Take the high road in making Patong Hill safer, says Phuket Poll

The Phuket News

 

Rescue workers attend to the bus crash on Patong Hill on the night of July 10 that killed a 10-year-boy on holidays in Phuket with his father, who later also died from his injuries. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: -- Officials cannot rely on a sole solution but instead need to take a comprehensive approach to fixing the deadly steep road down Patong Hill to prevent further deaths from runaway tour buses, say respondents to a recent online poll by The Phuket News.

 

The poll, which closed on Friday (July 29), was launched after after two tragic tour bus crashes on Patong Hill claimed three lives in less than two weeks.

 

On the night of July 10, a tour bus crash killed a 10-year-old boy and his father, both Chinese tourists on holiday in Phuket.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/take-the-high-road-in-making-patong-hill-safer-says-phuket-poll-63265.php

 

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I remember big buses banned and lorries from going this way what happened

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Officials cannot rely on a sole solution but instead need to take a comprehensive approach to fixing the deadly steep road down Patong Hill

So a committee will be formed, have public forums, seek out engineers, etc. so maybe years from now a warning sign will be placed.

1 hour ago, helloagain said:

I remember big buses banned and lorries from going this way what happened

Oh, about another several crashes and loss of life....

 

Me Granny used to talk about people being full of pi $$ & wind, she was a proper northern woman, very black & white but she was normally right about people

4 hours ago, helloagain said:

I remember big buses banned and lorries from going this way what happened

The are only banned at peak hours in the morning and evening but disregard it anyway as there is no enforcement.