Popular Post rooster59 Posted June 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2020 Farewell minivans! Repossessions made after Covid devastates tourism Image: Daily News An owner of a van company in Phuket went online to bid farewell to some of his fleet that had been repossessed by the finance company. Van owners have found their business - 90% reliant on tourists - decimated by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Some who have been unable to find other ways to meet instalments have lost their livelihood altogether. The poster said that around 5% of his fleet of 160 vehicles had been repossessed. Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-06-27 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thequietman Posted June 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) So, there is an upside to this Covid issue. Good. ???? This will reduce the number of maniacs on the road, and that's a good thing no matter how you look at it. Edited June 27, 2020 by thequietman 40 2 1 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Happyman108 Posted June 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2020 5% of 160 only 8 Van been tow away, still have 152 van consider very good for the owner. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lacessit Posted June 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2020 10 minutes ago, thequietman said: So, there is an upside to this Covid issue. Good. ???? This will reduce the number of maniacs on the road, and that's a good thing no matter how you look at it. From personal experience on the 118 between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, minivan drivers are by far the worst on the road. 16 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pilotman Posted June 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2020 14 minutes ago, Lacessit said: From personal experience on the 118 between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, minivan drivers are by far the worst on the road. same on the Pattaya to Bangkok routes, total morons. No loss to society 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Camillof Posted June 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) I thought that kind of vans as seen in the photo were banned for commercial passenger transport and were supposed to have vanished from Thai roads by now. The more of those are taken away from the road, the better. Edited June 27, 2020 by Camillof 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steelepulse Posted June 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2020 It's been really nice to be able to find a decent parking space these days! All the green plates, tuk tuks, black plates and vans are no longer claiming all parking spots for themselves. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antifreeze Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Happyman108 said: 5% of 160 only 8 Van been tow away, still have 152 van consider very good for the owner. I think there may be a zero missing there. 1 hour ago, Happyman108 said: 5% of 160 only 8 Van been tow away, still have 152 van consider very good for the owner. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post off road pat Posted June 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Lacessit said: From personal experience on the 118 between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, minivan drivers are by far the worst on the road. Make that, "all over Thailand",..Also from personal experience ! 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kildonan Posted June 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2020 A blessing in disguise! Hope they never return,, "suicidal maniacs" for other road users and their passengers! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post buanmeerugsaa Posted June 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2020 What is everyone going on about with safer roads, fewer accidents and such nonsense. The vans haven’t been destroyed! They’ll be resold and back hurtling up and down your soi in a few days. 5 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tropposurfer Posted June 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2020 It’s a lucky time for rich people huh. Previously unmoved owners desperately needing to sell houses n land, ll ripe for the picking. Near new cars flooding the market And plenty of leverage to screw people down for a great price. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Don Mega Posted June 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2020 Hopefully they get crush so as to never return !! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoza Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 10 hours ago, off road pat said: Make that, "all over Thailand",..Also from personal experience ! i had a driver from Pattaya a few years ago his driving was unbelievably bad, he even got pulled by the BiB on the way back, i spoke to the English owner of the van company, i told him i would never use his company again while this driver drove, three weeks later he came to me in a bar and announced ''the driver had committed suicide and killed two Russians at the same time '' i realized i had used the words ''he could not of drove any worse even if he was trying to kill himself'' it was all over the papers about ten years ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatchinExPat Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Hate to speak bad of folks, but the van drivers are crazy drivers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chassa Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 14 hours ago, Camillof said: I thought that kind of vans as seen in the photo were banned for commercial passenger transport and were supposed to have vanished from Thai roads by now. The more of those are taken away from the road, the better. Vans over 10 years old were banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 16 hours ago, rooster59 said: Van owners have found their business - 90% reliant on tourists - decimated by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. So he only needs 10% of his vans if the maths adds up? But only gets rid of 5% instead of 90%... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 2 hours ago, PatchinExPat said: Hate to speak bad of folks, but the van drivers are crazy drivers. yeah, but now they will just be crazy taxi car drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Don Mega said: Hopefully they get crush so as to never return !! in Police hands? If it runs true to form, they will sell them on and pocket the profits. If its the dealers, just hang on a while them sell them back at profit. Edited June 28, 2020 by Pilotman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deli Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 I won't miss a single one of these shoe boxes for manicas on drugs or full of ego coz of a small willie. And now the qualified workforce of drivers can fill in the spaces of cheap labourers from neighbouring countries at construction sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
off road pat Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 4 hours ago, zoza said: i had a driver from Pattaya a few years ago his driving was unbelievably bad, he even got pulled by the BiB on the way back, i spoke to the English owner of the van company, i told him i would never use his company again while this driver drove, three weeks later he came to me in a bar and announced ''the driver had committed suicide and killed two Russians at the same time '' i realized i had used the words ''he could not of drove any worse even if he was trying to kill himself'' it was all over the papers about ten years ago. Sorry for those two Russians, and the driver. I guess you are one of the lucky ones. I have read that some, if not most of those drivers have very bad work conditions. Long work hours, not much rest, and the next morning the same again,....every day again and again....No wonder some are taking refuge in alcohol or drug abuse.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoza Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 13 minutes ago, off road pat said: Sorry for those two Russians, and the driver. I guess you are one of the lucky ones. I have read that some, if not most of those drivers have very bad work conditions. Long work hours, not much rest, and the next morning the same again,....every day again and again....No wonder some are taking refuge in alcohol or drug abuse.... a few years later we where in Bangkok to get the freedom to marry paperwork we were outside the M.O.F.A i flagged a taxi down we jumped in and the missus (then girlfriend) started shouting ''get out get out'' as i grabbed the door i looked at the driver's mirror and as white foam came out of his mouth his eyes rolled back and it was like a horror movie as we scrambled out to the growl of ''YA-BA YA- BA from the wife...i only use known or recommended taxi's now and check their eyes asap. The two Russians and the driver were all killed instantly as the van went off the road and into a building if my memory serves me right. apparently the YA-BA keeps them awake but that lad must of either fell asleep or had a heart attack and when you are flying like they do its usually a real bad one. they have to work long hours to earn decent money and this being TIT it don't get fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensenZ Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, rooster59 said: The poster said that around 5% of his fleet of 160 vehicles had been repossessed. Is it supposed to sound better in percentage terms. It's only eight. No big deal. He probably had too many before covid and it was a good excuse to downsize. I'll shed some tears if they have to relinquish 50% or more of their fleets, in fact, when I clicked on this article that's more like the number I was expecting. Edited June 28, 2020 by JensenZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JeffersLos Posted June 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2020 Did the truck driver drive at 430kph as some sort of fitting tribute? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvetsKram Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 A few years ago after that horror crash in which around 27 (or thereabouts) died in the inferno the government said no more vans, all were to be replaced with mini buses... I wonder why it never eventuated??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Tracy Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 The vans are as safe as houses, as the expression goes. It's the crazy assed drivers. They should be repossessed. Oh, perhaps that's what the problem was. They were possessed..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 IN CM before the virus the van drivers are always racing to get to their pick up spot in the mornings. Used to be the most dangerous but all seem to have gone. Now it is the Grab and Panda bike riders who are taking the prize for being a danger to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Good news for once - let the tourists eat cake and ride monorails! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alien365 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 I seem to be the only one who finds most of these drivers ok. I've never had any problems with them on the road. If slow drivers would just get out of the fast lane half of the problems would disappear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 25 minutes ago, alien365 said: I seem to be the only one who finds most of these drivers ok. I've never had any problems with them on the road. If slow drivers would just get out of the fast lane half of the problems would disappear. I rarely take minibus. One time I booked a diving trip to Similians. Minibus up to catch boat. Nightmare driver. All pax complaining to him. Don't overtake here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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