Pattaya Songthaew Driver Sparks Outrage After Tourist Falls While Alighting

[Pattaya57]

19 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Won't happen but I have a solution. 

Double the fare and hire 100 undercover inspectors to ride the buses day and night. Rate driver performance and safety behavior. Eject all drivers with multiple faults. Higher price but better service for the public. Sorted.

You sound like an OH&S person who created careers for themselves by making over complicated rules to keep themselves employed.

 

Most people don't have a problem with the Pattaya baht bus and it's my sole source of transport. I think the simple and cheap baht bus system is one of the things great about Pattaya

 

I do think people stupid enough to get up in a moving baht bus should be banned though

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

The footage has sparked widespread debate online, with many criticising the driver’s negligence. Commenters questioned why the driver failed to check if all passengers had safely disembarked before pulling away.

One commenter wrote, “This kind of carelessness could lead to serious injuries. Drivers must be more responsible.”

The usual 5-4-3-2-1 countdown and off we go again.

[PJ71]

3 hours ago, baansgr said:

Really, how are Thai kids gonna get to school? 

Is baht bus the only form of transport you've seen here?

[NickyLouie]

8 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. The issue is there on stepping on and stepping off. Many really do rush to get going before they should. I think it's even worse on boarding because they might look in a crowded bus that you have entered but then you might need to get to the back of the bus, so you're still walking when they speed up.  Then there is speeding in general. A certain percentage drive like total maniacs.

 

Were you hurt badly in that fall ?

[dddave]

10 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. The issue is there on stepping on and stepping off. Many really do rush to get going before they should. I think it's even worse on boarding because they might look in a crowded bus that you have entered but then you might need to get to the back of the bus, so you're still walking when they speed up.  Then there is speeding in general. A certain percentage drive like total maniacs.

Last year, it was pretty big news when a Korean man fell off the back of a Baht-Bus, also on Soi Buakhao and died of his injuries.  Lots of announcements of strict load-enforcement rules, not allowing  standees and hanger's on at the rear platform.   That lasted about a day.

[dddave]

4 hours ago, Pattaya57 said:

Rubbish. If anything Baht bus in Pattaya have very slow drivers as they're always looking for passengers to pick up. 

Agreed.  I ride Baht-buses frequently and the vast majority of rides are just normal, stop & start trips.

[SAFETY FIRST]

I hope the old guy is OK but seriously, some people, disabled especially should catch suitable transport. 

 

A baht bus is not designed for the disabled. 

 

[Jingthing]

4 hours ago, NickyLouie said:

 

Were you hurt badly in that fall ?

It wasn't a fall. While sitting I was thrown into a sharp metal object that was part of the interior of the bus which resulted in cuts and a lot of bleeding. I wouldn't call it a serious injury though. It was just surprising that such a thing could happen just sitting on a bus and no collision either just by reckless driving. 

[Jingthing]

1 hour ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I hope the old guy is OK but seriously, some people, disabled especially should catch suitable transport. 

 

A baht bus is not designed for the disabled. 

 

Sometimes people with physical or old age issues are invited to sit in the driver's compartment. There is a wide range of so called disability. Obviously wheelchairs are a problem but many older people and others are just slower and I don't think it's unreasonable to expect drivers to accommodate them. 

[baansgr]

5 hours ago, PJ71 said:

Is baht bus the only form of transport you've seen here?

No but for a family with 3 kids going to different schools, it's the only one they can afford. 

[PJ71]

12 minutes ago, baansgr said:

No but for a family with 3 kids going to different schools, it's the only one they can afford. 

A thai family with 3 kids will be going to school on a scooter.

 

A farang family with 3 kids i'd expect to have a car.

[EVENKEEL]

Hope Bob's OK.

[Oliver Holzerfilled]

Not convinced a geriatric disabled person should be "vacationing" in Pattaya.  Better to just stay in his home country.

[Woke to Sounds of Horking]

Driver was probably just hopped up on cheap cigarettes and M-150s and a bit hasty with the accelerator.

[baansgr]

9 hours ago, PJ71 said:

A thai family with 3 kids will be going to school on a scooter.

 

A farang family with 3 kids i'd expect to have a car.

Really, you need to get out more,

[jacko45k]

23 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. The issue is there on stepping on and stepping off. Many really do rush to get going before they should. I think it's even worse on boarding because they might look in a crowded bus that you have entered but then you might need to get to the back of the bus, so you're still walking when they speed up.  Then there is speeding in general. A certain percentage drive like total maniacs.

My first thought too.... 

Although I expect passengers would need to get to the front to pay their 10 baht. 

There is an age and mobility level one must reconsider whether Baht busses are suitable. Great as they are, not for everyone.

[theshu25]

42 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Really, you need to get out more,

Sounds like he should move back to his own country,mthe wingher.

[bkk6060]

They could careless and blame it all on you.

[morrobay]

17 hours ago, Pattaya57 said:

 

 

I do think people stupid enough to get up in a moving baht bus should be banned though

Look at the video: The songkow does not appear to be moving. That passenger just fell away from the back of bus. So it's an illusion the bus went forward. Also if the passenger was holding on to those vertical poles ( as should always be the case,) the fall would not have happened. The problem is all on the risky exit by the passenger 

[PJ71]

4 hours ago, baansgr said:

Really, you need to get out more,

Nah, don't think so.

[AlexRRR]

For those folk that like to stand on the back and hang on, recently involved in a motor accident where a bus coming down Pratumnak hill failed to stop slamming into a songthaew that was pushed in to the back of us while stationary at the lights, fortunately no one was on board the damaged songthaew if they where they would be peeling them off the handle bars.

[jacko45k]

23 hours ago, morrobay said:

Look at the video: The songkow does not appear to be moving. That passenger just fell away from the back of bus. So it's an illusion the bus went forward. Also if the passenger was holding on to those vertical poles ( as should always be the case,) the fall would not have happened. The problem is all on the risky exit by the passenger 

I took anther look and disagree, it appears to not have quite stopped yet, when the guy tried to step off. When older, and struggling, better to ring the bell and wait until it stops before even getting up from the seat. Didn't a Chinese (HK) guy die after a fall from a baht bus a while ago?