In the wake of a devastating bus crash earlier this week in Prachuap Khiri Khan, local officials are stepping up efforts to bolster road safety measures in time for the upcoming New Year festival.

 

The tragic incident, which occurred on December 5th around 1:00 AM along Phetkasem Road, involved a Bangkok-Nathawi passenger bus crashing into a tree in Thap Sakae District, near Wanakorn National Park. The catastrophic accident resulted in 14 deaths and 35 injuries, sparking an urgent dialogue on the need for enhanced road safety and driver vigilance.

 

In response, Mr. Decha Ruengon, the head of the Prachuap Khiri Khan Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office, announced plans to use the incident as a case study.

 

The goal is to develop and implement preventive measures, particularly as the province anticipates heightened travel during the New Year festivities.

 

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and please, pray tell, what will they do......err police checkpoints = Nada 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

In the wake of a devastating bus crash earlier this week in Prachuap Khiri Khan, local officials are stepping up efforts to bolster road safety measures in time for the upcoming New Year festival

Too little too damned late.

Time the government stepped in to overhaul thew hole  public transport system.

Both in vehicle checks and driver training and working hours.

Same old knee jerk reaction by incompetent, lazy officials who only think of kickbacks. If they did their job in the first place, then maybe this, and many more hundreds of accidents would not happen.

Nothing will be done for two reasons:

 

1. Coaches/buses are owned by rich people who don’t want to spend money/reduce profit on safety features.

 

2. Passengers are poor people with no political clout and no alternative transport.

Not only is that stretch of road either unlit or badly lit, but the camber is poor. Someone driving fast can find his vehicle unexpectedly drifting to one side or the other. The Prachuap officials ought to drive south 50 kms to Chumphon province and see the dramatic improvement in the quality of the road.

The Transport Minister has visited the scene and made a 'tough' statement/promise therefore it was neccessary for local officials to also issue one.

Ironically this gentleman heads a Disaster Prevention Office.

You can put in as many rest stops as you like, how will that make PSV drivers stop and rest? 

There is not even a basic law here on drivers hours, so nothing to enforce, they really do need to wake up (no pun intended) MODERN Digital TACOGRAPHS should become MANDATORY as have been law on all new commercial vehicles since 2006 in the UK. + dashcams. Is around 20k baht (factory fitted) too much to pay for saving lives, I'm sure some minister could bring in the law and make a bit for his back pocket, maybe a family member can open a business to fit them. Owners could be given say 2yrs to pay at 500b a month. Oh sorry that's logic. DO IT !

1 hour ago, Ombra said:

Not only is that stretch of road either unlit or badly lit, but the camber is poor. Someone driving fast can find his vehicle unexpectedly drifting to one side or the other.

 

And anyone who knows how to drive properly would adapt to the condition of the road.

23 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

You can put in as many rest stops as you like, how will that make PSV drivers stop and rest? 

There is not even a basic law here on drivers hours, so nothing to enforce, they really do need to wake up (no pun intended) MODERN Digital TACOGRAPHS should become MANDATORY as have been law on all new commercial vehicles since 2006 in the UK. + dashcams. Is around 20k baht (factory fitted) too much to pay for saving lives, I'm sure some minister could bring in the law and make a bit for his back pocket, maybe a family member can open a business to fit them. Owners could be given say 2yrs to pay at 500b a month. Oh sorry that's logic. DO IT !

 

They'd simply disable it, with no enforcement or penalty. Remember where you are. 

19 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

They'd simply disable it, with no enforcement or penalty. Remember where you are. 

They are not that easy to disable and IF the traffic cops made stops, and downloaded the info they would know immediately, its the RTP that are the problem, taking bribes, and large companies should have a transport manager to check them.   At least the majority would not disable them. IMO

6 hours ago, webfact said:

devastating bus crash earlier this week in Prachuap Khiri Khan, local officials are stepping up efforts to bolster road safety measures

 

The bus was scheduled to travel from Bangkok-Nathawi which must take at least 12 hours of which only 90 minutes would be spent passing through Prachuap Khiri Khan province, so how can local officials organize the mitigation of these disasters?

There is no studying required, you just get the incredibly lazy Highway Patrol to actually patrol the highways, thereby creating a deterrent for reckless drivers. Not every accident is going to be prevented, but it's sure going to bring down the death toll. 

Confiscate telephones will save lives. 

 

This was taken, bus from jomtien to Survarnabhumi 

 

 

 

The enhancement sure ain't going to well as last night around 8pm a warp speed pickup with a drunk driver took out 4 power poles opposite immigration plunging me and hundreds of other into a 3 hour steaming hot darkness.

 

The driver somehow survived with broken legs and a bill for 800,000bt 🤔 

15 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Confiscate telephones will save lives. 

 

This was taken, bus from jomtien to Survarnabhumi 

 

 

 

No seat belt either. The Missus told me today the driver was new, and this was his first run.