Foreign women golfers in highway crash

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Golf stars in highway crash

Published: 25 Feb 2013 at 09.18
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Three golfers were involved in a car crash on their way from Pattaya to Suvarnabhumi after the LPGA Honda tournament on Sunday, one of them wrote on her blog.

Suzann Pettersen and her mother, Paula Creamer and Ai Miyazato were in a five-car pileup on the road to Bangkok.

In a blog post on her website, including photos, Pettersen said her van driver was "driving on the highway pretty fast and at times maybe to ruff (sic).

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Victor
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Discussion 10 : 26 Feb 2013 at 07.2110
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Another opportunity for the authorities to ask for more budget to buy more useless high-tech equipments.
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Discussion 9 : 25 Feb 2013 at 22.099
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I guess, " Let by gone, Be by gone " may NOT be applicable here.

The organizer, whoever that be, may be sued and may get a court order to pay for a BIG sum, which the drivers may not even think to be able to pay.

Not a lesson, but that's how they do to enforce the common sense in the real world.

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Discussion 8 : 25 Feb 2013 at 14.048
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D6. I tried that once! My wife, 3 year old daughter and I were un ceremonially dumped at the side of the Hua Hin - Bangkok road.

A challenge on a van drivers skills is seen as an affront to his manhood. You have been warned.....
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Discussion 7 : 25 Feb 2013 at 12.527
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Van drivers are some of the worst I have seen in the environs of Pattaya. Speeding with no regard for other road users with continual lane changing with no indication merely to gain 2 seconds. How do these drivers get a licence, if indeed they actually have one?
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Discussion 6 : 25 Feb 2013 at 12.046
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Why didn't any of these estemed triple A personality pro golfers slap the driver in the back of the head and get him to slow down?
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Discussion 5 : 25 Feb 2013 at 11.085
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Drivers here are like Neanderthals with technology in their hands. Just like the opening scene of 2001 Space Odyssey with the apes in the desert going berserk when they see that slab of space technology.

Not stopping @ red lights & reckless driving are metaphors for the futility of law & education curriculum here...
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Discussion 4 : 25 Feb 2013 at 10.404
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the van driver wants to impress his golfer passengers...
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Jonathan8
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Discussion 3 : 25 Feb 2013 at 10.173
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Not a surprise at all, shocking the quality of driving here in Thailand (especially van/bus drivers). But then again, without having to take any real kind of driving test, what can you expect.
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Discussion 2 : 25 Feb 2013 at 09.522
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Van driver was "driving on the highway pretty fast and at times maybe to ruff !! Van drivers again! Nobody is listening again! I think Embassey's should highlight that the use of vans (minibuses) in Thailand can seriously damage your health!
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Discussion 1 : 25 Feb 2013 at 09.511
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Travelling bumper to bumper with no gap in between vehicles and no brain in driver.
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