Russian dies in motorbike accident

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Russian dies in motorbike accident

Published: 10 Jan 2013 at 16.43
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CHON BURI - A Russian woman died in a motorcycle accident in Pattaya on Thursday.

Pattaya police responded to a report of an accident involving two Russian tourists on Beach Road in tambon Nong Prue, Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri province.

At the scene, police and emergency workers found Julia Zerkino, 27, lying on the ground bleeding profusely. She had many injuries and died on the way to hospital.

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barryw
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Discussion 9 : 11 Jan 2013 at 04.499
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This has nothing to do with driving standards in Thailand. The bike was going at high speed according to witnesses, the driver saw approaching traffic (I assume this means stopped or slow traffic ahead as Beach Road is one-way) and couldn't stop in time. And to those who say the victims were not wearing helmets, where in the report does it say that?
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Discussion 8 : 10 Jan 2013 at 23.168
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Another shocking accident statistic. Another tragedy. Does it really matter if they were Russians? The unavoidable fact is that road safety matters in Thailand are low priority. You can ask questions about the rider's ability, or the bike hire requirements, or the lack of policing on the roads. Maybe it was the rider's own fault? But things can only improve if there is a determined effort by the relevant authorities to tighten rules and improve safety standards. It may take a long time!
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Discussion 7 : 10 Jan 2013 at 21.467
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Motorcyclists have thicker skulls than ordinary people or at least they think they do otherwise they would wear a crash helmet.Sad but true another senseless loss of life.
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Discussion 6 : 10 Jan 2013 at 21.436
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Much has been said about not renting out motorcycles to adults possessing a valid drivers licence. If these adults have a drivers licence they should have the common sense not to do something silly. If you don't have the ability to control a a vehicle, then well, you are in trouble. You cannot blame the renting companies for a foolish mistake. Granted a motorcycle is not a car, but speeding is common to all forms of transportation.
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Discussion 5 : 10 Jan 2013 at 19.595
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In Pattaya and other Thai tourist destinations anybody can rent racing motorbikes with 100 horsepower and more. 1st gear 100 km/h in less than 4 seconds and it goes on from there.
Some people are able to control these bikes but most people are not – especially on small roads with lots of pedestrians. But the people who rent these bikes make a lot of money (same Jet-Ski) and who really cares in Thailand if anything makes sense. Amazing Thailand!
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Discussion 4 : 10 Jan 2013 at 19.414
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A lot of visitors rent bikes and lack riding experience. Most do not have a motorcycle licence in the countries they come from. Then they come to Thailand where you pay the police so can do anything you want. They rent bikes to big and drive to fast. The rules of the road at home don't seem to apply in Thailand. They wouldn't be driving fast down one ways in their own country. Motor bike licences should be produced before renting a bike here. In other countries the person who rented you the bike without requiring a motorcycle licence would be held responsible for such deaths. Making money from tourists is the number one priorety here.
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Discussion 3 : 10 Jan 2013 at 18.123
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I bought/had a motorbike for 1 day and gave it away. Many, specially aged, foreigners, somehow see themselves as a young Steve McQueen, rent a bike and, go careening down the streets. I bought, ( a serious mistake ), after seeing a Thai grandmother with 3 kids and 2 grocery bags easily rolling down the streets. It is difficult for me to conjure up any sympathy for these foolhardy people.
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Discussion 2 : 10 Jan 2013 at 17.462
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Helmets?
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Discussion 1 : 10 Jan 2013 at 17.391
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This is another example among many of the dangers of Thai roads and also tourists (especially Russian tourist on motorbikes) and their inability to handle them on the road. "Death by Motorbike" is the new epitaph of many Russian visiting Thailand. They put their children in harms way by mimicing Thai's by carrying extremely young children as they tour about places such as Pattaya and Phuket. It may be language and inability to read road signs in anything anything but Russian.It looks as they where going down a one way street in this incident.
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