webfact Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Forty nine injured as tour bus hits subsidence undertaking on hard shoulder Picture: Thai Rath Forty nine passengers were injured when a Korat to Bangkok tour bus fell on its side in Klang Dong district near Chokchai farm on the Friendship Highway. Thai Rath reported that passengers with head, arm and leg injuries crawled out of the double-decker bus and waited for rescue on the side of the road between kilometer markers 50 and 51. Picture: Thai Rath The accident happened yesterday evening in heavy traffic as people made their way back to Bangkok after the long weekend. Driver Surasak Kertphum, 45, said there was a long tailback of several kilometers and this combined with roadworks led him to undertake on the hard shoulder. He hit an area of subsidence with his left side front wheel and lost control of his vehicle. Source: Thai Rath -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-08-13 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmaxdan Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Another day. Another bus accident. Who was to blame? Subsidence in this case. These bus drivers are so unlucky..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 14 minutes ago, webfact said: Driver Surasak Kertphum, 45, said there was a long tailback of several kilometers and this combined with roadworks led him to undertake on the hard shoulder. so he decided to go off the main lane on the road to try and force his way past other traffic waiting in line take his licence away and ban him from ever driving any public transport vehicle for life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotBenz8888 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 19 minutes ago, webfact said: He hit an area of subsidence with his left side front wheel and lost control of his vehicle. Did the steering wheel come off before or after this incident? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar501 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 1. I'm not making any headway in this heavy traffic. 2. I'm more important than other vehicles waiting in line 3. Undertake through the roadworks. 4. Ooops Hard shoulder not so hard. 5. Tiny soft brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 36 minutes ago, webfact said: Driver Surasak Kertphum, 45, said there was a long tailback of several kilometers and this combined with roadworks led him to undertake on the hard shoulder. No need for witness's or an investigation for this one. We have a self confessed idiot right here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Subsidence my a++e, clown was speeding cutting in on the wrong side, just got too near the edge then over it went. Where in the photos is there any evidence of subsidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Probably half asleep, came up quick on another vehicle, undertook left and didn't have enough road and fell over the bank !! As Colin said "what subsidence", none in those pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 "My job to examine female passengers. Is this your daughter in red?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 17 minutes ago, NCC1701A said: "My job to examine female passengers. Is this your daughter in red?" Looks to me like she strained her thigh. Could you massage it for her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, bluesofa said: Looks to me like she strained her thigh. Could you massage it for her? "Gloves not for massage. You next." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Damned subsidence can't trust the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Normal Thai driving behaviour ..''I'll go anywhere by any means to get to the front, even if it means killing everyone on board '' ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffggi Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 There is a reason it is called undertaking....... Please can someone explain it to all public transport drivers..!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Consider this: The tyre marks show he was way over to the left, and reasonably parallel, far more than the width of the hard shoulder, if he had been "undertaking" as a deliberate move, he would have had enough room with one set of wheels barely on the soft verge. This tyre tracks are way inside the verge and he then ran out of soft verge, not subsidence, as can be shown by the red line on the photo. I maintain this guy was asleep and wandered over too far and then ran out of verge and it fell over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend49 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 undertake on the hard shoulder. Is he <deleted> serious with a bus? I thought cars cutting off motorbikes were bad. He needs to be banned for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adventra20 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 And another one bites the dust. When will they learn!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adventra20 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldo0 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Undertaking and hard shoulder = ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 7 hours ago, webfact said: Driver Surasak Kertphum, 45, said there was a long tailback of several kilometers and this combined with roadworks led him to undertake on the hard shoulder. Thai mentality.... incurable ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 They will never learn~no will to do anything about it~lazy for anyone to do their jobs~no enforcement~no care for the population Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almer Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 7 hours ago, smedly said: so he decided to go off the main lane on the road to try and force his way past other traffic waiting in line take his licence away and ban him from ever driving any public transport vehicle for life Not allowed in this live and let live place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpy 4680 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 It's a shame foreigners are not allowed to do the jobs that Thais can do, But it would seem bus driving is one job Thais can't do safely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmen Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, grumpy 4680 said: It's a shame foreigners are not allowed to do the jobs that Thais can do, But it would seem bus driving is one job Thais can't do safely. Bus driver is a no show so they give a moto taxi guy 1k for the shift.How Else can you explain all of the single bus roll overs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailand49 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 A prime example of zero training for a commercial vehicle, the bus company is the major blame for hiring and not requiring them to have any real safe training this guy learn this from riding his motorbike and moved up to a bus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30la Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 And again, the endless history of public transport! I hope these insecure companies have at least adequate insurance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30la Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 19 minutes ago, grumpy 4680 said: It's a shame foreigners are not allowed to do the jobs that Thais can do, But it would seem bus driving is one job Thais can't do safely. THAI, they know how to do everything much better than any farang, my experience: don't try to explain something to a useless Thai, they don't listen to you and they know everything much better! We farang are stupid and that's it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Smith Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 1 hour ago, 30la said: And again, the endless history of public transport! I hope these insecure companies have at least adequate insurance! Make the driver pay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonjelly Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 The fekker will be behind the wheel again by the time I’ve finished my morning coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisperone Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 He never had a problem before when riding his mountain bike on that shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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