14 killed, 40 hurt in Prachin Buri bus-truck crash

[Andre0720]

Laxism in Thailand does have some good sides to it.

This is not one of them...

[steve187]

no impact damage at the front, just side damage, i wonder had the bus toppled over during the incident

[worgeordie]

It seems that the safest way to travel in Thailand is to walk,

just as long as you DONT try and cross the road!

I thought all buses now where supposed to be fitted with

safety belts,that would have saved some lives for sure,

until these transport companies can be sued for a fair

amount for loss of life, not the few 1000's of bhat that

is the norm now,nothing will change,as it cheaper for

them to risk passengers lives than take responsibility.

RIP for those that lost there lives,just hope those responsible

receive what is due to them.

regards Worgeordie

[dude123]

This video has been making the rounds this week, kinda pinpoints truck drivers attitudes towards safe driving.

Do they have the registration number - if yes, time for a police visit -- 5555555

Agree I hope they got him as I can see a number of serious indictable offences there. The guy is a lunatic. I have seen some crazy dangerous driving on Thai roads by this wins hands down.

Obviously the truck driver in this video does not want to the let the pickup past. It is one of the strangest videos I have ever seen. My wife always tells me thai drivers are crazy, but what happened in this video can't be considered normal can it?

Another thing I can't understand is that the people recording this seem to think it's funny that the truck driver ran the guy off the road into a ditch......really? This is supposed to be considered funny in thailand? No concern for the well being of the driver in the ditch?

[roiethome]

I think they will only learn when it starts hitting the owners in their pockets big time & the police actually enforce the road rules. Neither is likely to happen as there are too many vested & powerful interests involved.

I fully agree, stop pussyfooting with a fewe thousand baht fines which have no effect, if the operators were fime 1,000,000 THB for every injured or killed, and strict hours regulations were enforced by tachographs, then we might see this carnage stop.

I fear not in the next 100 years in Thailand.

[inzman]

So sorry for the students, it looks like its not a govt bus.

[Spalpeen]

While the country obsesses about the political pantomime going on in Bangkok, another 70 people die on the roads every single day and nothing gets done about it.

[JoeThePoster]

Can't wait till Songkran when the road safety campaign will take effect for a week.

[ignis]

Re- Truck Video

Maybe time to follow other Countries > Van, Pickups, Buses, Mini Buses and Truck etc have name and number

[crazygreg44]

I drive this route on the 304 regularily. There is a sign at the beginning of the downward slope from Khao Yai Park route on, directing bus- and truck drivers to switch into low gear whilst going downwards.

That's what I learned in driving school at home . . . when in downward drive, use your engine to slow down the car, and avoid using the brakes at utmost.

All the while when I have been driving this route , I have almost NEVER noticed any of the trucks or buses being in low gear !!! On almost every bus and truck the red brake lights are in CONSTANT MODE !!! . . which means, that these idiot drivers are running their brakes hot and hotter, until they will stop working.

WHEN will this country ensure that driving personnel = bus drivers, person transport drivers, truck and commercial drivers , get and receive PROPER education in the handling of large vehicles ??? You do not get a driver's license for a truck or bus in my country for nothing. You have to go to school, learn therory, and do some practical driving school , before they let you steer a monster !

In this country, a monkey with a piece of paper that costs him 1200 BAHT and ZERO practise can climb behind the wheel of a truck and come out endangering the live's of all and sundry.

It must stop at some point or the other. A free country is one thing, but a license to kill others with your car has nothing to do with the freedom of not being in a nanny state. SOME regulations and proper training for people who sit behind the wheels of a mass destrcution machine should be mandatory

[Wee Jimmy]

14 dead, 40 injured in school field trip bus accident in Prachin Buri /MCOT

And the wife wonders why I don't let our kid go on school trips!

[laobali]

Someone fell asleep at the wheel again ...

How many of these accidents have to happen before they learn ?

Who's even counting?

[atyclb]

And it goes on and on,they will never learn.

Little or nothing can be taught to members of "the superior race" as their education/society indoctrinates.

[webfact]

15 dead in Thai school bus crash

BANGKOK, February 28, 2014 (AFP) - At least 15 people, including 13 children, were killed when a bus carrying students on a trip to the seaside collided with a lorry in eastern Thailand Friday, police said.

More than 30 others were injured in the pre-dawn accident in Prachinburi involving the double-decker bus and an 18-wheel truck, the authorities said.

The students, aged around 10 to 14 years old, were heading to the resort city of Pattaya from the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima.

"Thirteen students and two teachers died -- 11 of them at the scene -- and more than 30 injured are in three nearby hospitals," Police Lieutenant Colonel Anukarn Thamvijarn said by telephone.

"The bus's brakes may have failed or the driver might have fallen asleep," he said.

Safety standards are generally poor in Thailand and deadly road accidents are common.

A recent report by the World Health Organization said the country saw some 38.1 road deaths per 100,000 people, compared with an average of 18.5 in Southeast Asia as a whole.


-- (c) Copyright AFP 2014-02-28

[biplanebluey]

This video has been making the rounds this week, kinda pinpoints truck drivers attitudes towards safe driving.

Do they have the registration number - if yes, time for a police visit -- 5555555

And if no?-------------- Just forget it?

[Confuscious]

"The students, aged around 10 to 14 years old, were heading to the resort city of Pattaya from the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima."

Does anybody knows from which school they were?
Which school organised the trip?

[oldsailor35]

No one really cares, they have got your money so 'mai pen lai' A couple of years ago i took the overnight bus from Buriram tp Pattaya (never again)

everyone on the bus but me were sleeping, including the driver ! I moved up near to him and every time he appeared to be going to sleep i gave him a poke with my walking stick. He eventually became very angry and threatened to put me off the buss in the middle of nowhere, but i won that arguement and we eventually arrived at destination thanks to my walking stick.

[oldsailor35]

An accident like this could bring down a government in Australia.

I agree. The repercussions would last for decades and it would be a part of national consciousness like the Grandville accident in the early 90's that claimed 20 odd lives. Here this tragic event won't rate a mention after today!

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

What in the hell is "the Grandville" accident, sounds like some small town USA ?

[webfact]

14 killed and 40 others wounded in car accident in Prachin Buri

PRACHIN BURI: -- At least 14 people were killed and 40 others injured when their coach slammed into a 18-wheel truck in Prachin Buri’s Nadee district at about 4.30am.

Police said the ill-fated vehicle was one of two coaches carrying students from Nakhon Ratchasima province heading to Pattaya.

It was driving downhill between Taplan and Khao Yai National Park when it developed brake malfunction and slammed into the 18-wheel truck packed with tapioca.

Police said that 11 people were killed at the scene when three others were announced dead at hospital.


-- The Nation 2014-02-28

[hullupullo]

"The students, aged around 10 to 14 years old, were heading to the resort city of Pattaya from the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima."

Does anybody knows from which school they were?

Which school organised the trip?

https://twitter.com/Aim_NT/status/439221892718034945

The students are from Ban Dong Lop school in Nakhon Ratchasima. Via @NationChannel24

[oldsailor35]

And it goes on and on,they will never learn.

Little or nothing can be taught to members of "the superior race" as their education/society indoctrinates.

Yes , reminds me of the "little, would be dictator" Suthep who has stated that he pays no attention to fallang who know nothing ! Just imagine how it will be on the roads when that idiot takes control of Thailand.

[sonar6ca]

No standard + No control + No safety + No authority + No implementation or respect of laws and regulations + Mai pen rai attitude.

Total laxism and anarchy!

Accidents, scams every single day on the news.

Maybe they should implement censorship on all negative news as it gives a bad image to the country.

I am sure where you come from everything is peachy.

Solution: One way ticket to your paradise you left behind.

[tom21]

So sorry for the students, it looks like its not a govt bus.

why not?? a lot of schools have there own buses which they use on this type of excursion.

[webfact]

Pattaya-bound school field trip bus accidents leaves 15 dead, 40 injured
By Digital Content



BANGKOK: -- Fifteen persons were killed and 40 others were injured when a chartered bus packed with students and teachers on a school field trip hit a pickup truck and veered into the past of an 18-wheel truck in the eastern province of Prachin Buri before plunging off the road on a steep hillside.

The accident occurred at about 5am today as two chartered buses were taking 98 students and 16 teachers from Ban Dong Lop School in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima to Pattaya resort in coastal Chon Buri province.

When the double-decker buses arrived at Prachinburi's Na Di district the road was winding and steep. Investigators think that the bus driver lost control of his brakes and crashed into a pickup truck in front of the bus.

The driver tried to turn the bus away but hit an 18-wheel truck and left the road, crashing into a deep ravine before a large tree stopped the vehicle from plunging a further 200 metres down the hillside.

Fifteen persons died at the scene and more than 40 others were injured and sent to nearby hospitals for treatment. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2014-02-28

[oldsailor35]

no impact damage at the front, just side damage, i wonder had the bus toppled over during the incident

Have another look, but this time use your glasses.

[laobali]

This video has been making the rounds this week, kinda pinpoints truck drivers attitudes towards safe driving.

Must admit I enjoyed the ending; size does count! Guess I've spent too much time on Thai roads to be shocked. The video team certainly had a good laugh. Maybe that says it all.

[Lobber]

Yes, the education system has alot to do with it. And policing.They just dont have basic common sense.

Why does everyone beat around the bush.. they are just wank drivers with no regards foir anyone.

RIP poor soles.

[Luk Mhee]

Most teachers like to take alcohol with when going on a field trip, sometimes they would share some with the bus driver, possibly to avoid being reported, some senior students do the same.

[oldsailor35]

This video has been making the rounds this week, kinda pinpoints truck drivers attitudes towards safe driving.

Do they have the registration number - if yes, time for a police visit -- 5555555

Agree I hope they got him as I can see a number of serious indictable offences there. The guy is a lunatic. I have seen some crazy dangerous driving on Thai roads by this wins hands down.

Obviously the truck driver in this video does not want to the let the pickup past. It is one of the strangest videos I have ever seen. My wife always tells me thai drivers are crazy, but what happened in this video can't be considered normal can it?

Another thing I can't understand is that the people recording this seem to think it's funny that the truck driver ran the guy off the road into a ditch......really? This is supposed to be considered funny in thailand? No concern for the well being of the driver in the ditch?

Well i can understand their attitude.....................did'nt you notice, the ones recording it are young Thai men, say no more!

[jucel]

Nothing will ever change, because implementing change costs time and money. Something the avarice people who own these companies do not want to part with.