Land Transport urges vans to strictly comply with traffic laws for the safety of passengers

[farcanell]

The PM will be along here in a minute to "express concern" as well so we have this little problem sorted and a good days work is done.

Yep... Under section 44...... "I command thee to stop crashing all the time"... Should work ???

[rethaier]

Considering the Ks these vans cover daily, weekly, monthly and annually, it would seem that a checkup every two years is ridiculous. Every 2 months would be better.

[rethaier]

In my opinion still the most deadliest form of transport in Thailand - done several visa-runs to Cambodia, 130 -140km / hour insane.....

Certainly agree many drivers are very unsafe. But curious if once you found yourself in a situation that you felt unsafe, did you politely ask driver to slowdown ? Did you ask him to stop and let you out if he refused? If you politely make an issue of this you would be amazed at the results. There is no reason that anywhere in the world you have to put your life at risk unless you make the choice to do so.

TH

Cause the driver to lose face and politely get shot or stabbed would be the most likely outcome.

[Bkungbank]

GPS cannot track speed there are driving very fast to make more trips in others country public transport as set max speed limit here should force so.

[TheCruncher]

By the end of 2016, all vans will have a GPS navigation system installed to track the safety adherence of vans.

Right. Ground control to Major Tom...

I thought super general announced in 2014, when the deadly accident in Chachoengsao happened, that every minivan should have installed that within the next 6 months.

Must be another of his achievements failures

[TheCruncher]

GPS cannot track speed there are driving very fast to make more trips in others country public transport as set max speed limit here should force so.

With a GPS tracker the base can check the speed the vehicle is driving at any time, and it is stored in the memory for later readings.

[Redline]

That should help!

[bangon04]

I assume "urge" is a translation error

"Urging" is what the Thai authorities do whenever there is ineffective enforcement of existing laws. In Thailand this is almost all the time, apart from a few hours of "Crackdowns" every month.

[X pat]

By the end of 2016, all vans will have a GPS navigation system installed to track the safety adherence of vans.

Right. Ground control to Major Tom...

The best speed control device to use is a governor to limit the speed. They work great on vehicles in the states,so why not here.

[poohy]

Agreed speed limiters simple end to problem, well apart from the retard behind the wheel

Thinking about that what qualifies you to become avan driver is it an especially low IQ or having a supply of more than one in blue /white shirt

[tuanku]

they should have some kind of simulator where drivers are placed in traffic situations with constantly shifting outs, and at certain times when there are only 1 or 2 such outs they need to take one or they crash. then grade on how they did. on "out" of course being a sharp left, sharp right or emergency stop to avoid a head on. if a driver isn't good at tracking those outs instantly they have no chance if they are suddenly presented with a bad situation to react quick enough. but they don't do this, and they should at least for these vans drivers where the passengers have no control but lives are at risk when it is a dingbat or dumwit driving, not to mention it's not only the van and it's occupants that are in danger with this vehicles as they can go quite fast. and the test should last for at least an hour so that it is stressful.

More realistically they should do this when drunk or drugged or sleep deprived............... just as likely to happen.

Just sat through the 1 hour training on renewing my driving licence...........maybe that would work - NOT

[patyh]

How about a speed limiter on all Vans carrying passengers as well as GPS?

If GPS detect a van still going faster than usual, revoke the bloody joker license to drive commercial vehicle?

How about an on vehicle camera systems to see if the joker is sleepy or more likely drunk?

[Thian]

I'm sure the vans are listening but it's the drivers that are the problem so instead of urging use all the power at your disposal to force the drivers to comply and hammer those who don't.

You could try asking the BIB to get tough too but that would be wasted breath.

Here the Vans use jump the qeueu at stoplights by taking the most left lane for turning left. Then at the junction they just wait there for green light and speed off.

Last week a policeman was arranging traffic at that junction, he noticed a van to jump the qeueu that way and he ordered it to go stand halfway the junction and wait for the green light there. They must be big friends i guess.

Also when they block the lane for turning left nobody dares to horn to them.

It would be nice if the vans were ordered to stop cutting vehicles off or stopping on the middle of the road. At several malls they just take 2-3 lanes of the mainroad and use it as their parkinglot causing severe congestion.

[connda]

I'm sure the Land Transport office will get about as much mileage from that request as asking the the BIB to enforce traffic laws using patrol cars. <Patrol cars defined: A police vehicle used for escorting VIPs>

[Rancid]

Good, at least the minivan problem has now been solved. Next...

[ableguy]

Bunch of clowns, guess they have to say something once in a while to justify their pay wonder why they don't bless the vans and have monks wish them good luck ?