Uninsured 'Fun Fair' Shut Down in Korat
By Khaosod English


A Korat carnival yesterday afternoon after it was shuttered by local authorities for lacking accident insurance and operation permits.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA — A traveling fun fair at a market in northeastern Thailand was forced to close down yesterday after officials discovered that none of its rides is insured.

Two days after the fair, organized by Siamtara Amusement, opened for a two-week run, authorities discovered it lacked accident insurance for its equipment and permits to set up rides in the market.

“So we informed them to cease operation until they get the permits, in accordance with the procedures,” municipal official Boonlue Charoenwat said.

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-- Khaosod English 2015-09-03

Excellent

My guess is that the missing 'insurance' in this case consisted of a dearth of brown envelopes to the right people.

Oh, ye of little faith lol

I was at a "fun fair" at the local Tesco once where they had a paddle boat pool for the kids. Pool was maybe 20m sq. The lifeguard was a 10 year old girl. Not a life jacket to be seen as the toddlers loaded on. Light stands in all four corners and the power to the far side was provided by a power cord strung over the pool and directly above the center of the pool was a power coupling that was just plugged in male/female with no safety connectors at all.

One stumble, trip, or fall over the cord that pulls that connection apart and no one in the pool would have had a chance.

'... authorities discovered it lacked accident insurance for its equipment ...' They no doubt assumed they didn't need it. After all, this is Thailand.

absolutely correct procedure accidents do happen on fun fairs and any tourist attraction should be insured ,

Oh, ye of little faith lol

Oh, ye of little faith common dog or brain

To be fair I assume everything in Thailand is uninsured, doesn't stop me going on anything. Just live a little.

Good because they are death traps