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Field trips don’t hurt students, poorly-maintained transport does : PM


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28 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

and that the trips should be confined within the schools’ province.

Some provinces are 100s of kilometres wide.

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2 hours ago, NE1 said:

Shouldn't that be " all transport ".

Yes, it definitely should be that, but to say such smart things she must get the thumb out of her a**.

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The school busses I rode on here in the USA as a kid were right in the middle of the baby boom in the 1960s and early 1970s.  Big old yellow school busses.  No seat belts.  No padding on the back of the set in front of you.  Made us sit three in each of the seats meaning our little arses were half on the seat half off the seat if you were the last one in that seat.  I don't recall the side windows being emergency push out like newer busses have.  I am pretty sure there was no roof egress hatch either.  Not that any of us could have reached that roof hatch anyway just like the children on that Thailand bus probably were too young and short to reach either.

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5 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

Poor training and acceptance of safety measures/laws/rules by parents, relatives, teachers, RTP officers, government officials, can and do hurt students.

It's essentially up to government to enact and enforce laws. Everyone else can give their two cents to what laws enacted. That's where I find government essential and what makes it different from private businesses that will often do anything to profit - at the risk of life and limb. Morals and ethics be damned.

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11 hours ago, Watawattana said:

Well said.  The culture of a country comes from its leadership.  I hope she is able to get this implemented and hold to account those who stop or delay this happening.

 

But, of course, TIT, but maybe this time some change might actually happen?

But too late as usual 

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12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has expressed disagreement with suspending educational field trips for students, saying that the measure does not solve the basic problem.

But suspending them until the government ensures the problem is fixed does solve the problem. 

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Posted
12 hours ago, Watawattana said:

Well said.  The culture of a country comes from its leadership.  I hope she is able to get this implemented and hold to account those who stop or delay this happening.

 

But, of course, TIT, but maybe this time some change might actually happen?

a bit late isn't it. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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On the surface it appears as commonsense. Great. 

The reality is kind of like the UN. They say bla bla bla, need to do this, should do that. However once it's said there is no enforcement or action. 

Kids died. It's sad. However checking kids buses is a fraction of a much larger issue of no safety standards or enforcement of safety in all modes of transport throughout Thailand. Perhaps with the exception of air.

Maybe people would care more if they earned more than their 500 bucks a month. Ohhh but maybe that might affect the value of the baht or the desire to be cheap as hell. 

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13 hours ago, dinsdale said:

in a country where corruption is endemic

And of course what accompanies corruption everywhere in the world, including at high levels of government: Incompetence.

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