snoop1130 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 15 school children escape with slight injuries after a school van turned one side upThai PBS THAILAND -- Fifteen school children escaped with minor injuries after a school van in which they were travelling turned one side up as the driver tried to avoid a collision with a car.The mishap took place Thursday morning on the Ang Sila-Bang Saen road in front of Scanivia housing estate in Tambon Saensook, Muang districtof Chon Buri.Police said that the van carried 15 school children on its way to Muang Mai kindergarten school from the housing estate. As the van was approaching an intersection on Ang Sila-Bang Saen road, one car was seen heading toward the intersection in high speed forcing the driver, Mr Thanan Taychin, to step on the brake and make a sharp turn.The van, however, lost control and turned one side up on the road. The children were thrown out of their seats and sustained minor injuries.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/15-school-children-escape-with-slight-injuries-after-a-school-van-turned-one-side-up -- Thai PBS 2015-12-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Fixit Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 'One side up'? Don't you mean 'on its side'? Sheesh - does anyone know decent English at ThaiPBS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docshock13 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 "The children were thrown out of their seats and sustained minor injuries." Seatbelts anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 "The children were thrown out of their seats and sustained minor injuries." Seatbelts anyone? If Thai children don't want to wear a seatbelt then they don't have to. Who should tell them to wear it? Ain't gonna happen here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalblue Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Probably not a regulation in Thailand and two there would be compliance issues such as non compliance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchisaan Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 15 children in a van? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadGeordie Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 15 children in a van?Half full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Shouldn't that be one side down...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) Probably not a regulation in Thailand and two there would be compliance issues such as non compliance... Since May 2014 5000baht fine for not wearing seat belt in public buses/vans. Schools know this, eg: Thai Police to Enforce New Seat Belt Law | NIST ... Edited December 24, 2015 by Enoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashdashdot Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Well done! This man may have saved 15 young lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 'One side up'? Don't you mean 'on its side'? Sheesh - does anyone know decent English at ThaiPBS?Apparently not...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Beale Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Well done! This man may have saved 15 young lives. More likely he endangered 15 young lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 "The children were thrown out of their seats and sustained minor injuries." Seatbelts anyone? Seatbelts? They usually don't even have proper seats, just loose benches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickyrice2000 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) I always feel unsafe while I'm in the car. The main reason is most transportations do not have seatbelt. Thailand needs a stronger regulation regarding this. Edited December 24, 2015 by stickyrice2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 15 children in a van? Kindergarten (anubaan) kids, could have got 25, with a push. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Terrible. They didn't have time to black paint out the school name and logo. Still better than the news reports of when they don't headcount the kids and lock it for the day with one of them asleep on the back sleep to die in the heat. Give responsibility to a Thai at your peril. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaorop Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 'One side up'? Don't you mean 'on its side'? Sheesh - does anyone know decent English at ThaiPBS? Not a chance and no way no how would they hire one to check the grade 3 level writing. Luckily English is quite understandable even when poorly written. Much more importantly, the students appear to have survived without injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesetat2013 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 "The children were thrown out of their seats and sustained minor injuries." Seatbelts anyone? They were KG students. What about car seats? No safety guides for kids travelling in those death traps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourAces Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 If that happened to us when we were kids, we all would have jumped out of the van shouting yeah! wooo! awesome lets do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobobirdiebuddy Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 'One side up'? Don't you mean 'on its side'? Sheesh - does anyone know decent English at ThaiPBS? Gee, I thought it was whimsically creative. When non-native speakers (with a certain amount of expertise) use English, often it is poetically rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Probably no other speeding car actually involved...the van driver probably just took the turn too fast. At least the van driver didn't use the typical excuse of "the brakes failed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I always feel unsafe while I'm in the car. The main reason is most transportations do not have seatbelt. Thailand needs a stronger regulation regarding this. The regulations exist. The problem seems to be that nobody seems to give a damn about enforcing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatproblem Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I would NOT let my son in one of those vans ,I see how they drive ,they are very aggressive and not care about children's safety ,many times they race past me on the way to school,they need to be there first ,those who would let their child sit in one must not care too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Fixit Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 'One side up'? Don't you mean 'on its side'? Sheesh - does anyone know decent English at ThaiPBS? Gee, I thought it was whimsically creative. When non-native speakers (with a certain amount of expertise) use English, often it is poetically rich. Whimsically inaccurate, more like. Logically (a quality often missing here) a vehicle can only ever be 'one side up'. The English at Thai PBS is always pretty awful. But don;t me, I'm just a pedantic ex-English teacher ... Happy Christmas, ThaiPBS (not that awful X'mas they always write here with its redundant apostrophe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 ..............and the driver is blameless of course.....not speeding...someone else' fault... ....and a van full of kindergarten students.....imagine.... ...if the school had any sense of responsibility they would look for a new driver... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisH Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Probably not a regulation in Thailand and two there would be compliance issues such as non compliance... Since May 2014 5000baht fine for not wearing seat belt in public buses/vans. Schools know this, eg: Thai Police to Enforce New Seat Belt Law | NIST ... This looks to be a private van though. Maybe they are exempt? Trying to get a Thai to wear a seatbelt in the back of a vehicle is near impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 'One side up'? Don't you mean 'on its side'? Sheesh - does anyone know decent English at ThaiPBS? Gee, I thought it was whimsically creative. When non-native speakers (with a certain amount of expertise) use English, often it is poetically rich. Whimsically inaccurate, more like. Logically (a quality often missing here) a vehicle can only ever be 'one side up'. The English at Thai PBS is always pretty awful. But don;t me, I'm just a pedantic ex-English teacher ... Happy Christmas, ThaiPBS (not that awful X'mas they always write here with its redundant apostrophe) I love it when someone, an ex-teacher too, comments on poor use of English and then makes two errors in one sentence of his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveling Sailor Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Let me guess. It turned one side down too. Gotta love the Tinglesh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I always feel unsafe while I'm in the car. The main reason is most transportations do not have seatbelt. Thailand needs a stronger regulation regarding this. What they need is a police force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCruncher Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Probably not a regulation in Thailand and two there would be compliance issues such as non compliance... Since May 2014 5000baht fine for not wearing seat belt in public buses/vans. Schools know this, eg: Thai Police to Enforce New Seat Belt Law | NIST ... But a school van is not a public van Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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