Ministry of Transport responds to tragic van crash

[Jonmarleesco]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

The Department of Land Transport has already been ordered to make sure all transport vans are equipped with the GPS device within the next 2-3 months, ahead of the Songkran holiday. 

The incident has also prompted the Ministry of Transport to order an inspection of every public transport vehicle before departure and for strict watch over the driving behavior of operators. 

Overall, the latest New Year’s holiday saw a higher rate of accidents, injuries and deaths than the previous year and authorities have pointed out more stringent monitoring is needed.

They need 2 - 3 months to do something that should be part and parcel of regular inspection procedure, any pre-departure inspection will be cursory, if at all (the amount of tea money will no doubt dictate just how cursory), and more stringent monitoring? They need to raise the bar to a level most Thais can't aspire to reach - especially the DoLT (acronym intended). 

[Jonmarleesco]

7 hours ago, FredNL said:

The only way to prevent these deaths is that Thailand stops selling petrol, diesel, LPG and NGV.

Back to the buffalo !!!

 

Buffaloes are all too often in the driving seat.

[Pattaya28]

Fantastic response to the 25 deaths.

 

"No GPS Tracker". 

 

Would that have prevented the 25 deaths ?

 

Why was the bus company breaking the law by not having a GPS Tracker ?

 

Why weren't checks done beforehand on whether a GPS Tracker was fitted ?

 

The Transport Minister should know none of his "Laws" are acted upon. 

 

He should know by now all instructions are ignored by all the authorities.

 

What is his "Purpose" ? What does he actually do ?

 

Surely he being the "Top-Man" the blame rests with him. 

 

The death-rate is "Increasing". 

 

What are the penalties for drink-driving ? 

What are the penalties for allowing unsafe Mini-Van drivers taking passengers in un-maintained Mini-Vans ?

Why am I even bothering to type here ? 

 

 

 

 

[electric]

9 hours ago, maoro2013 said:

How will they manage this?? Will need to recruit thousands of checkers, and departure from where?

 

Hi maoro2013 .... re your Post#85

 

I actually think it's quite doable and practical to implement an inspection regime around Thailand. But, as seen by the recent "bald tyres on the van but allowed to proceed" farce, we cannot really rely on the police to make much difference.

 

From what I've seen, a very big percentage of vans and coaches either depart, or terminate, at official BKK and Provincial bus stations. This is the ideal place for small 2-3 man DLT inspection teams to do random, unannounced inspections of vehicles transitting the bus station.

 

The inspections don't need to be overly complicated, just simple visual checks such as current vehicle rego, drivers' license validity and his physical fitness to drive, the overall appearance of a vehicle ie legal tyres, broken glass, missing panels, oil leaks, etc

 

Vehicles that don't come up to scratch have a big big fluro yellow DLT sticker stuck on the windscreen "UNFIT FOR SERVICE". In the bus station ... for all to see.

 

Drivers that fail the muster, are warned that if they drive out of the bus station, they will be in a very deep and dark shithole .... big fine, license suspended.

 

The word will get around real fast that these teams are circulating randomly around the Province. 3 or 4 small dedicated mobile DLT inspection teams for each Province is all that is needed.

 

Sound a bit far fetched ? The above scenario has been in vogue for a least 20 years back in my home country. Not always bus stations .... often the inspection teams would turn up out of the blue at big tourist attractions where many tour vehicles were parked up.

 

I've seen the occasional tour group wandering around the car park whilst the driver makes frantic phone calls "Boss ... you'd better get another bus up here right now ...DLT's just put this one off the road."

 

This sort of idea is just a small, relatively inexpensive, easy to implement suggestion. All it takes is some leadership and balls to instigate it.

 

[kevc]

And remember after this happened they let, a minibus driver go with four baldy tyres ready to pop so he could pick up his customers..........amazing.

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