Thread: Bangkok to Surat Thani bus crashes, 10+ dead, including 5 foreigners

Take a drive in Cambodia they have left hand drive cars driving on the left hand side of the road very narrow road at 150 kilometres per hour & at night.

Now that when you are sitting on the right hand side

#71. ^^^^^
Indeed. While working in Sudan, I had on occasion to take a bus from the Red Sea to Khartoum. As I boarded one bus I thought good as it was obviously imported from Europe, from the metal plate attached to the bulkhead. As we proceeded on our long hot journey, dodging camels and donkeys meandering on the main and only highway, the bus was shaking or trembling more and more. I decided to dismount at the next wayside 'tea stand' shrouded in an ever occurring haboob (sand storm). As the bus departed I could detect the rear axle following well off-center to the front: apparently Sudan and other countries trying to save currency habitually buy up wrecked buses and refit (or not).

An NGO group kindly gave me a lift. Mind you not all NGOs are as benevolent; I was initially passed up by a 'single white female' driving one of our UN-funded vehicles. But of course a lone female venturing out alone can't be too careful; then, again it was a given, that khawaja including those wearing UN armbands were always to be assisted by fellow aid workers in the hinterlands.
I met her a week lateron a scheduled trip to her 'humanitarian' organization to audit its compliance with UN-funding criteria. I said nothing - I didn't have to, as she skilfully faded into the background. Oh yes...the NGO did pass their audit.
Moral: beware Sudanese buses at least, and haughty 'single white female' with their false sense of the currency of camel-toes.

Originally Posted by Kwang

I don't know about lorries or coaches in Europe, I do know however a lot of cars nowadays especially BMW's are fitted with run-flat tyres that can still be driven at 60 MPH for another 150 miles.

This is new info to me ....thanks...I need to research more on these now

Originally Posted by Kwang

Originally Posted by BobR

The driver not only dismissed the request, but he pulled into a petrol station, turned to the passengers and told those who were not happy to get off the bus immediately."

Originally Posted by thegent

You can't tell Thai anything - they're simply too stupid and to correct their idiotic behaviour at the suggestion of another would be to admit their obvious inferiority and lose face which of course, being the children they are, would never do.

true.

I'm starting to agree with you, it's getting more and more difficult to see the bright side of this place. That many people dead and injured because of 1 stubborn and stupid monkey is hard to accept. Glad he died too, it would be worse seeing him get off and go free on that blown tire nonsense
The childish bastard probably drove worse after the confrontation deliberately to assert his "authority".