Thread: Woman drives car off 2nd floor parking in Ladprao

Four women were injured after their car plunged from the second floor of a Lat Phrao shopping mall on Sunday due to a jammed accelerator.

Their Bangkok-registered Mazda 2 crashed through a barrier on G2 floor of Union Mall’s parking structure in the afternoon and plunged to the ground, injuring driver Duangkamol Narkyaitham and three women passengers, Thairath Online reported.

Ms Duangkamol sustained minor injuries when the car landed on its left side and the driver's front airbag inflated. Two of the passengers had broken arms and legs, while the other was slightly injured.

Ms Duangkamol told Phaholyothin police that she was driving up the G2 ramp but the accelerator pedal became stuck and she failed to brakes in time before the car hit the barrier and plummeted to the pavement.

Police will investigate further to establish the cause of the accident.

Bangkokpost.com

Originally Posted by Hans Mann

but the accelerator pedal became stuck

Funny, they use that excuse EVERYTIME this happens, which seems to be about twice a year!

^ driving in heals or she was on the phone?

is driving in high heels illegal here ?

4 women in a car , probably not a lot of talking going on.

Have seem some people using left foot for brake and right foot for accelerator on automatic transmission cars. Panic mode, hit both.....and fly.

^ We had this discussion in the motoring section.
I use right foot for accelerator and left foot for brake, but I cannot believe many thai's would as it requires learning and reason to do it effectively.

Testimony to the build of the car only sustaning the injuries they did

Many commentators advise against the use of left-foot braking while driving on public roads.

However, some commentators do recommend left-foot braking as routine practice when driving vehicles fitted with an automatic transmission, when maneuvering at low speeds.

Proponents of the technique note that in low-speed maneuvers, a driver of a vehicle with a manual transmission will usually keep a foot poised over the clutch pedal, ready to disengage power when the vehicle nears an obstacle. This means that disengagement is also possible in the event of malfunction such as an engine surge. However, the absence of a clutch on a vehicle with automatic transmission means that there is no such safety override, unless the driver has a foot poised over the brake pedal.

Critics of the technique suggest that it can cause confusion when switching to or from a vehicle with a manual transmission, and that it is difficult to achieve the necessary sensitivity to brake smoothly when one's left foot is accustomed to operating a clutch pedal.

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

it is difficult

it is and most people are against it because of their experience with jaming on the brake as if it was a clutch.

I drive left and right hand manual vehicles and a right hand drive automatic - a deft touch with the left foot is used on all .

I remember a case in the UK where a lady had put her handbag in the footwell, out rolled a can of deodorant which jammed under her brake pedal.

^ Must've smelled like shite to carry a huge can of spray around...

Couldn't have been brake fluid, anyway...

Originally Posted by baldrick

is driving in high heels illegal here ?

No you can if you want but not the best footwear for driving.

I am pretty sure driving in high heels is illegal in Australia as is thongs/flip flips

Originally Posted by Gerbil

Originally Posted by Hans Mann

but the accelerator pedal became stuck

Funny, they use that excuse EVERYTIME this happens, which seems to be about twice a year!

I thought they always blamed it on the brakes failing.

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Testimony to the build of the car only sustaning the injuries they did

Plenty of crumple zones, perhaps.

Well I would automatically know within a micro second of Ann accelerator being jammed, to slam the gearbox into neutral.
Neutralise the danger.

^ Or grab an amulet...The choice is yours...

Originally Posted by baldrick

I am pretty sure driving in high heels is illegal in Australia as is thongs/flip flips

Driving bare foot is.

Originally Posted by baldrick

is driving in high heels illegal here ?

Dunno but Dillinger's been getting away with it for years

Originally Posted by Bower

I remember a case in the UK where a lady had put her handbag in the footwell, out rolled a can of deodorant which jammed under her brake pedal.

Had that happen to me (not from my handbag) a can of beer got stuck under the brake, other drivers thought I was a madman on the freeway but no way was I gonna smash that beer.

You can't 'smash' a can of beer.

Originally Posted by baldrick

I use right foot for accelerator and left foot for brake

Is that legal in Australia for an automatic transmission? When you took your behind the wheel examination did you do it that way?