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[rubl]

a clip of an LPG tanker explosion:

http://www.ndtv.com/...on-camera-85852

[katana]

Unkomoncents, on 2012-02-06 12:25:10, said:

I love how E-V-E-R-Y S-I-N-G-L-E time there's an accident in Thailand the driver either walks or runs away and the police are reported to be looking for him.

To be fair, the captain of the ill-fated cruise liner the Costa Concordia, Captain Schettino, which crashed into the Italian coast on 13/01/12, also fled the scene pretty promptly. It's not a purely Thai habit.

[MikeOboe57]

katana, on 2012-02-06 21:51:56, said:

Unkomoncents, on 2012-02-06 12:25:10, said:

I love how E-V-E-R-Y S-I-N-G-L-E time there's an accident in Thailand the driver either walks or runs away and the police are reported to be looking for him.

To be fair, the captain of the ill-fated cruise liner the Costa Concordia, Captain Schettino, which crashed into the Italian coast on 13/01/12, also fled the scene pretty promptly. It's not a purely Thai habit.

"Nonono, I a only fella innato eh, como si dice, una scialuppa di salvataggio, eh life-a-boat-a..."

[WarpSpeed]

Moruya, on 2012-02-06 10:48:53, said:

<sub>LPG is probably the most explosive material moved by road. In an explosion it will suck in as much oxygen as it needs to combust.

Asking people in a radius of 250m to not use any sources of ignition and spraying water on the tanker is like swatting a rhino with a fly.

If that load had ignited the blast would have been massive and many people would have died including a load from asphyxiation.

It seems that the standards of driving in Thailand apply to taxis, tuk tuks, minivans, buses as well as tankers. God help those who might be in a place such as Platinum Mall or MBK if this happened outside on a busy day</sub>

Well no need for me to respond, you already did it for me..

[bkk_mike]

Why didn't they get people evacuated...?

LPG is extremely dangerous stuff and a tanker of it exploding would have been a far bigger explosion than what happened in 1990.

[KKvampire]

Just remember when you are in a car ,bus or van on the expressways of thailand these tankers thundering alongside you are driven by someone who is no more qualified to drive it than you or I.

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[Oli23]

I dont know what it will take.  How many people must die before governement take action against wild drivers.