Hunt on for baht bus driver who killed 5, injured 9

[Jonmarleesco]

12 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Fifteen people were packed into the back of the Naklua-Sattahip pickup truck

Argument or no argument, that was always going to end messily. And still the Thais fail to see a problem, while the government, which previously backed down on the threat to ban passengers in the cargo hold of pick ups, fails to address the problem.

Edited December 1, 2017 by Jonmarleesco

[Russell17au]

it is about time that Thailand put all these type of vehicle off the road as far as public passenger vehicle. Both Toyota and Nissan make a 22 seat bus which would be an ideal replacement for these

[biggles45]

"What type of law allows people to be hanging out of a packed full Ute lol."

 

A lazy one. Outside Big C Extra on Pattaya Klang a couple of days ago, cop outside his little hut,watching the traffic. Stopped at the lights right next to him a pickup with 15 (I counted them) workers crammed into the back. Also 4 motorbikes each with two people and no helmets. what did he do, went back inside, to make a cup of coffee I guess. No one really cares and nothing will change despite all the BS from politicians. 

[balo]

RIP to the victims , this was a more serious accident than what you normally hear about. 

[gandalf12]

11 hours ago, Just Weird said:

...and in every other country.

Really? Goodness only knows what you base that stupid comment on but don't explain your comment says everything about you

[mikebell]

15 hours ago, EcigAmateur said:

 

Sorry but where did it happen exactly ? Just want to see if it is dangerous over there.

Google map link welcome.

RIP.

 

 

Coming from Pattaya after the Nong Nooch turn-off the road becomes a downhill slope about one kilometre long.  In the distance drivers  can see the traffic lights at Bang Saray.  They speed by at 140+ to beat the lights.  The kilometre mark is about 165.

[Rangerdriver]

Then those same parents load their children up on the family motorcycle without helmets.Adorable.

Yes, and then they ride them to school on the wrong side of the road, pull out onto main roads without stopping or looking and ignore all road safety rules.

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[Sir Dude]

Retard driving a death trap as usual, manages to kill almost everyone apart from himself whilst having a hissy-fit over nothing...then runs away as if he can dodge the problem because he's the smart one. And when they catch up with him he'll have some outrageously pathetic excuse that involves blaming it on someone else for making it happen. Public floggings used to work wonders on these sorts of arrogant morons.

[kcpattaya]

Life is cheap in Thailand...
This wouldn't happen in the "777" term

[HLover]

20 hours ago, Deez said:

Why do the idiot drivers always survive?  A$$hole

Did the argumentative wife survive as well?

[MyFriend You]

44 minutes ago, HLover said:

Did the argumentative wife survive as well?

I certainly hope not, if she were crippled for life, that would be payment enough.  Hope the husband commits suicide.

[DieterWiehe]

20 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

Driver should do the decent thing.

 

And I don't mean handing himself in to the police.

so what do you mean,as usual becoming a Monk??

[Happyman58]

20 hours ago, pieeyed said:

Why have they not found this driver or his wife? This accident happened on Nov 19th.

He has no money so why bother  No reward in it for them

[Happyman58]

10 hours ago, biggles45 said:

"What type of law allows people to be hanging

A lazy one. Outside Big C Extra on Pattaya Klang a couple of days ago, cop outside his little hut,watching the traffic. Stopped at the lights right next to him a pickup with 15 (I counted them) workers crammed into the back. Also 4 motorbikes each with two people and no helmets. what did he do, went back inside, to make a cup of coffee I guess. No one really cares and nothing will change despite all the BS from politicians. 

Yep  i have seen that many times They can make 100 laws but as long as u see cops doing that complete waste of time having them He was prob waiting for the kick boxing to come on TV more important They brought a law in saying no more people to sit in back of pic-ups Big joke" Bit like saying i think its going to rain today but there is not one cloud in the sky " What you just said is just bullshit about the rain just like there laws Nice day today but i think it will still rain 

[David Walden]

21 hours ago, pieeyed said:

Why have they not found this driver or his wife? This accident happened on Nov 19th.

Ahhhhh!... had a bit of a look around can't find him, anyway probably only get a few thousand Baht fine.  Not like the huge fine out for smoking on the beach.  Putting sign up now in Cha-am ( I have never smoked ).

[Aussieroaming]

Cowardly scum

[Russell17au]

1 hour ago, Happyman58 said:

Yep  i have seen that many times They can make 100 laws but as long as u see cops doing that complete waste of time having them He was prob waiting for the kick boxing to come on TV more important They brought a law in saying no more people to sit in back of pic-ups Big joke" Bit like saying i think its going to rain today but there is not one cloud in the sky " What you just said is just bullshit about the rain just like there laws Nice day today but i think it will still rain 

But they shelved because they did not want to inconviense anybody over Songkran and they still have not reinstalled that law

[Happyman58]

54 minutes ago, Russell17au said:

But they shelved because they did not want to inconviense anybody over Songkran and they still have not reinstalled that law

Oh they will but make no difference The cops wont enforce it Waste of time

[Just Weird]

21 hours ago, wazzupnow said:

no only afrika and asia, the other countries have real police forces

You really think so?

[Just Weird]

18 hours ago, Blue Muton said:

Clearly that  is not the case.

Yes it is, accidents happen in every country, clearly.

[Just Weird]

16 hours ago, brling said:

Nonsense Mr. apologist. In most countries the driver would not run away from a fatal accident. Wise up and think before you try to defend coward Thai drivers.

Wise up and think (and read) before you assert that I was defending "coward Thai drivers".  This accident did not involve 'Thai drivers', it involved one.

 

You seem to be using the term "apologist", and wrongly applying it to me, in a derogatory sense.  Even though you are wrong, I'd much rather be seen as an apologist than an irrational Thai basher.

Edited December 2, 2017 by Just Weird

[Just Weird]

16 hours ago, Russell17au said:

No, Not in every other country, just Thailand because most other countries would not allow a vehicle like this on the roads, it would be a properly constructed bus not a converted heap of junk with a canopy on it

Yes, in every other country...accidents happen in every country.  You really think that a bus cannot hit roadside obstructions when the driver is fighting with a passenger?

[Just Weird]

12 hours ago, gandalf12 said:

Really? Goodness only knows what you base that stupid comment on but don't explain your comment says everything about you

Don't comment to me if you don't want a response.  I'll explain why it wasn't stupid; it's because accidents do happen everywhere, and in similar circumstances, not only in Thailand.

[Road Warrior]

yet a another day of carnage by idiot driving . hope he is caught ??? in uk would be charged with manslaughter 5 /7 years  in prison ,pity they do not do that here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[pegman]

23 hours ago, Khun Paul said:

Easy to stop the overloading, Police stop buses with children on, if the loading was say 16 children, then fine the driver 2000 baht for every child over that number and arrange for another empty bus to pick up the children. Most of these buses are owned by a consortium then as the financial cost of defying the law becomes too much stupid drivers will either stop doing it or abide by the law. Hit them where it hurts in their pockets.; Plus if an accident occure the insurance refuse to pay for injures for more people that the bus is licensed to carry. Not rocket sc ience but I have never YET seen a Baht bus stopped by police for overloading yet in  15 years.

The news report was that the crash was caused by a fit of rage. What the hell does having 3 or 23 passengers have anything to do with the carnage or a way to prevent it?

[aussiandrew]

Five died at the scene.  I attended the funeral of the TENTH! victim on Wednesday.
I've lived in this area for 11 years and there's been fatalities almost monthly.  There's talk of erecting a radar camera to deter drivers from speeding down the hill to beat the lights at Bang Saray.  Talk is cheap meanwhile watch this space........

2 days ago not 500 metres along Sukhumvit from this horrible incident another accident resulting in 2 more deaths. RIP

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[Blue Muton]

2 hours ago, Just Weird said:

Yes it is, accidents happen in every country, clearly.

Well a couple of things strike me as being just weird, firstly that you consider the largely avoidable carnage on Thailand's roads to be accidental and secondly your apparent reluctance to acknowledge that the rate of deaths on Thailand's roads is substantially higher than that in most other countries.

Just weird, clearly.

[aussiandrew]

The word on the streets in the Sattahip area is the driver was captured earlier in the week trying to get the Border.

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[Russell17au]

6 hours ago, Just Weird said:

Yes, in every other country...accidents happen in every country.  You really think that a bus cannot hit roadside obstructions when the driver is fighting with a passenger?

Most other countries operate a proper constructed bus and not a converted pick up like Thailand does plus the drivers in most countries are trained and licensed as bus drivers plus Thailand's road rules enforcement is s**t compared to most other countries plus most other countries have a lower road toll than Thailand does. It is Just Weird how you can agree with such carnage on the roads in Thailand, but maybe you are one of these unlicensed, untrained drivers that just don't know how to care about and respect other peoples loves. I just hope you do not have any children because by your own posts it shows the you would not keep them in a safe environment. 

[Just Weird]

7 hours ago, Blue Muton said:

Well a couple of things strike me as being just weird, firstly that you consider the largely avoidable carnage on Thailand's roads to be accidental and secondly your apparent reluctance to acknowledge that the rate of deaths on Thailand's roads is substantially higher than that in most other countries.

Just weird, clearly.

What's even more weird is that I made no mention of the number of deaths or Thailand's position in the league tables or my view about that aspect yet you seem able to magically deduce something from my lack of comment.

 

From your first sentence, the only logical deduction that can be made is that you must think all the road accidents, and that is what they are, are deliberate acts.