Tour Bus Driver Rams SUV After Heated Argument Over Parking in Pattaya

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, cheerz said:

 Mr O should be fired & make him pay damages,  that attitude not employable. 

Why?  Can you read?

[atpeace]

That was entertaining.  Seen many of these in the USA.  I need to get back to Pattaya.  Been over a year and I miss the place.  Just don't get that type of dynamic in small town Isaan.

[Denim]

Amazing Thailand .................. Yes

 

Unseen Thailand .......................er....not really.

 

 

[Liverpool Lou]

8 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

3. don’t see why anybody is paying anything in compensation. Surely both have insurance. 🤦‍♂️what am I saying, don’t I know where I am?

You think that the insurers cover the self-employed victim for loss of income?

[Liverpool Lou]

5 minutes ago, jippytum said:

The red car driver could have obliged and moved his car. It was blocking the drive and he had been asked to move it by hotel staff

He did move his car.  The bus driver assaulted him after he moved it!

[Sydebolle]

a) the bus driver, name unknown and only called "Ouan" fled the scene
b) the bus company has no clue, who drove the bus and hence cannot be charged with the damages

Again, again and once more again, a matter of law fine tuning and implementation:
a) the liability remains with the vehicle OWNER and not the driver, i.e. the owner is responsible for any and all third-party damages 

b) the vehicle owner needs to stipulate the name of the driver, otherwise the owner is being considered guilty for eventual law enforcements/arrests and court cases

But this is Lalala Land and nothing will happen; the SUV driver though might have a full first class insurance and they might knock on the bus owner's door. 

The driver, if ever identified, should be banned for life on any and all driving licenses; it is such maniacs which make driving in this country sooooooo safe! 

[BarBoy]

Thailand - The Hub of The Man-Child...

[black tabby12345]

7 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Doesn't sound like a good place to get a quiet nights sleep with all this commotion in the mornings!

 

So many violence and crimes.

Not A Dull Moment...

[Robin]

Logically ( difficult in Thailand)  The bus driver should be fired and go tp jail for some time (12 months?) to contemplate his attitude, but this will not get any compensation for the Bolt driver.  Tour company will have to pay this as punishment for employing an idiot as a driver.  Up to them to recover the money from the driver.

As always in Thailand, unfortunately, nobody is responsible.  One wonders if the bus driver actually had a licence?

[black tabby12345]

2 minutes ago, BarBoy said:

Thailand - The Hub of The Man-Child...

 

Problems will worsen due to the recent ban on physical punishment of children by their custodians. 

 

[BarBoy]

7 minutes ago, black tabby12345 said:

 

Problems will worsen due to the recent ban on physical punishment of children by their custodians. 

 

I agree.

 

Thais especially could really benefit from a good clip around the earhole every now and again!

[thesetat]

1 hour ago, wensiensheng said:

Some thoughts:

 

1. lucky the bus driver was only armed with a bus rather than a machete, revolver or machine gun.

2. The bus company may be lamenting the damage to their bus. But it’s their own fault as a result of hiring a complete maniac

3. don’t see why anybody is paying anything in compensation. Surely both have insurance. 🤦‍♂️what am I saying, don’t I know where I am?

I am not so sure malicious damage caused by an immature angry paid driver would be covered by insurance. Hmm... I do hope the company fires the guy though. He does not have the temperment to be a driver responsible for many lives every day. AS does so many paid drivers in cars and bikes these days

[newnative]

Ban the bus driver from driving a commercial vehicle for life.  To start.

[Peterphuket]

With that lack of self-control, this man should better not drive a car or bus, with someone like that, things could go very wrong in traffic.

[Jimjim1]

3 hours ago, ronster said:

Another unhinged idiot behind the wheel 🙈

Who daily threatens the lives of any passenger he carries in his bus and every other road user who is anywhere near him on the road.

Take him off the road and lock him up immediately.

[Tengtai]

That's the way to handle it, like a little boy.

[Lacessit]

This argument would not have happened in Indonesia.

 

There, every bus has a belt of hot-rolled steel all the way around it, about 2 mm thick, at fender level.

 

Every other vehicle gets out of the way.

[supersomchai]

Way too many tour buses in pattaya 

blocking many of the roads/parking spaces.Nobody controlling them seems to be a free for all.

Ban them !

[BangkokReady]

11 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

“I have no money. If someone had died, I’d just go to jail.”

 

They should put that on the back of the bus.

[jwl53]

I hope the bus driver was sacked immediately for his road rage, imagine the carnage if he was driving at 100KPH and something happened sparking his road rage, 

The Bolt driver should also be removed from his job for blocking/obstructing a entrance way (one of the few things thai drivers are good at)

[Homburg]

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Bus driver is a complete nutter.

 

The cause of almost all traffic collisions is the nut holding the wheel.

[LespaulAN]

Bus driver in Thailand are big bullies and some of them are murderers. 

[Homburg]

16 minutes ago, jwl53 said:

I hope the bus driver was sacked immediately for his road rage, imagine the carnage if he was driving at 100KPH and something happened sparking his road rage, 

The Bolt driver should also be removed from his job for blocking/obstructing a entrance way (one of the few things thai drivers are good at)

 

Contrary to that claim, I have found that a great many Thai drivers seem to excel at a number of things: Running red lights, driving on the wrong side of the road, driving at night with no lights, exceeding the speed limit, overloading their vehicle, driving unroadworthy vehicles, driving whilst impaired through drink and/or drugs, failing to yield to other road users, ignoring pedestrian crossings, having no licence, etc.

[twizzian]

7 hours ago, Mark989 said:

The bus driver lacks the maturity to retain his employment or seek future employment as a driver of any commercial vehicle ever. He is more than old enough to know better. His lack of self-control is that of a teenager with poor parenting.

It’s because consequences are not part of the dna, act first, regret later

[AustinRacing]

It’s this kind of behavior that gives Thailand a bad name not other BS that the government says, which is often related to foreigners. 

[Deez]

This a low paying, crap job. If you want better employees, pay a better wage.

[Ctkong]

8 hours ago, Cereal said:

So many Thai men are seemingly incapable of keeping their emotions in check. Why are they so childish. It's unbelievable.

Losing face culture 

[trainman34014]

8 hours ago, harryviking said:

I suggest they start "Anger Management Courses" under the supervision of some mental institutions...it is really needed!!😆

Waste of time; the Lunatics are running the Asylum !

[harryviking]

10 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Waste of time; the Lunatics are running the Asylum !

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Mr Meeseeks]

20 hours ago, alien365 said:

And here lies the problem. He is not sorry at all. Like many here, he uses the excuse of having no money to avoid accountability. He wont feel sorry until he's on TV being shamed in front of the country. 

 

Correct.

 

Another Thai man-child that should not be anywhere near a position of responsibility i.e. driving a bus full of passengers.

 

It is like putting a 12-year-old child behind the wheel.

 

Another reason (as if I needed one) to completely avoid having Thai men drive me anywhere.