Phetchabun brake failure: Three tourists in "miracle' escape after pick-up plunges 200 meters down ravine

[webfact]

Phetchabun brake failure: Three tourists in "miracle' escape after pick-up plunges 200 meters down ravine

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook said that three Thai tourists had a miracle escape cheating death after their pick-up suffered brake failure and plunged 200 meters down a ravine near a scenic viewpoint at the holiday resort of Phu Thap Boek in Phetchabun in north eastern Thailand on Monday evening.

 

Sawang Monkhol Satthatham rescue foundation and locals working in dark and misty conditions had a difficult job to help three occupants who were trapped in a  Ford pick-up.

 

But they were stunned to see that two were only slightly injured and one refused hospital treatment altogether. 

 

There were two male and one female tourists from Nakhon Pathom. Two were taken to Lom Kao Crown Prince Hospital.

 

Sanook understood that the tourists had been descending a hill when their vehicle had a problem with its brakes. It hit a resort room demolishing a toilet before continuing down the ravine.

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

 

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[mr mr]

 i should open a brake repair shop here. the business would be non stop. 

[soi3eddie]

 

Thailand the world leader in "brake failure" crashes. Truth is more likely that driver was going too fast for the road or conditions and failed to brake sufficiently early.

[LomSak27]

Actually this might be a real case of brake failure! Mark it up. That road is very steep in many places if coming from LomKao. Then again fifty fifty they got going to fast and brakes would not help at that point.

 

They're lucky to be alive

Edited November 3, 2020 by LomSak27

[kingkenny]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Failing to apply the brakes does not constitute brake failure.  

[Boomer6969]

Guess the "resort room" 

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

Sanook understood that the tourists had been descending a hill when their vehicle had a problem with its brakes. It hit a resort room demolishing a toilet before continuing down the ravine.

Amazing Thailand, DUI, Speeding, driving on the wrong side of the road ok, and now they have invented "resort room encroachment".

[NCC1701A]

42 minutes ago, webfact said:

But they were stunned to see that two were only slightly injured and one refused hospital treatment altogether. 

no doubt they will be out tonight doing the same thing now that they are convinced they are invulnerable.

Edited November 3, 2020 by NCC1701A

[Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai]

I had 12 taxis for many years.

I used to do my own servicing.

Never ever had brake failure.

Approximately 20,000,000kms.

Must be thai drivers or low quality made vehicles.

For brakes to fail would have be poor quality master cylinders or disc calipers. Brakes don't fail completely if pads worn.

Booster can fail but you push harder. 

They need to stop talking brake failure on Thai made cars or that be another industry moved to Vietnam. If so many brake failures are true with we know is bs would make manufacturers libel to group legal claims.

Would be speed inattention and I don't care.

????❤????????

 

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

It hit a resort room demolishing a toilet before continuing down the ravine.

Surely that should read: 'demolishing a toilet before continuing down the pan'

[DPKANKAN]

5 hours ago, mr mr said:

 i should open a brake repair shop here. the business would be non stop. 

Literally!!!!????????????????????????????????

[richard_smith237]

5 hours ago, mr mr said:

 i should open a brake repair shop here. the business would be non stop. 

 

Au contraire !!!.... it seems no one is interested in servicing or repairing their brakes !!!  

 

....clearly, business would collapse  !!!!! 

[richard_smith237]

5 hours ago, LomSak27 said:

Actually this might be a real case of brake failure! Mark it up. That road is very steep in many places if coming from LomKao. Then again fifty fifty they got going to fast and brakes would not help at that point.

 

They're lucky to be alive

 

Brake failure caused by poor driving...  Riding the breaks rather than selecting a lower gear (even in an auto) and relying on the engine to control the speed on an incline. 

 

 

[Natai Beach]

This was on the news yesterday. 
Banana trees cushioned the impact and the driver was good enough to keep a straight line so it didn’t flip or roll. 
Well done.
 

 

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, mr mr said:

 i should open a brake repair shop here. the business would be non stop. 

More like a drive through?

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, kingkenny said:

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Failing to apply the brakes does not constitute brake failure.  

In the advent of brakes over-heating because of excessive use on downhill stretches there are alternatives, but as that's not covered during the scant driving test no-one seems to know what to do except brake more and hang-on when nothing happens.

[outsider]

7 hours ago, mr mr said:

 i should open a brake repair shop here. the business would be non stop. 

 

On the contrary, I'd wager. Nobody here cares for their brakes, so nobody will send anything to be repaired, until it is too late, else there won't be so many cases of 'brake failure' ????

Edited November 3, 2020 by outsider

[transam]

1 hour ago, Natai Beach said:

This was on the news yesterday. 
Banana trees cushioned the impact and the driver was good enough to keep a straight line so it didn’t flip or roll. 
Well done.
 

 

Hmmmm, new-ish Ford with brake failure, I knew it wouldn't have been a Toyota truck with brake failure......Have to remember this.....

[Bangyai]

Brake failure here just means oily flip flops slipped of the pedal.

 

They shouldn't fit brakes to cars here . They just give drivers a false sense of security.  An anchor and chain thrown out the window would be just as much use.

[Burma Bill]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

holiday resort of Phu Thap Boek in Phetchabun

 

Wonderful scenery but some scary roads!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mr mr]

48 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

More like a drive through?

 

gold jerry. gold. 

[JeffersLos]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

brake failure

 

near a scenic viewpoint

 

dark and misty conditions

 

I wonder what the real cause was. 

[GreasyFingers]

This is a very steep and windy road that has two sides, one low one high.If anything fails a competent driver would turn to the high side and run into the bank. Maybe the driver did not want to damage his car.

[rumak]

probably they forgot to Fix Or Repair Daily .

[NeoDinosaw]

9 hours ago, Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai said:

 

They need to stop talking brake failure on Thai made cars or that be another industry moved to Vietnam. If so many brake failures are true with we know is bs would make manufacturers libel to group legal claims.

 

The  problem is that Thai drivers will not change to a low gear when goig down long and steep slopes.  Using a lower gear would use more petrol (gas) !

 

 

[Gandtee]

9 hours ago, mr mr said:

 i should open a brake repair shop here. the business would be non stop. 

I doubt it. The drivers wait until their brakes fail then it's too late to go to a repair shop. They visit the morgue.

[Freigeist365]

Black Knight going down, down, down down! Black Knight going down... ???? 

[zaZa9]

Im thinking this could be a "misunderstanding "...

[Damrongsak]

" ...It hit a resort room demolishing a toilet before continuing down the ravine. ..."

 

It's always a good idea to hit the restroom before trekking in the jungle.

[worgeordie]

Will they ever learn...use your gears to slow you down when descending steep incline ...no

i don't suppose they ever will .

regards worgeordie

[The Theory]

14 hours ago, mr mr said:

 

 i should open a brake repair shop here. the business would be non stop. 

 

Then you go out of business, because no one cares about breaks here. A useless thing. ????