News Forum - Tour bus crash on Patong Hill seriously injures driver

[Thaiger]

A tour bus crashed into a power pole on Patong Hill early this morning, with the driver suffering serious injuries to his leg. The bus slammed into a power pole on the final curve heading into Patong on Phra Baramee Road at around 5am, The Phuket News reported. Police and rescuers arrived on the scene …

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[KaptainRob]

Stock standard excuse rolled out once again 

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Pan said the crash was caused by an air brake system failure while the bus was descending the hill.

Never any mention of driver fault by riding the brakes all the way down Patong hill.

[Guest1]

Pan said the crash was caused by an air brake system failure while the bus was descending the hill. He noted that the bus had been involved in accidents before.

An airbrake system failure, USUALLY, stops the bus as fast as possible: No air , pressure in the system, the brakes get engaged. I hope the police checks on the "failure", I would look onto discs and pads, for instance. Because maintenance cost money: "this one tour we still can do, or the next one, or, ....."!