Five Chinese tourists in lucky escape as minivan overturns on the way to Pattaya

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A minivan crashed into the central reservation of the Route 7 motorway on its way to Pattaya yesterday.

 

Five Chinese tourists were shocked but otherwise unhurt and turned down a hospital visit as Sawang Boriboon Pattaya rescue attended the scene.

 

The accident happened near some construction on the section from Pattaya to Mataphut.

 

Driver Suriya, 41, said he was taking the tourists from Bangkok to Nong Nuch gardens when a car cut in front of him causing him to lose control.

 

Source: Sanook

 

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well it wasnt raining, the brakes worked ok, oh ! lets bring in the invisible car, or the soi dog, ha ha, how about driving like  a <deleted> in road works.

Number two, in the list of fake reasons for accidents. At least it wasnt a moose on the road.

another case of thai ''brain failure''....

They were given a warning not to go to Pattaya. They should heed it. 

I'm missing the TAT photo with flowers and a gift basket of essence of chicken, smiling faces, and the promise to come back again. 

Speed control system in all car's and busses now and better driving test 

4 hours ago, mok199 said:

another case of thai ''brain failure''....

Got to have one in order for it to fail 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Five Chinese tourists were shocked but otherwise unhurt and turned down a hospital visit

Obvious been advance warning of Thai hospital charges !

Looking at the photo in the OP, that looks like a fairly new van without the go-faster body fairings and it still has the stock tires and rims so assume it retains the stock suspension. If Suriya was thrashing at along like it was a souped-up, blinged-out, fully-modded one (and we all know that he was), no wonder it fell off the road.

One must be confident that the Deputy Tourist Police Commander Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal will soon take up things in hand against the rogue mini van drivers !!

Edited May 15, 20188 yr by observer90210

They were certainly lucky......just a little bit further and they would have got to Pattaya.

7 hours ago, mercman24 said:

well it wasnt raining, the brakes worked ok, oh ! lets bring in the invisible car, or the soi dog, ha ha, how about driving like  a <deleted> in road works.

Same as a pickup ended up in the ditch outside my house recently. The driver claimed someone crossed the road in front of him, even though it was late at night and a country road where people rarely walk even in the daytime and there was no-one in sight moments afterwards. Translation: I fell asleep.

 

Just another man with the mentality of a five year old, unable to accept responsibility.

Same as a pickup ended up in the ditch outside my house recently. The driver claimed someone crossed the road in front of him,

Could have been avoiding a pack of rabid soi dogs !

Was the driver made to apologise on television for damaging Thailand's tourist industry?

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Driver Suriya, 41, said he was taking the tourists from Bangkok to Nong Nuch gardens when a car cut in front of him causing him to lose control.

 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Driver Suriya, 41, said he was taking the tourists from Bangkok to Nong Nuch gardens when a car cut in front of him causing him to lose control.

Instead of slowing down, he wrenched the steering wheel to avoid (without diminishing speed)?

4 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

Speed control system in all car's and busses now and better driving test 

no NOT better driving test.....they NEED A TEST which is harder to pass

OK

1 hour ago, Gandtee said:

Was the driver made to apologise on television for damaging Thailand's tourist industry?

doubt it otherwise THEY WOULD ALL BE on TV as they ALL damage Thailands tourist image....

6 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

Speed control system in all car's and busses now and better driving test 

A driver cam is much more important. All the BS excuses when they are driving and sleeping or reading and texting their phones will be gone ....

Ah, One more example of the Skilful careful drivers of passenger service vehicles

in Thailand.

You are the greatest,   absolutely no chance of loosing your crown 

as the worst drivers on the planet.

Good job boys .

 

Ps, Ha Ha, they didn't get the change to blame the tourists for accidents around pattaya. the stupid fools,  couldn't even get them here first,  to hire motor bikes or cars  

Edited May 15, 20188 yr by stanleycoin

Things are improving...

 

Could have been worse, "Five Chinese tourists in lucky escape as 12 seater minivan overturns on the way to Pattaya,    ...other 31 passengers not so lucky".

Edited May 15, 20188 yr by Basil B

Lucky Chinese people , now go home and buy the lottery number, 

20 hours ago, mercman24 said:

well it wasnt raining, the brakes worked ok, oh ! lets bring in the invisible car, or the soi dog, ha ha, how about driving like  a <deleted> in road works.

There has been rain in the area every afternoon for a week or more now.

Wonder how another car could go fast enough to cut in front. 

22 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

Speed control system in all car's and busses now and better driving test 

This in my opinion happened because the minivan driver moved to the right to block the car in the right lane with the camera from passing, typical Thai drivers, and I know the exact spot that this happened.

 

Bet you my left one he had his eyes with his ego in the mirror saying to himself, your not going to pass me, mines bigger than yours, som nam nah

Those van drivers think they own the road, I encounter many on my ride on my bike back and too to Khonkaen, They even pull over into the hard should oblivious to any bikes to get to the front of the lights, many times I have had to brake hard to avoid them usual I anticipate their actions.

No worries, lots more to replace them!

Those van drivers think they own the road, I encounter many on my ride on my bike back and too to Khonkaen, They even pull over into the hard should oblivious to any bikes to get to the front of the lights, many times I have had to brake hard to avoid them usual I anticipate their actions.

Yes they really are some of the worst...very dangerous and arrogant.