dangerous driving

  • Thailand NewsCourt confiscates vehicles after reckless driving caught on camera

    Court confiscates vehicles after reckless driving caught on camera

    Ratchaburi court ordered the confiscation of two vehicles, captured on a dash cam footage, driving recklessly, as both drivers were dangerously cutting each other off in a heated road rage exchange. The drivers have been fined, narrowly escaping prison times. The incident occurred yesterday, July 15, on Phetkasem Road, heading towards Bangkok. A dashboard camera from a trailing vehicle captured…

  • Transport NewsTraffic fines see a hefty price spike on Monday

    Traffic fines see a hefty price spike on Monday

    Bad and disobedient drivers better get it out of their systems quickly over the weekend! On Monday, increased fines for traffic offences – some rather steep – will go into effect in Thailand after the Land Traffic Act is updated. Yesterday, the Director of the Traffic Management Center and Deputy National Police Chief laid out a list of hefty new…

  • Central Thailand NewsThai thrill-seeker charged for high-jinks riding on a highway

    Thai thrill-seeker charged for high-jinks riding on a highway

    A Thai thrill-seeker has been charged with riding his motorbike dangerously in the central province of Nakhon Sawan. The 49 year old, named Chat, was recorded on video riding with no hands down a highway and at one stage almost ran into the back of a refrigerator truck. The terrifying spectacle was recorded by another motorist who uploaded the video to…

  • Road deathsCalls for tougher punishment for drivers ignoring pedestrian crossing rules

    Calls for tougher punishment for drivers ignoring pedestrian crossing rules

    Road safety advocates are demanding tougher punishment, including manslaughter charges, for drivers who fail to observe pedestrian crossing rules. According to a Bangkok Post report, 30 members of various road safety networks gathered at Government House to file a petition with Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwon, who chairs the national committee on road safety policy and prevention. The move is in…

  • Pattaya NewsPattaya driver blames wet weather after losing control and jamming truck under overpass – VIDEO

    Pattaya driver blames wet weather after losing control and jamming truck under overpass – VIDEO

    As European pop group Milli Vanilli once mimed, “blame it on the rain…” An 18 year old Pattaya driver says a wet road made him lose control of his truck, causing it to veer off the road and lodge firmly under a highway overpass. The Pattaya News reports that the incident took place around 4pm yesterday at an overpass on…

  • Road deathsNo “new normal” for Thailand’s deadly road toll

    No “new normal” for Thailand’s deadly road toll

    In what will come as no surprise to most, the death toll on Thailand’s roads has resumed its upward trend after a brief interruption during the Covid-19 lock-down. As restrictions are gradually lifted across the country, more people are back behind the wheel or the handlebars, and with that, the carnage returns on Thailand’s roads. In Phuket, a truck ploughed…

  • Bangkok NewsSpeeding ambulance ejects patient on stretcher into Bangkok traffic – VIDEO

    Speeding ambulance ejects patient on stretcher into Bangkok traffic – VIDEO

    A video that captured the moment a female patient was catapulted from an ambulance into busy city traffic has now been viewed over a million times. The Thai Examiner reports that the incident occurred as the ambulance, lights flashing, was speeding through Bangkok traffic, transporting the woman to hospital. As the driver accelerated along Pracha Uthit Road in the capital’s…

  • Pattaya News8 injured after pick-up truck loses control and flips in Pattaya

    8 injured after pick-up truck loses control and flips in Pattaya

    Just over a week after 13 students were killed when they were thrown from the back of a truck that lost control in Samut Prakan, 8 people have been injured in Pattaya in similar circumstances. The Pattaya News reports that the accident happened on Motorway Sai 7 Road, as workers were being transported to a construction site. The truck driver,…

  • Pattaya NewsPattaya bin man suffers life-changing injuries after being crushed by speeding car

    Pattaya bin man suffers life-changing injuries after being crushed by speeding car

    PHOTO: Sophone Cable/ThaiVisa A speeding car has caused catastrophic injury to a Pattaya garbage collector after smashing into him and pinning him against the back of his truck. Thanong Saengthong, aged 36, was rushed to Somdej Na Sriracha hospital following the accident, which happened early this morning in Chonburi’s Bang Lamung district. His left leg was so severely injured it…