Thread: Nominations: Thai driver of the day

A quick scan of some Thai news sites and some impressive driving feats, including this from Bangkok last night - bus too high!

Driver looks quite relaxed in second picture.

12 foreign tourists on the upper level were injured, three hospitalised.





Thairath and Khaosod

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33 in a minivan
Driver and 32 Myanmar workers in a minivan near Khampaeng Phet


Thairath

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35 in a minivan
and this one - going for the record - a driver and 34 Myanmar workers crowded into a Toyota van

Thairath

The coach driver looks a bit pissed off, tbh. The weight of his numerous amulets obviously prevented him fleeing the scene in time-honoured Thai tradition.

does the bus say pong in seat tour ?

bet quite a few seats stink now after the passengers shat themselves

I reckon old matey who had 25 in his Vigo pickup would be a contender.

Roof sliced off bus, 12 tourists hurt
9 Oct 2013 at 11.29
The roof of a double-decker coach full of foreign tourists was torn off after it hit a height restriction barrier designed to stop tall vehicles using the flyover bridge on Phetchaburi Road in Bangkok’s Makkasan district, injuring 12.

The accident occurred at around 9.30pm Tuesday and was reported to Makkasan police station. Pol Lt Chakraphob Chimpuengpanao and the rescue team rushed to the scene, according to a report in Khaosod.

A total of 12 people were injured, including 10 German tourists, the tour guide and the driver. All were taken to Rama 9 Hospital.

The coach, belonging to Pong Prasert Tour Co, was transporting passengers from Sanam Luang to the Amari Atrium Hotel, which is less than one kilometre from the site of the accident.

The driver said he failed to notice the height restriction barrier, so accidently rammed into it.

Police are investigating the cause of accident further.

Originally Posted by Fondles

I reckon old matey who had 25 in his Vigo pickup would be a contender.

Only 25 in a pickup! It seems wasteful to be running it so empty...

^they emptied it into a tree.

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

^they emptied it into a tree.

To be fair though the driver was asleep so hardly his fault.

Originally Posted by Fondles

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

^they emptied it into a tree.

To be fair though the driver was asleep so hardly his fault.

Yes & how many times have you seen that happen

Originally Posted by prawnograph

The driver said he failed to notice the height restriction barrier, so accidently rammed into it.

Reminds me of when I worked on the buses in the UK, a driver committing the same act when questioned simply said well the bridge shouldn't have been there in the first place - kept his job to.....

European Tourists Injured After Tour Bus Hits Steel Beam

BANGKOK, 9 October 2013 (NNT) – Makkasan Police Station officers received an emergency call that a tour bus had hit a height-limit steel beam before crossing over the Asok intersection bridge on Phetchaburi Rd.

The accident involved a tour bus belonging to the Phongprasert Tour Company. The vehicle was found wrecked with its top ripped open after hitting the steel beam.

12 people were injured in the accident, amongst the injured were 11 European tourists and 1 tour guide, all of whom had been setting on the top deck of the tour bus.

Investigators will now call in the driver of the tour bus for a questioning session. From investigating the scene, police presume that the driver was not aware of the steel beam.

European Tourists Injured After Tour Bus Hits Steel Beam | Pattaya Daily News - Pattaya Newspaper, Powerful news at your fingertips

Originally Posted by snakeeyes

police presume that the driver was not aware of the steel beam.

I bet the coont knew it was there all along!

maybe a few mussies shouting allah akbar on the upper deck.

Drunk driver faces fines for railway trespass

A drunken man who drove his car onto railway tracks in the early hours of Monday morning is facing hefty fines and police charges, after his antics caused train delays of almost two hours.

Korakot Rakwongpat has been charged on three counts. The 24-year-old driver will be fined 1,000 baht for reckless driving, 500 baht for driving a car with a red license plate at night and another 20,000 baht for driving under the influence of alcohol.

At 5.45am Monday, Traffic radio Jor Sor 100 reported that six men, believed to be intoxicated, had been seen driving a brand new Honda CRV on the rail tracks at Rong Poon intersection, to the back of Petcharavej hospital on Phetchaburi Road.

The car became stuck, so a rescue team of more than 20 men were called in to move the car off the tracks. They spent about two hours trying to move the vehicle, but were unsuccessful. They eventually instructed the driver go backwards along the rails to the spot where he first entered the tracks.

Mr Korakot told police that he and his friends had been to a nightclub at RCA and then to get some food, before the accident occurred on their drive home to Phasi Charoen district in Thon Buri.

He initially claimed that he had been lost and decided to drive on the tracks believing it would lead him to an exit that he might recognise. Police tested him for alcohol and found he had consumed far more than the legal limit.


Pics from Daily News

He was off the rails.

Good that he wasn't chuffed to bits. Would've been hard lines for sure.

Originally Posted by prawnograph

[B]They spent about two hours trying to move the vehicle, but were unsuccessful. They eventually instructed the driver go backwards along the rails to the spot where he first entered the tracks.

It took two hours and in the end the guy reversed his own car back down the tracks?
Well done guys, take tomorrow off. No one will notice.