PHOTOS: Check out Thailand’s modern new Baht buses - with air con and Wi-Fi

[maximillian]

5 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Looks like a pick up truck with a oversized camper shell.....

 

That's actually a good idea to use this thing as a small mobil home.

I've got a pick-up already...

[Monkeyrobot]

At least the motor bikes can’t drive past and nick your gold chain. 

[Lancashirelad]

9 minutes ago, maximillian said:

 

That's actually a good idea to use this thing as a small mobil home.

I've got a pick-up already...

http://www.carryboycaravan.com/motorhome/

[maximillian]

12 minutes ago, Lancashirelad said:

http://www.carryboycaravan.com/motorhome/

 

Looks great, but certainly much, much more expensive.

[lordblackader]

Why does ThaiVisa persist on calling them "baht buses" when it's a term seemingly exclusive to Pattaya?

 

Songtaew or Songthaew with the h included - not that hard to type. 

[bheard]

Used them in Lopburi. Bloody good!

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[DukSiam1]

First, this would be a godsend during songkran. Second, does the driver/owner have control of the air-con...if so I doult he would run it to save money. Finally, can you really escape from a rear-ended songtau now?  Those large windows could be fire escapes.

[jerojero]

And how is the price still the same? Upgraded vehicle significant cost!

[Kevbo]

7 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

Looks like a prison van in a cartoon film

 

prefer the old ones 

Me too, but they will be handy at songkran...

[Kevbo]

Edit, duksiam beat me to it

[kickstart]

8 hours ago, CLW said:

They can't be serious? Why not use a small bus instead?

Because they are not any, these Rot -song- Tell's, come from about 12 km out of town and go right into the city center.

The small buses or bone shakers only do half the journey and spend half the time waiting for passengers, as most are driver/owners, and are getting less, well past there sell-by date.

I think the old red song tells where 8 baht, may still, be been a long time since I have used one.

[Enoon]

3 hours ago, FNQ said:

I will probably be corrected here but .

We have 2 local small buses.

 A Baht Bus  normally a small Dihatsu.

The one portrayed in this article looks like (is) a Song Tel.

Just saying.

 

It is indeed a Songthaew (2 row).........operating as a Baht Bus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[baansgr]

Must be nice songtaew drivers in Lopburi, if it was anywhere else, the regular mob would have boxed them in or vandalised them

[wvavin]

Looks like an ambulance to me.

[sirineou]

18 minutes ago, wvavin said:

Looks like an ambulance to me.

Good!! given their accident record you won't have far to go.

[Lancashirelad]

6 hours ago, lordblackader said:

Why does ThaiVisa persist on calling them "baht buses" when it's a term seemingly exclusive to Pattaya?

 

Songtaew or Songthaew with the h included - not that hard to type. 

 

Because many foreigners wouldn't have a clue what they were talking about.

[richard_smith237]

41 minutes ago, Lancashirelad said:

7 hours ago, lordblackader said:

Why does ThaiVisa persist on calling them "baht buses" when it's a term seemingly exclusive to Pattaya?

 

Songtaew or Songthaew with the h included - not that hard to type. 

 

Because many foreigners wouldn't have a clue what they were talking about.

 

Perhaps a colloquialism....  In our nations of origin we have surely each all fallen foul of having been exposed to our flawed certainty of knowing something as one thing to discover its called another....

 

... perhaps adding further mix to the melee... how many wheels does a tuk tuk have? and why is it called a tuk tuk? (the answer is different in different regions of Thailand).

Edited September 1, 2018 by richard_smith237

[Somtamnication]

They look like dog catcher vehicles!

[MrLuckyThailand]

A little bit over the top. Who will need WiFi for a 10 baht ride? Better upgrade the safety instead.

Edited September 1, 2018 by MrLuckyThailand

[Carib]

 

This is the one for private transport....?. Negotiate the fare price first!!  

[gunderhill]

17 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

are there leg irons?

Whatever  tickles your fancy?

[hotchilli]

From kurb-side direct to ICU

looks like an ambulance to me.....

[Prairieboy]

It looks like a camper shell in the back of a pick-up.  In my country, it is illegal for anyone to ride in the camper when the vehicle is moving. 

 

Now if they could only find a safe driver for these 'buses'!

 

Surely the passengers could go without Wi-Fi for the few minutes they will be on the 'bus'.

[rodney earl]

What were they thinking when they came up with this idea.!!

[Stargeezr]

I hope some of these buses make it to the Pattaya area!

[Stargeezr]

Yes an improvement needed for tourists would be front facing windows.

 Songthaew or baht bus, who cares what it is called, better by far on a hot

or rainy day.

Geezer

[impulse]

14 hours ago, maximillian said:

14 hours ago, Lancashirelad said:

http://www.carryboycaravan.com/motorhome/

 

Looks great, but certainly much, much more expensive.

 

I also like the idea that these shells are removable, for the majority of time when I wouldn't want to drive around in an RV, with the inherent poor fuel mileage and risk that someone's going to break in to it when it's parked out in public.  And the ecomomy of adding it to a second hand pickup that costs a small percentage of what a new one costs...

 

[Grusa]

Is it April already?

[mikebell]

This could mean the end of Pattaya's taximeters .....oh.

[DILLIGAD]

That the ‘Pope-mobile’. His he doing a ‘stageshow’ in boyztown?


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