Over the past few years. I've had 2 motorcycle friends hit U-turners that didn't check it was clear to U-turn. It's a huge problem in Thailand partly because they aren't used to having to judge the speed and distances of big bikes. One killed one of the U-turners, police agreed it was the U-turners fault, they didn't have money so no court proceedings were pursued. The second incident, a friend T-boned a U-turning car that didn't check it was clear. He brought legal proceedings and I think is paying him 20 Baht a month for the next 3,000 years.
Now this case is closed, I'll talk through what happens & try to explain how the Thai culture deals with this situation.
Riding along, on a dual carriageway, in traffic, so not excessively fast, a Honda wave comes sharply across the two dual carriageway at right angles trying to U-turn without looking. I did everything I could to go around her but she was too close and it was a nasty collision. The big bikes with its mass and inertia, knocked her flying, looking around afterwards I thought she was dead.
She was still breathing, lots of blood, so no one knew the extent of her injuries.
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Ambulance and police came quickly
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You can see the U-turn she was after in the photo below to the right - Her pink shoe right there still
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Medics were very efficient and had her at a nearby hospital very quickly
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Police marked up the area and photographed everything. Make sure you take your own photo's in case they try and skew the situation, not show the U-turn area etc....
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