Tour bus brakes fail on Patong Hill

[Justgrazing]

3 hours ago, keith101 said:

The brakes fail because they keep their foot on the pedal causing them to overheat and stop working . The same will happen in every vehicle if the brakes don't get a chance to cool down .

Quite right .. Modern buses usually have auxiliary braking assistance either by exhaust brake that restricts the exhaust gas flow from the engine effectively " holding " the engine back to a degree or an electro magnetic retarder attached to the transmission that again " hold " the vehicle back and are used in hill descent as a means of controlling the speed along with being in a low gear so as the vehicle is not continually on the brakes that are then less likely to fade or fail from overheating or burning .. 

[oldrunner]

Brakes, brakes, brakes...I'm tired of  hearing about brakes, can't some of these drivers blow a tire or something exciting.

[RichardColeman]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

Oh come on.

[rwill]

Does the RTP every actually check the vehicles after someone claims brake failure?

[OttoPollmann]

13 hours ago, xylophone said:

Yes it's quite steep and winding from the temple to the bottom of that hill and I drove past this bus yesterday, but by which time they had pulled it back on to the side of the road.

 

This is just a guess, but I did see some fine sand covering a couple of areas on the road prior to where the bus actually went off, which could suggest that a brake pipe failed/ruptured??

 

All the same, the driving skills are non-existent, the intelligence of the drivers likewise and many of these buses are in very poor shape indeed.

 

More to come – – watch this space.

brakes on trucks and buses working with air pressure. This pressure holds the brakes open, normally around 5.3 bar. In case a pressurised pipe breaks you will loose pressure and those brakes closing automaticaly.
If you are standing permanently on the brake paddle, those drum brake housings heating up, the metal brake housing expand and the brakes start to fade. aka brake failure in Thailand.
This oil absorbion with sand was maybe neccessary after they have pulled the bus back onto the road and they have broken something in this process.
Actually, brake failure are very rare, most of the time is it user mistake.

[JayBird]

They should make buses with better brakes.

 

Thai proof.

 

Guaranteed to stop even if a Thai is driving recklessly.

 

 

[inThailand]

Brake failure? 

 

Or a failure to maintain or use brakes properly?