Video: Motorists get a fountain show on the motorway

 

 

Dash cam footage from Chacherngsao showed a ten meter high fountain caused by a broken pipe next to Route 7 outbound.

 

The spectacle was at kilometer marker 50/800 near the Bang Pakong rest area.

 

INN reported that the water authorities have now turned off the valve and an investigation is underway. 

 

 

Source: https://www.innnews.co.th/crime/news_111815/

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-6-15

42 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

INN reported that the water authorities have now turned off the valve and an investigation is underway

Not yet surely - have they formed a ten-man committee that fast? Oh, perhaps they might have I suppose - they were under a lot of pressure.

 

How do you "turn off" a valve?

3 minutes ago, MartinBangkok said:

How do you "turn off" a valve?

Ah, semantics. Close the valve.

I don't imagine journalists globally would be aware of the difference - unless they worked for a technical journal.

Perhaps it was electrically operated, then you could turn of the switch, thereby closing the valve - ha ha!

 

The water authorities will get round to fixing it before the end of the year.

18 minutes ago, MartinBangkok said:

How do you "turn off" a valve?

Turn the knob clockwise....

5 minutes ago, mikebell said:

The water authorities will get round to fixing it before the end of the year.

Yes, but the end of which year?

 

Old Faithful.....

 

Old Faithful.....
 

It looks very similar !

2 hours ago, johng said:

3 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Old Faithful.....
 

It looks very similar !

And why has no one ever shut it off ?

4 hours ago, mikebell said:

The water authorities will get round to fixing it before the end of the year.

ah but what year???

5 hours ago, MartinBangkok said:

How do you "turn off" a valve?

depends on  the valve  either clock wise or if a gate valve  opposite to on?

1 hour ago, Lamkyong said:

depends on  the valve  either clock wise or if a gate valve  opposite to on?

All gate valves and globe valves open counter clock wise and close clock wise. A butterfly valve is only a quarter turn to open and a quarter turn to close

This has the potential to become a major tourist attraction. Don't fix it, just add a floating market and a ticket booth.

23 minutes ago, Darcula said:

This has the potential to become a major tourist attraction. Don't fix it, just add a floating market and a ticket booth.

Farang 200 baht, Nationals 0 baht?

And why has no one ever shut it off ?

Because they don't know where the shut off valve is [emoji1]

3 hours ago, Lamkyong said:

depends on  the valve  either clock wise or if a gate valve  opposite to on?

gate valve is clockwise for closure.

8 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Ah, semantics. Close the valve.

I don't imagine journalists globally would be aware of the difference - unless they worked for a technical journal.

Perhaps it was electrically operated, then you could turn of the switch, thereby closing the valve - ha ha!

 

Turn off / close / shut /  isolate , interchangeable and understood by anyone with anything to do with valves. 

2 hours ago, Darcula said:

This has the potential to become a major tourist attraction. Don't fix it, just add a floating market and a ticket booth.

Spot on Darcula , we need more waterworlds here , Close at midnight and a drive through car wash.