Thaivisa News Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Mae Hong Son:- A passenger van from Chiang Mai heading to Pai district in Mae Hong Son overturned on a mountainous road Thursday after noon, killing one and injuring 14 others. Several western tourists were among the injured, police said. Pol Capt Pichit Sekha, the interrogator on duty of Pai police station, was alerted of the accident at 2:35 pm. He was told that the accident happened at the kilometer marker No 81 on the Chiang Mai-Pai Road. He rushed to the scene with rescue officials. Pichit and the rescue officials found 14 Thai and foreign tourists crying for help at the scene. They came out of the van to wait for help on the road. Many had bleeding wounds. Two passengers were badly injured while a person was killed. The van, which is a shuttle passenger vehicle between Chiang Mai and Pai, was lying on one side in the bush off the road. Officials rushed the injured passengers to the Pai district hospital. The passengers told police that when the van was approaching the sharp curve, the van lost control and overturned. Police suspected that van driver might doze off, leading to the accident. The van No 19 operates under the concession from Prem Pracha Transport Co Ltd. It left Chiang Mai at noon. The accident happened just three kilometers before the Mae Ping forestry checkpoint. Several road accidents happened on the roads between Chiang Mai and Pai because the roads were built on steep mountains. Police said accidents happened on the Pai-Chiang Mai Road the rate of two accidents each day. The rate was higher during the rainy season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooka Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 So what happened to the driver, did he bolt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bruceybonus Posted March 5, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2015 I'm surprised these things even make the news anymore. Hundreds are killed and maimed everyday & it will never change as absolutely nobody gives a sh1t. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ScarpoFongness4U Posted March 5, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2015 Improper tire inflation, combined with speed, 90% of the problems. Dozing off at 230pm? Alcohol 99% 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post apetley Posted March 6, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2015 How is it possible to doze off on the Chiang Mai to Pai road? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 So what happened to the driver, did he bolt? Good god, no, he's still sleeping. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 "several road accidents happened on the roads between CM and pai because the roads were built on steep mountains" ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inzman Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Should be speed controls. Very twisty road. They drive like maniacs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Vans, buses, motorbikes, cars ..... Accident Accident Accident! What kind of vehicle is safe to travel here! Tank? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jerojero Posted March 6, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2015 Police interrogator investigating accidents? What... Force confessions from farang victims that it was their fault? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godden Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 At last some good news, the braked didn't fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalblue Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 My guess reckless driving...Safety just not in their vocab or behavior I wonder who was killed? Why wasn't the forestry center contacted to speed up victim recovery and transport? CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Photos CM 108. http://www.cm108.com/bbb/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=4793 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecee10 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 '.....when the van was approaching the sharp curve, the van lost control and overturned.' There's the villain, the van was driving itself, presumably because the driver was asleep. Perhaps he thought he was driving an automatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny S Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Should be speed controls. Very twisty road. They drive like maniacs. Maniacs will drive like maniacs and trafficpolice is fast asleep doing nothing - innocent people killed by these trafficmurderers in minivans, Amazing Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertthebruce Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 This is the norm in Thailand, so so dangerous out there... Puts me off driving ... Full Stop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Vans really give me the creeps. Not only the thought of being a passenger in one of them but even when I see one of them in my mirror advancing on me and inevitably tailgating 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Vans really give me the creeps. Not only the thought of being a passenger in one of them but even when I see one of them in my mirror advancing on me and inevitably tailgating Tend to agree, so many times on the road to Pai (going or returning) there are streams of Vans a breakneck speeds as if racing. Corners are cut, overtaking on blind bends. I don't use them and get out of their way when I come across them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly94 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 so it's just as I always thought- it's the fault of the mountains and steep roads, well what can you do! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean008 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 "Several road accidents happened on the roads between Chiang Mai and Pai because the roads were built on steep mountains" When I nearly had an accident at 17 I told my Dad that the corner was too tight, he replied words to the effect that the corner had been there for a long time and the speed I was driving at was the fault not the corner. Dont blame steep mountains, the mountains (more or less) stay the same, its the speed the cretins drive at that is the problem, alongside the excuses made and accepted for the accidents. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomYumpoochai Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Ive got a video on youtube of 7 vans being driven by complete morons on the way up to pai. They were all staying inches away from each others bumpers and cutting every corner or overtaking on blind bends. I was stuck behind them for quite a few bends until i got the chance to pass, and i had to do all 7 as there wasnt a gap big enough to fit my bike into. I would not want to ride in 1 of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searcher22 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I took a van from Bangkok (mo chit station) to Rayong yesterday. As we left the station, the driver made 4 other stops in bangkok...picking up additional passengers...and freight! They crammed in piles of boxes until just about every available inch was used up. It took four attempts to close the sliding door because of all the stock. I almost stormed out of the van as I was worried about being trapped inside in case of an accident. Never again am I taking a van! Either a vip bus, private car or taxi for me! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maidee Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 doze of at 2 pm ????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Should be speed controls. Very twisty road. They drive like maniacs. No, they ARE maniacs and never learned driving properly. (our neighbour is driving since 8 years, never passed a test because "takes too much time") Any questions? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) Every GD Van that carries tourist should have a tracking device that would send information about these ASS CLOWN <deleted> for brains (Thai Men) who think that they are even the least bit intelligent. Sack 90% of the Thai men who provide any type of commuter operations and this problem would end tomorrow. And these ashy skinned needle dicks have the nerve to call us Buffalo's.... "...ashy skinned needle dicks..." Almost a Shakespearean insult but not quite. Edited March 6, 2015 by ratcatcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 How is it possible to doze off on the Chiang Mai to Pai road? Right. We have done the trip 3 times this year...(my wife owns a resort in Mae Hong Son and we stop over in Pai). I never even think about dozing...just too many curves going on. There are plenty of rest stops. My bet was the driver was speeding...as they all do...and not worrying about the curves at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre0720 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 These darn brake pads from China.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kohphangan Posted March 6, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 6, 2015 And of all those tourists travelling in the van I guarantee that they are clueless to the death toll rate of buses and these small coffin dodgers. They buy their lonely planet books and research where they want to go but no research has been done regarding the dangers of these death traps. I got completely slagged off many times when trying to give advice to tourists about travelling in these things only to be told "Oh shut up" and stop being so negative. I tried to no avail to prevent people taking these things but my advice was worthless on deaf ears and people that think they know better. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xircal Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) Ive got a video on youtube of 7 vans being driven by complete morons on the way up to pai. They were all staying inches away from each others bumpers and cutting every corner or overtaking on blind bends. I was stuck behind them for quite a few bends until i got the chance to pass, and i had to do all 7 as there wasnt a gap big enough to fit my bike into. I would not want to ride in 1 of those. Can you post the link to it please? Edited March 6, 2015 by Xircal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttoPollmann Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I'm astonished every time I see one of these buses. How they get 15 people in this bus, plus their baggage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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