Rimmer Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Trucker pulls down power lines in East Pattaya PATTAYA:--A careless truck driver knocked out electricity in East Pattaya when the crane he was hauling snagged power lines and pulled down two utility poles. Chuchart Topai, the 45-year-old driver of the Samut Prakan-registered Isuzu six-wheeler, admitted he was unfamiliar with Pattaya and drove down Sukhumvit Soi 33 without realizing his crane was too tall for the power lines there. Moving at normal speed, Topai hit the wires and continued on, causing one power pole to topple into the road and a second to lean badly. The Provincial Electricity Authority rushed to the scene and closed the road, then took several hours to install new power poles and rewire the lines. -- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2018-09-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 You have to hand it to The Provincial Electricity Authority,they do get the electric back on pretty quickly after these type of events...maybe if the wire where buried underground there would be less events ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 (edited) 25 minutes ago, johng said: You have to hand it to The Provincial Electricity Authority,they do get the electric back on pretty quickly after these type of events...maybe if the wire where buried underground there would be less events ? Its a cultural barrier thing twixt feet & electric .. My bird won't walk anywhere near extension leads and cables on the floor .. Edited September 21, 2018 by Justgrazing Sp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Kim J said: When Pattaya floods you would be running the risk of electrocution. That already happens !!! if ( big if ) they work to internationally agreed standards there should be no problems with buried cables.. except when you need to dig them up ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod reborn Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Quote With a purposeful grimace and a terrible soundHe pulls the spitting high-tension wires down Helpless people on subway trainsScream, bug-eyed, as he looks in on them He picks up a bus and he throws it back downAs he wades through the buildings toward the center of town 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 A Thai travelling at normal speed? Surprised he only pulled two posts down! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Star Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 It was the poorly installed low hanging wires that caused it, not the crane truck, that manages to drive down all other streets. I was nearly decapitated doing 80 kmh on the highway 2 up on my motorcycle by a low cable caught by a medium sized delivery truck crossing the road. It hit my windscreen, my helmet visor, and snapped my neck back. A few cms lower, and I would not be able to see my keyboard today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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