A dash cam video next to a bridge showed pedestrians and light traffic going about their normal business on a lovely, sunny Wednesday morning.
But all hell breaks loose at around 1 minute 35 seconds onwards as a ten wheel truck transporting pigs collides with metal poles on the bridge bringing a whole string of them crashing onto the road next to the bridge along with lumps of masonry.
A taxi is lucky to escape as is the Sampran man in the car that was unwittingly filming the incident that happened near the police station by the bridge over the Tha Jeen river.
A policewoman then strolls over as the taxi driver and a motorist clear up some of the debris no doubt glad they will get to see another sunny day.
The footage was uploaded to a Facebook page using the name “Moo Noi Lan Laa”.
Police said that the driver of the ten wheeler was 51 year old Khamphan Khamwong from Phayao. He said that he swerved to miss a motorcycle that cut in front of him and lost control hitting the supports.
Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands viewed the footage with many commenting that they were concerned about the flimsiness of the metal structures that came loose like matchsticks.
Weren’t they meant to be some kind of barriers, people asked, and would they be replaced?
Thai Rath mentioned fate conjecturing what might have been the outcome if the dash cam car had been parked a little further up the road.
Last week 32% of Thais polled in a survey said road accidents were down to karma or fate.
And therein lies the real problem. Few people face up to the fact ,including the authorities,that the real reason is rank bad driving, not alcohol or fate.
The general standard of driving here is appalling and nothing is going to change until something is done in the schools. My girlfriend told me just the other day that she loved traveling in a car with her father when she was young because he drove fast.
That says it all. Though I do have to add that she is now a very good,sensible driver. I live to see another day !
(Source:-Thai Rath)