Video: Crazy Thai driving as Fortuner cuts in front of tour bus at Phuket U-turn

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

CCTV footage posted on a Phuket page showed a Toyota Fortuner cut in front of a tour bus at a U-turn in Kathu. 

 

The driver waits for three motorcycles to pass before pulling in front of the bus that swerves and hits a power pole. 

 

Power cuts were experienced in a large swathe of the Kathu area yesterday. It took 4 hours for electrical engineers to make repairs. 

 

The Fortuner continued on its way feeling the scene.

 

There were no reports of injuries in the Thai Rath story. 

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

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Crazy bus driver too,

Why would you swerve a bus into a power pole when the car would have been much softer, and wouldn't have been able to run away?

I love it how the Fortuner just drives away as if nothing has happened. 

Driver of Fortuner must have had something to hide. The front left took a pretty good hit.

My view says the tour bus was going at a pretty good clip.

3 minutes ago, neeray said:

Driver of Fortuner must have had something to hide. The front left took a pretty good hit.

My view says the tour bus was going at a pretty good clip.

Agreed. Tour bus drivers seem to be the second worst drivers on Thai roads after the people that drive those silver minivans. Being a complete <deleted> of a driver seems a prerequisite to getting a licence to drive a minivan

My opinion is that the bus driver did extremely well to slow so dramatically in a relatively short distance, and only lightly tap the lamp post. I don't believe he was speeding above limits or he couldn't have stopped that quickly

That lunatic car driver (and his pax if any) should have joined the 60+ people who die on Thai roads everyday. They should be thanking the bus driver for his skill. 

Someone has to make a clip of all the accident clips and publish it world wide, and see what it would do to Thailand's public image.....

2 minutes ago, MaxLee said:

Someone has to make a clip of all the accident clips and publish it world wide, and see what it would do to Thailand's public image.....

Just input Thailand Crashes into YouTube and you will see how much already exists.

How do you not see a bus????

 

.... What more can be said about this,? Stupidity in the extreme... 

 

Thr bus driver did well. The fortune driver needs to be banned before he/she kills someone, imagine if the fortuner pulled out in front of those bikes.... 

They do struggle with how to use u-turns.....

 

Maybe if they learned that they're not piloting a buffaloes anymore, and motorized vehicles are a little bit different. 

25 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

How do you not see a bus????

 

.... What more can be said about this,? Stupidity in the extreme... 

 

Thr bus driver did well. The fortune driver needs to be banned before he/she kills someone, imagine if the fortuner pulled out in front of those bikes.... 

 

Shame the bus driver didn't just brake straight.

 

No greater damage to the bus, no power cuts and a harsh lesson for FT t***.

 

 

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Crazy bus driver too,

Why would you swerve a bus into a power pole when the car would have been much softer, and wouldn't have been able to run away?

They are not taught to drive and therefore are not taught that it is bad to swerve and they should brake straight.  See it every day on Thai roads and so many times when they swerve they end up killing or injuring innocent people that should not be involved in the accident.

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

How do you not see a bus????

 

.... What more can be said about this,? Stupidity in the extreme... 

 

Thr bus driver did well. The fortune driver needs to be banned before he/she kills someone, imagine if the fortuner pulled out in front of those bikes.... 

 

Lady driver reported to police station. Fined 400 baht ...

1 hour ago, MaxLee said:

Someone has to make a clip of all the accident clips and publish it world wide, and see what it would do to Thailand's public image.....

That seems a good idea for anyone considering to jump of a balcony anyway

Thai drivers rather than following 'right of way' rules tend to count on others yielding to them. Trouble is everyone has to be on the same page for this to work, when in reality every one has a different book.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Video: Crazy Thai driving as Fortuner cuts in front of tour bus at Phuket U-turn

The post title should actually read:

 

Video: Typical Thai driving as Fortuner cuts in front of tour bus at Phuket U-turn

2 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

Shame the bus driver didn't just brake straight.

 

No greater damage to the bus, no power cuts and a harsh lesson for FT t***.

 

 

True, should have kept going straight & pushed the Fortuner tw@t into next year !!

I hope some  CCTV footage further up the road might capture his plate number!

" The Fortuner continued on its way feeling the scene."

 

Can you feel it, man? Can you feel the scene?

 

????

2 hours ago, Old Croc said:

Just input Thailand Crashes into YouTube and you will see how much already exists.

Maybe have a look in China crashes also?

3 hours ago, MaxLee said:

Someone has to make a clip of all the accident clips and publish it world wide, and see what it would do to Thailand's public image.....

plenty already on youtube. 

When I was growing up, we took drivers education classes. They showed us these horrendous films, of semi trucks crashing into cars, and literally obliterating them, and everything inside. Also, they showed very graphic images of head on collisions. Even as a young kid, it left a lasting impression, and I realized driving was no joking matter. Especially when you have your friends, or loved ones in the car with you. I am constantly astonished at the kinds of chances people take here, with their entire family in the car with them. Why? What is the logic? What is the reason? Why take those risks? Often, when someone cuts onto the highway in front of me, as I am doing 100kpm or more on the highway, I look in my rearview mirror, and there is nobody behind me for quite some distance. Which means, had they paused, and waited 2 or 3 seconds, there would have been zero risk to them, their family, or me and my family. What can one even say? All of this matters even more when driving a motorbike, where there is no protection. 

 

The only way to survive here on the road, is to be patient, have eyes in the back of your head, drive with caution, and always, and I mean always watch out of the other guy. Chances are, he does not have much driving skill, nor patience, nor reason, nor common sense. You cannot be too careful on the road here. Especially considering that the toy police offer no traffic safety, nor enforcement of the law. 

It was a white Fortuner !

 

Of course its driver took right of way !

Split second instinct would be the reaction to turn away the car for 99% of most people !

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Video: Crazy Thai driving as Fortuner cuts in front of tour bus at Phuket U-turn

Does the headline mean the bus driver was driving crazy?

 

Do they have the number plate and the identity of the driver? Has he/she/heshe been arrested yet? And if not, do they know it was a Thai driving?

 

And no, I haven't got the rose tinted specs on, just curious with the headline.

Everyday kind of driving in this Loony Country.

Good effort from the bus driver, hope the fortunner drivers caught, you cant wait for 3 motor bikes and then not see the bus behind them, impossible.

I am struggling to see how this is out of the ordinary. I see something stupid and explainable, every day that I drive on Thai roads. Let's face it, the vast majority just cannot drive.  

5 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

They do struggle with how to use u-turns.....

Many of which are there because Thai drivers "struggle with roundabouts" so you have a no-win situation, TIT after all.

Mabey the driver just had enough of the tour buses,speeding, belching smoke and bullying their way around .....I know I have !

I am impressed he waited for the scooters to pass. Most SUV/busses pull straight out in front of scooters. They stop or it is their loss seems to be the attitude.