Speeding truck crashes, flips over In Rangsit

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Speeding Truck Crashes, Flips Over In Rangsit
By Khaosod English



BANGKOK: -- A truck has crashed and flipped over on an elevated road in Pathumthani province.

The incident reportedly took place at around 01.30 today in front of Future Park Rangsit shopping mall in Rangsit district.

The crash has caused the cargo potato flour and some of the vehicle's petrol to spill onto the bridge and the roads underneath. Officials scrambled to cover the petrol spill with sands to prevent any ignition, and clean the flour off the roads.

Mr. Suthep Thongnum, 44, said he was driving the cargo from Prachinburi. When he approached the curve on the bridge, Mr. Suthep said, he could not slow down in time as he was driving with high speed, causing the truck to smash into the barrier and turn over its side.

Apart from the driver, no injury was reported.

Police say the same elevated road was the scene to a previous accident in which a loose container fell down from a truck into a public van, killing one person.

Source: http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1395376769


-- Khaosod English 2014-03-21

[Costas2008]

"Police say the same elevated road was the scene to a previous accident in which a loose container fell down from a truck into a public van, killing one person."

Police say........and what have they done to prevent further accidents?............Nothing as usual.

[otherstuff1957]

Petrol? Most trucks are powered by diesel or CNG. If it was CNG it would probably have gone up in a fireball the moment a policeman lit up a quick cigarette.

[impulse]

I can't think of many substances that will make a road more slippery than potato flour mixed with some water. Hope this doesn't cause more problems.

[draftvader]

Didn't this happen yesterday with a petrol tanker in Pathum Thani...not too far away from this location!

[tomross46]

Police say the same elevated road was the scene to a previous accident in which a loose container fell down from a truck into a public van, killing one person.

Are the police telling us that the accident was caused by the elevated road? I feel it is more like, the drivers think they are Jackie Stewart.

[sirchai]

Mr. Suthep Thongnum, 44, said he was driving the cargo from Prachinburi. When he approached the curve on the bridge, Mr. Suthep said, he could not slow down in time as he was driving with high speed, causing the truck to smash into the barrier and turn over its side.

Mr. Suthep Thongnum, 44, said he was driving the cargo from Prachinburi. When he approached the curve on the bridge, Mr. Suthep said, he never wanted to slow down in time as he was driving with high speed, causing the truck to smash into the barrier and turn over its side.

[theslime]

Mr Suthep Thongnum was driving too fast to slow down ,

[draftvader]

Ah, that clears that up. It was the high speed that did it. I'll bet that K Suthep will sleep well tonight knowing it wasn't his fault!

[Johnnie99]

A speeding truck?

Tell me it ain't so!

[Lupatria]

That's not "news" it already became a daily routine

[kingstonkid]

I live there and the part of the overpass tht this happens on is an S bend in the road . There is absolutely nothing that can be done by authorities to stop these guys. There is no room for a police man to stand and say slow down. There are signs that say it is a bend and all of the drivers I am sure have driven it before.

If drivers are going to drive too fast on this part of the road then they are going to be caught by the supreme law " gravity".

There is absolutely no reason to be going fast on that stretch.

[flyingdoc]

Educating speeding truck drivers ?!!

[transam]

Mr. Suthep Thongnum, 44, said he was driving the cargo from Prachinburi. When he approached the curve on the bridge, Mr. Suthep said, he could not slow down in time as he was driving with high speed, causing the truck to smash into the barrier and turn over its side.

Mr. Suthep Thongnum, 44, said he was driving the cargo from Prachinburi. When he approached the curve on the bridge, Mr. Suthep said, he never wanted to slow down in time as he was driving with high speed, causing the truck to smash into the barrier and turn over its side.

Yep, yet another untrained brain dead guy driving a heavy goods vehicle.......

[seajae]

maybe speed govenors as they have in buses and trucks in Australia might help but thwen possibly driver education would also work. These idiots simply drive flat out everywhere, the amount of times I have had to swerve or brake because a truck simply cut me off so he didnt have to slow down or didnt want to stop at a red light isnt funny, they think they can do as they please and have no idea about speed and gravity, they are idiots.

[Credo]

"Police say the same elevated road was the scene to a previous accident in which a loose container fell down from a truck into a public van, killing one person."

Police say........and what have they done to prevent further accidents?............Nothing as usual.

The police don't design the roads. According to another poster, there isn't even room for them to stand there to slow down traffic.

[Why ask]

I drive the said over-pass everyday, and it is not a constant curve, but tightens and tightens more around the bend. Even an old lady driving a Nissan Micra would struggle to keep line at 30Km/h. This is an accident zone known well, but the fkr who oversaw the project was likely as sober as Chalerm.

I drive into it coming from the Navarnakorn Phayonyotin side, and know as soon as I am going up the ramp it gets tight. Anybody not knowing it would not expect such a curve. It is not consistent sterring wheel angle, and gets tighter.

It is not part of a road, as previously posted, but is an upraised side turn, almost like a normal overhead U-turn. It is a death trap, as it has proven to be.

What is done? Nothing. Blame the driver, and say he/she was driving too fast. Even at 40Km/h it caught my wife 1st time.

[inzman]

It's the roads fault for being there!

[Loles]

STOP Mr. Suthep, STOP !

[sirchai]

Mr. Suthep Thongnum, 44, said he was driving the cargo from Prachinburi. When he approached the curve on the bridge, Mr. Suthep said, he could not slow down in time as he was driving with high speed, causing the truck to smash into the barrier and turn over its side.

Mr. Suthep Thongnum, 44, said he was driving the cargo from Prachinburi. When he approached the curve on the bridge, Mr. Suthep said, he never wanted to slow down in time as he was driving with high speed, causing the truck to smash into the barrier and turn over its side.

Yep, yet another untrained brain dead guy driving a heavy goods vehicle.......

Here's my favorite "drug driver.".-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHhgvxef23A

P.S. The East European drugged drivers seem to be even worse.

Edited March 21, 2014 by sirchai

[transam]

To think, 44 years ago I took my UK Heavy Goods Vehicle driving test that took a total of 2 hours, one mistake in practical or verbal questions and you were out. No question, apply again for a test.

[noitom]

Those Thai vans from Mo Chit to Thammasat and back are death traps. Loaded with 15-18 students weaving in and out, drivers talking on their mobiles at very high speeds. Thai death traps.

[attrayant]

Educating speeding truck drivers ?!!

How about physics 101? Lesson #1 - inertia:

Your truck has brakes, but your payload doesn't.

Edited March 21, 2014 by attrayant

[DLP]

At least the driver is o.k. why dont they put speed humps there ?

[slipperylobster]

Of course it did !!

[lee b]

Is there any way for the speed limit of trucks and buses to be set at the max of the speed limit, without them being able to go over it?? Maybe it would help a little

[transam]

Is there any way for the speed limit of trucks and buses to be set at the max of the speed limit, without them being able to go over it?? Maybe it would help a little

Yes there are for top speed but does nothing if that speed is still to fast for a given bend, especially if it has any negative camber.

[monkey4u]

So we have a truck driver who wants to be a race car driver trying to take a curve in the road, at high speed

Did he think his vehicle was able to do this with all the extra weight he was no doubt carrying.

Where do these knuckle heads get their licence and more important

What mentaly challenged person would employ them

Please Mr Plod DO YOUR JOB

[monkey4u]

Is there any way for the speed limit of trucks and buses to be set at the max of the speed limit, without them being able to go over it?? Maybe it would help a little

Most speed limiters are electronic and can be bypassed with out much work

Volvo trucks only need 1 small earth wire to cut

The only near perfect limiter is the diff ratio that is designed to give a lower top speed

A 4.11 ratio with an overdrive gear box will give a top speed of 160 plus KPH assuming you have enough horse power

[Why ask]

Is there any way for the speed limit of trucks and buses to be set at the max of the speed limit, without them being able to go over it?? Maybe it would help a little

YEAH! It's called a tachometer, been in use in the Western world for 20 years. It's the black box of the cab driver and the truck/lorry/juggernaut functioning times and actions of it.

The disc from the tachograph is placed into an analyser after each trip, and reports speeds driven, time driven, breaks taken, hours driven - blah blah Western rubbish.

As Thailand doesn't recognise it's uncle, in Western standards, who really gives sweet FA? Let Thais roll on, and roll on and roll on, despite never learning from hitting a brick wall. Forget speed limiters, one can't fool a tachometer. Then again, Chinese tachometer copies are probably likely available in BKK somewhere, with an additional button to turn it off.

TIT; such is life. Don't let it worry you too much... much more interesting things going on.

MEL1.