Causing death by dangerous driving carries up to 14year prison sentence in the UK.

I wonder what sentence the driver will get in Thailand ?

RIP to the deceased.

A minimal handout sum to deceased and offering his deepest apologies to the relatives will do.

TIT (This Is Thainess)

Most drivers here not exactly aware of which crafts like gravity or mass acceleration.

Im actually surprised nobody use this to scam insurances, sinse its really easy here to get into a accident here

What are you talking about??????

The driver had a bunch of "amulets" and several Buddha statues in his van.

That's why he is not hurt.

Yep another van driver.. He didn't flee the scene ? Did they leave that part out?

Bad luck for the driver.

If he had flee the scene and later turned himself in out remorse he would have obtain a lesser punishment.

Dumb driver

Canon, Sung Noen district is looking urgent for 8 new workers for their factory in Sung Noen.

The workers can use a van which will drive them to and from work in a very short time.

Interested?

Please apply directly to Canon, Sung Noen district.

Stay away from ''chauffeur'' driven mini buses folk. Think us here are tired of reading about this ridiculous carnage caused by numnut ''professional''drivers.

"when he attempted to pass a truck on a sharp curve"

He said it all .. NEVER pass a truck or a car in any curves ..it seems its a national sport here anyway ..... well it seems it doesnt bother anyone as nothing ever change.... I feel sorry for the passengers to have such driver.... RIP.

another example of the lousy driving and dangerous roads in Thailand.

Nothing here to indicate bad roads were a factor and people taking a foolish chance at passing on curves is nothing singular to Thailand. Your post is poorly disguised satisfaction for the opportunity to make a Thai denigrating statement. Such was your zeal that you could not help but to pile it on with speculation and embellishment. And you have the pretentiousness to try to disguise this by throwing in a RIP...

The idiot van drivers that think they're Mario Andrede have been an issue with me when taking the shuttles.

I have had to tell them to either slow down or give me my money back and let me out.

The rest of the passenger usually agree. They are just plain dangerous and I will not die because they are inexperienced drivers.

i used to buy damaged cars in oz to repair so went to damaged car auctions frequently, the damage on vehicles here are horrific which only testifies to the crazy driving behaviour here, and still they dont learn

Did they learn in Oz!

Yes, by very strick law enforcement and heavy penalties. A points system that means you lose your licence, plus if you manage to evade paying fines, either pay up or no licence upon renewal. Loss of licence means having no insurance & would be very costly in case of accident and strong possibilty of jail time.

The stats speak for themselves. Oz population of approx 22 million, annual road deaths in 2011, 1,300. Thailand approx 65 million population, annual road death in 2012 around 26,000

3 killed, 5 injured.. 7 passengers???

i drive to Doi Inthanon (from home in CM) fairly regularly, and i'm always astounded by the craziness of minibus drivers on the same early morning run. Whizzing by me with startling haste, weaving in & out of lanes, tailgating etc... totally nuts!

Reckless... speeding... lunatics.... all apparently competing with each other to get themselves & their fee paying guests there first.

not long ago Mrs G suggested we take a weekend break in Pai, but this time rather than drive ourselves, 'lets relax and go by minibus'. i almost choked on my Hong Thong..!

"not on your nelly!!" (i 'translated' for her)

Bad smash involving these passenger vans on average every month, keep well away.

There was a recent survey by the Thai authoraties who ever they are stated the most dangerous form of public transport is the mini van, remember last year the famous crackdown on mini buses speeding in BKK after the teenager killed 9 people, a fine of 500 baht if caught speeding on the toll way by camera. It collapsed because there were so many violaters they could not get the money paid, Amazing Thailand.

I am not Surprised. I took one of these Busses from Sahmut Sahkon , to Wah Hin. a few weeks ago < on numerous occasions the driver was on his Phone. I told the wife I was going to say something to him < but she said don't, up to him , I told her up to me My/our lives. Its about time the police started top crack down on drivers on phones while driving, just like they have started cracking down on helmets for motor bikes.

Bad smash involving these passenger vans on average every month, keep well away.

EUH ?? Every month ?

Every DAY is not over reacted !!

"Rushing to pass" i bet it was a blind bend, they are always doing it especially these mini busses.

This bloke is'nt fit to drive a bloody wheel barrow ! I wonder if he will keep his job. He should be going to jail instead.

Causing death by dangerous driving carries up to 14year prison sentence in the UK.

I wonder what sentence the driver will get in Thailand ?

RIP to the deceased.

i would guess the sentence will be in the form of words in a sentence, bad boy, will you slow down in future

And be careful not to damage the new van when you get it.

Is this one of those aspects of "Thainess" that Yingluck wants to promote?

...how and why would "Thainess" be promoted since by definition it is an intrinsic idiosyncrasy of culture that could only serve to increase the 'us & them' mentality.......mmm,from a government view point that's "good" for the Nation.

Chalermsak Mooksidaeng, 33, said that he was rushing to drop the seven passengers

So, what's new?

That he is still there and didn't flee the scene?

He will probably get a praise and some remission for that !

Posted 2012-03-28 17:36:37

Public transport vans face Bt5,000 fine for speeding beyond 90kms per hour

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- From April 1 onwards, public transport vans that are speeding beyond 90kms/hour on tollways, expressways and motorways would be find at Bt5,000, Land Transport Department chief Somchai Siriwattanachoke said.

In the Wednesday press conference by the department, Transport Co Ltd and the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, Somchai said the RFID technology to detect speeding public transport vans at tollways, expressways and motorways.

The first-time offender would be fined at Bt5,000, the second-time offender would be fined at Bt10,000 along with the public transport licence revocation. Currently there were some 9,000 public transport vans installed with the RFID.

Those spotting speeding or reckless-driving transport vans were encouraged to report to the department's centre for public transport vehicle passengers' protection at 1584 around the clock.

-- The Nation 2012-03-28

If they can bring such laws into being, then why don't they force all vans to have speed limiters fitted.

Posted 2012-03-28 17:36:37

Public transport vans face Bt5,000 fine for speeding beyond 90kms per hour

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- From April 1 onwards, public transport vans that are speeding beyond 90kms/hour on tollways, expressways and motorways would be find at Bt5,000, Land Transport Department chief Somchai Siriwattanachoke said.

In the Wednesday press conference by the department, Transport Co Ltd and the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, Somchai said the RFID technology to detect speeding public transport vans at tollways, expressways and motorways.

The first-time offender would be fined at Bt5,000, the second-time offender would be fined at Bt10,000 along with the public transport licence revocation. Currently there were some 9,000 public transport vans installed with the RFID.

Those spotting speeding or reckless-driving transport vans were encouraged to report to the department's centre for public transport vehicle passengers' protection at 1584 around the clock.

-- The Nation 2012-03-28

If they can bring such laws into being, then why don't they force all vans to have speed limiters fitted.

And apart from these restrictions, ie Tollways,Expressways and Motorways, they can drive as fast as the bloody thing will go !

That's horrible.. I've been in vans where the driver has done exactly the same dangerous maneuvers. Thai drivers are way too irresponsible for the life of the passengers.

I can't believe there aren't more of these vans associated in horrific crashes. The manner in which they drive them.....they are death traps really.

Speed kill's,, but they will never learn,, R.I.P. to those who lost there lives.

I do not mean to be criticising you personally. But for me, speed does not kill. This is the cr@p that police the world over spurt out. If this was the case, aircraft would be dropping out of the skies daily. NOT STOPPING/ SLOWING in time kills.

Just saying. Well said to all posters who agree never to get in these Minibus F1 vans again.

Speed kill's,, but they will never learn,, R.I.P. to those who lost there lives.

I do not mean to be criticising you personally. But for me, speed does not kill. This is the cr@p that police the world over spurt out. If this was the case, aircraft would be dropping out of the skies daily. NOT STOPPING/ SLOWING in time kills.

Just saying. Well said to all posters who agree never to get in these Minibus F1 vans again.

no it is not the speed, maybe something to do with the sudden stop at the end

I think that there is a lot of misconception about this situation. The fact that it happened is not as significant as what allows it to happen. When there is no enforcement for the law then there can be no respect for the law. Most would agree that the police are a bigger part of the problem than they are the solution.

when you look at the number of people who die daily by murder and vehicle accidents in Thailand this is a small event. As long as the government presses the police for money to be sent to Bangkok for their quota each month they don't have much time other than shake down businesses and people on motor cycles. We need to get real about how these things happen daily. After 30 years I have never seen this situation change and no matter how long I live I don't expect it to change. We should stop crying over one bad accident. TIME TO GET REAL!

What more can one say..........you have all...said it all!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for the families.

no comment, its wordless to talk about thai van drivers

It is not the fact that this happens all over the world, but rather instead it is how it happens. How it happens is what sets Thailand apart from the rest of the world on so many levels that it beggars the imagination. You can't write this stuff. Lunatics!

Senseless tragedy. My heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased. I'm amazed the driver didn't flee the scene.

I would hazard a guess that this wasn't the first time this guy drove the same people to or from work and it wasn't the first time he drove very dangerously... of course all specualtion. However, if I'm right! Then why in the hell didn't they try and do something before? or maybe they did and it fell on deaf ears.

RIP and condolences to the families.

I wish a full recovery to the survivors.

And throw the book at the driver!!!

Life in prison and make sure everyone knows it.

It's amazing how many of these ******* idiot drivers survive to go back to driving another mini bus like a maniac