Ten hurt in Nakhon Ratchasima pileup amid heavy rain
By The Nation

 

KORAT: -- Ten people were injured in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Mueang district early Friday morning when a passenger bus from Bangkok crashed into three vehicles at a traffic light, police said.

 

Pol Capt Anon Sajuntheuk, on duty at Mueang police station, said the accident occurred at 2.30am at the intersection outside Bangkok Ratchasima Hospital on Mittraparp Road.

 

Anon said Chaiya Nisida, 48, the driver of the bus travelling to Bueng Kan, did not see the three vehicles waiting at the traffic light due to heavy rain and crashed into them.

 

It wasn’t immediately clear whether the people injured were on the bus or in the vehicles it struck.

 

The bus had been scheduled to stop at the Nakhon Ratchasima terminal on its way further northeast.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30314312

 

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At least it was convenient for the injured. 

"Anon said Chaiya Nisida, 48, the driver of the bus travelling to Bueng Kan, did not see the three vehicles waiting at the traffic light due to heavy rain and crashed into them."

Well, I have to say, that's a very original, totally believable and understandable excuse. 

It would not have happened if it had not been raining. The driver is to be commended for not killing anybody, at least so we are told.

This is why, in conditions of poor visibility, it's a very good idea to have your lights switched on.  You can see red tail lights much sooner than you can see the actual vehicle.  In UK, and probably other places, vehicles are fitted with high intensity rear lights that can be turned on in poor visibility.  Primarily for use in fog but also useful in heavy rain.

 

The downside of the high intensity lights is that the driver often forgets to turn them off again and this can lead to the drivers of following vehicles getting dazzled.

 

Actually, the brakes failed.......

10 hours ago, doctormann said:

This is why, in conditions of poor visibility, it's a very good idea to have your lights switched on.  You can see red tail lights much sooner than you can see the actual vehicle.  In UK, and probably other places, vehicles are fitted with high intensity rear lights that can be turned on in poor visibility.  Primarily for use in fog but also useful in heavy rain.

 

The downside of the high intensity lights is that the driver often forgets to turn them off again and this can lead to the drivers of following vehicles getting dazzled.

Or being stopped by plod and asked nicely to kindly turn them off