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    14 vocational students die in road carnage in Samut Prakan



    Fourteen vocational students were killed, and others were seriously injured, when their pick-up truck crashed into a roadside utility power pole and overturned in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province early this morning.
    The pick-up was a complete wreck and was found about 200 meters from the pole in Soi Kingkaew 21 of Tambon Rachatheva.


    According to an initial police report, there were 18 students, from Si Sa Ket technical college, crammed into the bed of the truck. The students had just completed job training at a factory in Samut Prakan and been at a party before attending a Mor Lum concert in Soi Kingkaew 21.

    https://www.thaipbsworld.com/14-voca...-samut-prakan/

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    I believe the death toll is now higher.

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    Who was driving it? A teacher? A parent? Factory staff? Unlikely to be a vocational student.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    Who was driving it? A teacher? A parent? Factory staff? Unlikely to be a vocational student.
    My first thoughts were a very drunk student driving a souped up and lowered down truck. Why do you think it would not be a student Nev?

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    Apparently racing another pick-up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
    Why do you think it would not be a student Nev?
    To my knowledge vocational students are from 14 to 18 years old and still at "school" so they are unlikely to have enough money to buy a pick-up truck. Of course, it can't be discounted that their parents bought one for their son or that one of the lads "borrowed" the pick-up for the evening.

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    ^ I think the majority are 18-22 years old these days. Wild ass kids..

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    Vocational College is usually for those finished M3 or M4 isn't it.

    For those students not really suited for M5 and 6.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    Vocational College is usually for those finished M3 or M4 isn't it.

    For those students not really suited for M5 and 6.
    Finished M3, so attending M4, M5 and M6 to my knowledge, but perhaps they can stay on after that or older people can attend too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    Who was driving it? A teacher? A parent? Factory staff? Unlikely to be a vocational student.

    Rather frustrating to imbibe such content, when the report omits the most important aspect of the tragedy -
    Who was blatantly negligent? Whys and wherefores? The proverbial protected cover up?

    Typical sloppy and disrespectful journalism on display.

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    the negligence lies with the thai police and transport officials for rarely if ever enforcing traffic regulations regarding alcohol consumption, vehicle overloading and vehicle maintenance and also the thoughtlessness of people who cram themselves into the back of pick up trucks with a driver at the wheel who was probably drunk after attending a party and late night concert.

    and with 14+ people in the back, the cornering abilities and braking of a pick-up would be seriously compromised even at 20kph, so one can imagine how easy it would be for a chickenhead driver to lose control when such a vehicle is engaged in a road race with another vehicle.

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    such a waste

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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile View Post
    the negligence lies with the thai police and transport officials for rarely if ever enforcing traffic regulations regarding alcohol consumption, vehicle overloading and vehicle maintenance and also the thoughtlessness of people who cram themselves into the back of pick up trucks with a driver at the wheel who was probably drunk after attending a party and late night concert.

    and with 14+ people in the back, the cornering abilities and braking of a pick-up would be seriously compromised even at 20kph, so one can imagine how easy it would be for a chickenhead driver to lose control when such a vehicle is engaged in a road race with another vehicle.
    wasn't it made law 2yrs ago after the carnage during song-kran,that riding in the back of a pick was BANNED,only later the law was scraped.i wonder who has,
    BLOOD ON THEIR HAND THIS MORNING.

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    Quote Originally Posted by headhunter View Post
    wasn't it made law 2yrs ago after the carnage during song-kran,that riding in the back of a pick was BANNED,only later the law was scraped.i wonder who has,
    BLOOD ON THEIR HAND THIS MORNING.
    Do you think they wouldn't have done it if it was against the law?

    as if anyone gives a shit about such laws, never mind abides by them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    Do you think they wouldn't have done it if it was against the law?

    as if anyone gives a shit about such laws, never mind abides by them.
    agree L but at least the driver could be FINED 500BHT.

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    Saw the crash video on a Thai FB page. The truck was being driven by a fucking lunatic, probably drunk, prior to clipping the light post that made him flip the pickup.. Darwin in motion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luigi View Post
    Do you think they wouldn't have done it if it was against the law?

    as if anyone gives a shit about such laws, never mind abides by them.
    No populace anywhere consistently abides by laws relating to drinking and driving off its own bat.

    The perfect storm in Thailand is created by a bone idle and bent police force.

    It is worth remembering that here was a law that was basically scrapped because the cops let it be known they couldn't be arsed to enforce it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    No populace anywhere consistently abides by laws relating to drinking and driving off its own bat.

    The perfect storm in Thailand is created by a bone idle and bent police force.

    It is worth remembering that here was a law that was basically scrapped because the cops let it be known they couldn't be arsed to enforce it.
    what was that game called where,if you couldn't pay you went to JAIL,or you paid and passed GO. POLICE MONOPOLY.

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    The actual design of the road doesn't help.

    King Kaew Road is roughly 13.5km in length with only 1 ir 2 slow bends, no police boxes and 0 traffic lights through the whole strecth.

    It is a dream road for those morons who enjoy excessive speeding.

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    Cause of death entered on the registration certificate should of course b shown as 'stupidity'.

    14 packed into the rear of a pickup is of course idiocy but as already indicated by Tax the ultimate blame lies with Thai society, its lack of coherent governance and a woefully inadequate law enforcement policy.

    Still, it is a third world country and there it is.

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    This tragedy happened outside our apartment.

    I think the death toll is 16 and possibly more as some hospital cases too

    As Lulu says, racing was involved. A lot of drink was also involved. They had been to a party.

    PJ spoke to the on-scene police, and it was major topic when she went to the market the next day.

    14 in a pickup - lunacy of course, and yet every day we see similar arrangements along that road.

    The other thing about the road - it has those crazy U-turn points where you exit the fast lane and into a filter lane, and then take your life in your hands making the U-turn into the oncoming fast lane. a lot of accidents happening, and the road itself is a bit of a race track at times

    Oh... ant to top it off, plenty of those unlit run-the-gauntlet-of-death, sorry - I mean ''pedestrian crossings'' where groups of tired workers suddenly emerge from the central reservation and hope the traffic sees them and slows down.

    Can't wait to get over to Bo Kwang Thong and leave that all behind.

    PJ will not drive on that road - ''too dangerou'' ...says it all

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    Authorities first reaction? Thinking of (re) banning passengers from the back of pick-up trucks...easy to enforce at check-points. Nevermind the issue is more related to the driver's behaviour, racing with 10+ people in the back, possibly drunk...but it requires some work to catch drivers with bad behaviour, patrolling the roads etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Farang Ky Ay View Post
    Authorities first reaction? Thinking of (re) banning passengers from the back of pick-up trucks...easy to enforce at check-points. Nevermind the issue is more related to the driver's behaviour, racing with 10+ people in the back, possibly drunk...but it requires some work to catch drivers with bad behaviour, patrolling the roads etc.

    Surface rhetoric.

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