Double-decker coach licences not renewed, says Prawit

By The Nation

 

 

Following on the heels of a major accident involving a double-decker coach, Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan has confirmed that starting in 2015 licences for the giant buses have not been renewed as they expired.
 

The Transport Department was also tasked with ensuring double-decker coaches already on the road met a good standard of safety, he added.

 

Prawit, in his capacity as the chairman of the Road Safety Policy Committee, made the comment prior to the start of a Friday morning meeting at the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department in Bangkok.

 

The meeting was to consider a master plan for road safety for 2017-2020 and discuss road safety measures for the upcoming Songkran holidays. Prawit said the authorities would implement various measures, including the seizure of vehicles driven by drunk drivers.

 

Passengers might be allowed in the cargo beds of pickup trucks, as long as they did not sit on cargo bed’s edge and the trucks were travelling at a low speed.

 

Public concerns are again rising over the use of double-decker coaches after Wednesday night’s tragic crash involving one of the vehicles in Nakhon Ratchasima. The crash killed 18 people and wounded 32 others onboard the bus.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30341581

 

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Thailand..a country that fails its people at so many levels...

12 minutes ago, webfact said:

Prawit, in his capacity as the chairman of the Road Safety Policy Committee

 

And, he knows everything about double deckers.

here we go - blame the coach, the fact that the driver was high on Yabba has nothing to do with it

 

coaches like these are safely operated all over the world, why not Thailand

 

I wish they would get some educated people in to run this country

Prawit, in his capacity as the chairman of the Road Safety Policy Committee

 

This may be a daft question, but just how is he qualified to hold this position? 

3 minutes ago, nikmar said:

Prawit, in his capacity as the chairman of the Road Safety Policy Committee

 

This may be a daft question, but just how is he qualified to hold this position? 

He is a rich former general. A strong sense of entitlement is all the qualification they need.

10 minutes ago, nikmar said:

Prawit, in his capacity as the chairman of the Road Safety Policy Committee

 

This may be a daft question, but just how is he qualified to hold this position? 

exactly my point - he isn't, none of them are 

 

hence the stupid we hear on a daily basis which addresses nothing and the death toll on the roads rises, being number one in the world for road deaths and accidents is nothing to brag about, it is especially shameful for a country like Thailand which has made little progress for 50 years compared to others in the region ..... and it should have

 

because the people that have been running the country are only interested in one thing and as it happens they are very good at it................filling their own pockets and enriching themselves, you don't need a university education for that.  

Edited March 23, 20188 yr by smedly

Prawit, in his capacity as the chairman of the Road Safety Policy Committee

 

 

You know what is astonishing - that anyone with all their faculties would actually admit to such a thing in Thailand - seriously 

The opening paragraphs raise a few glaring points:-

 

• the Transport Department was also tasked - this is following the 2015 directive, 3 years ago - with ensuring double-decker coaches, already on the road, met a good standard of safety. Does any ministry department, I wonder, have a system or protocol in place for testing these unlicensed buses? I want to see it and, if that is not possible, I want Prawit to tell me, to my face, why this is so.
• Prawit, in his capacity as the chairman of the Road Safety Policy Committee, made the comment prior to the start of a Friday morning meeting at the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department in Bangkok. Apart from the absurdity, in most people's judgement, of Prawit being the chairman of the RSPC, having a disaster prevention meeting the day after a mega-disaster should be proof, if it were needed, that Prawit and this toothless road safety quango are simply not fit for purpose. Talk about bolting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
• The meeting was to consider a master plan for road safety for 2017-2020 and discuss road safety measures for the upcoming Songkran holidays. Prawit said the authorities would implement various measures, including the seizure of vehicles driven by drunk drivers. Absolutely no comment. Prawit should be put out to grass, rather than be allowed to chair another such meeting.

 

Edited March 23, 20188 yr by Ossy
clarity

Does this now mean EVERY double decker tooling around Thailand is illegal?

1 hour ago, Darcula said:

 

And, he knows everything about double deckers.

mabey a,''double decker clubhouse with fries and a large beverage'' ...go ahead and super size that...im lovin it...

Edited March 23, 20188 yr by mok199
speliing

1 hour ago, nikmar said:

Prawit, in his capacity as the chairman of the Road Safety Policy Committee

 

This may be a daft question, but just how is he qualified to hold this position? 

He has a big watch...

he's the last somchai to trust to watch over this

I can see the Headline. Prawit says times up for double deckers lol

17 hours ago, mok199 said:

Thailand..a country that fails its people at so many levels...

 

Yes, and add, a nation of people who don't want to comply with even basic laws, so both ends of the string are at fault.

17 hours ago, nikmar said:

Prawit, in his capacity as the chairman of the Road Safety Policy Committee

 

This may be a daft question, but just how is he qualified to hold this position? 

I think it is what is sometimes referred to as a "watching brief"...

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17 hours ago, webfact said:

Passengers might be allowed in the cargo beds of pickup trucks, as long as they did not sit on cargo bed’s edge and the trucks were travelling at a low speed.

Legal.....................

 

Illegal..................

Thank you General........I unnerstan now .......

Time is up and we're watch ing developments.

Edited March 24, 20188 yr by Artisi

17 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Prawit, in his capacity as the chairman of the Road Safety Policy Committee

Finally I understand why Thailand tops the rank of fatal road accidents.

17 hours ago, nikmar said:

Prawit, in his capacity as the chairman of the Road Safety Policy Committee

 

This may be a daft question, but just how is he qualified to hold this position? 

He enjoys wearing expensive jewelry borrowed from “friends”... 

Imagine Prawit's surprise when he realised he was discussing the wrong double deckers. He joined the committee hoping for several free samples.

 

 

12 minutes ago, madmitch said:

Imagine Prawit's surprise when he realised he was discussing the wrong double deckers. He joined the committee hoping for several free samples.

 

 

Or......

 

Big Deal!..since when do people in Thailand need licensing for anything here

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18 hours ago, quandow said:

Does this now mean EVERY double decker tooling around Thailand is illegal?

The article is a bit distracting at best.

But no I don't think so. What was said is that all dd's licensed since 2015 will not have their licenses renewed when those licenses expire. But prior to the renewal date if a dd is found to not be in a "good standard of safety" it may lose its license sooner. Or not - this is Thailand.

A post about bus crashes in the UK has been removed. 

interesting how a collection of bus accidents from somewhere like the UK over the last 30 years looks like a week in Thailand 

The busses are not the problem - the druvers sitting behind the wheels are the problem.

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Prawit, in his capacity as the chairman of the Road Safety Policy Committee

Now I understand why Thailand ranks No.1 in road fatalities. 

Is it some kind of venomous allusion to have a huge ad of gearbest men-s-watches on this page?