No joy for joyriding Phuket water truck driver
Eakkapop Thongtub


The water truck flipped on the Heroines-Baan Manik Rd.

PHUKET: -- What was supposed to be a fun day out yesterday (March 30) for a municipal water truck driver and his pals turned into disaster when he flipped the truck onto its roof.

When police and rescue workers arrived at the scene, on the Heroines-Baan Manik Rd, they found Worrawut Songyot, Mayor of Srisoonthorn Municipality – which owns the truck – already there and quizzing Surisot Jaidee as to how he came to be driving the water truck on his day off.

Also at the scene were two of Surisot’s friends, Sommai Sae-Ku and Tiwa Buasawat, who were banged about in the accident, but not badly hurt.

Surisot said that he was driving from the Heroines monument to Baan Manik. The tank had some water in it, he explained, and when he hit a bend in the road the water sloshed to one side, shifting the centre of gravity and causing the truck to roll over.

Police have charged him with careless driving causing damage to state property.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/no-joy-for-joyriding-phuket-water-truck-driver-45441.php


-- Phuket News 2014-03-31

Brakes failed

Can't make this stuff up in Thailand!

"The tank had some water in it, he explained, and when he hit a bend in the road the water sloshed to one side,"

Bullshit. You were driving too fast. All water and fuel trucks have baffles inside to keep just that sort of thing from happening.Without them they would be impossible to keep under control.

Joyriding sums it up - driving for fun. Wonder if drink or drugs played any part in this accident.

"The tank had some water in it, he explained, and when he hit a bend in the road the water sloshed to one side,"

Bullshit. You were driving too fast. All water and fuel trucks have baffles inside to keep just that sort of thing from happening.Without them they would be impossible to keep under control.

Not all have baffles.

"The tank had some water in it, he explained, and when he hit a bend in the road the water sloshed to one side,"

Bullshit. You were driving too fast. All water and fuel trucks have baffles inside to keep just that sort of thing from happening.Without them they would be impossible to keep under control.

Not all have baffles.

So only safe if full or empty.

Now I am really baffled!

"The tank had some water in it, he explained, and when he hit a bend in the road the water sloshed to one side,"

Bullshit. You were driving too fast. All water and fuel trucks have baffles inside to keep just that sort of thing from happening.Without them they would be impossible to keep under control.

TIT, installing baffles costs money...

Hey Babe! I have the day off...want to go for a ride in my water truck...?

Sounds more likely that the driver was sloshed on his day off !

Hey Babe! I have the day off...want to go for a ride in my water truck...?

In a few weeks, that may work.

Frightful bad luck that there was no farang around to blame the accident on.

Joy ride my ass. They were delivering water and pocketing the money...

Tankers are not easy to drive. I would rather drive with a full load than half a load. Even with baffle walls inside the liquid still affects the dynamics of motion. I drove Hauler tankers, semi tankers and scraper tankers and each has it's own set of hazards. If you are good at it, you never get away from them...... I rarely got to drive anything else cause I never crashed a tanker.