Phuket Tourist Bus Plunges 20 Metres Down Ravine, Several Injured

[LivingNThailand]

1 hour ago, Ironmike said:

No idea how he could of been speeding being that they're so many idiot drivers on the roads here now,, I rode my bike to Kata from Rawai the other day a normal run would be 15 minutes but it took me almost 40.

Traffic is terrible in Phuket, crazy drivers and rude motorbike drivers (not you, of course).  What happened to the quality tourists?  😅 I won't even go to Rawai.  It used to be a few minutes away from my house.   Waiting until after Songkran and hopefully sanity will come back to the roads.  I agree with you, how was he speeding with the traffic gridlock here in Phuket.

[Mr Meeseeks]

4 hours ago, watchcat said:

 

I think you're spot on wiith this.

 

Of course he is. 

 

A couple of weeks here and any person with half a brain can see they don't know how to drive. 😁

[sambum]

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

speeding again of coarse .....    that's what caused the accident. 

 

Well done Sherlock! Did you make a witness statement to the police to that effect?

[Mr Meeseeks]

4 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

 

They went from that to modified pickups in a single generation. Probably in the time I've lived here.

 

Recipe for the current disaster. 

[newbee2022]

Another day in paradise 🥱

[Purdey]

No mention if the driver was drunk from alcohol or drugs. 

[actonion]

Cause of the crash is still under investigation ?, Are those investigating qualified to  know the difference between  a Brake pedal, and a Whiskey  bottle,  doubtful,....Licence taken away  doubtful........... fine  minimal,  dont do it again .. and back to work to injure some  more people

[NorthernRyland]

1 hour ago, Ctkong said:

You often read about road accidents from micro sleep, intoxication or simply reckless driving. Thais can go to events far away , celebrate and then drive back home regardless of sleep deprivation. This is dangerously stupid. They rarely do designate a driver among themselves to look after their safety. 

I don't know if they're lying to get out of trouble or they're really too stupid to understand how their driving is dangerous. How many times have you seen these people speeding around in pickups driving like <deleted>. They do this all day every day and then when one of them kills his child he's shocked and crying, doesn't know what happened maybe it was brake failure, micro-sleep  etc... etc...  Are you stupid or lying is the question.

[willip]

On 2/2/2025 at 5:02 AM, watchcat said:

 

No brakes?

Typical Thai driver 🙄. 

[mran66]

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

you hansum man ...  hab ATM na 

 

Soly no hab

[Mr Meeseeks]

5 hours ago, Dave0206 said:

We never see any follow ups regarding penalties for drivers who have caused these accidents especially when psv or hgv licences these are " supposed " to be professional drivers are buses so cheap that companies can afford to send anyone to drive them

 

Anyone except competent foreigners.

[CLW]

Here's my two cents. What I can see from the video below the news, the bus obviously veered into the hard shoulder and then the driver lost control. So it's missing attention from the driver for whatever reason: on the phone, micro sleep or talking with someone inside the bus

[cardinalblue]

Not under control give the driving conditions….it’s always human error

[Donald Bright]

Traveled once on a mini bus and the guy was such a bad driver that i asked him to stop and got out then got a taxi to MorChit bus station and got a regular bus home.   That was 14 yrs ago.    Since then i have traveled by bus to many places around Thailand but only  use Nakhonchai Air.   They are by far the best and biggest bus company in Thailand and they change drivers once or twice on all their long trips so that the drivers do not get tired.

On a trip i did from Buriram to Chiang Mai they changed drivers two times.   I have no problems using them.

They also serve a meal on the bus, so they don't have to pull in at some noodle place like the other buses do.

Clean toilet on board and air conditioned.

For those who want to travel by bus, i highly recommend them.

[wensiensheng]

3 hours ago, LivingNThailand said:

Traffic is terrible in Phuket, crazy drivers and rude motorbike drivers (not you, of course).  What happened to the quality tourists?  😅 I won't even go to Rawai.  It used to be a few minutes away from my house.   Waiting until after Songkran and hopefully sanity will come back to the roads.  I agree with you, how was he speeding with the traffic gridlock here in Phuket.

That particular hill doesn’t suffer from gridlock. Traffic flows in both directions until it hits the junctions at either end. 
 

But how or why anyone would be speeding is beyond me. It’s been well publicized previously by way of previous accidents, plus signage and loads of road paint. It’s pretty clear to anyone that it’s not a road to speed on.

 

i do wonder how long it will take to replace the  road metal railings and whether they will use the upgraded new style with yellow revolving buffer buoys, such as has been installed in a couple of other places in the island? Places where traffic is often at a standstill and where there is no risk of plunging down a ravine I might add.