17 Killed, 50 Injured In Road Accident In Korat

[henryalleman]

IMHO it would be a good thing to put Tachometers in every truck and bus. So police can check their speed and how long they are driving already. In the EU they have very stringent laws about this.

And why the Police don't take cars and buses out of the road who have tires who are not OK. They can do it easily when they pass a control post. If there was a law about the maximum driving time they could do this also when an Tachometer was compulsory, the same go's for speeding.

BTW there are companies who put warning signs on the back of their trucks to ask the public to phone if their driver don't behave.

[jamesjdaly]

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Nice thought and well meant I'm sure. But it will not reduce the number of road deaths and will only make the BiB mafia richer. Anything can be bought here including road-worthiness certificates.

[RealityCheck]

Many posters in this thread have suggested ideas to improve the safety of road use is Thailand; most ideas being drawn from their own countries legislation.

An equal number of posters have countered with the arguement that "it won't work in Thailand" for a multitude of valid reasons.

The point is, until the Thai authorities start attempting to improve the safety on the roads by introducing more stringient controls, nothing will EVER improve. Their initial attempts will undoubtedly be circumvented through the strategic exchange of cash, but with legislation in place there is at least the possibility that improvement will slowly filter into the system; without it, Thailand will remain many decades behind the west in this regard.

Let's be a little more possitive towards change.

[piewarmer]

I worry about the big tour buses that have been smashed up and repaired.

They crab their way down the road at a funny angle.

No way they could be allowed to operate in a more regulated country.

[henryalleman]

I worry about the big tour buses that have been smashed up and repaired.

They crab their way down the road at a funny angle.

No way they could be allowed to operate in a more regulated country.

I did notice this also many, many times.

[ratcatcher]

IMHO it would be a good thing to put Tachometers in every truck and bus. So police can check their speed and how long they are driving already. In the EU they have very stringent laws about this.

And why the Police don't take cars and buses out of the road who have tires who are not OK. They can do it easily when they pass a control post. If there was a law about the maximum driving time they could do this also when an Tachometer was compulsory, the same go's for speeding.

BTW there are companies who put warning signs on the back of their trucks to ask the public to phone if their driver don't behave.

Good post Henry and I realize that English is not your native tongue. At the risk of being pedantic, tachometers are used for measuring engine RPM (revs. per minute)

Perhaps you meant something along the lines of a trip recorder which is used on locomotives in the west. They record all details of movement, hours of running, speed etc.

However I fear that here in Thailand something like that would soon be disconnected by the dishonest management or drivers.

The problem has more to do with the Thai people's unwillingness to complain or create a scene, preferring to put their faith in Buddha or the large garlands adorning the dashboard area of the bus along with assorted shrines, figures and Buddha images.

It usually takes the frequent pleas (or screaming) of a westerner for the driver to consider slowing down.

[goodguy]

Did anyone hear about the Tuk Tuk which pulled out in front of the bus traveling downhill who escaped injury the reason why the bus swerved so dramatically out of control downhill in the rain?