Bus shelter collapses on waiting passengers in central Bangkok - 7 hurt

 

Image: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that a bus shelter on Rajdamri Road outside a major shopping center collapsed on people waiting for a bus. 

 

Seven people were taken to hospital by emergency services. One man had a head injury. 

 

The incident happened around 1 pm.

 

A lottery vendor from Loei called Kaewmanee said that she turned towards the shelter after hearing a great noise. She saw people crawling out of the wreckage.

 

The roof of the shelter had toppled forward and plunged to the ground.

 

The shelter is believed to be the responsibility of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.

 

Pathumwan District officials were soon on the scene to survey the damage telling the media that their senior leaders would give more details shortly. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

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Thankfully looks like the transparent materials were perspex/plastic, rather than glass. Hope all concerned aren't too badly injured and soon recover.

I watched a video of this the other day and it looks like the stanchions that supported the structure had totally rusted away. I built a sun roof on the side of the house using 3'' box section and it lasted only a few years untill that too rusted away, luckely my wife spotted it and I was able to plate it. Which raises the question is the steel produced in Thailand of inferior quality.

 

In any rational country with laws to protect people there would be law suits against and huge payments for BMA but in Thailand... ? A few wais and sorry 

Edited September 12, 20205 yr by pixelaoffy

There must be more to this story, as we all know Thailand is the HUB of bus shelters.????

Referred to pixelaoffy:

That's so true, but we have to realise, there is a different in price, in western country you'll have to pay for everything. To start with 22% vat for example.

And what do we pay in LOS? A huge different.

Edited September 12, 20205 yr by Peterphuket

 

 

 

 

The quality of basic construction here is cringe worthy. There are brick walls I saw being raised recently that I don't walk near as there was next to no mortar and what mortar they applied was mostly on the facing side of the bricks when clearing their trowels.

I'm certain that the walls are being secured mostly by the Vegemite thin layer of concrete render and prayers applied afterwards.

Seems like the roof fell in on the unfortunates stood below....obviously none we wearing amlutes or they would have escaped.........

Usual story, in spite of cheap cost of employing people, little inspection or maintenance of street furniture. As only poor people use footpaths or bus shelters, no need for the rich and powerful to insist on care.

Unfortunately typical in Thailand. No inspections or maintenance of anything.

 

During election season, so many signs put up and seldom removed, that fall over over the place. One good thing to come out of the 2014 military coup, is no elections = no signs.

Edited September 12, 20205 yr by KhunKenAP

Gravity, it's a strange thing. If only the engineers had learned about Newton's theory in university! Oh well, I'm sure they can sing the national anthem and march in time!

4 hours ago, Peterphuket said:

Referred to pixelaoffy:

That's so true, but we have to realise, there is a different in price, in western country you'll have to pay for everything. To start with 22% vat for example.

And what do we pay in LOS? A huge different.

Oh dear whats that got to do with having save public areas?

Ital Thai made ?

6 hours ago, vogie said:

Which raises the question is the steel produced in Thailand of inferior quality.

Imported from China most likely.

nothing build here is made to last long

5 hours ago, fondue zoo said:

The quality of basic construction here is cringe worthy. There are brick walls I saw being raised recently that I don't walk near as there was next to no mortar and what mortar they applied was mostly on the facing side of the bricks when clearing their trowels.

I'm certain that the walls are being secured mostly by the Vegemite thin layer of concrete render and prayers applied afterwards.

Agreed i recently had  an internal wall built and before it was rendered you could see daylight through many of the joints, i think its the render that ties it together.

How many times have you drilled into a void in a wall having gound a dry joint

Edited September 12, 20205 yr by Almer
Additional comment

Not only in Thailand, this was in Chennai, India in 2011:-

 

I guess it wasn’t a smart bus stop, with a WiFi and a touch screen.

Safe Thailand 

8 hours ago, pixelaoffy said:

In any rational country with laws to protect people there would be law suits against and huge payments for BMA but in Thailand... ? A few wais and sorry 

 

Thats the primary problem with all of the construction issues in Thailand (and many more). No one is held accountable therefore there is no incentive for things to be done properly. 

Thai standards = oxymoron 

So if the busses themselves don't get you the shelters will?

 

I guess a bad day would be crawling out from under a failed shelter and then getting on a bus that has brake failure syndrome. 

I suppose the 328 didn't stop to pick up after that mess ....

Not a bus shelter but....

I used to live opposite there thirty-two years ago. Lucky I wasn't still waiting for a number 15!

On 9/12/2020 at 10:20 AM, pixelaoffy said:

In any rational country with laws to protect people there would be law suits against and huge payments for BMA but in Thailand... ? A few wais and sorry 

In principal I agree with your rationale. However as the owner of several shops here in Thailand I find I’m less anxious and re-assured that someone won’t put me out of business because they didn’t look where they going and tripped on a feather.

 

The UK and the west has become a minefield of litigation for a business owner. From fake rear end shunts, too hot coffee, tripping over roots from trees that have been there for years, food poisoning.

 

I had many years in the insurance industry and could write a book on the number of fake claims. And potential claims, like some young lad wanting to suddenly insure himself for accidents, and quizzing me over how much of his finger he would have to lose to make a claim.

 

I once read (I’ll stand corrected) that 10% of the UK NHS budget is spent meeting and/or defending claims.

 

This particular case isn’t limited to Thailand. If you’ve ever walked Manhattan, you’ll find scaffolding rigs constructed for pedestrians to walk under because the steel windows in the high rise building have corroded and fallen out.

 

With that said, gross negligence should be compensated for.

On 9/13/2020 at 7:43 PM, paulbj2 said:

Not a bus shelter but....

Thats got years of life left yet. Its hardly even noticable

Another big problem is leaving open ends on tube and square section supports. You can re-paint the outside as often as you want to keep it looking pretty but the steel rusts from the inside just as fast.

Welded joints very rarely cleaned before painting is the norm', they probably start rusting 2 hours after the weld is finished and painted.

When it doesn't involve welding on pressure vessels, boilers etc then almost everywhere in the world there is no need to have well trained welders, anyone can 'stick' the parts together.