Pattaya Daily News

It does not matter who's at fault in an accident. In any case, death is seen as involuntary manslaughter. And not only in Thailand. Just be careful on the road, and do not forget about the peculiarities of Thai driving.

If you look at all the other reports on PDN, if there is a fatality, the surviving driver gets charged, no matter the cause. Scary.

"At speed" is a meaningless term. Maybe she was trying to be evasive about how fast she was going, or maybe her statement was taken out of context.
She is Thai, and she is of a social class high enough to be driving a fairly late model car, so there is probably more to this.

Well guys, I see the Thais are up to it again. Passing on injustices before they know the real circumstances. No wonder most of the drivers flee the scenes of fatalities. She is in shock and any thing that she says should not be held against her.
She claims to have been going at speed. The bike pulled out in front of her at a point where she was unable to stop intime. Sounds like a failure to yeild the right of way to me. To arrest her is totally wrong unless they suspect impaired driving which is not indicated. The victim was probably know by the locals and was a good seller of illegal lotteries etc and they were pissed at the sight of losing their favourite lottery sales person. I Wonder where his tickets went? hmmmm.....? An autopsy will probably show that he was in a state of impairment at the time of the attempted crossing of a main highway. His buisness, age and gender would suggest that possibility.

As preveiously noted by another commentor, I do not see a bronze colored vehicle but a silver one.

I really wonder about the editing of these articles by PDN. They make way too many mistakes in the writings. eg: The Catholic Priest and Accusations of wrong doing was dropped in a hurry when it was pointed out that they were publishing wrong stories and possibly indecent & suggestive photos of a particular priest. Where did the article go? It should have never been published in the first place. But, it was and the damage may have been done.

Back to the story at hand, going on the eveidence at hand and what has been published, I say an injustice has prevailed upon the female operator of the auto and she should be vindicated and an apology should be extended by the authorities and the PDN.

STEP UP AND BE ACCOUNTABLE BOYS.............

That is all:

Regards:

I don't see a "bronze" Vios, only a silver one. Most Western traffic laws specify entering a main road from a side road requires you to "stop" or "yield right of way". The car owner must have had insurance, if she's being charged. Another example of Thai justice.

No kidding Bob, look like they are out deer hunting.
I wonder if they strapped him to the hood of their vehicle and drove him to the morgue.

Real class Thai police, and so respectful of the dead too.

That's a rather distasteful photograph. Looks like hunters posing with a deer they just shot. It would have been nice if the story had contained some information on why the driver of the car was arrested. Did it appear she was travelling at an excessive speed, or did the witnesses give the police a reason for here arrest?

Only 3 thais pointing at the dead body?
Thick idiot thais.