Van crashes into road sign in Chon Buri, 7 dead

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7 dead in van crash (update)

Published: 2 Mar 2013 at 11.13
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Seven people in a passenger van were killed when it crashed into a road sign in Chon Buri province on Saturday morning.

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Police said the passenger van, with the licence plate 10-3101 Rayong, was running between Bangkok and Map Ta Phut. The vehicle was carrying a driver and nine passengers.

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patchar
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Discussion 31 : 03 Mar 2013 at 13.4831
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its a normal news here in Thiland... the cause of the accidents..... unknown.. waiting for the investigation by the police...
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Discussion 30 : 03 Mar 2013 at 07.5130
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All these good and constructive comments will surely fall on deft ears as usual. What a shame!
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Discussion 29 : 02 Mar 2013 at 22.5529
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Has ANYONE EVER seen public safety commercials on TV? Maybe about the importance of seat belts, not speeding, road safety?
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Discussion 28 : 02 Mar 2013 at 22.4728
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D25 "This country continues to be inept, incompetent and to have No regard for Thai citizens"

Yet one one senseless, needless loss of lives.

Would "Hub of incompetence" be too harsh?
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Discussion 27 : 02 Mar 2013 at 22.2127
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Maybe this driver's amulet was a copy,maybe his car hadn't been blessed or these people did something bad in a previous life,so these accidents just can't be helped. Hence,no need for the government or the police to do anything about it.

D25 : LMAO! So you too have noticed what Thais use their side- and rear-mirrors for?

My sincere condolences to the victims families but in case we forgot,TIT! Nothing we say or do will change anything.
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Discussion 26 : 02 Mar 2013 at 20.2026
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This country continues to be inept, incompetent and to have No regard for Thai citizens. They are expendable, because they are not wealthy (if they were they would be speeding in their Mercedes or BMW's), they are poor or lower middle class and must use the mini-vans to get from point A to point B. And then there is the carcinogenic black polluted smoke from trucks, vans & cars that kill slowly everyday...sorry, I digress.
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Discussion 25 : 02 Mar 2013 at 20.0325
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The only thing required to be a licensed driver of a public transport van is to have the name Somchai and carry a worthless Thai driver's license. Thai's don't know the first thing about driving until it comes to the issue of push-and-shove to be first in line at the bottle neck made by push-and-shove. Thai driver's see themselves in their rear view mirror and gleam with great useless pride at being at the front of a traffic jam caused by idiots like themselves. Then when they can not move forward because of the traffic jam they have caused they simply use the rear view mirror to detect and remove facial pimples.
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Discussion 24 : 02 Mar 2013 at 19.4724
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This is really damage to see this kind of news, which is a disaster for families of victims.
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Discussion 23 : 02 Mar 2013 at 19.1423
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I guess in this case no one gets an apology
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Discussion 22 : 02 Mar 2013 at 18.2222
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My last comment received 7 dislikes. I do wonder who in their right mind does not see the fault with (any) current and previous government. The police is also to blame because laws exist but are not enforced (speeding, drink driving, seat belts, etc). Stricter driver training and testing is a must and who breaks the law gets disqualified. It works in other countries why not Thailand?
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