23 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

State-owned Transport Co Ltd

Does this mean that all operating expenses and potential passenger liabilities are funded by Thailand taxpayers?

When Thailand government owned a majority of Thai Airways, the airlines failed. 

Revenues could be shorted by free travel by "important" government persons. 

If a mishap occurs, passengers or survivors would have to sue the State, good luck with a timely resolution, if any. 

If there was alleged criminal injury or deaths in operation of the transport, good luck getting any prosecution or compensation from the State. 

BTS Skytrain is not government-owned. Why should the new special express bus services be government-owned?

Too high risk for private investors? However, there are the VIP Bus Services that are mostly privately owned. 

On 9/11/2025 at 5:04 PM, snoop1130 said:

offering onboard meals instead of breaks at roadside eateries.

Roadside eateries are good for kickbacks.

That's too far by coach.

 

Needs to be a driver change, no mobile phone use.

 

I suspect too many stops will occur.

And don't forget people booking a seat to get the driver to deliver and drop off parcels on the way.

 

On 9/11/2025 at 8:18 PM, CallumWK said:

 

I worry more about a driver doing that trip in 9 and a half hour.
 

Like other Thai commercial drivers working long shifts, they will probably take yaba (methamphetamine and caffeine) to stay awake.

The effect is increased wakefulness and alertness, but also jitteriness, aggression, poor judgment, and eventually severe crashes in performance once the drug wears off.
 

13 hours ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

Major Safety Concerns

Driver Fatigue Management: The story mentions reducing an 11-hour journey to 9.5 hours and a 13-hour journey to 12 hours, but there's no mention of how driver fatigue will be managed on these extended routes. Based on international standards I mentioned earlier, drivers should have mandatory breaks every 4-5 hours or driver changes on such long journeys.  etc etc

 

Did you Chat GPT this?

The trips are still too long, they're sleepers (good luck sleeping) and for all the reasons posters mentioned here they're unsafe.

 

Maxiumum comfortable bus journey is BKK - Trat, leaving in the morning, 5-6 hrs door to door.

On 9/11/2025 at 11:04 AM, snoop1130 said:

State-owned Transport Co Ltd has launched a trial of new special express bus services aimed at slashing travel times between Bangkok and the popular destinations of Chiang Mai

 

Question is, will we survive?