george Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Truck topples 47 power poles SAMUT PRAKAN: — A 22-wheel tractor-trailer struck a power pole in Bang Phli district, setting off a chain reaction that brought down 46 other poles, damaging 37 passing vehicles.Source: Bangkok Post/Facebook 2015-08-01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Where's video footage when you really need it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Oops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyUK1960 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Who pays for this when most insurance is caped at 10 mil Baht? More than 10m baht damage there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneyboy Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Very fortunate that there weren't any deaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Sterling effort !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod reborn Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Who pays for this when most insurance is caped at 10 mil Baht? More than 10m baht damage there. The company that employed the truck driver. The negligent party, and their employer, when the employee is acting within the course and scope of their employment, is always responsible for the damage. Insurance only allows them to shift some of the risk of loss to another party. It's possible the company has an umbrella insurance policy that would provide excess coverage. Policies with US$1 million limits are not uncommon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 A large scale demonstration of the domino effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 The tall concrete power poles aren't concreted in. In fact none of them are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amerasianex Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 No way that should have happened. The structures must have been grossly over loaded. And there was zero engineering. Hard to believe ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnacarta Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I thought that Guiness world record attempt was going to be for riding bikes,this must rank as world record,well done Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I foresee a run on lottery-tickets with the numbers 22 (wheels) and 37 (passing vehicles) and 47 (power poles) in the near future ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 A six-lane traffic way. What load and speed was the truck handling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Did they notify the Polish embassy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique355 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Wouldn't that be an opportunity to put these power lines and phone cables under ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Who pays for this when most insurance is caped at 10 mil Baht? More than 10m baht damage there. Thai tv this morning said 30 million baht. I wonder if the truck owners have any insurance at all,I think the company owner was choking on his rice this morning,one big bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oil Baron Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Pole position!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfurcrown Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 zaphob reborn. post # 7 The company that employed the truck driver. The negligent party, and their employer, when the employee is acting within the course and scope of their employment, is always responsible for the damage. Insurance only allows them to shift some of the risk of loss to another party. It's possible the company has an umbrella insurance policy that would provide excess coverage. Policies with US$1 million limits are not uncommon. Certainly fine rhetoric, but remember this is Thailand and the rules do tend to be somewhat flexible and open to umpteen variations upon the theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSully Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Thai driving! Enough said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I dont see anyone pointing, where should I be looking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al007 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I love Thai Visa because I have never found another part of the world that make me laugh so much, not even Poland!!! My wife says why am I laughing so much, I explain notify polish embassy, she does not get it until I say we say pole you call your friend buffalo woman because she has no brains So many poles one truck must soon be entered in Guinness book of records But Oh dear then all thais will try to get bigger score Have a beautiful day, be happy, stay happy Drive carefully or the record could be taken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartman Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Who pays for this when most insurance is caped at 10 mil Baht? More than 10m baht damage there. Suppose the owner or their insurance company could argue that hitting one pole should not bring down another 46 and whoever put them up was negligent with the foundations or the amount of cables/load they subsequently allowed to be put on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLock Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Must admit, I can't smiling at this one. Hope no one was seriously hurt, but this is really funny. I'm sure some dash cam or CCTV will turn up with video...at least I hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 The poles can't have been that well secured if it's that easy to bring them down.....a bit like some Governments really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biplanebluey Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I see about 5 in the picture and would have thought the truck would have stopped at the first one down---- that loud banging noise????------ surely the rest did not fall if he did indeed stop at No1.If so gross negligence to the "pole fitter engineers!!!!" and the "wire hanger uppers" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bredbury Blue Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 The wife showed me a thai video on her Facetube of someone going along the road on a motorbike filming. Road was closed to cars. Concrete poles all down and smashed across the road. Some cars seen smashed underneath. Happened near Thai Arrow factory at Theparak km 20. I live very close and just returning from upcountry and hoping there's not massive traffic jams in Bangpla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumballl Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 (edited) No way that should have happened. The structures must have been grossly over loaded. And there was zero engineering. Hard to believe ... Even in (developed) western countries, concrete poles alongside the roadway are not buried into the ground. The are set atop a platform base, from which the actual pole is bolted down onto. The base of course, is buried deep into the ground. If a vehicle should strike the pole, it will not fully stop the vehicle, thus minimizing injury to the vehicle passenger(s), and the vehicle itself. The bolts holding the pole erect are specifically designed to break (at a certain force), so as to minimize the impact of any collision. As the pole falls, it may pull with it the cables between it and the next pole. The tensile strength of the cable, and the fastener that binds it to the pole (and the next pole), determine whether the next pole will stand erect or also fall. In life, dudu happens... in this accident, the cables could have broken away, but they did not; perhaps by intelligent design. Hence why all of the poles came down. If the cables were power cables, then perhaps it was for the best that the cables did not snap and cause other damage (such as an electrical fire or an electrocution). Edited August 2, 2015 by Gumballl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realenglish1 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Sounds Like a House of Cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyphodb Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Who pays for this when most insurance is caped at 10 mil Baht? More than 10m baht damage there. The company that employed the truck driver. The negligent party, and their employer, when the employee is acting within the course and scope of their employment, is always responsible for the damage. Insurance only allows them to shift some of the risk of loss to another party. It's possible the company has an umbrella insurance policy that would provide excess coverage. Policies with US$1 million limits are not uncommon. Well that'll take a very large brown envelope to the electric board, plus lots of smaller ones for the cars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indothai Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Who pays for this when most insurance is caped at 10 mil Baht? More than 10m baht damage there. Suppose the owner or their insurance company could argue that hitting one pole should not bring down another 46 and whoever put them up was negligent with the foundations or the amount of cables/load they subsequently allowed to be put on them. Obviously the company that owns the truck will pay for the damages, but usually they will put a minimum capital on the company so that if they every get sued they can declare bankruptcy. Similar thing happen on Rama 3 road, a truck pulling a crane accidentally rolled down a slope pulling down polls and damaging property.... company paid the first million then declared bankruptcy. Once the company is bankrupt, it's everyone to themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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