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.

[Kinok Farang]

All the Chinese passengers rushed to the front when the packed-lunches were brought out,distracting the driver.

[black tabby12345]

20m fall.

But no one got killed?

Looks like a Miracle.

 

The native vegetation(seemingly bamboo forest)  might served the cushion to reduce the impact.

[suspectdevice]

11 hours ago, hotsun said:

Ill never understand the way they drive though, i just let a taxi driver handle it

What??? Thai taxi drivers are some of the worst drivers on the roads!!!

[kiwikeith]

On 2/2/2025 at 11:02 AM, watchcat said:

 

No brakes?

Fell asleep ? no log book even though promised by the ex government.??

heart attack??

Drank to much Red Bull??

If they made log books compulsory even more corruption, who would check them.

 

[kiwikeith]

15 hours ago, suspectdevice said:

What??? Thai taxi drivers are some of the worst drivers on the roads!!!

The mentality is beyond understanding, every time I use a roundabout I do so with caution as they  don't know the road rules even after sitting in the DL video room for hours watching videos.

Yesterday 5 on a bike 2 babies a teenager and 2 adults, no helmets, even falung ride around with no helmets, occasionally the police pick on a few for Tea money. 

 

I wondered how the hundreds of Burmese get licenses, there was at least a hundred at the Transport Dept. when I renewed mine, I did  not see any in the video room. 

The trucks and bikes screaming along narrow roads with no muffler baffles, just straight through without baffles creating noise pollution  that's almost unbearable and wake people up at night, is a huge blot on the traffic dept, someone is making a fortune selling and installing these, cowboys on bikes, no wonder they have such a high fatality rate with motorbikes

 

If the Police wanted to enforce this rule just sit outside the schools and catch thousands a day.

I have noticed they only pick on well dressed Thais and Falungs that go into town.