Owner of the truck which fell into a hole in Bangkok released on bail

[webfact]

 

A court has released on bail the owner of a ten-wheel truck that fell into a hole on Sukhumvit Road earlier this week.

 

Wutipat Janjarintrakorn has been charged with instructing the truck driver to exceed the legal weight limit. He has denied any wrongdoing.

 

Regarding the sticker on the truck, which featured the letter “B”,  Wutipat claimed that “B” is, in fact, his nickname and it is an identifier so his trucks can enter construction sites.

 

Earlier reports speculated that the sticker was an indication that bribes had already been paid, so his overloaded trucks would not be checked by police.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-11-13

 

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[ifmu]

did the actually weigh it ?  

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Regarding the sticker on the truck, which featured the letter “B”,  Wutipat claimed that “B” is, in fact, his nickname and it is an identifier so his trucks can enter construction sites.

Nice try... 

[Bangkok Barry]

As so often in Thailand, an excuse that a five year old would make up about the sticker. How did he explain the overweight? Oh, he didn't. Deny deny deny. All a misunderstanding I suppose.

[sammieuk1]

And all that he knew was the hole in his shoe that was letting in water that caused the "Traffic" problem 🤔

Edited November 13, 2023 by sammieuk1

[RobU]

This whole thing is to divert attention from the incompetence of the people who designed and placed the covers. Any vehicle could have dislodged those covers. The fact that the truck was overloaded is incidental. In the previous incident where a pickup dislodged covers and fell into a hole the pickup was not overloaded

Edited November 13, 2023 by RobU
Additional comments

[brianthainess]

Only a 25 ton limit, what if 2 trucks were on it side by side ? Incidentally that crane would weigh more than that IME, the limit in OZ is 40t and we had to struggle to get the weight, down to that, by devious means, of, very little fuel, just enough hydraulic oil for it to work , and reduce the amount of steel cable on the drum, whether he was overweight or not  is immaterial IMO, 25t is not a lot, the road is sub standard end of.

[rwill]

elementary school book:   B is for Bribe

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 How did he explain the overweight? Oh, he didn't. Deny deny deny. 

But he did not deny the truck's being overweight! 

[Sydebolle]

Fine the owner a six digit amount plus the repair costs of the road. Having said that, the BMA might also consider proper road construction as, despite this mishap, the roads of Bangkok should not just cave in like that. 

It takes no rocket scientist to see, if a truck is heavily overloaded; either it is completely overloaded or the truck is not in a roadworthy condition. The "B" for bribes is the icing on the cake - see police which are unable to protect Chinese tourists as they focus more on "more tipping please" ;-)