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Brake failure: 4 killed, 45 injured in runaway bus accident in Loei

 

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A tour bus on its way back from a trip to Khunming Muang Thai in Loei province in Thailand's north east suffered brake failure. 

 

The driver was unable to control the vehicle as it went down a hill on the Nong Hin to Phu Pa Poh Road. It overturned by the side of the road. 

 

Four people were killed and 45 injured, the local district chief told Manager.  

 

Victims were taken to three hospitals in the area. 

 

The accident happened yesterday evening around 6.40 pm. 

 

The people on the tour bus were described as tourists in a Thai Rath story and elderly in Manager. 

 

They had gone from Prakhonchai in Buriram to Loei and were on their return journey. 

 

A tour bus on its way back from a trip to Khunming Muang Thai in Loei province in Thailand's north east suffered brake failure. 

 

The driver was unable to control the vehicle as it went down a hill on the Nong Hin to Phu Pa Poh Road. It overturned by the side of the road. 

 

Four people were killed and 45 injured, the local district chief told Manager.  

 

Victims were taken to three hospitals in the area. 

 

The accident happened yesterday evening around 6.40 pm. 

 

The people on the tour bus were described as tourists in a Thai Rath story and elderly in Manager. 

 

They had gone from Prakhonchai in Buriram to Loei and were on their return journey. 

 
 
 
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We are back at the crossroads of brake failure v paralytic micro sleeper stay alert to airborne out of control vehicles this happy new year????Rip 

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33 minutes ago, brokenbone said:

its not a brake failure in the first instance,

its a failure to brake, period

Oooh! In Thailand same, same. No ploblem. Me no make long. Me never make long.

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@Moonlover;  An exhaust brake is a device that essentially creates a major restriction in the exhaust system, and creates substantial exhaust back pressure to retard engine speed and offer some supplemental braking. In most cases, an exhaust brake is so effective that it can slow a heavily loaded vehicle on a downgrade without ever applying the vehicle's service brakes.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaust_brake

 

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4 hours ago, webfact said:

The driver was unable to control the vehicle as it went down a hill

 

So this has nothing to do with "brake failure".
Another heavy vehicle driver who can't drive

 

I would like to know how a Thai passes the license for heavy goods vehicles and public transport.
I think it must be very folk and having absolutely nothing to do with the way we spend it in Western Europe.

 

In France the passage to Mines is compulsory every year for vehicles transporting goods ( over 3,5 tons ) ; and every six months, therefore twice a year, for line and passenger coaches.

And that does not prevent there from accidents of heavy goods vehicles and coaches;
But in 99.9% of cases it is still a misconduct.
The materials are not at issue.

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Do the BIB ever get a technical inspection done by a competent engineer to find the real cause? I mean the next time wife has an accident she can say brake failure and walk away?

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I see lots of rebodied buses on old chassis, lovely paint job but the underpinnings can be twenty years old, and sometimes single deckers are converted to double deckers. 

 

Couple that with untrained drivers, steep roads with few runoff areas, and lack of maintenance and I am surprised even more buses don't come to a sticky end.

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6 hours ago, Mango Bob said:

Same stuff over and over again.  Why is maintenance not done on a tour bus before each trip.  Always the brakes fail.  Now the government sit on their butt and wonder why tourism is down.  Too many people come here and die.

Don’t you get it? They always blame the breaks because that’s how you get away with complaining that it’s the drivers fault. 

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7 hours ago, webfact said:

A tour bus on its way back from a trip to Khunming Muang Thai in Loei province in Thailand's north east suffered brake failure.

Thai lifestyle, you cannot change their collective attitudes towards other peoples lives.

For the cost of a few hundred baht you keep a vehicle roadworthy, for the cost of a few hundred baht you train someone how to drive, but that few hundred baht feels better in someones pocket never mind the lifeless bodies on the side of the road!

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Brake failure possibly, but from the video clip one of the front tires (offside) looks decidedly dodgy and may have been a contributing factor. RIP victims and speedy recovery to those who survived.

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