A video of the truck shared on the Newshawk Phuket social media channel spurred anger among fellow motorists, and raised serious safety concerns of such a truck being allowed on the road at all, nevermind making its way over Patong Hill.
The 39-second video clip recorded the truck in motion at 11:25pm. The video showed the truck slowing to a standstill after failing to make it up the steep climb over the hill. The truck failed near the base of the hill.
The stopped truck caused significant delays over the hill, as it blocked one lane of traffic up the hill.
After the page shared the video, many social media users criticised the situation.
One person commented: “If you drive that overloaded truck through Phuket, people will immediately see the ’train’. It will get stuck, and you’ll fall asleep waiting at the checkpoint.
“It’s clear you’re trying to make it worth the trip by carrying everything at once, but you forgot this is Phuket, haha. Use smaller trucks and spread the load. How did you even get past the checkpoint?"