Driver killed in Udon Thani crash at 170km per hour

[Niggly]

Certainly looks like the car was travelling at a rate of knots but the speedo wouldn't necessarily "stick" upon impact showing how fast would it?

Breaking News September 25, 2018 10:20
By The Nation


A driver killed when his car crashed into the rear of a 18-wheel trailer truck parked in the left lane of an Udon Thani road appeared to have been driving at 170 kilometres per hour.



Police said the crash caused the speedometer to stick at the 170kph mark in the car driven by Anuwat Kuldilok, 37. The Muang Udon Thani police station was informed of the accident on Mittraparp Road in Tambon Nong Phai in Muang district at 8:30pm on Monday night.
Anuwat was killed behind the wheel. It took about an hour for rescuers to remove his body using iron cutters.



A local resident, Surapol Chaicharoen, 49, said he heard a loud sound, came out to see the accident, and called the 191 police emergency line.



Pol Lt-Colonel Daenchai Moolpom, deputy inspector of the police station, said the truck driver had left his vehicle parked at the spot to wait for a vehicle check on the following day and pay his annual registration fee

[baby_spice]

people routinely park on shoulder, for anything and everything
not getting off the road. always dangerous to other motorists

[Niggly]

Its more dangerous in Thailand as people routinely drive on the shoulder using it as just another lane.

[baby_spice]

motocys, tuktuk, food carts,bicycles, sometimes going in opposing direction

170kph? stationary truck? wouldn't have been anything left of car? maybe where
the speedo needle just got knocked to

[Niggly]

Yep, its just another lane, not necessarily going in the same direction as the adjacent lanes.

I hate it when Mrs N spots something in a roadside stall on one of the freeways as it means I have to pull over & stop which always makes me nervous

[Nobbles]

Agree...might not have been 170, high speed though, wot no airbag ?

high chance lack of maintenance, Airbag light been on for months if not years, don't want to spent baht on a fix ?

[Niggly]

Yes, didn't notice that, the airbag doesn't look like its deployed

[Nobbles]

Must have had one fitted on that model/year, Toyota was in-front with Airbags, as i reckon the dash was possibly light up like a Christmas tree but all warning lights ignored, it happens, if its illuminated high chance it won't activate, not certain he would have survived, but given the choice of having one or not i will go with having one. (thats works of course)...or failing that look where you are going always helps.

[Butch]

Pol Lt-Colonel Daenchai Moolpom, deputy inspector of the police station, said the truck driver had left his vehicle parked at the spot to wait for a vehicle check on the following day and pay his annual registration fee

Oh right, get ahead of the queue as it were?

[baby_spice]

Yes, didn't notice that, the airbag doesn't look like its deployed

yes , good spot by noodens . there's at least(1) in that center hub
on steering wheel? and how many others? i dunno