webfact Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Clip of train caught in notorious Bangkok traffic goes viral By The Nation video screenshot As graphic evidence of Bangkok's notorious traffic congestion, a Facebook user shot a clip of a train having to wait at a rail crossing on Tuesday afternoon and the clip went viral. The clip was shot and posted on Tuesday evening by a Facebook user Takawit Thibthong. By afternoon Wednesday, the clip had been viewed over 1.9 million times, was shared more than 30,000 times, and received over 10,000 reactions. Takawat said the crossing is under the Airport Rail Link above Makkasan Road. The clip showed that one side of the road was filled with stationary vehicles, preventing the official from lowering barriers to block the railway for the train to pass through. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30358530 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-11-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzandy Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 May I take a selfie in front of the train ??? without disturbing Thai netizens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scorecard Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 (edited) More to the point, how come this was not sorted out 20 years ago? There must be many senior officers in the ministry / ministries responsible, none of them have done anything. They should all be dismissed for dereliction of duty and for serious incompetence. Edited November 14, 2018 by scorecard 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RotBenz8888 Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 Big new. It has been like that for years, every day. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaksimMislavsky Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Some people even managed to take advantage of the stranded train by boarding it! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SkyNets Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 Level crossings don't come into effect until Thailand 5.0. 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cadbury Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 I remember the PM giving the relevant authorities one month to come up with solutions to Bangkok's traffic problems. Presumably they just put his request in the "too hard" basket or choose to ignore him completely. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bob12345 Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 55 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said: Big new. It has been like that for years, every day. Exactly what I thought... The train is stopping there for the station: some people jump out as they wanted to go there. Then the train waits till the road is clear, something that takes a minute maybe with heavy traffic. I presume this happens several times a day (assuming several trains pass there daily). Nothing special... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 It'd be more dangerous for crossing cars, because if the traffic is gridlocked, the unlucky ones will have to wait on the track for hours,........ and imagine if the upcoming trains don't stop,........... well???............. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 7 minutes ago, MaxLee said: It'd be more dangerous for crossing cars, because if the traffic is gridlocked, the unlucky ones will have to wait on the track for hours,........ and imagine if the upcoming trains don't stop,........... well???............. It's happened at that very crossing, several cars mangled. Train driver "misjudged his stopping point". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Daffy D Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 Why would anyone stop across a railway line even if the barriers were up Should not have moved to cross the line till your exit was clear. A bit like those yellow box junctions where you are not supposed to enter till your exit is clear. A bit to logical perhaps 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 007 RED Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 And they want high speed trains !!!!! Not a cat in hells chance. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lupatria Posted November 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 14, 2018 …and this clown gets his salary in a gift wrap? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, MaksimMislavsky said: Some people even managed to take advantage of the stranded train by boarding it! Some years ago I was on a train in Bangkok that was held up due to signal failure and many of its passengers, including myself, climbed down and boarded taxis waiting in the road alongside. Edited November 14, 2018 by Burma Bill correction 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 3 hours ago, scorecard said: More to the point, how come this was not sorted out 20 years ago? There must be many senior officers in the ministry / ministries responsible, none of them have done anything. They should all be dismissed for dereliction of duty and for serious incompetence. But they have experience at "incompetence". Why replace them with learners at "incompetence"? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerkinsCuthbert Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 3 hours ago, scorecard said: More to the point, how come this was not sorted out 20 years ago? There must be many senior officers in the ministry / ministries responsible, none of them have done anything. They should all be dismissed for dereliction of duty and for serious incompetence. I love it when farangs get on their high horses about what 'should be done' in someone else's country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl sees all Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, PerkinsCuthbert said: I love it when farangs get on their high horses about what 'should be done' in someone else's country. I've lived in Isaan for 10 years and this story just highlights, for me, the haves and the have nots in Thailand. Many of the people here have no running water or lecky. Virtually every household owes the bank something over 100k bhat. Where I am, near the Mekong, the people have nothing. Every day it's a struggle for them. I help, as do others, when I can but the resident farangs can only do so much. When I see all those fancy cars rushing about in BKK, I feel despair for the people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shady86 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 No stopping zones don't exist here. Everyone stops wherever they like, only look in front. Who cares if anything coming from the side or behind as long as they are in front of everyone else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsensam Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 if i've seen this once i've seen it a hundred times here in bangkok, it is simply not news - and any local will tell you so too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokie Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Quite the norm for railways in 3rd world undeveloped countries. Last month India and the death carnage and mayhem there, most months here in LOS you see reports of interactions between trains and road vehicles at railway crossings, nothing new, no one is really bothered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 5 hours ago, Daffy D said: Why would anyone stop across a railway line even if the barriers were up Should not have moved to cross the line till your exit was clear. A bit like those yellow box junctions where you are not supposed to enter till your exit is clear. A bit to logical perhaps In a land where water flows up hill you are asking a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 3 hours ago, lvr181 said: But they have experience at "incompetence". Why replace them with learners at "incompetence"? ???? Point taken. That's like saying if nothing changes then nothing will improve, so don't change anything and stay with incompetence. That's clearly not the right answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 1 hour ago, samsensam said: if i've seen this once i've seen it a hundred times here in bangkok, it is simply not news - and any local will tell you so too. Traffic is so bad everywhere I feel like a stoner without smoking weed. I just look at stuff like this and think wow dude, look at that, the train is stuck, hey check out the dude with the hijab chick riding sidesaddle, like HES GOING THE WRONG WAY, oh my god, check out the flag dude just walking around, hes all flipped out, bet if his boss sees this they will send him to Maha Chai hey if we were sitting there we could play some Elvis Costello and rock out, I wonder how they keep the pizzas warm for delivery ok nobodies dead yet, Im going to find a car crash, lets go..... Bangkok is a trip ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Stupid buggers. They have damn-all idea of driving with any semblance of common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 1 hour ago, scorecard said: Point taken. That's like saying if nothing changes then nothing will improve, so don't change anything and stay with incompetence. That's clearly not the right answer. The question is, would it be an improvement in incompetence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 10 hours ago, scorecard said: Point taken. That's like saying if nothing changes then nothing will improve, so don't change anything and stay with incompetence. That's clearly not the right answer. But probably the only answer in this scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 16 hours ago, Daffy D said: Why would anyone stop across a railway line even if the barriers were up Should not have moved to cross the line till your exit was clear. A bit like those yellow box junctions where you are not supposed to enter till your exit is clear. A bit to logical perhaps A couple of times the barriers close, even when the traffic lights for the cars were still green. It happened to me 2 times, that I was almost devoured in the middle of the train track by those falling barriers,....... A scary thought..... This is Safety Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donim Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 This is normal, at Makkasan, see this happen every day. The road to asok is busy. This railroad is not really busy, just the line to the east (chachoensao). This wouldn't happen along the '' viphawadee'' railroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawairat Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Years ago there were bars near the Sukumvit crossing, great place to hang out and have a ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactus Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 living here in bangkok for 11 years and this always happens. not sure why people are amazed. looks like a normal day in bangkok. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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