webfact Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Man dies in high-speed crash into power pole By Eakkapop Thongtub The car was destroyed by the force of the impact. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub PHUKET: A man died after his car slammed into a roadside power pole at high-speed on Thepkrasattri Rd, about 200 metres north of the Bang Khu intersection in Koh Kaew, just after midnight last night. Lt Col Thada Sodarak of the Phuket City Police confirmed that police were called to the scene at about 12:10am. Police together with Kusoldharm rescue workers arrived to find a white Phuket-registered Toyota Altis saloon destroyed by the force of the impact. Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/man-dies-in-high-speed-crash-into-power-pole-77718.php -- © Copyright Phuket News 2020-10-22 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Surelynot Posted October 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2020 That was a car? 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Looks like a train ran over him.. wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pottinger Posted October 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2020 What is this fatal attraction between Thai drivers and concrete poles? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 must have been travelling at extremely high speed to do that much damage on impact. The car is completely unrecognizable 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunBENQ Posted October 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) 12:10am. Time for the favorite pastime: "hit the pole". No points to win though. Sorry, I can't feel for those (drunken?) racers. Good he didn't harm others. Edited October 22, 2020 by KhunBENQ 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) deleted Edited October 22, 2020 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Where the heck is the "Edit" button gone? Is it only me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rimmer Posted October 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2020 Just now, KhunBENQ said: Where the heck is the "Edit" button gone? Is it only me? Top right three dots... 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 The text in the links says the speedo was stuck on 220kmh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surelynot Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Pottinger said: What is this fatal attraction between Thai drivers and concrete poles? Alcohol, speed and mobile phones......together they can create a form of magnetic attraction it seems........ Oh....plus a complete disregard for their own lives or anyone else's life. Edited October 22, 2020 by Surelynot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Lucky he didn't take anyone else out at that warp speed ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poohy Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Well if that's what's left of the car i am not overly surprised Whatever the cause at least no one else was injured 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post poohy Posted October 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) 33 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said: Where the heck is the "Edit" button gone? Is it only me? Nah its not its gone from a nice clear edit button ...to lets have a seance to find it that's probably what this bloke was looking for, albeit at high speed Edited October 22, 2020 by poohy 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 is 1 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 19 minutes ago, Old Croc said: Toyot Altis? What that car is eaten? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya Spotter Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 40 minutes ago, steven100 said: must have been travelling at extremely high speed to do that much damage on impact. The car is completely unrecognizable I was gonna ask how fast was the pole traveling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 RIP man... stupxxxty nothing else to say.... as it has been repeatedly said by all posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldie Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 That speaks for the quality of the power poles... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Did'nt mess around, did he! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 If he killed himself due to his own recklessnes...fair play. If he suffered some kind of medical issue...unfortunate. But he sure did a job on the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Rimmer said: The text in the links says the speedo was stuck on 220kmh Don't know how digital speedos stayed on after something like this.....the battery must have disintergrated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matzzon Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 4 hours ago, webfact said: Police together with Kusoldharm rescue workers are still scratching their head to find out what car this originally was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfill Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 49 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said: Don't know how digital speedos stayed on after something like this.....the battery must have disintergrated It was an analogue display (see pics above) although it is a bit odd that the rev counter did not get stuck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inepto Cracy Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Old Croc said: I do have to point something out. All the news reports do report that the speedometer was stuck at 220 Km/h. Hang no wonder there is so much road carnage if people cannot even read a car speedometer correctly. See the thin shorter line between the 200 and 220 mark, that's 210 Km/h. The next big line is thicker, that has the marking of 220. Next thin line is in fact 230Km/h. The speedometer gets stuck on the speed the vehicle was traveling at the time of impact, to aid in the follow up crash investigation. Edited October 22, 2020 by Inepto Cracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 7 hours ago, Rimmer said: Top right three dots... Shows me Report or Share, not Edit. And we've also lost the up arrow on the bottom right to return to the top of the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inepto Cracy Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said: Shows me Report or Share, not Edit. And we've also lost the up arrow on the bottom right to return to the top of the page. You are quite right Bangkok Barry. If you click on my posts 3 dots, I have the edit option too, you only have two options. So you have to be correct with your first posting. But the other posts 3 dots have only two options too. Edited October 22, 2020 by Inepto Cracy Added an extra bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeahbutif Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I take it was brake fail again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterpaintpot Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 11 hours ago, Rimmer said: Top right three dots... there are not three dots on my form for "Quote". THere are three dots on post, but they only offer Report or Share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Inepto Cracy said: I do have to point something out. All the news reports do report that the speedometer was stuck at 220 Km/h. Hang no wonder there is so much road carnage if people cannot even read a car speedometer correctly. See the thin shorter line between the 200 and 220 mark, that's 210 Km/h. The next big line is thicker, that has the marking of 220. Next thin line is in fact 230Km/h. The speedometer gets stuck on the speed the vehicle was traveling at the time of impact, to aid in the follow up crash investigation. That sounded good when you read it to yourself right? The position the ‘needle’ sticks on is reliant on the impact dynamics and is not representative of travelling speed. It has nothing to do with ‘crash investigation’. A dropped ‘speedo clock’ will register many possible final speeds the result based on nothing more than chance. Edit - the edit function still works (iPad anyway). Edited October 22, 2020 by richard_smith237 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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