Popular Post webfact Posted December 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2019 The speedo doesn't lie - pick-up driver wonders how it happened Thai caption: Now, how did that happen.... Police called to an accident on the Nong Khai to Phisai Road in Thailand's north-east found two badly damaged pick-ups in the ditch. A Revo delivering fish driven by Weeraphat, 20, had gone into the back of a Mighty X with 45 year old Pramuan at the wheel. Pramuan said he was travelling along normally when he was rear ended. Picture: Sanook Ban Deua police found that the Revo's speedo dial had got stuck on 160 kmph. Weeraphat wondered how on earth that had happened. Fortunately both men and a passenger in the vehicle in front were not badly hurt. Source: Sanook -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-12-16 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mike787 Posted December 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2019 Just another normal road kill day here. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sammieuk1 Posted December 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2019 Must have been a micro unconscious sleeper nothing to worry about right foot sounds undamaged for next time???? 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 4MyEgo Posted December 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2019 31 minutes ago, webfact said: Ban Deua police found that the Revo's speedo dial had got stuck on 160 kmph. Perhaps if there were police on the roads with radars, fixed speed cameras, heavy fines, loss of license, jail time, etc etc etc, people would get the message. I did say perhaps. 4 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matzzon Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 2 hours ago, webfact said: Weeraphat wondered how on earth that had happened. No problem, dude! Just like every other moron that have no clue about how fast they are driving. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend49 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 5 hours ago, 4MyEgo said: Perhaps if there were police on the roads with radars, fixed speed cameras, heavy fines, loss of license, jail time, etc etc etc, people would get the message. I did say perhaps. You are dreaming, never in century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30la Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 I think I have some experience on Thai roads (about 30,000 km a year), by day the roads belong to everyone, crazy to tie up, idiots with no respect for the lives of others and finally those who think they are alone on the road and then the sensible people, the night instead the streets belong to crazy homicides who seem not to think that they too can lose their lives in an accident! Trucks with trailers that go to 120 per hour, pickups that compete with each other and bikes that seem possessed by the devil. Police? No policeman in sight, on a thousand km of road I saw 4 check points, all deserted! Animals, keep on killing each other but let others live! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30la Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 CP can be happy, another free publicity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpcoe Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 I came here wondering how men's swimwear fit into a topic about a pickup driver. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 2 hours ago, 30la said: I think I have some experience on Thai roads (about 30,000 km a year), by day the roads belong to everyone, crazy to tie up, idiots with no respect for the lives of others and finally those who think they are alone on the road and then the sensible people, the night instead the streets belong to crazy homicides who seem not to think that they too can lose their lives in an accident! Trucks with trailers that go to 120 per hour, pickups that compete with each other and bikes that seem possessed by the devil. Police? No policeman in sight, on a thousand km of road I saw 4 check points, all deserted! Animals, keep on killing each other but let others live! Thais do love their freedom...... try to curb their way of life on the road and wait a nano second for the outcry! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cake Monster Posted December 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2019 7 hours ago, Matzzon said: No problem, dude! Just like every other moron that have no clue about how fast they are driving. But they do have a clue s to how fast they are driving. They are driving fast enough and wild enough, so that every other road user will look at them,. Big respec for me ... Innit. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Tracy Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 A Revo doing 160....and nobody dies? Take the number, got to be a lottery winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Triangle Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Probably thought it was the rev counter and the rev counter a clock and the clock the thermostat ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Peoples Fund Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 8 hours ago, Matzzon said: No problem, dude! Just like every other moron that have no clue about how fast they are driving. Would it be possible that upon the crash the impact move the speedo to 160km/h when pickup was actually traveling at lesser speed before crash? Just wondering, maybe someone with expertise can enlighten pls? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puccini Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 11 hours ago, mike787 said: Just another normal road kill day here. How many got killed in this accident? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unamazedloso Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Hey i cruz 180 most of the time when visiting family and such in my crappy incappable revo purely because im forced to sit behind morons doing 18 in 80 zones and feel entitled to make up the time because i got things to do!!. Its crazy out there 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Con Peoples Fund said: Would it be possible that upon the crash the impact move the speedo to 160km/h when pickup was actually traveling at lesser speed before crash? Just wondering, maybe someone with expertise can enlighten pls? Not very likely. Modern speedos are electronically driven. In this instance I would suggest that the power was cut on impact and the needle froze at the last known input. (aircraft crash investigators often find clues like this as well) And looking at the very serious damage to the vehicle, the speed doesn't surprise. me. It makes me shudder to think of a pick-up being driven at such a crazy speed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matzzon Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Con Peoples Fund said: Would it be possible that upon the crash the impact move the speedo to 160km/h when pickup was actually traveling at lesser speed before crash? Just wondering, maybe someone with expertise can enlighten pls? I would say it might be possible, but I just quoted like I am used to see people drive here for the last 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Wonder if 'lightspeed' is included in car insurance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesMad Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 My speedo lies as much as the american president. Since 10 years ALWAYS 0 km/h, very consistent but I still get places ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Theory Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Absolutely normal speed (160). 90 max, cars driving at 120 or more. 120 max, cars will drive at 150 or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejets Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) Photo proves nothing. Speedo mechanics are simply a freewheeling spring return magnetic driven spindle. Shock of impact could have quite easily rammed the needle to the setting shown and then jammed the whole works. Edited December 16, 2019 by bluejets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavodavo Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 12/17/2019 at 12:21 AM, JulesMad said: My speedo lies as much as the american president. Since 10 years ALWAYS 0 km/h, very consistent but I still get places ???? Well the speedo never lies .If you have a crash like the fish vendor you cant get booked for speeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavodavo Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 12/17/2019 at 9:48 AM, bluejets said: Photo proves nothing. Speedo mechanics are simply a freewheeling spring return magnetic driven spindle. Shock of impact could have quite easily rammed the needle to the setting shown and then jammed the whole works. RUBBISH !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saengd Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, wavodavo said: RUBBISH !! https://www.explainthatstuff.com/how-speedometer-works.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Speedos lie all the time. There's no telling what mechanical forces were at play when that many G's are encountered. If I had a dispute, I'd pull the microSD card out of my GPS enabled dash cam and it would tell me where I'd been, how fast I was going and play back a 1080P video of what I was looking at for the last 20 hours of driving. I paid about $100 for it after I read some horror stories about locals and foreigners paying out the wazoo for causing accidents they didn't cause. Never used it as evidence, but it did record some fun times, like driving through a herd of buffalo on a road in the middle of nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 They can and do lie ???? Our old Nissan Big M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almer Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 On 12/16/2019 at 5:51 PM, Con Peoples Fund said: Would it be possible that upon the crash the impact move the speedo to 160km/h when pickup was actually traveling at lesser speed before crash? Just wondering, maybe someone with expertise can enlighten pls? Highly probable as the damage at 160 plus the weight of the fish would have obliterated everything but things here are never as they seem ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almer Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 On 1/11/2020 at 8:16 AM, impulse said: Speedos lie all the time. There's no telling what mechanical forces were at play when that many G's are encountered. If I had a dispute, I'd pull the microSD card out of my GPS enabled dash cam and it would tell me where I'd been, how fast I was going and play back a 1080P video of what I was looking at for the last 20 hours of driving. I paid about $100 for it after I read some horror stories about locals and foreigners paying out the wazoo for causing accidents they didn't cause. Never used it as evidence, but it did record some fun times, like driving through a herd of buffalo on a road in the middle of nowhere. Yep i agree dash cam the way to go, whilst waiting to make a right turn with traffic waiting behind me on a single carriageway a gap appears a cursory look in both wing mirrors ( retired coach driver habit) and off we go, BANG crash wallop a motorbike made a broadside contact and he is sat in a heap 25 metres up the road his wave with its coloured wheels etc is under the truck, of the 4 cars waiting patiently behind me none bothered to stop so no witnesses and the mess 25 metres up the road told the police i just turned in front of him with no warning, we waited for the insurance man to appear and i gave him the dash cam after the Mrs had told him what happened and what had been told to the Police who i should say were most professional, the lad went off with his broken leg and a couple of tarmac rashes still pleading his case, off we all go to the police station and all was revealed on the dash cam, front rear and audible of indicator ( inc the Mrs grizzling that she needed a pee). All ended well the Mrs shot behind a bush i was clear of any blame but broken leg youth was left with the task of explaining, no licence, no insurance, not his bike and of course wasting Police time. The morale of this little essay is 5 star insurance and a dash cam because you cant rely on a witness to help you they are all to busy to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relocated Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 On 12/16/2019 at 3:51 AM, Con Peoples Fund said: Would it be possible that upon the crash the impact move the speedo to 160km/h when pickup was actually traveling at lesser speed before crash? Just wondering, maybe someone with expertise can enlighten pls? Of course, different size of tires from OEM's specified one will show wrong speed unless the ECM is recalibrated. There is now way anyone can survive from the impact at that speed. Something really to be investigated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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