News Forum - Motorcycle event organisers apologise for allowing father to carry baby during big bike test drive

[Thaiger]

Organisers from a recent motorcycle event are apologising for allowing a man to test drive a big bike while his baby was still in a carrier strapped to his back. An official from the event said people were allowed to test drive the big bikes on the track, but no one noticed the man was carrying a baby. The official added that riders were not allowed to exceed a speed of 50 kilometres per hour. Photos of a big bike rider with a baby strapped to his back while at a motorcycle event drew attention from Thais on social media […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

4 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

complaints from Thai netizens piled in, criticising the man as well as the motorsports staff for their recklessness.

That recklessness can be seen all over Thailand every single day.

[Cabra]

I thought carrying an infant child has part of the test itself It was a skills test.

[Graham]

Looks like normal Thai riding to me, surprised the guy actually had a helmet on.

[Guest1]

21 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

but no one noticed the man was carrying a baby.

Of course, everyone thought it is one of this puppy back packs, right? You can't make this stuff up.

[Pinetree]

He is an irresponsible  dickhead, as are the organisers. 

[palooka]

 the speed was limited to only 50 kilometres per hour, and it wasn’t a racing campaign.

And how was that policed?

You give them a 'big bike' a race track and then say 50 kms per hour only so they ride around in first gear. BULL S..T

[Chatogaster]

I expect the percentage of drivers crashing at public motorcycle events to be infinitesimal, so it's only after one repositions the event into the context of everyday driving that a risk becomes notable. Calling an event reckless based on an evaluation of that event out-of-context makes no sense.
 

[Grumpish]

2 hours ago, Graham said:

Looks like normal Thai riding to me, surprised the guy actually had a helmet on.

But was he wearing a face mask? Surely that was more important?

[Thaitoonic]

Guys these days just dont know the correct way to use an "Isaan airbag"  ...... the baby goes in front to protect the rider

[Cathat]

Suppose you could take the view it's a lot safer for the kid to ride without a helmet on a track at low speed due to the lack of traffic coming the other way,lack of pedestrians/dogs,lack of road furniture and tracks are way grippier than most roads.

However ultimately it is a very good demonstration of gross stupidity.

welcome to thailand!

[Scribble]

18 hours ago, Chatogaster said:

I expect the percentage of drivers crashing at public motorcycle events to be infinitesimal, so it's only after one repositions the event into the context of everyday driving that a risk becomes notable. Calling an event reckless based on an evaluation of that event out-of-context makes no sense.

Not a percentage game that most normal people would play.

Carrying a baby on a bike should not be part of everyday driving either. But, event staff should be aiming to make the event MORE SAFER than every day driving. Therefore they were reckless. Also I guess any accident could have left them partly liable.

We don't know if this guy was Valentino Rossi or someone who had only previously ridden a moped. Either way it's a test drive, we can assume he is unfamiliar with the machine.

He is an idiot.