snoop1130 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Twenty-two school children were injured, mostly suffering bruises, in a road accident involving a school van in Non Thai district of Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima on Thursday morning. The driver of the van said that he was picking up kindergarten and primary students of the Sai Mit Non Thai School in Kampang sub-district. As the van was approaching a bend in the road, he said that he suddenly lost control of the steering and the vehicle skidded off the road and tipped onto its side before mounting the verge. He claims that he was not speeding. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/22-children-injured-in-school-van-accident-in-nakhon-ratchasima/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2023-01-26 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. The most versatile and flexible rental investment and holiday home solution in Thailand - click for more information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crossy Posted January 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2023 Glad the kids are all OK. I'm not an accident investigator, nor do I play one on TV AN. But: - Road looks rather dry, unprovoked skidding seems a remote possibility 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post worgeordie Posted January 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: He claims that he was not speeding. The van just fainted and fell over......... regards worgeordie 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Elkski Posted January 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2023 Are there 24 seats in that van? Was it overloaded? Lucky not a massive loss of life. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted January 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2023 23 souls in a van..... Does the van have 23 seat belts.... 3 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottfrid Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 2 hours ago, transam said: 23 souls in a van..... Does the van have 23 seat belts.... Exactly, my thoughts too. Sue the school! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jcmj Posted January 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2023 Unfortunately they just squeeze as many as they can in the bus and hope for the best. Poor kids. So much for protecting their upcoming generations. Life is too cheap here. Sad, but true. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bangkok Barry Posted January 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2023 My wife was involved in a school van tipping over. One of the kids lost a leg, others were killed. She survived and ran home. That was 50 years ago. Nothing has really changed, has it. Same old same old. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tarteso Posted January 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2023 13 hours ago, snoop1130 said: He claims that he was not speeding. And we believe you idiot, you and your small brain, almost killed innocent people. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 No one truly cares about what drivers do on the roads here. Even on passenger service vehicles. Shame on you Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poyai111 Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 14 hours ago, Crossy said: Glad the kids are all OK. I'm not an accident investigator, nor do I play one on TV AN. But: - Road looks rather dry, unprovoked skidding seems a remote possibility Overloaded to buggery. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 14 hours ago, worgeordie said: The van just fainted and fell over......... regards worgeordie Scared itself.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Those single-wheel vans can get decidedly "lively" on the back with a load in. I drove a double-wheel Transit in the UK, stable as a rock, then I tried a Hiace in HK, scary with a full load. I'm really not surprised they fall off the road here with monotonous regularity considering the way they are driven ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 16 hours ago, worgeordie said: The van just fainted and fell over......... regards worgeordie The Van did not Faint It had a coronary from being overloaded and having to haul all those Kids around. Thank God non of the Children are seriously injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshadow Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 speed again.......speed kills.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithkarmann Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 20 hours ago, transam said: 23 souls in a van..... Does the van have 23 seat belts.... I know of a van that carries 27 children including some high school kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithkarmann Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 8 hours ago, jcmj said: Unfortunately they just squeeze as many as they can in the bus and hope for the best. Poor kids. So much for protecting their upcoming generations. Life is too cheap here. Sad, but true. I think the theory is if they are packed like sardines then they will not get thrown around very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 He’ll be back driving school van’s within a week.... ... nothing will have been learned... it was not his fault, he wasn’t speeding... the van just fell over !... Neither will any of the decision makers have learned anything... The Van company will not have learned, they’ll want him back at the wheel as soon as possible.... it wasn’t his fault and they need to keep the business going. The school will keep using the same company, they need to keep using the van’s.... !!! -------- My Son was going on a School trip (from an Int’l school in Bkk) - he was 4 years old. I had questions: particularly about transport safety. The school’s response... they ‘outsource’ transport... not a good enough response, I followed up, they pushed the questions on to the van company. - No child seats, if we want to provide our own, they would use them. We did (something called a Mi-Fold) which the teacher installed and sent us photos... on the photo we saw other 4 year olds with the lap-belt (better than nothing). - They’d go with Police escort... better safety of other drivers around the vans I guess. - Drivers breathalyzed - IF found to be over the limit they’d be suspended for a day !!! This one shocked me for the obvious reasons... ’drink and they’d get a holiday’... no further punishment, there was no strong deterrent... I questioned if they really were breathalyzed every day of if that was just on paper and in reality nothing was happening (I never got a reply). The reality is in Thailand... we just have to put our trust in others and then hope. We can’t get too neurotic, but we have to ask sufficient questions to make sure others think and hope that makes a difference - the alternative is avoiding everything which is not a great option for living either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoDisplayName Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 20 hours ago, snoop1130 said: he said that he suddenly lost control of the steering and the vehicle skidded off the road and tipped onto its side before mounting the verge. He claims that he was not speeding. Gravitational anomaly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: He’ll be back driving school van’s within a week.... ... nothing will have been learned... it was not his fault, he wasn’t speeding... the van just fell over !... Neither will any of the decision makers have learned anything... The Van company will not have learned, they’ll want him back at the wheel as soon as possible.... it wasn’t his fault and they need to keep the business going. The school will keep using the same company, they need to keep using the van’s.... !!! -------- My Son was going on a School trip (from an Int’l school in Bkk) - he was 4 years old. I had questions: particularly about transport safety. The school’s response... they ‘outsource’ transport... not a good enough response, I followed up, they pushed the questions on to the van company. - No child seats, if we want to provide our own, they would use them. We did (something called a Mi-Fold) which the teacher installed and sent us photos... on the photo we saw other 4 year olds with the lap-belt (better than nothing). - They’d go with Police escort... better safety of other drivers around the vans I guess. - Drivers breathalyzed - IF found to be over the limit they’d be suspended for a day !!! This one shocked me for the obvious reasons... ’drink and they’d get a holiday’... no further punishment, there was no strong deterrent... I questioned if they really were breathalyzed every day of if that was just on paper and in reality nothing was happening (I never got a reply). The reality is in Thailand... we just have to put our trust in others and then hope. We can’t get too neurotic, but we have to ask sufficient questions to make sure others think and hope that makes a difference - the alternative is avoiding everything which is not a great option for living either. The alternative is to leave. Better still.......don't put all your eggs in the basket marked "Thailand" in the first place. Thank **** I didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro01 Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 A bus hit our car once and the driver claimed the brakes had failed. Fortunately, they miraculously fixed themselves on the drive to the police station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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