Video: It's brake failure as truck smashes into five vehicles - 8 year old in serious condition

[snoop1130]

Video: It's brake failure as truck smashes into five vehicles - 8 year old in serious condition

 

 

A truck driver said that the brakes failed on his truck/trailer as his rig smashed into a Toyota Fortuner and several other vehicles on a downward stretch of Khao Chong Tako in Sa Kaeo province.

The accident was caught on dash cam from a vehicle coming up the hill.

Banjong Noysing, 48, said he is always seeing accidents but never thought it would happen to him. He had bought his Fortuner just two months ago.

 

 

His son Thanakorn is in ICU with a fractured skull after his face was cut open from mouth to ear.

His pregnant wife is recovering. Several other people in the other pick-ups damaged were also recovering.

The dash camk footage showed several fellow motorists help to put the Fortuner back on its wheels. 

The matter is being investigated by Ta Praya police and insurance assessors. Daily News said the driver of the truck said it was brake failure - there was no air in the brakes. 

Source: https://www.dailynews.co.th/regional/632146

 

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[NCC1701A]

Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
 

[BigBadGeordie]

Now I actually do believe this crash, not an accident, was caused by brake failure. I travel this road on a regular basis, there are a multitude of signs "ENGAGE LOW GEAR NOW", but do they? Not often. As such they cook their brakes with this being the inevitable outcome.

[sweatalot]

brake failure ...

 

I am fed up with this

 

it is either brain failure or caused by boiling the brakes by not  using low gear, as BBG stated

 

oh, wait - that's brain failure, too

 

[smedly]

on facebook 100%

[Darcula]

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The dash camk footage showed several fellow motorists help to put the Fortuner back on its wheels. 

 

Just making sure the broken necks were completely broken.

[LennyW]

For sure that is actually brake failure this time, riding the brakes going downhill instead of using a lower gear.

 

But the result is always the same......other people coming off worse from others negligence!!

[cornishcarlos]

I'm glad the footage ended where it did... I could just imagine the car rolling off the road and plunging down a ravine !!!

Hope the wee fella recovers...

[rtco]

Whatever the reason the truck was going at a breakneck speed in what looks like heavy traffic ... no excuses.

[Somchai Logic]

13 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
 

Yes, one of the best definitions of Insanity 

[fxe1200]

Those trucks are equipped with a dual-circuit brake system, which means, there could be no failure due to no air inside the pressure container. It only could be worn out brake-linings and the lack of proper maintenance.

[wonder6281]

How could he be travelling at that speed when all the other traffic is going at a snail's pace? 

[whaleboneman]

12 minutes ago, wonder6281 said:

How could he be travelling at that speed when all the other traffic is going at a snail's pace? 

He was speeding along merrily and suddenly caught up to a traffic jam and had no time to react. As far as brake failure - easy enough to check after the fact. If the brakes fail, they do not repair themselves after the crash. It's time that the authorities put an end to this excuse by confirming if brakes have failed and adding extra charges for the driver if he is really just lying about it.

[stephenterry]

Horrifying for the Fortuner family. Hope they all recover. As for the truck driver, he was speeding, and/or driving negligently. Should be imprisoned, and his truck company if indeed it was brake failure caused by no regular maintenance. 

[shady86]

Nothing will change. Profit and selfishness above everything else.

[uwe_rayong]

58 minutes ago, fxe1200 said:

Those trucks are equipped with a dual-circuit brake system, which means, there could be no failure due to no air inside the pressure container. It only could be worn out brake-linings and the lack of proper maintenance.

 

The problem is not "not enough air", it is overheating. Long valley routes, the driver is overusing the brakes.

The discs starts to overheat and at that point the braking effect decreases, the driver reacts with  more pressure on the and the brakes getting hotter.  It is vicious circle.

That is why even more developed countries in Europe or USA use runaway truck ramp on long valley roads.

 

It is a driver error,if he had used a low gear with 10-15km/h the accident had not been happen. If you feel the braking effect decreases you must stop immediately and wait a couple of minutes. 

 

[Black arab]

4 hours ago, Darcula said:

 

Just making sure the broken necks were completely broken.

Exactly,i wouldnt know if thai emergency services have the knowledge, skill or tools to extricate casualties safely probably not all three.

[anon4637435435]

Brake failure like seen in the movies just isnt a plausible reality. Cooking brakes as another poster mentioned is possible but not if not unless its overloaded and a high gear for down a hill for a long time. My guess is the brakes on the trailer werent functioning or it is what its more likely to be and thats brain failure. Why dont these trucks push themselves into the dam trees instead of putting other lives in danger.

[Xaos]

Brain failure not breakes

[windas]

Correct me if I'm wrong.  But with air brakes on trucks, the air is used to release the brakes, not to apply the brakes. That's why trucks can't move until there is sufficient air pressure to release the brakes.

[metisdead]

Some offensive posts have been removed.  A post containing an off topic trolling video has been removed. 

[Russell17au]

Brain failure and untrained truck driver does not know how to change down a gear and use the gears as a brake and use the engine inhibitor for steep downhill driving so over heats the brake linings and polishes them so that they have no grip on the brake drums.

[Russell17au]

7 hours ago, bsdthai said:

Brake failure like seen in the movies just isnt a plausible reality. Cooking brakes as another poster mentioned is possible but not if not unless its overloaded and a high gear for down a hill for a long time. My guess is the brakes on the trailer werent functioning or it is what its more likely to be and thats brain failure. Why dont these trucks push themselves into the dam trees instead of putting other lives in danger.

Even empty if you continually ride the brake you will overheat the brake linings and you will polish them so that they have no grip. The trailer brakes not working, that would only happen if the brakes have been wound off but you will polish the trailer brakes the same as the truck brakes if you continually ride the brakes instead of using a lower gear and the engine inhibitor

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[LennyW]

12 hours ago, Russell17au said:

Even empty if you continually ride the brake you will overheat the brake linings and you will polish them so that they have no grip. The trailer brakes not working, that would only happen if the brakes have been wound off but you will polish the trailer brakes the same as the truck brakes if you continually ride the brakes instead of using a lower gear and the engine inhibitor

Correct.

 

[gk10002000]

Well, in the USA, all drivers with CDL (commercial drivers license) are supposed to check the brakes and air before moving the vehicle.  My experience with Thais is they don't maintain or check anything, and tire of doing such routine things very quickly, and just hop and go

[LennyW]

7 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

Well, in the USA, all drivers with CDL (commercial drivers license) are supposed to check the brakes and air before moving the vehicle.  My experience with Thais is they don't maintain or check anything, and tire of doing such routine things very quickly, and just hop and go

Checking before moving is all well and good, but you cannot check while the vehicle is moving, brake fade does not happen until the brakes overheat which is what happens in a situation like this, continually riding the brakes on a long downhill stretch and this will happen, no matter how many checks you do beforehand!

 

It's operator error/negligence/ignorance/stupidity or whatever to not select a low gear and let the engine do the work.

 

[gintis0604]

On 2018-03-13 at 10:08 PM, sweatalot said:

brake failure ...

 

I am fed up with this

 

it is either brain failure or caused by boiling the brakes by not  using low gear, as BBG stated

 

oh, wait - that's brain failure, too

 

No air pressure in the system and you can't even move the truck. 

He doesn't even know how those brakes are working. 

[gk10002000]

13 hours ago, LennyW said:

Checking before moving is all well and good, but you cannot check while the vehicle is moving, brake fade does not happen until the brakes overheat which is what happens in a situation like this, continually riding the brakes on a long downhill stretch and this will happen, no matter how many checks you do beforehand!

 

It's operator error/negligence/ignorance/stupidity or whatever to not select a low gear and let the engine do the work.

 

I believe there is an air pressure  monitor?  Now if the brakes faded, the shoes or disks fell apart, etc.  that is one thing, but the driver said there was no air.  How does he know there was no air?  The moment you see low air you are supposed to stop.  Sounds more like he just kept going knowing he had a problem and he was just hoping he would be able to get to his destination for the day instead of pulling over and call for repairs

[gk10002000]

10 hours ago, gintis0604 said:

No air pressure in the system and you can't even move the truck. 

He doesn't even know how those brakes are working. 

Correct.  Most proper air systems act like train car "dead man" switches.  It takes air to keep the brakes not applied.  Now what they have in Thailand, who the heck knows.  I bet they cut or deactivated stuff long ago in order to move the damn vehicle