webfact Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Bangkok bus crashes into roadside trees, injuring 24By Coconuts BangkokThe bus landed on the roadside near Baan Tha Rae of Mahasarakham province. Photo: MCOTMAHASARAKHAM: -- A bus traveling from Bangkok's Mo Chit Terminal to crashed into trees on the roadside in Mahasarakham province early this morning, injuring 24 people.Eight people, including the driver, were seriously injured while the rest sustained minor injuries. They were rescued and taken to hospital.Police believe the driver dozed off at the wheel. Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/12/15/bangkok-bus-crashes-roadside-trees-injuring-24 -- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-12-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condo bought Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Time for passengers of Thai buses to be given airbag body suits and helmets. Surprised that the trees weren't blamed, to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfish Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 When he recovers enough he will suddenly remember the headlights of a car blinded him... Sent from my SC-01D using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertthebruce Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 It was the ''Buses'' fault.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searat7 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 At least they didn't call it a tourist bus this time.....seems this is almost a weekly event. Overnight bus rides are very dangerous here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaltsc Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Time for passengers of Thai buses to be given airbag body suits and helmets. Surprised that the trees weren't blamed, to be honest. The official report from the bus company isn't in yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Seat for driver clearly at fault: much to comfortable. Install electric zappers that fire every 10 minutes or so to keep them awake. Problem solved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Look mum! No break failure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiesteve63 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Local news is saying he hit a power pole not trees, in the scheme of things a bit irrelevant as people got hurt. Different news different views I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Note to self: avoid night buses. I'll add that to the list of avoiding all public transportation 24/7, as well as not travelling in anything but an armored hummer with full battle gear on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I was a little worried at first, that 24 that trees had been hurt. What a relief when I read the full post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Looking at the photo in the OP, it appears a cyclist was first on the scene. <deleted> was he doing on a main road in the dark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Looking at the photo in the OP, it appears a cyclist was first on the scene. <deleted> was he doing on a main road in the dark? Biking for Dad. All the rage these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocceao Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) He was steering with his feet, while, watching the crazy thai soap on the bus TV, and smoking a bucket at the same time. Edited December 15, 2015 by Rocceao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocceao Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Looking at the photo in the OP, it appears a cyclist was first on the scene. <deleted> was he doing on a main road in the dark? He was the crash test dummy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Looking at the photo in the OP, it appears a cyclist was first on the scene. <deleted> was he doing on a main road in the dark? If he was first on the scene, he had one hell of a set of bike lights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 At least they didn't call it a tourist bus this time.....seems this is almost a weekly event. Overnight bus rides are very dangerous here. I'm not so sure - I'm no statistician, but are they that dangerous when you look at the sheer number of long distance overnight buses here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 probably the bus driver was looking for a tree to pee at..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) At least they didn't call it a tourist bus this time.....seems this is almost a weekly event. Overnight bus rides are very dangerous here. I'm not so sure - I'm no statistician, but are they that dangerous when you look at the sheer number of long distance overnight buses here? I can't say there's any scientific, statistical analysis here, because we don't have access to the data. But I can say, from reading dozens and dozens of Thai bus crash news reports over the years, that these kinds of crashes involving inter-city buses most commonly seem to occur in the general hours between say midnight and 7 am or so. Not a great surprise there, considering the common crash factors of drivers falling asleep at the wheel, making mistakes due to fatigue and overwork, drunken drivers on the roads during those hours, darkness and poorly lit roads, etc etc. Edited December 15, 2015 by TallGuyJohninBKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usual Suspect Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Wonder if the passengers 4 rows behind the driver once seated at Mo-chit realised they were sat above the gas cylinders..?..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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