RE A tour bus taking dozens of Chinese tourists to a seafood dinner ended up in the Pattaya sea yesterday evening.

 

A New twist - only the passengers (including the driver) who manage to Catch the Seafood will get a seat in the restaurant - the rest must remain in the buss with just a bowl with rice....;)

These liars always accuse brakes when only their own stupidity should be accused.

Good that no one was hurt.

13 hours ago, DavoTheGun said:

Just love the "Stringent Thai Standards" what a joke!

That's exactly what got my attention!  This was the most hilarious article I've read in a long time!  555

9 hours ago, mok199 said:

yet another old and beat up old tour bus with new shinny paint....

Doesn't matter if new or old bus, it's the nut behind the wheel that counts!!!!

Brake failures and swiping only happen  at speed..

 

15 hours ago, webfact said:

Police said that it was brake failure but they are investigating to see whether the bus is up to the stringent Thai standards.

Is that the ฿500 stringent standard, or did anybody actually look for the ฿2000 stringent standard?

Quality tourists deserve Quality Drivers?, At this rate they will soon run out of tourists

19 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

The sand DID slow the vehicle down.

I often have been at this spot down Soi 18. It's really steep and narrow on the last stretch.

If there was no sand just concrete to the water the bus would have ended fully submerged.

(or not as the water is quite shallow )

 

Next time I will have a close look to the motorbike mirror.

Beware of low flying buses.

 

This bus traffic there is a nightmare anyway.

Stinking noisy buses bumper to bumper in the afternoon.

Oncoming buses, parked cars, retract the mirrors to pass.

 

Coincidentally a friend was telling me exactly the same only a couple of days back. He has stopped using a condo in that area due to the coach traffic delivering Chines back and forth on roads completely unsuitable for these large vehicles. And here we are well into low season!  Amazing people were not run over.

".. stringent Thai standards.."  That would be an oxymoron? 

I though they were cracking down on the budget tours?

48 minutes ago, Redline said:

I though they were cracking down on the budget tours?

Yes, but not the "budget" drivers, unfortunately.

2 hours ago, lvr181 said:

".. stringent Thai standards.."  That would be an oxymoron? 

If it comes to Thai safety standards, I agree with emphasis on the moron part.  Amazing the number of brake failures.  I guess the system of "don't spend anything on maintenance till it breaks down" is to blame as usual.  Although, over in Phuket the  Patong Hill is finally getting the bus companies' attention.  Apparently hardly any local busses have brake failure lately, only non local-owned busses. It is a real stinker of a hill and frightens me every time i have to go over it.  Drivers stay in too high a gear until they stall and the brakes won't hold while they try to restart.  And if the brakes do hold, then the clutches might not cope with the hill start and it is a long way down backwards.  VERY frightening to see.   A very good place to not be behind a bus going up or in front of one coming down.  I live in Chonburi but some distance away and I am not familiar with Pattaya enough to visualize exactly where this happened

Air brakes are not supposed to fail, unless they are not maintained or adjusted properly.

2 hours ago, ThaidaGwaii said:

Air brakes are not supposed to fail, unless they are not maintained or adjusted properly.

Air brakes You stick your foot through a hole in the floor to stop, its the t way must have forgot to put his driving shoes on.

On 6/8/2017 at 11:01 PM, ThaidaGwaii said:

Air brakes are not supposed to fail, unless they are not maintained or adjusted properly.

Yup ran out of air (oxygen to the drivers brain!).