy workmanship. One of these days a few will just fall down like in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shy coconut Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 10 hours ago, geoffbezoz said: My thoughts exactly, lucky she was not in a Thai built pick-up that does not need to undergo and conform to Euro NCAP crash testing standards. However the wall she crashed through must be to a Thai standard Which Thai built pick ups would these be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 13 minutes ago, shy coconut said: Which Thai built pick ups would these be? Thaiyota? nIsaan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimSaints Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Anyone ever read stuff like this from your home country ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokakrishna Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 On 3/26/2019 at 9:24 AM, Briggsy said: Blood alcohol level would be informative. I would go for IQ check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 22 hours ago, KhunBENQ said: From a bigger picture in the original article it does NOT look like she reversed from a parking bay. The wall is broken on the end of a driveway with a yellow turn right arrow on the ground. Complete blackout? Running straight into the wall? Drugs, alcohol, medical problem? No wonder the wall broke apart like thin paper made in China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 On 3/26/2019 at 8:51 AM, webfact said: Rescuers at the scene noted that wearing a seat belt and the deployment of the steering wheel airbag seemed to have saved the woman's life. she landed on her head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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