Truck driver charged as woman crushed under wheels in Wichit

[a977 976]

The motorcyclist was totally in the wrong, she used a lane that was not there and then got in the blind spot of the truck driver.  90% of the problem with the road rules in Thailand is the police , they simply don't know the rules whether their not explained properly at training or their just to dumb to understand the rules, or dare I say a big brown envelope has changed hands to help said police pass the test. Whatever the truck driver was not at fault. 

[hkt83100 1,125]

It seems that nobody noticed the bike in front of her jumping the red light.

[Humpy 282]

Did the truck have the lower half of his windscreen covered with a curtain and the rest of the screen almost blanked out with stickers and ecclesiastical dangles ? As this type of incident is a regular occurrence perhaps the driver might like to invest in an extra 15 'wing' mirrors so a sneaky brain dead motorcyclist can be seen jumping the queue .   

[Tropposurfer 1,335]

Another unnecessary death sad RIP.

[neeray 13,011]

15 hours ago, MartiniMan said:

555555

'mai ruuu'

'willy! it haz in yo kuntri?'

'oh velly velly bad oh my buddha so sad'

'oh so sad lady hit bus oh no'

Freaking rude post!

I wonder what the Thais would have to say about your Thai speak.

[Prairieboy 1,545]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

rode her motorbike to in front of the truck to wait for the lights

Why would the truck driver be charged?  The motorcyclist with the 'me first' mentality was obviously at fault - passing the truck on the left, then stopping in the drivers blind spot.  Awareness is not a common trait here.  All this to gain a few seconds! 

[ChipButty 9,595]

Any where there is a gap Thai's will go for it I dont think most of these riders know that most vehicles have a blind spot more so with big trucks

[British Bulldog 365]

16 hours ago, hyku1147 said:

I hope that she died quickly.

 

RIP.

Read the article, she died later in Hospital ... she would have suffered great pain unles unconscious ....

[ujayujay 698]

Stupid driving ends deadly....R.I.P.

[Cereal 1,302]

I feel for the truck driver. That lady was 100% at fault and her inexcusable and foolhardy driving has affected a guy who is blameless but will have to live with the repercussions of this forever.

[Bangkok Barry 7,359]

Yet another case of Me First. The woman drove right in front of the truck which had already begun to move. About as dumb and selfish as you can get, and she paid the ultimate price. Notice also in the video that the biker in front of her drove straight through before the light had changed.

[Pilotman 11,690]

21 hours ago, Just Weird said:

Why, when I can ask my Thaivisa friends?

you don't have any Thai Visa friends, none of us have. 

[Srikcir 13,762]

19 hours ago, dblh said:

Looks like the truck is going straight, not turning right unlike this lady.

I suspect that if the rear dual tire sets don't clear the curb by going out straight initially, the truck will jump the median.

Probably more to the point is that the intersection at that location wasn't designed for large trucks making sharp right-hand turns. Not a problem for a shorter auto or motor bike. I've seen Thailand  intersections where dual trailer trucks have to make a 3-point turn traveling almost through the intersection to do so.

[rwill 1,051]

Totally the motorcyclists fault on this one.  Traffic had already started moving when she cut in front of the truck.  I don't see how they blame the truck driver.

[Old Croc 8,769]

A couple of observations:

 

The truck appears to have initially stopped past the marked stopping line and inside the area allocated for bikes to wait. (I don't know the legalities here) The rider may have had problems with this and sought to retake her rights.

It's a fairly main T intersection, with right turn arrows and a wide area to turn into.  The road the truck was to turn at is some meters beyond the stopping area and all traffic has to first move forward before making the turn. There was ample opportunity for the rider to go well forward and clear the truck before turning.