PHUKET: Police in Phuket City are likely to crack down on street motorcycle races after a serious crash outside a college last night.
The driver of a four-door pickup turned right at the main intersection at Phuket City's Saphan Hin park about 10pm and collided with a speeding motorcycle, carrying two youths.
A large crowd was in the vicinity. One of the youths on the pink and white Scoopi motorcycle suffered serious injuries.
The driver of the pickup turned right from Phuket Road into Bangyai Road, near Phuket Vocational College, then hit the motorcycle.
The youths were taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital where one was admitted with a broken arm.
Earlier at 11am, a covered pickup carrying a 44-gallon drum of diesel fuel from Patong to Phuket City lost control on a bend in Phra Phuket Keaw Road near the Tesco Lotus intersection and crashed into a motorcycle.
The rider of the motorcycle, Darat Teankamnard, 48, was taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital where she was admitted.
The driver of a four-door pickup turned right at the main intersection at Phuket City's Saphan Hin park about 10pm and collided with a speeding motorcycle, carrying two youths.
A large crowd was in the vicinity. One of the youths on the pink and white Scoopi motorcycle suffered serious injuries.
The driver of the pickup turned right from Phuket Road into Bangyai Road, near Phuket Vocational College, then hit the motorcycle.
The youths were taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital where one was admitted with a broken arm.
Earlier at 11am, a covered pickup carrying a 44-gallon drum of diesel fuel from Patong to Phuket City lost control on a bend in Phra Phuket Keaw Road near the Tesco Lotus intersection and crashed into a motorcycle.
The rider of the motorcycle, Darat Teankamnard, 48, was taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital where she was admitted.
Young men (and sometimes women) will always want to race whatever it is they are driving.
You can control it to a certain point but in countries with lax law enforcement this has little chance of success.
If they would be given a track, professional guidance and safety equipment, I'm sure far less street racing would be taking place.
A cordoned-off large parking lot would do with a track laid out and there are plenty of professional motorbike (scooter) racers in Thailand to give them guidance.
Teenagers want to race their motorbikes ? Give them a chance to do it in a safe and legal way.
Posted by Andrew on October 11, 2012 11:08