Popular Post Meat Pie 47 Posted October 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2020 55 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said: 800 meter visibility , train going 100 KM per hour , 1.6 kilometers per minute , would have given the bus driver 30 seconds to see the train You are joking are you? A freight train in Thailand doing 100km per hour? Lucky if they do 60 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rott Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) So in 13 hours the reported number of dead has not changed from "at least 20". Edited October 11, 2020 by rott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stouricks Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 1 hour ago, webfact said: where a train collided with a passengers bus 1 hour ago, webfact said: A bus heading to a Buddhist temple collided with a train Confusing to say the least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Offensive post and replies reported and removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 I'm reminded of a policeman in Australia who was giving a road safety talk. He said when it comes to a contest between a car and a tree, the tree almost always wins. So it is with trains and buses. Apparently the bus driver did not know that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chang1 Posted October 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2020 9 hours ago, Megasin1 said: family have a right to be informed of what has happened to their loved ones in an appropriate manner and not find out via speculative and often inaccurate social media Where did this "right" come from? It wouldn't make any difference to me but I am pre snowflake generation. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kiwikeith Posted October 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2020 15 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said: Sad, so sad. But they never learn.... It is very sad, look at the bus, many of us have ridden these rattle traps, some of the drivers just overtake blindly and speed. Another tragedy. RIP 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chang1 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 8 hours ago, NanLaew said: Are you a(n ambulance chaser) lawyer? No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chang1 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 3 hours ago, RobU said: We don't use seatbelts on buses in the UK why should they do it in Thailand? In the UK city buses don't - coaches like this do. Even though they are fitted, cool passengers don't use them. Anyone with an once of common sense will use them, the rest wait for the warnings and reluctantly slowly belt up until only the most stupid are left. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Damrongsak Posted October 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) Brings back memories ... Back in 1978, my wife and I went from Loei to Chaing Mai for our honeymoon. Rode a local "Orange Crush" bus over the 2-lane mountain roads to get there. They were dubbed "Orange Crush", as you would see them in remote police outpost lots folded up like an accordion from a head-on collision with a logging truck. So the two us are on a bus with the driver and a handful of monks. Clapped-out bus with no shocks, springs are shot and the steering was questionable. On a mountain top curve, the driver lets go of the steering wheel to wai a display of flowers and such that marked the spot where dozens of people had plunged over the edge to their demise a hundred meters or so below. The ride from Hell. I used to buy some Valium tablets before long distance bus rides; not sure if I did that time. Edited October 11, 2020 by Damrongsak 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chang1 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 1 hour ago, stouricks said: 2 hours ago, webfact said: where a train collided with a passengers bus 2 hours ago, webfact said: A bus heading to a Buddhist temple collided with a train Confusing to say the least As they were both moving it doesn't make any difference. Personally I would say the train collided with the bus as it hit the side of the bus but when the bus toppled over it then collided with the train. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chang1 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 6 hours ago, ericthai said: I dont thing this video is of this accident. The bus from the accident was split into two according to the article, the bus in this video is pushed around. The roof came off but it was otherwise in one piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chang1 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 11 hours ago, holy cow cm said: Just watched the video. Absolutely no excuse. Thai driver error once again. Case closed, nothing to learn, no changes to be made as it has never happened before and it will never happen again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truth Will Set You Free Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 16 hours ago, khunPer said: There is a Youtube video of the accident, probably from a CCTV surveillance camera, in which it seems like there are warning lights, but I cannot see on the video if they were signalling... This accident was every bit of the drivers fault. He/she never stop to even check to see if a train was coming. Buses should be required to stop at all railway crossing regardless. Anyway, what does it matter. There’s no safety regulations in this country to prevent accidents. Don’t even know why they have highway police. Now that they got a new HTIC, all he wants them to do is get a report from the hospital. life to the Thai is considered expendable. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cardinalblue Posted October 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2020 Not cutting trees putting up signs to block driver visibility huge problem in thailand... Road safety is secondary to laziness 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy John Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) Only one thing to say...which is generally not specifically...the Thai engineman don't hit the horn enough when approaching level crossings, if at all. This is how it should be done. Nothing to do with the size or speed of the train. All about giving motorists plenty of warning. Edited October 11, 2020 by Grumpy John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Badrabbit Posted October 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2020 Just another acceptable major accident, thousands have died on the roads this year already and still they do nothing to make the roads safer! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChipButty Posted October 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2020 Prathueng Yookassem, the district chief officer, told Thailand’s PBS TV that: “It was raining, perhaps the driver did not see the train.” All the more reason to approach with caution it is in my book 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerbob Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) Quote "but does no barrier to block traffic when a train is coming." Smh - but TIT Edited October 11, 2020 by bimmerbob did not want my comment as part of the quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SupermarineS6B Posted October 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2020 17 hours ago, colinneil said: My mistake, should have said avoidable. Beware of the Grammar NAZIs ........ They're everywhere....... 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post djayz Posted October 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2020 I find the drivers of those private buses to be the most reckless, the most careless and the most dangerous of all drivers. It often seems like they think/act like they own the roads. So many dead and injured because of one stupid mistake. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SupermarineS6B Posted October 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2020 Just imagine this scenario with a high speed train........ Don't you think maybe Thailand would be better just left alone and update them nice old engines that they've had for years instead of wasting money on Chinese junk.... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Venom Posted October 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2020 4 hours ago, webfact said: Governor Maitree said the crossing has an alarm but does no barrier to block traffic when a train is coming. He said the province will install speed bumps and barriers as well as cut down trees near the crossing to improve visibility. Better late then never. In the meantime 20 dead factory workers have paid the ultimate price for total incompetence. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SupermarineS6B Posted October 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2020 39 minutes ago, Badrabbit said: Just another acceptable major accident, thousands have died on the roads this year already and still they do nothing to make the roads safer! Yep, thousands dead and they've destroyed the country for 59.......... Smell a rodent ? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 10 minutes ago, ChipButty said: Prathueng Yookassem, the district chief officer, told Thailand’s PBS TV that: “It was raining, perhaps the driver did not see the train.” That's a change from the usual "the brakes didn't work". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 " He said the province will install speed bumps and barriers as well as cut down trees near the crossing to improve visibility." No-one has the slightest idea of "safety first"....and no-one cares..! Why does it take such a waste of life for leaders to act? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TERMINATOR3AB Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Very sad on my visits to Thailand the one thing that amazed me was the lack of intelligent driving skills In fact no driving skills really I have full semi licence and full big bike licence and a full international licence However no way I would ever drive or hire a vehicle in Thailand Good Taxi are cheap and only way to travel if they go too fast ask them to slow they will Thai,s are the worst drivers I have ever seen All the money on Subs and Generals Toys None on real driver eductaion or change the driving culture in Thailand So many deaths no body seems to care ? Good Luck Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceN Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Venom said: Better late then never. In the meantime 20 dead factory workers have paid the ultimate price for total incompetence. "Governor Maitree said the crossing has an alarm but does no barrier to block traffic when a train is coming. He said the province will install speed bumps and barriers as well as cut down trees near the crossing to improve visibility." I was gonna comment on this, too. Lines of sight are never considered. A neighbor at the corner of my soi built a new wall. I asked them to make it straight rather than follow the curve of the road, in order to give us (them included) a sight line down the road when pulling out. They looked at me like I had three heads. They have to build over every square inch of their property. The common good never enters into it. Likewise overgrown trees and shrubs that hide stop signs and other warnings. Sure, Governor, trim the trees now. That will bring those 20 lives back. It never occurred to him to get those road supervisors off their fat a**es to do maintenance proactively. Edited October 12, 2020 by LawrenceN Spelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjag Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Freight train ??? passenger carriages, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 1 minute ago, ginjag said: Freight train ??? passenger carriages, Have you not seen the cctv camera footage on this thread? It is clear it was a freight train, not a passenger train. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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