Sleep-deprived bus driver plows into motorcycle taxi stand
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- Three motorcycle taxi operators were injured when an exhausted minibus driver lost control and drove into their queuing stand in Din Daeng district last night.

After reportedly working 51 hours in three days, the driver of minibus No.12 drove into the taxi stand and a store at Promphan intersection on Soi Prachasongkroh 14 yesterday evening, severing the leg of one of the motorcyclists.

The accident also damaged a number of motorcycles and a pickup truck.

Driver Boonsa Jarujit said he had barely slept in three days and worked 17 hours each day. [read more...]

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co//2014/07/28/sleep-deprived-bus-driver-plows-motorcycle-taxi-stand

-- Coconuts Bangkok 2014-07-28

Sounds to me like he managed to fit a wholesome 8 hours per day sleep into his busy schedule.

And this is one of the reasons why there are so many accidents here with buses, along with the fact that speed limits are thrown out of the window and the fact that many just can't drive.

Sounds to me like he managed to fit a wholesome 8 hours per day sleep into his busy schedule.

24-17=7. Then subtract commute time to/from work. Time to eat while off. Shower/dress before work. Probably got 5 hours or so. Maybe less.

I hope the owner of the company pays heavily for this.

Epileptic fit according to the other Bangkok toast.

This is a very creative way to get some time off.

Ah ha, he lost control as stated. No need for further excuses you horrible driver. Losing control means you were driving too fast I'd reckon?

Those little orange buses are a nightmare on wheels .... total lack in driving or care for other cars , not surprise about this accident , thanks god there are only 3 injured ... How can you work so much and rest so little when you have to carry passengers .....I will never understand the Thainess.

Hardly surprising given the price of yaabaa nowadays.

This ought to be fodder for another crackdown whilst the authorities are at it. Journey management of public transport services.

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Probably a case of the guy covering another guy's shift as payback. I've got an in-law who's a driver for a van company where he puts in around a 50 hour standard work week and whenever he needs an extra day off he gets one his buddies to take his shift and then he pays him back by covering his shift later on. This payback can often result in some long work days/week depending on how much needs to be paid back in shift coverage. It's takes a toll on the body and brain....and although the company may have a rule against any driver working more than X-hours/day or X-hours per week it's probably being ignored by the workers.

Just as long as he didn't cross the white line...

There is a reason why tachometers were introduced many years ago. How long will it take Thailand to implement such Western things?

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Think before posting please - keep your comments civil and mature.

There is a reason why tachometers were introduced many years ago. How long will it take Thailand to implement such Western things?

I think you meant "governor", governor.

And this is one of the reasons why there are so many accidents here with buses, along with the fact that speed limits are thrown out of the window and the fact that many just can't drive.

Such insight. Such wisdom.

Sounds to me like he managed to fit a wholesome 8 hours per day sleep into his busy schedule.

worked 17 hours plus 1/2 hour eating (fast food) plus 1/2 hour getting home plus 8 hours sleep = 26 hours hmmmm

The bus companies are unlikely to regulate hours when they can't even maintain the buses properly

My best wishes to injured motorcycle taxi riders. The bus driver and company should be made to pay for treatment of those injured.

...par for the course, I am sure.....

thais should not be operating anything with a motor,cars ,boats,scooters etc,they cant seem to stay awake.....when they are awake all they do is yawn and moan.,but tell them its time to ''gin kaow'' or time to ''gin lao''and see them perk up...they are fit to operate rickshaws ..,try sleeping while pulling a slow moving wicker cart around a-hole...

Idiot ploughs into group of idiots. Love it.

This is a very creative way to get some time off.

Could you explain, pls.

Luckily, he didn't kill someone...

i guess log books are out of the question

There is a reason why tachometers were introduced many years ago. How long will it take Thailand to implement such Western things?

I think you meant "governor", governor.

He might also have been referring to a tachograph?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_tachograph

i guess log books are out of the question

Log book.

That is what this guy is holding in his left hand.

There is a reason why tachometers were introduced many years ago. How long will it take Thailand to implement such Western things?

I think you meant "governor", governor.

If the driver was sleep-deprived and fell asleep at the wheel, neither a tachograph nor a governor would have prevented the prang.

An aside - the orange buses are the worst - privateer contractors with lax management oversight and decrepit vehicles.

Hardly surprising given the price of yaabaa nowadays.

Ah, come on, he was drug tested and tested negative for illegal substances.

Sounds like he needed some red bull. Not enough money to do son of red bull.

Saw a sign at the bus station in the UK, it said 'One bus takes 35 cars off the road'................. personally I think it depends how aggressive the driver is...................