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Thai Rath reported on a road accident in Muang district of Mukdahan in the north east of Thailand yesterday. 

 

A six wheel truck careened off the road into a power pole in the Ban Khong Samran area at a bend during a rainstorm.

 

It was carrying construction workers.

 

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Dead at the scene were Narong, 50, beside the Isuzu truck and App, 43, who was under it.

 

Six other injured workers were taken to hospital. 

 

Police will wait to interview the driver of the truck after he recovers sufficiently from his injuries. 

 

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Those slippery roads again.... 

 

...Its about time the someone was held responsible for the rain - it causes so many of these accidents....

 

The solution of course is straight and covered roads with no u-turns and no traffic lights to jump... But I’m sure people would still find away to skid their vehicle off the road. 

A bend AND rain! Too much really.

Yesterday I thought: what is the Thai word for aquaplaning?

It's one of the WiKi articles with no Thai language version.

Surprised?

Caused by rain and a bend!   Not bad driving? Or the lack of amulets in the truck.

How about the cause being not changing driving habits to suit weather & road conditions - Too much to ask I suppose

23 minutes ago, Geoffggi said:

How about the cause being not changing driving habits to suit weather & road conditions - Too much to ask I suppose

Not in Thailand, the driving is fine....    its the roads that are too slippy or the brakes that are not good enough... possibly an amulet was not good enough. 

 

Its never anything to do with speeding, poor maintenance, sleeping, high-on Yabba, smashed up on lao-khao, caffeined up on M150,.......

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

Those slippery roads again.... 

 

...Its about time the someone was held responsible for the rain - it causes so many of these accidents....

 

The solution of course is straight and covered roads with no u-turns and no traffic lights to jump... But I’m sure people would still find away to skid their vehicle off the road. 

Well it's the government's fault of course. Its those folk that have recently instigated the "rain making" flights again. ????

4 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

How about the cause being not changing driving habits to suit weather & road conditions - Too much to ask I suppose

Far too much.... where do you think you are?

4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Those slippery roads again.... 

 

...Its about time the someone was held responsible for the rain - it causes so many of these accidents....

 

The solution of course is straight and covered roads with no u-turns and no traffic lights to jump... But I’m sure people would still find away to skid their vehicle off the road. 

God

RIP for the Two people But how Stupid it is for allowing people  to be Transported in the loading area of Trucks and Utes .there's a Law Against this ,But hey No one cares about Peoples Lives.

 

Warming up for Songkran next month. 

Here we go again?  

A.  Not my driving skill it was the rain. 

B.  Brake failure

C.  A&B

 

6 hours ago, digger70 said:

RIP for the Two people But how Stupid it is for allowing people  to be Transported in the loading area of Trucks and Utes .there's a Law Against this ,But hey No one cares about Peoples Lives.

 

I agree but how do you fit 12 or 15 workers as seen often inside a vehicle ?

21 hours ago, webfact said:

A six wheel truck careened off the road into a power pole in the Ban Khong Samran area at a bend during a rainstorm.

Yet another incompetent Thai driver and more construction workers killed and injured on Thai roads. I'm counting about 25 killed and injured this year alone and that doesn't cover the 'illegal migrant job seekers' who transport went off road. It's no wonder there is a labour shortage. 

14 hours ago, tracker1 said:

I agree but how do you fit 12 or 15 workers as seen often inside a vehicle ?

Well you Don't ,one needs a Van or Bus to transport people. 

One can use a Truck for Animals Not people But here they may think that they are the same .

1 hour ago, digger70 said:

Well you Don't ,one needs a Van or Bus to transport people. 

One can use a Truck for Animals Not people But here they may think that they are the same .

Yeah mini vans and wipe the lot out !

On 3/8/2022 at 12:20 PM, richard_smith237 said:

Not in Thailand, the driving is fine....    its the roads that are too slippy or the brakes that are not good enough... possibly an amulet was not good enough. 

 

Its never anything to do with speeding, poor maintenance, sleeping, high-on Yabba, smashed up on lao-khao, caffeined up on M150,.......

You missed that old favorite. Bald tyres.

3 hours ago, tracker1 said:

Yeah mini vans and wipe the lot out !

They are ok ,But one needs a Driver to operate  the Van Not the Idiots we have now.